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Total net enrolment rate, primary, female (%) by country

Total number of female students of the official age group for primary education who are enrolled in any level of education, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding female population. Divide the total number of female students in the official school age range for primary education who are enrolled in any...

Countries reporting
185
Highest
100.0%
Albania
Lowest
10.9%
Somalia
Median
97.8%
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,340

What the numbers show

Total net enrolment rate, primary, female (%) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Albania; the lowest is 10.9% in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 97.8%, and the mean is 91.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Cote d'Ivoire (up 81.3%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 36.5%).

Total net enrolment rate, primary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Albania 100.0% 2019 up 14.5% rising
1 Antigua and Barbuda 100.0% 2018 up 1.3% flat
1 Bangladesh 100.0% 2010 unchanged rising
1 Belize 100.0% 2019 up 3.0% flat
1 Brunei 100.0% 2019 up 0.8% rising
1 Czechia 100.0% 2018 up 1.4% flat
1 Germany 100.0% 2018 up 2.7% flat
1 Ecuador 100.0% 2018 up 4.1% rising
1 Egypt 100.0% 2019 up 0.7% rising
1 France 100.0% 2018 up 0.5% flat
1 Georgia 100.0% 2019 up 2.7% flat
1 Gibraltar 100.0% 2019 — rising
1 Grenada 100.0% 2018 unchanged rising
1 Hong Kong 100.0% 2019 unchanged rising
1 Croatia 100.0% 2018 up 1.3% rising
1 Israel 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat
1 Kazakhstan 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Kiribati 100.0% 2017 — flat
1 Saint Lucia 100.0% 2019 up 6.6% flat
1 Lithuania 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat
1 Morocco 100.0% 2019 up 12.3% rising
1 Madagascar 100.0% 2019 — rising
1 Mexico 100.0% 2018 up 0.1% rising
1 Mauritius 100.0% 2019 up 0.2% rising
1 Malawi 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Malaysia 100.0% 2017 up 4.1% rising
1 Namibia 100.0% 2018 up 7.6% rising
1 Netherlands 100.0% 2018 up 0.4% rising
1 New Zealand 100.0% 2018 up 1.2% flat
1 Oman 100.0% 2019 up 4.4% rising
1 French Polynesia 100.0% 1996 up 7.4% rising
1 Sierra Leone 100.0% 2019 up 4.6% rising
1 San Marino 100.0% 2019 up 0.0% flat
1 Slovenia 100.0% 2018 up 0.7% rising
1 Seychelles 100.0% 2019 up 1.4% rising
1 Turks and Caicos Islands 100.0% 2018 up 16.9% falling
1 Tonga 100.0% 2015 up 2.5% rising
1 Tunisia 100.0% 2018 up 1.0% rising
1 Uruguay 100.0% 2018 up 0.5% rising
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100.0% 2018 up 3.8% flat
1 Vietnam 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Samoa 100.0% 2019 up 0.6% flat
1 Zimbabwe 100.0% 2013 up 10.7% flat
46 Norway 100.0% 2018 up 0.5% flat
48 Montenegro 100.0% 2019 up 3.5% flat
49 Austria 99.9% 2018 up 3.2% flat
50 Iceland 99.9% 2018 up 0.3% flat
51 Aruba 99.8% 2014 up 3.7% flat
52 Switzerland 99.8% 2018 up 0.6% rising
53 Denmark 99.8% 2018 up 0.3% flat
54 Sweden 99.7% 2018 up 1.4% flat
55 Costa Rica 99.7% 2019 down 0.3% rising
56 Belgium 99.7% 2018 up 0.9% flat
57 Russia 99.7% 2018 up 1.5% rising
58 Qatar 99.7% 2019 down 0.3% rising
59 Ghana 99.6% 2019 up 18.1% rising
60 Canada 99.6% 2018 down 0.4% rising
61 Australia 99.5% 2018 down 0.5% flat
62 Iran 99.5% 2017 up 5.0% rising
63 British Virgin Islands 99.5% 2018 down 0.5% flat
64 United States 99.4% 2018 down 0.2% flat
65 Latvia 99.3% 2018 down 0.7% flat
66 Maldives 99.3% 2019 up 1.4% flat
67 North Macedonia 99.2% 2018 up 9.0% flat
68 Algeria 99.2% 2019 up 1.3% rising
69 United Kingdom 99.2% 2018 up 0.3% flat
70 Cyprus 99.2% 2018 up 0.0% rising
71 Portugal 99.1% 2018 up 1.4% rising
72 Argentina 99.1% 2017 down 0.6% flat
73 Cuba 99.1% 2019 up 0.9% rising
74 South Korea 99.1% 2018 down 0.9% flat
75 Kyrgyzstan 99.0% 2019 up 3.9% rising
76 Sri Lanka 98.9% 2018 up 4.1% flat
77 Tajikistan 98.9% 2017 up 2.3% rising
78 Finland 98.8% 2018 up 0.8% flat
79 Greece 98.8% 2018 up 4.1% flat
80 Uzbekistan 98.7% 2019 up 6.6% rising
81 India 98.6% 2013 up 12.4% rising
82 Mongolia 98.5% 2018 down 0.9% rising
83 Nauru 98.5% 2019 down 1.5% rising
84 Trinidad and Tobago 98.4% 2010 down 1.1% rising
85 Macao 98.4% 2019 up 14.3% rising
86 Chile 98.4% 2018 up 1.6% flat
87 Colombia 98.2% 2018 down 1.6% rising
88 Poland 98.2% 2018 up 4.3% flat
89 Serbia 98.1% 2019 up 2.0% flat
90 Estonia 98.0% 2018 down 1.1% flat
92 Lesotho 98.0% 2017 up 13.6% rising
93 Belarus 97.9% 2018 down 0.8% rising
94 Thailand 97.9% 2009 — rising
95 Saint Kitts and Nevis 97.8% 2016 down 1.4% rising
96 Barbados 97.8% 2019 down 0.1% rising
97 Bhutan 97.8% 2020 up 9.7% rising
98 Nicaragua 97.6% 2010 up 12.8% rising
99 United Arab Emirates 97.5% 2017 up 2.6% rising
100 Saudi Arabia 97.4% 2016 up 6.9% rising
101 Spain 97.2% 2018 down 2.8% flat
102 Bahrain 97.2% 2019 up 4.0% rising
103 Fiji 97.1% 2019 down 2.3% rising
104 Uganda 97.1% 2013 — rising
105 East Timor 97.0% 2019 up 10.2% rising
106 Dominica 96.7% 2019 up 3.9% rising
107 Italy 96.7% 2018 down 2.1% flat
108 Palestine 96.6% 2019 up 8.9% rising
109 Dominican Republic 96.5% 2019 up 5.2% rising
110 Peru 96.4% 2019 down 2.9% rising
111 Guyana 96.4% 2012 up 4.6% rising
112 Mozambique 96.3% 2019 up 12.5% rising
113 Myanmar 96.1% 2018 up 7.4% rising
114 Libya 96.0% 1983 up 17.3% rising
115 Togo 96.0% 2019 up 11.7% rising
116 Philippines 95.9% 2018 up 4.8% flat
117 Solomon Islands 95.9% 2018 up 20.8% rising
118 Slovakia 95.7% 2018 down 1.8% flat
119 Hungary 95.5% 2018 down 2.5% rising
120 Brazil 95.4% 2011 down 0.5% flat
121 Turkey 94.7% 2018 down 1.9% rising
122 Burundi 94.0% 2019 up 2.8% volatile
123 Sao Tome and Principe 94.0% 2017 up 3.9% flat
124 Rwanda 93.8% 2019 — rising
125 Congo 93.1% 2012 up 65.0% falling
126 Bolivia 93.1% 2018 down 6.9% falling
127 Azerbaijan 93.0% 2019 up 6.7% flat
128 Ukraine 93.0% 2014 up 3.8% flat
129 Cape Verde 92.7% 2018 down 3.3% flat
130 Nepal 92.6% 2019 down 6.1% rising
131 Vanuatu 92.5% 2015 down 5.8% rising
132 Indonesia 92.0% 2018 down 3.3% rising
133 Cote d'Ivoire 91.6% 2019 up 81.3% rising
134 Kuwait 91.5% 2019 down 5.8% rising
135 Armenia 91.2% 2019 down 7.4% flat
136 Laos 90.7% 2019 up 3.2% rising
137 Cambodia 90.6% 2019 down 2.5% rising
138 Bermuda 90.6% 2012 down 9.4% rising
139 Benin 90.4% 2019 up 2.4% rising
140 Venezuela 90.4% 2017 down 6.4% flat
141 Gambia 90.0% 2019 up 30.2% rising
142 South Africa 89.8% 2018 down 6.0% rising
143 Guatemala 89.5% 2019 down 5.5% rising
144 Botswana 89.5% 2014 up 1.0% rising
145 Suriname 89.3% 2019 down 5.1% falling
146 Paraguay 89.3% 2012 down 8.5% rising
147 Moldova 88.8% 2019 down 2.3% falling
148 Cayman Islands 88.7% 2018 up 0.2% flat
149 Tanzania 88.4% 2019 down 10.7% rising
150 China 88.4% 1997 down 0.6% flat
151 Romania 87.4% 2018 down 10.3% rising
152 Cameroon 87.3% 2019 up 4.7% rising
153 Zambia 87.0% 2017 down 5.0% rising
154 Iraq 86.9% 2007 up 21.7% rising
155 Bulgaria 86.8% 2018 down 13.2% flat
156 El Salvador 86.7% 2018 down 9.4% rising
157 Panama 86.5% 2017 down 12.6% rising
158 Honduras 85.9% 2019 down 1.6% flat
159 Kenya 83.0% 2012 up 24.1% rising
160 Jamaica 82.9% 2019 down 11.0% falling
161 Eswatini 82.8% 2018 up 1.3% rising
162 Ethiopia 82.4% 2015 up 42.5% rising
163 Comoros 81.8% 2018 up 7.3% rising
164 Jordan 80.7% 2019 down 7.4% falling
165 Puerto Rico 79.1% 2018 down 14.8% falling
166 Senegal 79.0% 2019 up 8.1% rising
167 Liberia 78.9% 2017 down 1.9% rising
168 Yemen 78.9% 2016 up 19.0% rising
169 Mauritania 78.8% 2019 up 6.9% rising
170 Burkina Faso 77.6% 2019 up 29.4% volatile
171 Bahamas 77.3% 2018 down 9.8% falling
172 Marshall Islands 73.3% 2019 down 20.9% falling
173 Syria 71.6% 2013 down 25.9% rising
174 Angola 71.5% 2011 up 70.3% rising
175 Guinea-Bissau 70.8% 2010 up 73.3% rising
176 Guinea 70.6% 2016 up 17.3% rising
177 Pakistan 65.9% 2016 up 23.3% rising
178 Djibouti 65.4% 2020 up 36.1% rising
179 Chad 65.0% 2019 up 20.0% rising
180 Sudan 61.0% 2017 up 10.4% rising
181 Nigeria 60.0% 2010 down 0.5% flat
182 Central African Republic 59.2% 2012 up 46.3% rising
183 Haiti 57.4% 1997 up 34.5% rising
184 Mali 55.8% 2018 up 3.1% rising
185 Niger 55.1% 2019 up 23.0% rising
186 Eritrea 50.2% 2018 down 28.7% rising
187 Equatorial Guinea 45.2% 2015 down 30.0% falling
188 Democratic Republic of Congo 35.9% 1999 down 36.5% falling
189 Somalia 10.9% 1980 — falling

About this data

Indicator
Total net enrolment rate, primary, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 4,340 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of female students of the official age group for primary education who are enrolled in any level of education, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding female population. Divide the total number of female students in the official school age range for primary education who are enrolled in any level of education by the female population of the same age group and multiply the result by 100. The difference between the total NER and the adjusted NER provides a measure of the proportion of children in the official relevant school age group who are enrolled in levels of education below the one intended for their age. The difference between the total NER and the adjusted NER for primary education is due to enrolment in pre-primary education. The total NER should be based on total enrolment of the official relevant school age group in any level of education for all types of schools and education institutions, including public, private and all other institutions that provide organized educational programmes.