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Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female (%) by country

Total number of female students of the official age group for upper secondary 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 upper secondary education who are...

Countries reporting
143
Highest
99.4%
Netherlands
Lowest
11.1%
Niger
Median
81.9%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,036

What the numbers show

Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female (%) is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 99.4% in Netherlands; the lowest is 11.1% in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 81.9%, and the mean is 75.3%.

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

Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 246.3%), and the largest decrease in Tonga (down 32.7%).

Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Netherlands 99.4% 2015 up 5.7% flat
2 Hong Kong 99.3% 2019 up 43.6% rising
3 New Zealand 99.2% 2018 up 4.2% rising
4 Ireland 99.1% 2018 up 3.9% rising
5 Spain 98.9% 2018 up 10.7% rising
6 Slovenia 98.6% 2018 up 6.7% rising
7 Belgium 98.4% 2018 down 0.5% rising
8 Estonia 98.3% 2018 up 0.8% rising
9 Lithuania 97.9% 2018 down 0.3% rising
10 Barbados 97.3% 2019 up 4.3% rising
11 Sweden 97.2% 2015 up 0.6% flat
12 Czechia 97.0% 2018 down 1.0% flat
13 United States 96.6% 2018 up 6.4% rising
14 Poland 96.4% 2018 up 4.0% flat
15 Latvia 96.4% 2018 up 3.9% rising
16 Portugal 96.4% 2013 up 17.1% rising
17 Armenia 96.3% 2019 up 7.7% rising
18 Georgia 96.1% 2019 up 1.8% rising
19 France 96.1% 2018 up 2.3% rising
20 United Kingdom 96.0% 2018 up 3.7% rising
21 Belarus 95.8% 2014 — flat
22 Ukraine 95.7% 2014 down 2.3% flat
23 South Korea 95.6% 2018 up 1.8% rising
24 Finland 95.5% 2018 up 1.4% flat
25 Chile 95.3% 2018 up 6.3% rising
26 Samoa 95.2% 2016 up 8.3% rising
27 Italy 94.9% 2018 up 0.2% rising
28 Costa Rica 94.9% 2019 up 15.3% rising
29 Saint Kitts and Nevis 94.8% 2016 up 19.6% rising
30 Argentina 94.1% 2017 up 8.9% rising
31 Australia 94.0% 2018 — rising
32 Greece 93.8% 2018 up 7.0% rising
33 Bahrain 93.7% 2019 up 6.6% rising
34 Canada 93.5% 2018 up 8.7% rising
35 Norway 93.0% 2018 down 2.3% flat
36 Grenada 92.9% 2015 up 6.1% rising
37 Aruba 92.5% 2009 down 1.7% flat
38 Cyprus 92.5% 2018 down 5.4% rising
39 Malta 92.3% 2018 up 41.1% rising
40 Uruguay 91.5% 2017 up 16.8% rising
41 Austria 90.9% 2018 down 1.5% flat
42 Denmark 90.6% 2018 up 4.4% rising
43 Macao 90.0% 2019 up 26.0% rising
44 Qatar 89.7% 2010 up 21.0% rising
45 Slovakia 89.3% 2018 down 1.4% flat
46 Serbia 89.1% 2019 up 3.0% flat
47 Iceland 88.9% 2018 up 4.9% rising
48 Peru 88.8% 2019 up 9.3% rising
49 Croatia 88.5% 2018 up 0.1% rising
50 Hungary 88.2% 2018 down 3.5% rising
51 Antigua and Barbuda 88.2% 2018 up 0.4% flat
52 Seychelles 88.0% 2019 up 38.0% rising
53 Brazil 87.7% 2011 up 1.4% flat
54 Puerto Rico 86.2% 2018 up 22.6% rising
55 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 85.7% 2018 down 8.7% flat
56 Bulgaria 85.6% 2018 up 5.0% rising
57 Uzbekistan 85.3% 2019 up 15.0% rising
58 Cuba 85.2% 2019 up 1.0% rising
59 Albania 85.1% 2019 up 3.5% rising
60 Mongolia 84.8% 2006 up 56.6% rising
61 Germany 84.4% 2018 down 10.1% falling
62 Sao Tome and Principe 84.1% 2015 up 123.2% rising
63 Brunei 83.9% 2019 down 0.4% rising
64 Botswana 83.7% 2003 up 9.3% volatile
65 Luxembourg 83.2% 2018 down 0.5% flat
66 Oman 83.1% 2018 up 0.2% rising
67 Kuwait 83.0% 2015 down 13.4% flat
68 Philippines 82.9% 2015 up 9.7% flat
69 Mauritius 82.9% 2019 up 5.6% rising
70 Dominica 82.9% 2019 up 16.0% falling
71 Turkey 82.7% 2018 up 35.6% rising
72 Eswatini 81.9% 2015 up 14.1% rising
73 Palestine 81.7% 2019 down 0.4% rising
74 Romania 81.4% 2018 — flat
75 United Arab Emirates 81.0% 2017 — rising
76 Venezuela 81.0% 2017 up 14.0% rising
77 Ecuador 80.9% 2018 up 43.3% rising
78 South Africa 80.3% 2018 up 9.1% rising
79 Switzerland 80.3% 2018 up 1.6% rising
80 Colombia 80.1% 2018 up 8.3% rising
81 Thailand 79.0% 2015 up 63.3% rising
82 Dominican Republic 78.9% 2019 up 9.7% rising
83 Saint Lucia 78.8% 2019 down 4.7% rising
84 Bolivia 78.7% 2018 down 4.5% rising
85 East Timor 78.3% 2019 up 31.8% rising
86 Jamaica 78.0% 2019 up 2.5% rising
87 Indonesia 77.8% 2018 up 40.3% rising
88 Fiji 77.8% 2012 up 24.3% rising
89 Bhutan 77.7% 2018 up 53.6% rising
90 Cape Verde 76.2% 2018 up 8.8% rising
91 Egypt 75.9% 2019 up 7.4% rising
92 Mexico 75.6% 2018 up 29.2% rising
93 Cayman Islands 75.3% 2018 down 6.3% falling
94 Kyrgyzstan 74.1% 2019 down 0.9% falling
95 Guyana 74.1% 2012 — rising
96 Iran 72.5% 2017 up 1.8% flat
97 Ghana 72.0% 2019 up 31.3% rising
98 Lesotho 70.6% 2016 up 7.1% rising
99 Paraguay 70.0% 2016 up 14.3% rising
100 Morocco 69.9% 2019 up 51.3% rising
101 Bahamas 69.6% 2018 down 26.6% falling
102 Malaysia 67.9% 2017 down 0.1% flat
103 Nicaragua 67.1% 2010 up 27.0% rising
104 Tonga 67.0% 2015 down 32.7% falling
105 Suriname 66.5% 2015 up 12.5% flat
106 Moldova 65.2% 2019 down 6.2% rising
107 El Salvador 65.2% 2018 up 6.3% rising
108 Belize 65.1% 2019 up 9.4% rising
109 Turks and Caicos Islands 64.5% 2018 down 20.3% falling
110 Bangladesh 64.3% 2018 up 69.2% rising
111 British Virgin Islands 64.3% 2018 down 30.5% rising
112 Kenya 64.1% 2009 up 32.2% rising
113 Myanmar 61.6% 2018 up 65.7% rising
114 Tuvalu 61.5% 2019 up 5.7% rising
115 Panama 58.7% 2017 down 9.1% rising
116 Namibia 58.6% 2007 down 6.6% falling
117 Jordan 56.5% 2019 down 15.7% falling
118 Laos 53.9% 2019 up 15.4% rising
119 Vanuatu 53.7% 2015 up 127.5% volatile
120 Tajikistan 51.9% 2011 up 41.0% rising
121 Zimbabwe 49.6% 2013 up 38.6% rising
122 Eritrea 47.4% 2018 up 60.8% rising
123 Honduras 46.2% 2019 down 6.1% flat
124 Iraq 42.4% 2007 up 97.8% rising
125 Cameroon 41.6% 2015 — volatile
126 Mauritania 41.0% 2019 up 93.3% rising
127 Pakistan 40.6% 2016 up 91.3% rising
128 Cambodia 39.3% 2008 up 246.3% rising
129 Guatemala 38.7% 2018 up 11.3% rising
130 Burundi 37.7% 2019 up 106.9% rising
131 Cote d'Ivoire 35.6% 2019 up 45.0% rising
132 Burkina Faso 34.7% 2019 up 195.9% volatile
133 Syria 33.7% 2013 up 3.7% rising
134 Djibouti 32.9% 2015 up 116.3% rising
135 Yemen 32.3% 2016 up 13.1% rising
136 Afghanistan 31.3% 2018 up 215.8% rising
137 Mozambique 27.0% 2015 up 22.3% rising
138 Ethiopia 24.8% 2015 up 135.9% rising
139 Malawi 24.2% 2019 down 8.7% rising
140 Guinea 24.2% 2014 up 80.0% rising
141 Mali 21.1% 2018 up 14.7% rising
142 Chad 14.9% 2019 — rising
143 Niger 11.1% 2017 up 129.1% rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
188 places, 3,036 data points, 1970–2019
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Total number of female students of the official age group for upper secondary 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 upper secondary 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 upper secondary education is due to enrolment in pre-primary or 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. For more information, consult the UIS website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/