Sweden vs Upper middle income: Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female

Sweden
121.2%
in 2018
Upper middle income
99.9%
in 2019
Sweden rank
11th
Upper middle income rank
11th

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female over time

  • Sweden
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 121.2% against 99.9% in Upper middle income, a difference of 21.3%.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.2 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Sweden ahead.

Sweden ranks 11th and Upper middle income ranks 11th of 188 countries.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sweden Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 115.8% 80.4% 35.3% Sweden
2000s 106.6% 91.3% 15.3% Sweden
2010s 111.3% 97.6% 13.7% Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female, Sweden or Upper middle income?
Sweden, at 121.2% against 99.9% in Upper middle income as of 2018.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female between Sweden and Upper middle income?
21.3%, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Upper middle income?
25 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2018.
How do Sweden and Upper middle income rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female?
Sweden ranks 11th and Upper middle income ranks 11th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,599 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Total female enrollment in lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of official lower secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.