Euro area vs Sweden: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female

Euro area
105.9%
in 2019
Sweden
142.4%
in 2018
Euro area rank
2nd
Sweden rank
1st

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female over time

  • Euro area
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 142.4% against 105.9% in Euro area, a difference of 36.5%.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.3 times Euro area's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Sweden ahead.

Euro area ranks 2nd and Sweden ranks 1st of 45 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, Euro area averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Euro area Sweden Difference Ahead
1970s 91.0% 91.1% 0.0% Sweden
1980s 95.1% 94.5% 0.6% Euro area
1990s 102.2% 118.3% 16.1% Sweden
2000s 104.5% 113.5% 9.0% Sweden
2010s 105.7% 124.5% 18.8% Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female, Euro area or Sweden?
Sweden, at 142.4% against 105.9% in Euro area as of 2018.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female between Euro area and Sweden?
36.5%, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Sweden?
47 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Euro area and Sweden rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female?
Euro area ranks 2nd and Sweden ranks 1st of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio, primary and 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, primary and secondary, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,794 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total female enrollment in primary and secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of official primary and 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.