Hong Kong vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female

Hong Kong
109.4%
in 2019
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
91.9%
in 2019
Hong Kong rank
20th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
22nd

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female over time

  • Hong Kong
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
406080100197019942019

How they compare

Hong Kong currently reports 109.4% against 91.9% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, a difference of 17.5%.

That makes Hong Kong's figure about 1.2 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's.

Across all 27 years both countries report, Hong Kong has been ahead every year.

Hong Kong ranks 20th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 22nd of 193 countries.

Hong Kong has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hong Kong Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Difference Ahead
1970s 75.8% 44.4% 31.4% Hong Kong
1980s 87.2% 58.4% 28.9% Hong Kong
1990s 90.5% 71.5% 19.0% Hong Kong
2010s 106.2% 90.4% 15.8% Hong Kong

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female, Hong Kong or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
Hong Kong, at 109.4% against 91.9% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan as of 2019.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female between Hong Kong and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
17.5%, with Hong Kong ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
27 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2019.
How do Hong Kong and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female?
Hong Kong ranks 20th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 22nd of 193 countries.
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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Hong Kong vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/gross-enrolment-ratio-primary-and-secondary-female-percent/hong-kong-sar-china/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/gross-enrolment-ratio-primary-and-secondary-female-percent/hong-kong-sar-china/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan/">Hong Kong vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female</a> — Statizoid

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.