Portugal vs Upper middle income: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female

Portugal
113.3%
in 2018
Upper middle income
98.3%
in 2019
Portugal rank
11th
Upper middle income rank
14th

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female over time

  • Portugal
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 113.3% against 98.3% in Upper middle income, a difference of 15.0%.

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

Across all 39 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.

Portugal ranks 11th and Upper middle income ranks 14th of 193 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Portugal Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 85.3% 73.8% 11.5% Portugal
1980s 88.4% 75.3% 13.1% Portugal
1990s 106.4% 83.1% 23.3% Portugal
2000s 110.9% 89.1% 21.8% Portugal
2010s 110.7% 96.1% 14.6% Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female, Portugal or Upper middle income?
Portugal, at 113.3% against 98.3% in Upper middle income as of 2018.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female between Portugal and Upper middle income?
15.0%, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Upper middle income?
39 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Portugal and Upper middle income rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female?
Portugal ranks 11th and Upper middle income ranks 14th 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.

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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.