Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary entry age, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
42
Highest
99.7%
Uruguay
Lowest
35.6%
Côte d'Ivoire
Median
85.2%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
458
What the numbers show
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary entry age, female (%) is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 99.7% in Uruguay; the lowest is 35.6% in Côte d'Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 85.2%, and the mean is 80.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 885.4%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 14.0%).
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 99.7% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 2 | Peru | 98.9% | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 98.7% | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 98.2% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 5 | Mexico | 97.3% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 6 | Colombia | 97.1% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 7 | South Africa | 97.0% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 8 | El Salvador | 96.1% | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 9 | Tunisia | 95.4% | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 10 | Chile | 94.8% | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 11 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 94.4% | 2014 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 12 | Paraguay | 91.6% | 2024 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 91.2% | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 14 | Kenya | 90.9% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 15 | Ghana | 89.7% | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | 89.6% | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 17 | Lesotho | 88.0% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 18 | Rwanda | 87.9% | 2022 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 19 | Thailand | 86.6% | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 20 | United States | 86.4% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 85.4% | 2022 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 22 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 85.0% | 2021 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 22 | Panama | 85.0% | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 24 | Togo | 83.4% | 2021 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 25 | Honduras | 83.1% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 26 | Ecuador | 81.8% | 2024 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 80.1% | 2019 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Mongolia | 79.9% | 2022 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 79.8% | 2019 | up 806.3% | rising |
| 30 | Zambia | 75.3% | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 31 | Armenia | 75.3% | 2023 | up 885.4% | rising |
| 32 | Malawi | 75.2% | 2020 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 69.9% | 2022 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 34 | Gambia | 68.9% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 35 | Cameroon | 63.3% | 2018 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 36 | Benin | 59.3% | 2021 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 37 | Nigeria | 54.6% | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 38 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 49.8% | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 39 | Senegal | 45.3% | 2023 | up 130.9% | rising |
| 40 | Mali | 43.8% | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 41 | Ethiopia | 41.6% | 2022 | up 126.1% | rising |
| 42 | Côte d'Ivoire | 35.6% | 2022 | up 17.4% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release