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Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female (% of primary school age children) by country

Adjusted net enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.

Countries reporting
165
Highest
100.0%
Ireland
Lowest
10.9%
Somalia
Median
94.7%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,575

What the numbers show

Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female (% of primary school age children) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Ireland; the lowest is 10.9% in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 94.7%, and the mean is 89.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Côte d'Ivoire (up 77.7%), and the largest decrease in Congo, Democratic Republic of the (down 36.5%).

Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 100.0% 2001 up 11.5% falling
2 Switzerland 99.9% 2012 — rising
3 Malaysia 99.8% 2014 up 0.4% rising
4 Norway 99.8% 2014 up 0.4% flat
5 Tunisia 99.7% 2009 up 6.5% rising
6 Oman 99.7% 2011 up 21.5% rising
7 France 99.7% 2016 up 3.7% flat
8 Saint Lucia 99.5% 2018 up 6.1% flat
9 Netherlands 99.5% 2017 — rising
10 Qatar 99.5% 2018 up 2.7% rising
11 Iceland 99.5% 2016 up 2.7% flat
12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 99.4% 2017 up 1.4% flat
13 Belgium 99.2% 2017 up 1.8% flat
14 Malta 99.1% 1997 up 4.5% rising
15 Canada 99.1% 1998 up 4.0% flat
16 Denmark 99.0% 2015 up 2.2% flat
17 Slovenia 98.9% 2014 down 1.0% rising
18 New Zealand 98.9% 2016 — flat
19 Finland 98.8% 2017 up 1.2% flat
20 Fiji 98.8% 2015 down 1.2% rising
21 Egypt 98.8% 2012 up 11.2% rising
22 Belize 98.6% 2013 up 4.2% flat
23 India 98.6% 2013 up 12.4% rising
24 Greece 98.5% 2017 up 3.9% flat
25 Seychelles 98.5% 2002 up 12.7% rising
26 Trinidad and Tobago 98.4% 2010 down 0.3% flat
27 Serbia 98.4% 2018 up 0.0% flat
28 Luxembourg 98.3% 2015 up 0.0% rising
29 Georgia 98.3% 2016 down 0.8% flat
30 Colombia 98.2% 2018 up 3.4% rising
31 Cyprus 98.2% 2017 down 0.5% rising
32 Croatia 98.1% 2011 up 2.5% rising
33 Brunei Darussalam 98.1% 1995 up 27.0% rising
34 Sweden 98.1% 2008 down 0.7% flat
35 Russian Federation 98.0% 2016 up 4.7% flat
36 Thailand 97.9% 2009 — rising
37 Latvia 97.8% 2017 down 0.1% flat
38 Aruba 97.8% 2009 down 0.9% flat
39 Spain 97.7% 2017 — flat
40 Cuba 97.7% 2018 up 1.1% rising
41 Iran, Islamic Republic of 97.6% 2012 up 3.1% rising
42 Nicaragua 97.6% 2010 up 12.8% rising
43 Namibia 97.6% 2012 up 2.1% rising
44 Barbados 97.5% 2018 down 1.6% rising
45 Republic of Korea 97.5% 2017 down 0.8% flat
46 Grenada 97.4% 2005 — rising
47 Portugal 97.4% 2017 — rising
48 Poland 97.3% 2017 up 4.0% flat
49 Mauritius 97.3% 2013 up 2.3% rising
50 Palestine, State of 97.3% 2018 up 12.8% rising
51 Bahrain 97.2% 2018 up 2.4% rising
52 Albania 97.2% 2013 up 5.4% falling
53 Italy 97.1% 2017 — flat
54 Tajikistan 97.1% 2016 up 3.2% rising
55 Uganda 97.1% 2013 — rising
56 Kyrgyzstan 97.0% 2012 up 4.3% flat
57 Brazil 97.0% 2015 up 3.8% flat
58 Morocco 97.0% 2017 up 10.3% rising
59 Bangladesh 97.0% 2008 — rising
60 Peru 96.9% 2015 down 1.6% rising
61 Uruguay 96.9% 2014 down 1.7% rising
62 British Virgin Islands 96.9% 2013 up 2.8% rising
63 Australia 96.9% 2017 up 0.0% flat
64 Timor-Leste 96.7% 2018 up 17.6% rising
65 Hungary 96.6% 2017 up 0.5% rising
66 Montenegro 96.6% 2017 down 0.2% flat
67 Sri Lanka 96.5% 2014 down 3.2% flat
68 Costa Rica 96.5% 2017 — rising
69 Algeria 96.5% 2008 up 14.5% rising
70 Macau, China 96.4% 2018 up 12.1% rising
71 Maldives 96.4% 2017 down 2.1% flat
72 Mongolia 96.2% 2015 up 3.3% rising
73 Uzbekistan 96.2% 2014 up 4.4% flat
74 Ecuador 96.1% 2008 down 1.5% rising
75 North Macedonia 95.8% 2017 up 5.7% flat
76 Rwanda 95.5% 2018 up 10.2% rising
77 United States of America 95.5% 2017 down 4.2% flat
78 Philippines 95.2% 2017 up 7.4% flat
79 Belarus 95.1% 2018 up 0.7% rising
80 Saudi Arabia 95.0% 2018 down 2.0% rising
81 Burundi 94.8% 2018 up 3.2% volatile
82 Chile 94.8% 2017 down 0.4% flat
83 South Africa 94.7% 2017 down 0.9% rising
84 Estonia 94.5% 2017 — rising
85 United Arab Emirates 94.5% 2012 up 13.3% rising
86 Türkiye 94.5% 2017 down 2.6% rising
87 Guyana 94.4% 2010 up 4.1% flat
88 Hong Kong, China 94.2% 1996 down 2.4% rising
89 Dominican Republic 94.1% 2018 up 7.7% rising
90 Sao Tome and Principe 94.0% 2017 up 3.9% flat
91 Congo 93.1% 2012 up 65.0% falling
92 Dominica 93.1% 2009 down 2.4% flat
93 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 93.1% 2018 down 4.4% flat
94 Kuwait 93.0% 2018 down 2.0% rising
95 Ukraine 93.0% 2014 up 3.8% flat
96 Cape Verde 92.6% 2018 down 3.2% flat
97 Vanuatu 92.5% 2015 down 4.9% rising
98 Mozambique 92.5% 2018 up 10.0% rising
99 Azerbaijan 92.4% 2018 up 10.5% flat
100 Togo 92.2% 2018 up 7.3% rising
101 Indonesia 92.0% 2018 down 3.3% rising
102 Lesotho 91.9% 2016 up 4.1% rising
103 Germany 91.5% 2016 up 2.7% flat
104 Bhutan 90.8% 2018 up 11.3% rising
105 Armenia 90.7% 2018 down 7.9% flat
106 Lao People's Democratic Republic 90.6% 2018 up 6.5% rising
107 Cambodia 90.6% 2018 down 2.5% rising
108 Bermuda 90.6% 2012 — rising
109 Zimbabwe 90.3% 2003 up 5.5% rising
110 Republic of Moldova 90.1% 2018 up 0.1% falling
111 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 89.7% 2017 down 4.8% flat
112 Côte d'Ivoire 89.7% 2018 up 77.7% rising
113 Austria 89.7% 2016 up 1.0% falling
114 Guatemala 89.5% 2018 down 5.2% rising
115 Botswana 89.3% 2012 up 0.1% rising
116 Tonga 88.9% 1999 down 4.5% flat
117 Cameroon 88.7% 2017 up 7.0% rising
118 Myanmar 88.4% 2010 down 0.3% rising
119 China 88.4% 1997 down 0.6% flat
120 Bulgaria 88.1% 2017 down 8.7% flat
121 Paraguay 88.0% 2012 down 9.9% rising
122 Suriname 87.7% 2018 down 2.6% flat
123 Ghana 87.2% 2019 up 3.4% rising
124 San Marino 87.2% 2000 up 0.6% flat
125 Zambia 87.0% 2017 down 5.0% rising
126 Iraq 86.8% 2004 up 17.0% rising
127 Panama 86.5% 2017 down 12.0% rising
128 Romania 85.8% 2017 down 11.0% rising
129 Gambia 85.7% 2018 up 24.0% rising
130 Slovakia 84.2% 2017 down 4.2% flat
131 Tanzania, United Republic of 84.1% 2018 down 15.0% rising
132 Benin 83.6% 2008 up 75.6% rising
133 Kenya 83.0% 2012 up 37.4% rising
134 Eswatini 82.5% 2017 up 1.0% rising
135 El Salvador 82.1% 2018 down 14.7% rising
136 Ethiopia 82.0% 2015 up 41.8% rising
137 Jamaica 81.8% 2018 down 12.2% falling
138 Comoros 81.7% 2018 up 7.2% rising
139 Mauritania 81.4% 2018 up 9.1% rising
140 Honduras 81.4% 2017 down 4.6% flat
141 Senegal 80.8% 2017 up 14.3% rising
142 Puerto Rico 80.4% 2016 down 13.5% falling
143 Jordan 80.3% 2018 down 7.9% falling
144 Yemen 78.9% 2016 up 19.0% rising
145 Burkina Faso 78.4% 2018 up 38.9% volatile
146 Madagascar 78.2% 2003 up 35.9% rising
147 Bahamas 75.3% 2018 down 12.1% falling
148 Nepal 74.8% 2004 up 31.2% rising
149 Angola 71.5% 2011 up 70.3% rising
150 Syrian Arab Republic 71.5% 2013 down 23.4% rising
151 Guinea-Bissau 70.8% 2010 up 74.0% rising
152 Guinea 70.6% 2016 up 17.5% rising
153 Djibouti 67.0% 2019 up 39.4% rising
154 Chad 64.3% 2016 up 36.1% rising
155 Pakistan 62.1% 2018 up 4.9% rising
156 Sudan 61.0% 2017 up 10.4% rising
157 Nigeria 60.0% 2010 down 0.5% flat
158 Niger 58.3% 2016 up 63.5% volatile
159 Haiti 57.4% 1997 up 34.5% rising
160 Central African Republic 56.0% 2011 up 38.4% rising
161 Mali 55.8% 2018 up 2.9% rising
162 Eritrea 49.4% 2018 down 29.7% rising
163 Equatorial Guinea 44.9% 2015 down 30.5% falling
164 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 35.9% 1999 down 36.5% falling
165 Somalia 10.9% 1980 — falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female (% of primary school age children)
Unit
% of primary school age children
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
201 places, 3,575 data points, 1970–2019
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Adjusted net enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.