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Enrolment in lower secondary education, female (number) by country

Total number of female students enrolled in public and private lower secondary education institutions regardless of age.

Countries reporting
194
Highest
31.07 million number
India
Lowest
172 number
Tuvalu
Median
161,841 number
Years covered
41
1980–2020
Data points
4,720

What the numbers show

Enrolment in lower secondary education, female (number) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 31.07 million number in India; the lowest is 172 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 161,841 number, and the mean is 822,262 number.

Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 282.2%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 58.8%).

Enrolment in lower secondary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 31.07 million number 2019 up 19.3% rising
2 China 21.72 million number 2019 down 18.0% falling
3 Indonesia 6.70 million number 2018 up 23.6% rising
4 Brazil 6.47 million number 2018 down 10.4% falling
5 United States of America 6.18 million number 2018 — flat
6 Bangladesh 4.58 million number 2019 up 38.7% rising
7 Mexico 4.40 million number 2018 up 12.7% rising
8 Philippines 3.94 million number 2018 up 48.3% rising
9 Russian Federation 3.57 million number 2018 up 11.6% falling
10 Pakistan 3.47 million number 2019 up 50.8% rising
11 Türkiye 2.75 million number 2018 up 54.2% rising
12 Nigeria 2.75 million number 2016 up 64.9% rising
13 Viet Nam 2.65 million number 2019 down 0.8% falling
14 Egypt 2.62 million number 2019 up 22.0% rising
15 Germany 2.15 million number 2018 down 11.4% falling
16 Ethiopia 2.06 million number 2017 up 68.0% volatile
17 Colombia 1.71 million number 2018 down 4.3% rising
18 Japan 1.65 million number 2018 down 7.2% falling
19 France 1.65 million number 2018 up 4.6% flat
20 Myanmar 1.56 million number 2018 up 47.5% rising
21 Algeria 1.52 million number 2011 up 47.6% rising
22 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.51 million number 2017 down 18.1% falling
23 Thailand 1.42 million number 2019 up 3.2% rising
24 Argentina 1.36 million number 2017 up 10.0% rising
25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.26 million number 2018 up 13.7% rising
26 Uzbekistan 1.26 million number 2019 down 12.4% falling
27 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.14 million number 2019 up 72.8% volatile
28 Kenya 1.13 million number 2016 up 51.6% rising
29 South Africa 1.00 million number 2018 up 11.1% flat
30 Nepal 943,410 number 2019 up 33.5% rising
31 Ukraine 905,022 number 2019 down 16.8% falling
32 Peru 865,710 number 2019 up 1.7% rising
33 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 852,833 number 2015 up 69.8% rising
34 Italy 845,383 number 2018 up 2.2% falling
35 Ghana 831,036 number 2019 up 39.9% rising
36 Morocco 829,814 number 2019 up 26.6% rising
37 Spain 800,669 number 2018 down 16.2% rising
38 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 767,726 number 2017 up 3.2% rising
39 Saudi Arabia 755,328 number 2019 up 1.6% rising
40 Côte d'Ivoire 747,714 number 2019 up 97.2% rising
41 Cameroon 715,287 number 2016 up 214.0% rising
42 Afghanistan 708,606 number 2018 up 121.7% volatile
43 Kazakhstan 704,562 number 2019 up 9.2% falling
44 Syrian Arab Republic 691,848 number 2013 down 14.8% rising
45 Sri Lanka 689,950 number 2018 up 10.3% falling
46 Malaysia 659,723 number 2019 down 11.0% flat
47 Republic of Korea 646,522 number 2018 down 32.3% falling
48 Australia 618,881 number 2018 — rising
49 Canada 610,265 number 2018 up 49.7% falling
50 Angola 574,827 number 2016 up 206.0% volatile
51 Madagascar 563,222 number 2019 up 38.7% rising
52 Sudan 553,523 number 2017 up 70.4% rising
53 Burkina Faso 540,984 number 2019 up 234.9% volatile
54 Poland 536,110 number 2018 down 24.0% falling
55 Iraq 532,471 number 2007 up 93.8% rising
56 Ecuador 483,033 number 2018 up 52.7% rising
57 Yemen 482,567 number 2016 up 70.7% rising
58 Senegal 423,428 number 2019 up 108.5% volatile
59 Mozambique 394,686 number 2017 up 142.7% volatile
60 Tajikistan 388,472 number 2017 up 1.0% rising
61 Netherlands 381,831 number 2018 up 4.5% flat
62 Malawi 368,499 number 2019 up 37.9% rising
63 Guatemala 362,609 number 2019 up 14.2% rising
64 Romania 350,885 number 2018 down 21.6% falling
65 Benin 334,297 number 2016 up 185.6% volatile
66 Cambodia 333,036 number 2019 up 14.6% rising
67 Mali 326,243 number 2018 up 95.3% rising
68 Azerbaijan 303,523 number 2019 down 8.8% falling
69 Jordan 302,753 number 2019 up 20.7% rising
70 Niger 273,237 number 2017 up 282.2% volatile
71 Palestine, State of 272,235 number 2019 down 4.2% rising
72 Dominican Republic 266,028 number 2019 up 47.7% rising
73 Kyrgyzstan 261,853 number 2019 up 1.5% falling
74 Rwanda 261,223 number 2019 up 120.8% volatile
75 Zambia 251,074 number 2017 up 55.4% rising
76 Tunisia 249,975 number 2018 down 20.3% flat
77 Chile 242,799 number 2018 down 12.5% falling
78 Togo 240,413 number 2017 up 119.9% rising
79 Zimbabwe 238,305 number 2013 up 26.5% rising
80 Honduras 226,621 number 2019 up 16.8% rising
81 Sierra Leone 226,159 number 2019 up 104.9% rising
82 Belarus 220,032 number 2018 down 27.2% falling
83 Lao People's Democratic Republic 213,964 number 2019 up 81.3% rising
84 Belgium 213,876 number 2018 up 29.2% flat
85 Israel 212,024 number 2018 up 32.7% rising
86 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 211,401 number 2018 up 3.7% rising
87 Burundi 206,731 number 2019 up 112.9% volatile
88 Czechia 194,118 number 2018 down 7.6% falling
89 Guinea 192,713 number 2014 up 126.6% volatile
90 Hungary 189,386 number 2018 down 12.5% falling
91 Sweden 187,522 number 2018 up 3.5% flat
92 Libya 183,710 number 2006 down 14.4% falling
93 Portugal 176,486 number 2018 down 6.0% falling
94 Oman 166,910 number 2019 up 111.0% volatile
95 Austria 165,707 number 2018 down 10.6% falling
96 Cuba 164,093 number 2019 down 16.9% falling
97 Paraguay 163,000 number 2016 up 3.0% rising
98 Nicaragua 160,682 number 2010 up 34.7% rising
99 Greece 154,136 number 2018 down 3.1% falling
100 United Arab Emirates 152,324 number 2017 up 63.4% rising
101 El Salvador 150,116 number 2018 down 13.7% rising
102 Costa Rica 146,696 number 2019 up 6.0% rising
103 Serbia 133,243 number 2019 down 13.1% falling
104 Chad 133,086 number 2019 up 43.3% volatile
105 Switzerland 124,891 number 2018 down 14.4% falling
106 New Zealand 123,624 number 2018 up 1.3% rising
107 Slovakia 123,233 number 2018 down 17.9% falling
108 Congo 122,409 number 2012 up 89.4% rising
109 Ireland 118,689 number 2018 up 38.8% flat
110 Denmark 116,591 number 2018 down 4.3% rising
111 Lebanon 111,674 number 2019 up 1.3% falling
112 Panama 99,161 number 2017 up 25.4% rising
113 Bulgaria 96,003 number 2018 down 20.7% falling
114 Norway 94,917 number 2018 up 6.2% rising
115 Mauritania 91,966 number 2019 up 189.3% volatile
116 Uruguay 89,688 number 2018 up 2.1% rising
117 Mongolia 88,371 number 2018 down 18.0% flat
118 Finland 87,868 number 2018 down 10.5% falling
119 Croatia 86,712 number 2018 down 15.7% falling
120 Kuwait 81,223 number 2012 up 24.0% rising
121 Hong Kong, China 80,947 number 2019 down 32.7% falling
122 Eritrea 80,526 number 2018 up 33.6% rising
123 Namibia 80,240 number 2017 up 19.6% rising
124 Liberia 80,121 number 2017 up 88.5% rising
125 Lithuania 79,103 number 2018 down 40.0% falling
126 Armenia 79,019 number 2019 down 22.2% falling
127 Republic of Moldova 76,570 number 2019 down 29.6% falling
128 Georgia 69,601 number 2019 down 13.4% falling
129 Albania 65,721 number 2019 down 39.0% falling
130 Botswana 62,432 number 2015 up 3.2% rising
131 Jamaica 59,881 number 2019 down 25.2% falling
132 Bosnia and Herzegovina 59,746 number 2019 down 33.8% falling
133 Lesotho 56,260 number 2017 up 24.5% rising
134 Gambia 55,452 number 2019 up 50.4% rising
135 Puerto Rico 53,436 number 2018 down 31.0% falling
136 Timor-Leste 45,847 number 2019 up 53.8% rising
137 Central African Republic 44,069 number 2017 up 73.9% rising
138 North Macedonia 40,634 number 2018 down 22.7% falling
139 Singapore 38,441 number 2018 down 27.6% falling
140 Eswatini 35,520 number 2016 up 27.9% rising
141 Fiji 34,382 number 2019 up 7.8% falling
142 Qatar 30,422 number 2019 up 74.2% rising
143 Mauritius 28,096 number 2019 down 7.0% rising
144 Guyana 27,387 number 2012 up 6.3% rising
145 Bhutan 27,288 number 2020 up 14.8% rising
146 Trinidad and Tobago 27,195 number 2009 down 25.0% falling
147 Latvia 27,180 number 2018 down 31.2% falling
148 Slovenia 26,475 number 2018 down 5.1% falling
149 Bahrain 26,095 number 2019 up 28.6% rising
150 Comoros 25,521 number 2018 up 51.3% rising
151 Djibouti 20,492 number 2020 up 50.7% rising
152 Suriname 19,193 number 2019 up 15.1% rising
153 Estonia 19,134 number 2018 down 16.5% falling
154 Solomon Islands 16,464 number 2018 up 74.6% rising
155 Cape Verde 16,074 number 2018 down 18.7% flat
156 Belize 14,995 number 2019 up 20.3% rising
157 Montenegro 13,771 number 2019 down 22.7% falling
158 Equatorial Guinea 13,530 number 2015 up 41.8% rising
159 Cyprus 13,224 number 2018 down 17.1% falling
160 Luxembourg 10,696 number 2018 up 13.0% rising
161 Sao Tome and Principe 8,565 number 2017 up 116.0% rising
162 Maldives 8,162 number 2019 down 37.5% falling
163 Vanuatu 7,400 number 2015 up 67.5% rising
164 Bahamas 6,939 number 2018 down 23.5% falling
165 Brunei Darussalam 6,610 number 2019 down 41.7% falling
166 Iceland 6,330 number 2018 down 6.7% flat
167 Macau, China 6,326 number 2019 down 37.3% falling
168 Tonga 6,192 number 2015 up 28.7% rising
169 Malta 6,090 number 2018 down 52.2% falling
170 Barbados 5,428 number 2019 down 2.1% falling
171 Samoa 4,757 number 2019 up 0.6% rising
172 Saint Lucia 3,255 number 2019 down 36.1% falling
173 Kiribati 2,976 number 2017 down 18.6% rising
174 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,941 number 2018 down 24.4% falling
175 Grenada 2,745 number 2018 down 23.7% falling
176 Antigua and Barbuda 2,236 number 2018 down 20.6% rising
177 Seychelles 2,167 number 2019 down 3.3% falling
178 Micronesia, Federated States of 2,022 number 2019 down 23.2% falling
179 Aruba 1,769 number 2012 up 9.1% rising
180 Dominica 1,482 number 2019 down 36.0% falling
181 Andorra 1,402 number 2019 up 10.4% rising
182 Marshall Islands 1,354 number 2019 up 25.8% rising
183 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,285 number 2016 up 10.5% flat
184 Cayman Islands 956 number 2018 up 12.2% rising
185 Bermuda 929 number 2015 down 19.5% falling
186 Monaco 923 number 2020 up 16.8% rising
187 Turks and Caicos Islands 738 number 2018 down 12.8% rising
188 Liechtenstein 722 number 2018 down 18.0% falling
189 Gibraltar 644 number 2019 up 59.0% rising
190 British Virgin Islands 474 number 2018 down 30.6% rising
191 San Marino 451 number 2019 up 8.7% rising
192 Naoero 425 number 2019 up 72.8% rising
193 Palau 236 number 2014 down 56.6% falling
194 Tuvalu 172 number 2019 down 58.8% 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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Indicator
Enrolment in lower secondary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
239 places, 4,720 data points, 1980–2020
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