Enrolment in primary education, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
216
Highest
60.33 million
India
Lowest
74
Tokelau
Median
264,822
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,299
What the numbers show
Enrolment in primary education, female (number) is currently reported for 216 countries. The highest value is 60.33 million in India; the lowest is 74 in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 264,822, and the mean is 1.70 million.
Over the past decade 121 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 122.8%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 47.4%).
Enrolment in primary education, female (number) (primary female): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 60.33 million | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 2 | China | 51.02 million | 2024 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 16.21 million | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 13.79 million | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 12.22 million | 2024 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 6 | United States | 11.56 million | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 10.28 million | 2023 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 8.56 million | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 7.55 million | 2024 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Egypt | 7.52 million | 2024 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 11 | Brazil | 7.36 million | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 6.49 million | 2025 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 13 | Philippines | 6.30 million | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 14 | Tanzania | 5.81 million | 2024 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Uganda | 4.45 million | 2017 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Iran | 4.41 million | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 17 | Vietnam | 4.24 million | 2024 | up 19.0% | flat |
| 18 | Kenya | 3.93 million | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 19 | Mozambique | 3.72 million | 2022 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Russia | 3.68 million | 2023 | up 33.0% | falling |
| 21 | South Africa | 3.65 million | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 22 | Afghanistan | 3.20 million | 2023 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Japan | 3.04 million | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 24 | Angola | 2.69 million | 2023 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Turkey | 2.69 million | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 26 | Madagascar | 2.67 million | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Algeria | 2.60 million | 2025 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 28 | Myanmar | 2.57 million | 2018 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 29 | Sudan | 2.54 million | 2019 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 30 | Cameroon | 2.51 million | 2024 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Ghana | 2.46 million | 2024 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.41 million | 2024 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Malawi | 2.40 million | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 2.37 million | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 35 | Zambia | 2.30 million | 2024 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Argentina | 2.24 million | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 37 | Morocco | 2.22 million | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 38 | Iraq | 2.16 million | 2007 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 39 | Thailand | 2.16 million | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 40 | France | 2.01 million | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 41 | Colombia | 2.00 million | 2022 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 42 | Peru | 1.83 million | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 43 | Yemen | 1.78 million | 2016 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 44 | Venezuela | 1.76 million | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 1.69 million | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 46 | Nepal | 1.69 million | 2025 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Germany | 1.62 million | 2024 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 1.61 million | 2025 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 49 | Burkina Faso | 1.53 million | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Malaysia | 1.48 million | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 51 | Rwanda | 1.47 million | 2024 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 1.47 million | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 53 | Niger | 1.44 million | 2024 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Mali | 1.40 million | 2023 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Chad | 1.39 million | 2024 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Spain | 1.38 million | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 57 | Haiti | 1.29 million | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Italy | 1.27 million | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 59 | Burundi | 1.26 million | 2025 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Senegal | 1.26 million | 2024 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 61 | South Korea | 1.22 million | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 62 | Canada | 1.18 million | 2023 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 63 | Guatemala | 1.18 million | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 64 | Benin | 1.14 million | 2022 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Australia | 1.10 million | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 66 | Cambodia | 1.09 million | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 67 | Syria | 1.06 million | 2024 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 68 | Sierra Leone | 1.05 million | 2024 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Guinea | 960,248 | 2020 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Ecuador | 855,290 | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 71 | Togo | 812,339 | 2024 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Papua New Guinea | 778,850 | 2023 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Sri Lanka | 777,541 | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 74 | Poland | 777,190 | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 766,016 | 2025 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 76 | Chile | 719,494 | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 77 | Ukraine | 683,017 | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 78 | Bolivia | 674,451 | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 79 | Tunisia | 642,334 | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 562,676 | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 81 | Netherlands | 555,749 | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 82 | Jordan | 544,400 | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 83 | Israel | 510,353 | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 84 | Honduras | 504,987 | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 489,258 | 2024 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 86 | Mauritania | 446,639 | 2024 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Sweden | 433,407 | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 88 | Congo | 431,379 | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 89 | Nicaragua | 427,559 | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 90 | Romania | 422,100 | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 91 | Belgium | 397,681 | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 92 | Laos | 360,578 | 2025 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 93 | Libya | 359,958 | 2006 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 94 | Central African Republic | 354,910 | 2016 | up 106.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Paraguay | 344,542 | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 96 | Cuba | 334,949 | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 97 | Turkmenistan | 308,841 | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 307,229 | 2025 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 99 | United Arab Emirates | 292,776 | 2024 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Portugal | 291,682 | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 101 | Namibia | 290,443 | 2024 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 102 | El Salvador | 289,496 | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 103 | Liberia | 284,875 | 2022 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Azerbaijan | 282,601 | 2024 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 105 | Czechia | 282,073 | 2023 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 106 | Greece | 280,770 | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 107 | Switzerland | 270,546 | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 108 | Ireland | 270,411 | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 109 | Lebanon | 259,234 | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 110 | Palestine | 251,063 | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 111 | Gambia | 236,367 | 2025 | up 57.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 225,537 | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 113 | Panama | 220,530 | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 114 | Belarus | 215,071 | 2024 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 115 | Norway | 210,986 | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 116 | Denmark | 210,251 | 2024 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 117 | Somalia | 207,913 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Botswana | 187,709 | 2022 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 119 | Hungary | 187,262 | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 120 | New Zealand | 186,396 | 2024 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 121 | Mongolia | 184,716 | 2024 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 122 | Eritrea | 181,135 | 2022 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 123 | Austria | 178,252 | 2024 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 124 | Finland | 176,004 | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 125 | Oman | 175,802 | 2024 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Georgia | 165,389 | 2024 | up 23.8% | flat |
| 127 | Hong Kong | 158,048 | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 128 | Lesotho | 150,993 | 2024 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 129 | Uruguay | 139,616 | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 130 | Guinea-Bissau | 134,815 | 2010 | up 122.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Gabon | 131,361 | 2019 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 132 | Kuwait | 130,982 | 2021 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 133 | Serbia | 122,226 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 134 | Slovakia | 119,366 | 2024 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 135 | Singapore | 116,089 | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 136 | Bulgaria | 114,165 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 137 | East Timor | 112,858 | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 138 | Eswatini | 107,218 | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 139 | Jamaica | 103,444 | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 140 | Qatar | 88,646 | 2024 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Armenia | 76,631 | 2024 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 142 | Croatia | 71,520 | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 143 | Puerto Rico | 70,611 | 2024 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 144 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 68,930 | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 145 | Albania | 67,774 | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 146 | Moldova | 65,955 | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 147 | Slovenia | 64,226 | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 62,028 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 149 | Bahrain | 60,227 | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 150 | Latvia | 59,995 | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 151 | Lithuania | 58,942 | 2024 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 152 | Fiji | 54,581 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 153 | North Macedonia | 51,039 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 154 | Comoros | 50,061 | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 47,241 | 2024 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Guyana | 46,601 | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 157 | Equatorial Guinea | 45,855 | 2015 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 158 | Bhutan | 45,691 | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Estonia | 43,384 | 2024 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 160 | Mauritius | 41,493 | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 161 | Reunion | 34,797 | 1994 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 162 | Djibouti | 32,848 | 2023 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Cape Verde | 29,381 | 2022 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 164 | Cyprus | 29,154 | 2024 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 165 | Suriname | 29,061 | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 166 | Vanuatu | 26,740 | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 167 | Belize | 21,758 | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 168 | Maldives | 21,469 | 2024 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 21,101 | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 170 | Montenegro | 18,750 | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 171 | Macao | 18,335 | 2024 | up 67.0% | rising |
| 172 | Guadeloupe | 18,209 | 1994 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 173 | Brunei | 18,161 | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 18,093 | 2017 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 175 | Martinique | 16,933 | 1996 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 176 | Samoa | 16,677 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 177 | Iceland | 15,815 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 14,058 | 1996 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 179 | Malta | 13,080 | 2023 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 180 | Bahamas | 13,062 | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 10,780 | 1991 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 182 | Kiribati | 8,457 | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 183 | French Guiana | 8,268 | 1996 | — | rising |
| 184 | Barbados | 7,937 | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 185 | Tonga | 7,462 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 186 | Saint Lucia | 7,064 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 187 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5,855 | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 188 | Grenada | 5,790 | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 189 | Micronesia (country) | 5,726 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 190 | Seychelles | 4,665 | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 191 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4,160 | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 192 | Aruba | 3,818 | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 193 | American Samoa | 3,769 | 1992 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 194 | Dominica | 2,721 | 2025 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 195 | Marshall Islands | 2,649 | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 196 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2,488 | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 197 | Cayman Islands | 2,191 | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 198 | Andorra | 2,071 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 199 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,872 | 2024 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 200 | Bermuda | 1,669 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 201 | Gibraltar | 1,352 | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 202 | Monaco | 1,014 | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 203 | Liechtenstein | 924 | 2021 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 204 | Nauru | 837 | 2025 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 205 | British Virgin Islands | 818 | 2024 | down 47.4% | rising |
| 206 | Cook Islands | 750 | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 207 | San Marino | 678 | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 208 | Palau | 677 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 209 | Tuvalu | 630 | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 210 | Anguilla | 628 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 211 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 260 | 1987 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 212 | Saint Helena | 221 | 1998 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 213 | Montserrat | 179 | 2023 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 214 | Falkland Islands | 93 | 1995 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 215 | Niue | 81 | 2025 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 216 | Tokelau | 74 | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 376.42 million
- UIS: World 376.42 million
- MDG: World 376.42 million
- WB: World 376.42 million
- UNICEF: World 376.15 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 345.07 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 340.80 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 339.76 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 337.78 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 283.96 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 212.56 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 198.15 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 191.31 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 176.26 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 170.94 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 166.52 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 165.93 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 130.76 million
- WB: Ida Total 128.24 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 113.41 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 109.77 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 109.77 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 109.77 million
- UNICEF: Africa 109.77 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 100.40 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 99.91 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 98.06 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 97.27 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 97.27 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 97.27 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 97.27 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 96.33 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 96.33 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 96.29 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 96.29 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 96.28 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 95.89 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 93.62 million
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 93.12 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 92.53 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release