Enrolment in primary education, female (number), per capita by country
Enrolment in primary education, female (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
204
Highest
0.122 units per person
Sierra Leone
Lowest
0.0113 units per person
Somalia
Median
0.0457 units per person
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
8,297
What the numbers show
Enrolment in primary education, female (number), per capita is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 0.122 units per person in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 0.0113 units per person in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0457 units per person, and the mean is 0.0491 units per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 132 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 91.7%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 56.1%).
Enrolment in primary education, female (number), per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 0.122 units per person | 2024 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Haiti | 0.1208 units per person | 2016 | — | rising |
| 3 | Mozambique | 0.1138 units per person | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 4 | Malawi | 0.111 units per person | 2024 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 5 | Uganda | 0.1106 units per person | 2017 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 6 | Zambia | 0.1079 units per person | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 7 | Rwanda | 0.1033 units per person | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0971 units per person | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 9 | Togo | 0.0966 units per person | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 10 | Namibia | 0.0959 units per person | 2024 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 0.0881 units per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 12 | Burundi | 0.0878 units per person | 2025 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0874 units per person | 2017 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 14 | Eswatini | 0.0871 units per person | 2023 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 15 | Mauritania | 0.0864 units per person | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 16 | Cameroon | 0.0863 units per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0861 units per person | 2010 | up 75.7% | rising |
| 18 | Tanzania | 0.0847 units per person | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 19 | Gambia | 0.0838 units per person | 2025 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Madagascar | 0.0835 units per person | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 21 | Benin | 0.0827 units per person | 2022 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Vanuatu | 0.0816 units per person | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 23 | East Timor | 0.0815 units per person | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 24 | Afghanistan | 0.0771 units per person | 2023 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Botswana | 0.0769 units per person | 2022 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 26 | American Samoa | 0.0769 units per person | 1992 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 27 | Samoa | 0.0765 units per person | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 28 | Iraq | 0.076 units per person | 2007 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 29 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0756 units per person | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 30 | Central African Republic | 0.0753 units per person | 2016 | up 91.7% | rising |
| 31 | Papua New Guinea | 0.075 units per person | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 32 | Angola | 0.0733 units per person | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 33 | Guinea | 0.0718 units per person | 2020 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Tonga | 0.0716 units per person | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 35 | Ghana | 0.0714 units per person | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 36 | Nigeria | 0.0711 units per person | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 37 | Kenya | 0.071 units per person | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 38 | Marshall Islands | 0.0705 units per person | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 39 | Congo | 0.0698 units per person | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 40 | Nauru | 0.0696 units per person | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 41 | Chad | 0.0686 units per person | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Senegal | 0.0682 units per person | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 43 | Tuvalu | 0.0653 units per person | 2024 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 0.0651 units per person | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Lesotho | 0.0646 units per person | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 46 | Egypt | 0.0646 units per person | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 47 | Guatemala | 0.0643 units per person | 2024 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 48 | Kiribati | 0.0629 units per person | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 49 | Nicaragua | 0.0627 units per person | 2023 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 50 | French Polynesia | 0.0623 units per person | 1996 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 51 | Venezuela | 0.0619 units per person | 2024 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 52 | Cambodia | 0.0616 units per person | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 53 | Libya | 0.0602 units per person | 2006 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 54 | New Caledonia | 0.0595 units per person | 1991 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 55 | Mali | 0.0589 units per person | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Fiji | 0.0588 units per person | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 57 | Morocco | 0.0583 units per person | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 58 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0582 units per person | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 59 | Gabon | 0.0579 units per person | 2019 | down 33.5% | flat |
| 60 | South Africa | 0.0578 units per person | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 61 | Comoros | 0.0578 units per person | 2024 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 62 | Bhutan | 0.0577 units per person | 2024 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 63 | Solomon Islands | 0.0577 units per person | 2024 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 64 | Ethiopia | 0.0572 units per person | 2024 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Nepal | 0.0571 units per person | 2025 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Cape Verde | 0.0565 units per person | 2022 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 67 | Guyana | 0.0561 units per person | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 68 | Sudan | 0.0557 units per person | 2019 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 69 | Yemen | 0.0554 units per person | 2016 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 70 | Algeria | 0.0548 units per person | 2025 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 71 | Philippines | 0.0544 units per person | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 72 | Bolivia | 0.0543 units per person | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 73 | Niger | 0.0534 units per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Peru | 0.0534 units per person | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 75 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0532 units per person | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 76 | Eritrea | 0.0531 units per person | 2022 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 77 | Liberia | 0.053 units per person | 2022 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 78 | Tunisia | 0.0526 units per person | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 79 | Mongolia | 0.0524 units per person | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 80 | Belize | 0.0522 units per person | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 81 | Ireland | 0.0519 units per person | 2022 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 82 | Israel | 0.051 units per person | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 83 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0506 units per person | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Paraguay | 0.0497 units per person | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 85 | Grenada | 0.0494 units per person | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 86 | Bangladesh | 0.0493 units per person | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 0.0492 units per person | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 88 | Myanmar | 0.0492 units per person | 2018 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 89 | Argentina | 0.0492 units per person | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 90 | Mexico | 0.0492 units per person | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 91 | Panama | 0.0488 units per person | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 92 | Iran | 0.0487 units per person | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 93 | Pakistan | 0.0486 units per person | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 94 | Palestine | 0.0486 units per person | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 95 | Indonesia | 0.0483 units per person | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 96 | Saudi Arabia | 0.048 units per person | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 97 | Ecuador | 0.0472 units per person | 2024 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 98 | Jordan | 0.0471 units per person | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 99 | Honduras | 0.0466 units per person | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 100 | Tajikistan | 0.0462 units per person | 2024 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 101 | Suriname | 0.0458 units per person | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 102 | Laos | 0.0458 units per person | 2025 | down 23.7% | flat |
| 103 | El Salvador | 0.0457 units per person | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 104 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0453 units per person | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 105 | Lebanon | 0.0446 units per person | 2024 | up 21.9% | falling |
| 106 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0446 units per person | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 107 | Costa Rica | 0.044 units per person | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 108 | Georgia | 0.0434 units per person | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 109 | Uzbekistan | 0.0433 units per person | 2025 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 110 | Syria | 0.043 units per person | 2024 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 111 | Vietnam | 0.042 units per person | 2024 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0418 units per person | 2025 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 113 | Malaysia | 0.0416 units per person | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 114 | Dominica | 0.0413 units per person | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 115 | India | 0.0412 units per person | 2025 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 116 | Turkmenistan | 0.0412 units per person | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 117 | Uruguay | 0.0412 units per person | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 118 | Iceland | 0.041 units per person | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 119 | Sweden | 0.041 units per person | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 120 | Maldives | 0.0407 units per person | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 121 | Australia | 0.0406 units per person | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 122 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0402 units per person | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Saint Lucia | 0.0393 units per person | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 124 | Brunei | 0.0392 units per person | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 125 | Colombia | 0.0386 units per person | 2022 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 126 | Seychelles | 0.0384 units per person | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 127 | Palau | 0.0383 units per person | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 128 | Bahrain | 0.0379 units per person | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 129 | Norway | 0.0379 units per person | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 130 | Kazakhstan | 0.0368 units per person | 2025 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 131 | Jamaica | 0.0364 units per person | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 132 | Chile | 0.0364 units per person | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 133 | China | 0.0362 units per person | 2024 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 134 | Aruba | 0.0354 units per person | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 135 | Sri Lanka | 0.0353 units per person | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 136 | New Zealand | 0.0352 units per person | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 137 | Denmark | 0.0352 units per person | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 138 | Brazil | 0.0347 units per person | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 139 | United Kingdom | 0.0346 units per person | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 140 | Gibraltar | 0.0344 units per person | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 141 | United States | 0.0343 units per person | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 142 | Belgium | 0.0338 units per person | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 143 | Mauritius | 0.0333 units per person | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 144 | Oman | 0.0333 units per person | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 145 | Bahamas | 0.0326 units per person | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 146 | Latvia | 0.0321 units per person | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 147 | Estonia | 0.0316 units per person | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 148 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0315 units per person | 2015 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 149 | Turkey | 0.0315 units per person | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 150 | Finland | 0.0313 units per person | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 151 | Luxembourg | 0.0312 units per person | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 152 | Netherlands | 0.0311 units per person | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 153 | Qatar | 0.031 units per person | 2024 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 154 | Cuba | 0.0305 units per person | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 155 | Slovenia | 0.0303 units per person | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 156 | Thailand | 0.0301 units per person | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 157 | Montenegro | 0.0301 units per person | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 158 | Switzerland | 0.03 units per person | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 159 | Kuwait | 0.03 units per person | 2021 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 160 | Canada | 0.0296 units per person | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 161 | Cayman Islands | 0.0294 units per person | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 162 | France | 0.0294 units per person | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 163 | Albania | 0.0285 units per person | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 164 | Djibouti | 0.0285 units per person | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 165 | Spain | 0.0282 units per person | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 166 | Barbados | 0.0281 units per person | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 167 | North Macedonia | 0.0279 units per person | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 168 | Azerbaijan | 0.0277 units per person | 2024 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 169 | Portugal | 0.0276 units per person | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 170 | Moldova | 0.0275 units per person | 2024 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 171 | Greece | 0.027 units per person | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 172 | Macao | 0.0267 units per person | 2024 | up 51.1% | falling |
| 173 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0266 units per person | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 174 | Monaco | 0.0262 units per person | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 175 | Czechia | 0.026 units per person | 2023 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 176 | Bermuda | 0.0258 units per person | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 177 | Russia | 0.0256 units per person | 2023 | up 33.0% | falling |
| 178 | Andorra | 0.0253 units per person | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 179 | Armenia | 0.0253 units per person | 2024 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 180 | Japan | 0.0244 units per person | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 181 | Malta | 0.0237 units per person | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 182 | South Korea | 0.0236 units per person | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 183 | Liechtenstein | 0.0236 units per person | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 184 | Belarus | 0.0235 units per person | 2024 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 185 | Romania | 0.0221 units per person | 2023 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 186 | Puerto Rico | 0.022 units per person | 2024 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 187 | Slovakia | 0.022 units per person | 2024 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 188 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0216 units per person | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 189 | Italy | 0.0215 units per person | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 190 | Cyprus | 0.0215 units per person | 2024 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 191 | Poland | 0.0213 units per person | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 192 | Hong Kong | 0.021 units per person | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 193 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0207 units per person | 2024 | down 56.1% | falling |
| 194 | Lithuania | 0.0204 units per person | 2024 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 195 | San Marino | 0.02 units per person | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 196 | Singapore | 0.0196 units per person | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 197 | Hungary | 0.0196 units per person | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 198 | Austria | 0.0194 units per person | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 199 | Germany | 0.0194 units per person | 2024 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 200 | Serbia | 0.0186 units per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 201 | Croatia | 0.0185 units per person | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 202 | Ukraine | 0.018 units per person | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 203 | Bulgaria | 0.0177 units per person | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 204 | Somalia | 0.0113 units per person | 2023 | — | rising |
How this figure is calculated
Enrolment in primary education, female (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Enrolment in primary education, female (number) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Enrolment in primary education, female UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Enrolment in primary education, female (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.