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Enrolment in primary education, female (number) by country

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

Countries reporting
200
Highest
57.65 million number
India
Lowest
749 number
Palau
Median
280,173 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
9,587

What the numbers show

Enrolment in primary education, female (number) is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 57.65 million number in India; the lowest is 749 number in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 280,173 number, and the mean is 1.71 million number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 76,966.

Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Papua New Guinea (up 149.4%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 33.4%).

Enrolment in primary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 57.65 million number 2019 down 13.0% rising
2 China 48.55 million number 2019 up 1.1% falling
3 Indonesia 14.06 million number 2018 down 1.6% rising
4 United States 12.21 million number 2018 — flat
5 Nigeria 12.16 million number 2016 up 17.2% rising
6 Pakistan 10.46 million number 2019 up 28.5% volatile
7 Bangladesh 8.80 million number 2018 up 8.9% volatile
8 Democratic Republic of Congo 8.07 million number 2018 up 78.0% volatile
9 Brazil 7.67 million number 2018 down 8.8% rising
10 Ethiopia 7.63 million number 2015 up 69.0% volatile
11 Mexico 6.90 million number 2018 down 3.9% rising
12 Egypt 6.46 million number 2019 up 29.9% rising
13 Philippines 6.43 million number 2018 down 1.1% rising
14 Tanzania 5.30 million number 2019 up 26.5% volatile
15 Uganda 4.45 million number 2017 up 18.3% volatile
16 Kenya 4.12 million number 2016 up 37.7% rising
17 Iran 4.10 million number 2017 up 45.4% rising
18 Vietnam 4.06 million number 2019 up 25.7% falling
20 Russia 3.36 million number 2018 up 38.5% falling
21 Mozambique 3.35 million number 2019 up 39.9% volatile
22 Japan 3.17 million number 2018 down 9.3% falling
23 Angola 2.63 million number 2015 up 45.3% volatile
24 Myanmar 2.57 million number 2018 up 1.5% rising
25 Afghanistan 2.55 million number 2018 up 35.6% volatile
26 Turkey 2.48 million number 2018 down 24.1% rising
27 United Kingdom 2.39 million number 2018 up 9.7% falling
28 Thailand 2.38 million number 2019 down 8.6% falling
29 Sudan 2.34 million number 2017 up 47.4% rising
30 Argentina 2.33 million number 2017 down 4.0% rising
31 Madagascar 2.32 million number 2019 up 8.9% volatile
32 Malawi 2.32 million number 2019 up 41.8% volatile
33 Ghana 2.24 million number 2019 up 26.3% volatile
34 Algeria 2.16 million number 2019 up 40.5% rising
35 Iraq 2.16 million number 2007 up 65.7% rising
36 Morocco 2.12 million number 2019 up 16.9% rising
37 France 2.10 million number 2018 up 4.6% falling
38 Colombia 2.07 million number 2018 down 19.7% rising
39 Cameroon 2.07 million number 2019 up 34.0% rising
40 Nepal 2.01 million number 2019 down 15.1% volatile
41 Cote d'Ivoire 1.93 million number 2019 up 81.4% volatile
42 Peru 1.83 million number 2019 down 1.6% rising
43 Yemen 1.78 million number 2016 up 32.8% rising
44 Saudi Arabia 1.68 million number 2019 up 6.1% rising
45 Zambia 1.65 million number 2017 up 20.6% volatile
46 Venezuela 1.59 million number 2017 down 6.7% rising
47 Burkina Faso 1.58 million number 2019 up 80.1% volatile
48 Malaysia 1.51 million number 2017 down 3.9% rising
49 Spain 1.48 million number 2018 up 16.7% falling
50 Germany 1.45 million number 2018 down 7.7% falling
51 Italy 1.37 million number 2018 up 0.2% falling
52 Zimbabwe 1.32 million number 2013 up 12.8% rising
53 South Korea 1.32 million number 2018 down 24.9% falling
54 Rwanda 1.24 million number 2019 up 8.1% volatile
55 Niger 1.22 million number 2019 up 82.6% volatile
56 Uzbekistan 1.21 million number 2019 up 25.0% rising
57 Canada 1.17 million number 2018 up 9.5% falling
58 Mali 1.15 million number 2018 up 41.2% volatile
59 Senegal 1.14 million number 2019 up 36.9% volatile
60 Guatemala 1.14 million number 2019 down 10.9% rising
61 Burundi 1.11 million number 2019 up 29.8% volatile
62 Poland 1.10 million number 2018 down 4.2% falling
63 Australia 1.09 million number 2018 up 13.8% rising
64 Chad 1.08 million number 2019 up 56.5% volatile
65 Cambodia 1.04 million number 2019 down 4.2% rising
66 Benin 1.04 million number 2019 up 30.8% volatile
67 Ecuador 952,993 number 2018 down 3.9% rising
68 Sierra Leone 896,191 number 2019 up 53.7% volatile
69 Sri Lanka 849,494 number 2018 up 6.1% falling
70 Ukraine 840,118 number 2019 up 12.5% falling
71 Guinea 793,658 number 2016 up 40.8% volatile
72 Togo 776,334 number 2019 up 37.8% volatile
73 Chile 745,274 number 2018 down 5.8% falling
74 Syria 744,109 number 2013 down 27.2% rising
75 Haiti 724,031 number 1998 up 97.3% rising
76 Kazakhstan 716,003 number 2019 up 54.2% falling
77 Bolivia 671,302 number 2018 down 8.9% rising
78 Dominican Republic 621,648 number 2019 up 2.5% rising
79 Papua New Guinea 588,562 number 2016 up 149.4% volatile
80 Tunisia 577,174 number 2018 up 16.5% rising
81 Netherlands 571,172 number 2018 down 8.1% falling
82 Jordan 560,999 number 2019 up 40.1% rising
83 Honduras 540,785 number 2019 down 12.8% rising
84 Romania 458,681 number 2018 up 9.7% falling
85 Israel 457,387 number 2018 up 21.8% rising
86 Nicaragua 447,764 number 2010 up 8.0% rising
87 Sweden 438,196 number 2018 up 54.3% rising
88 Belgium 401,366 number 2018 up 11.9% falling
89 Congo 378,272 number 2012 up 49.2% rising
90 Tajikistan 372,268 number 2017 up 13.6% rising
91 Laos 371,442 number 2019 down 12.9% rising
92 Libya 359,958 number 2006 down 9.7% rising
93 Cuba 358,301 number 2019 down 14.2% falling
95 Paraguay 350,285 number 2016 down 20.8% rising
96 Mauritania 344,294 number 2019 up 33.1% volatile
97 El Salvador 318,931 number 2018 down 33.4% rising
98 Greece 312,219 number 2018 up 0.5% falling
99 Liberia 310,481 number 2017 up 34.3% volatile
100 Azerbaijan 303,173 number 2019 up 33.0% falling
101 Portugal 300,441 number 2018 down 16.0% falling
102 Czechia 284,902 number 2018 up 27.9% falling
103 Ireland 275,444 number 2018 up 16.1% rising
104 Kyrgyzstan 267,967 number 2019 up 39.6% rising
105 Switzerland 249,953 number 2018 up 2.0% rising
106 Lebanon 249,014 number 2019 up 10.5% rising
107 Costa Rica 243,688 number 2019 down 5.2% rising
108 Palestine 242,899 number 2019 up 25.8% rising
109 Namibia 241,510 number 2018 up 19.8% rising
110 United Arab Emirates 238,327 number 2017 up 73.0% volatile
111 Denmark 227,408 number 2018 up 13.4% flat
112 Norway 217,914 number 2018 up 4.0% rising
113 Belarus 207,528 number 2018 up 18.1% falling
114 Panama 202,660 number 2017 down 5.9% rising
115 Gambia 195,302 number 2019 up 71.9% volatile
116 New Zealand 189,086 number 2018 up 11.4% falling
117 Hungary 181,621 number 2018 down 4.7% falling
118 Hong Kong 180,159 number 2019 up 2.0% falling
119 Finland 179,855 number 2018 up 3.2% falling
120 Lesotho 179,834 number 2017 down 9.3% rising
121 Botswana 168,387 number 2015 up 3.8% rising
122 Austria 163,950 number 2018 up 0.5% falling
123 Somalia 162,095 number 2007 — volatile
124 Eritrea 157,758 number 2018 up 12.1% rising
125 Gabon 155,238 number 2011 up 17.8% rising
126 Mongolia 151,921 number 2018 up 28.7% rising
127 Georgia 151,199 number 2019 up 7.8% falling
128 Oman 145,370 number 2019 down 0.4% volatile
129 Uruguay 144,325 number 2018 down 15.3% flat
130 Kuwait 136,678 number 2019 up 32.7% rising
131 Guinea-Bissau 134,815 number 2010 up 122.8% volatile
132 Serbia 127,746 number 2019 down 7.0% falling
133 Bulgaria 127,437 number 2018 up 0.0% falling
134 Singapore 114,062 number 2018 down 21.0% falling
135 Jamaica 113,245 number 2019 down 25.6% falling
136 Eswatini 113,052 number 2018 up 1.5% rising
137 Slovakia 111,837 number 2018 up 2.4% falling
138 Puerto Rico 101,035 number 2018 down 32.0% falling
139 East Timor 100,332 number 2019 down 3.4% rising
140 Albania 79,342 number 2019 down 29.4% falling
141 Croatia 78,919 number 2018 down 11.2% falling
142 Qatar 78,020 number 2019 up 88.5% volatile
143 Bosnia and Herzegovina 76,435 number 2019 down 10.0% falling
144 Armenia 72,405 number 2019 up 35.0% falling
145 Moldova 66,623 number 2019 down 5.0% falling
146 Trinidad and Tobago 63,652 number 2010 down 23.0% falling
147 Slovenia 62,631 number 2018 up 20.6% rising
148 Comoros 60,975 number 2018 up 16.5% rising
149 Latvia 59,478 number 2018 up 6.3% falling
150 Fiji 58,340 number 2019 up 20.7% rising
151 Bahrain 57,026 number 2019 up 25.1% rising
152 Lithuania 56,863 number 2018 down 12.8% falling
153 North Macedonia 52,974 number 2018 down 4.9% falling
154 Solomon Islands 50,909 number 2018 up 29.9% volatile
155 Bhutan 46,716 number 2020 down 15.2% volatile
156 Guyana 46,475 number 2012 down 13.0% falling
157 Equatorial Guinea 45,855 number 2015 up 24.2% rising
158 Estonia 42,778 number 2018 up 18.9% falling
159 Mauritius 42,597 number 2019 down 26.5% falling
160 Suriname 32,826 number 2019 down 4.2% falling
161 Djibouti 32,168 number 2020 up 23.9% volatile
162 Cape Verde 30,655 number 2018 down 16.6% rising
163 Cyprus 27,794 number 2018 up 0.4% flat
164 Belize 24,318 number 2019 down 5.1% rising
165 Maldives 23,838 number 2019 up 11.0% falling
166 Vanuatu 21,741 number 2015 up 18.3% rising
167 Brunei 19,055 number 2019 down 11.3% rising
168 Montenegro 18,654 number 2019 up 4.7% flat
169 Luxembourg 18,493 number 2018 up 6.0% rising
170 Sao Tome and Principe 18,093 number 2017 up 16.9% rising
171 Samoa 16,355 number 2019 up 16.0% rising
172 Iceland 15,702 number 2018 up 6.8% rising
173 Macao 15,576 number 2019 up 19.9% flat
174 Bahamas 14,624 number 2018 down 19.1% flat
175 French Polynesia 14,058 number 1996 up 6.7% rising
176 Malta 12,804 number 2018 down 1.9% falling
177 New Caledonia 10,780 number 1991 down 16.9% falling
178 Barbados 9,588 number 2019 down 14.0% falling
179 Kiribati 8,483 number 2017 up 8.1% rising
180 Tonga 8,052 number 2015 down 0.0% falling
181 Saint Lucia 7,813 number 2019 down 21.1% falling
182 Micronesia (country) 6,633 number 2019 down 26.9% falling
183 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6,513 number 2018 down 11.5% falling
184 Grenada 6,362 number 2018 down 3.9% falling
185 Antigua and Barbuda 4,981 number 2018 down 10.8% flat
186 Aruba 4,728 number 2014 down 3.1% flat
187 Seychelles 4,678 number 2019 up 9.6% falling
189 Marshall Islands 3,474 number 2019 down 14.1% falling
190 Dominica 2,969 number 2019 down 26.1% falling
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,688 number 2016 down 14.9% falling
192 Andorra 2,105 number 2019 down 1.1% rising
193 Cayman Islands 2,080 number 2018 up 16.3% rising
194 Bermuda 2,017 number 2015 down 16.0% falling
195 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,795 number 2018 up 27.8% rising
196 Gibraltar 1,426 number 2019 down 10.1% falling
197 British Virgin Islands 1,209 number 2018 down 18.6% rising
198 Monaco 1,004 number 2020 up 8.8% rising
199 Liechtenstein 942 number 2018 down 12.8% falling
200 Nauru 917 number 2019 up 47.2% rising
201 San Marino 819 number 2019 up 9.8% flat
202 Tuvalu 787 number 2019 up 12.4% rising
203 Palau 749 number 2014 down 15.8% falling

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Enrolment in primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
248 places, 9,587 data points, 1970–2020
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Total number of female students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions regardless of age.