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

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

Countries reporting
189
Highest
31.33 million number
India
Lowest
186 number
Nauru
Median
103,163 number
Years covered
41
1980–2020
Data points
4,401

What the numbers show

Enrolment in upper secondary education, female (number) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 31.33 million number in India; the lowest is 186 number in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 103,163 number, and the mean is 719,230 number.

Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Sao Tome and Principe (up 707.5%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 54.8%).

Enrolment in upper secondary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 31.33 million number 2019 up 57.0% rising
2 China 18.66 million number 2019 down 13.9% rising
3 United States 5.94 million number 2018 — flat
4 Indonesia 5.54 million number 2018 up 55.8% rising
5 Brazil 4.91 million number 2018 down 1.9% flat
6 Bangladesh 3.70 million number 2019 up 64.6% rising
7 Mexico 2.86 million number 2018 up 44.8% rising
8 Pakistan 2.71 million number 2019 up 55.9% rising
9 Türkiye 2.70 million number 2018 up 105.9% rising
10 Nigeria 2.06 million number 2016 up 74.9% rising
11 Egypt 1.93 million number 2019 up 77.1% rising
12 United Kingdom 1.79 million number 2018 up 17.8% rising
13 Japan 1.76 million number 2018 down 2.8% falling
14 South Africa 1.50 million number 2018 up 2.2% rising
15 Thailand 1.46 million number 2019 up 38.4% rising
16 Philippines 1.45 million number 2018 up 115.5% rising
17 Italy 1.37 million number 2018 down 0.7% flat
18 Russia 1.35 million number 2018 down 18.5% falling
19 France 1.34 million number 2018 up 2.4% flat
20 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.22 million number 2017 down 45.6% falling
21 Germany 1.09 million number 2018 down 20.6% falling
22 Argentina 950,630 number 2017 up 20.8% rising
23 Democratic Republic of the Congo 939,341 number 2015 up 98.8% rising
24 Least developed countries 10.74 million number 2019 up 80.8% rising
24 Spain 853,853 number 2018 up 47.4% falling
25 Nepal 838,025 number 2019 up 109.1% volatile
26 Algeria 761,505 number 2011 up 31.3% rising
27 Republic of Korea 737,224 number 2018 down 18.3% falling
28 Uzbekistan 726,851 number 2019 down 5.7% rising
29 Saudi Arabia 715,848 number 2019 up 10.4% rising
30 Colombia 711,826 number 2018 up 6.4% rising
31 Kenya 707,957 number 2009 up 104.3% rising
32 Sri Lanka 704,451 number 2018 up 10.6% rising
33 Canada 688,774 number 2018 down 21.6% rising
34 Malaysia 650,421 number 2019 up 18.9% rising
35 Poland 617,867 number 2018 down 22.2% falling
36 Myanmar 612,039 number 2018 up 87.3% rising
37 Ghana 562,747 number 2019 up 137.9% volatile
38 Sudan 543,315 number 2017 up 80.2% rising
39 Morocco 542,396 number 2019 up 33.8% rising
40 Peru 520,867 number 2019 up 17.3% rising
41 Chile 505,436 number 2018 down 1.5% rising
42 Australia 505,206 number 2018 — rising
43 Ecuador 456,555 number 2018 up 83.7% rising
44 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 449,004 number 2017 up 17.7% rising
45 Netherlands 416,943 number 2018 up 22.1% rising
46 Belgium 395,759 number 2018 down 16.5% rising
47 Ethiopia 389,852 number 2015 up 390.6% volatile
48 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 386,433 number 2018 up 24.3% rising
49 Afghanistan 367,543 number 2018 up 316.1% volatile
50 Romania 358,286 number 2018 down 27.3% falling
51 Iraq 312,003 number 2007 up 121.9% rising
52 Yemen 306,027 number 2016 up 66.3% rising
53 Cameroon 297,642 number 2016 up 277.2% rising
54 Ukraine 286,798 number 2019 down 42.7% falling
55 Tunisia 282,336 number 2016 down 12.4% rising
56 Sweden 281,591 number 2018 up 48.3% falling
57 Kazakhstan 239,344 number 2019 down 15.3% falling
58 Côte d'Ivoire 237,061 number 2019 up 52.9% rising
59 Zimbabwe 236,353 number 2013 up 37.4% rising
60 Angola 229,141 number 2016 up 190.5% volatile
61 Dominican Republic 218,008 number 2019 down 29.8% rising
62 Cuba 213,027 number 2019 up 4.7% rising
63 Guatemala 211,233 number 2019 up 35.8% rising
64 Syrian Arab Republic 209,994 number 2013 up 12.7% rising
65 Hungary 202,641 number 2018 down 12.5% falling
66 Portugal 198,603 number 2018 up 24.3% falling
67 Israel 198,593 number 2018 up 11.6% rising
68 Madagascar 195,565 number 2019 up 117.8% rising
69 Finland 192,240 number 2018 up 62.5% rising
70 Czechia 190,117 number 2018 down 18.4% falling
71 Mozambique 183,255 number 2017 up 642.8% volatile
72 Senegal 181,846 number 2019 up 247.1% volatile
73 Switzerland 164,895 number 2018 up 18.3% rising
74 Greece 163,851 number 2018 up 1.0% falling
75 Austria 162,146 number 2018 down 11.1% falling
76 Azerbaijan 146,953 number 2019 — rising
77 Paraguay 144,859 number 2016 up 35.7% rising
78 Denmark 142,790 number 2018 up 21.8% rising
79 Burundi 141,159 number 2019 up 481.6% volatile
80 Mali 139,316 number 2018 up 100.8% rising
81 Ireland 138,139 number 2018 up 84.4% rising
82 Bulgaria 137,297 number 2018 down 15.7% falling
83 State of Palestine 132,017 number 2019 up 70.9% rising
84 Honduras 130,618 number 2019 up 9.4% rising
85 Rwanda 129,190 number 2019 up 149.4% volatile
86 Burkina Faso 128,129 number 2019 up 271.2% volatile
87 Serbia 125,342 number 2019 down 13.4% falling
88 New Zealand 123,065 number 2018 down 8.4% rising
89 Norway 119,261 number 2018 up 4.3% rising
90 Cambodia 118,205 number 2008 up 307.7% volatile
91 Jordan 114,812 number 2019 up 18.6% rising
92 Costa Rica 108,935 number 2019 up 68.7% rising
93 El Salvador 107,327 number 2018 up 11.6% rising
94 Lao People's Democratic Republic 103,163 number 2019 up 48.5% rising
95 Tajikistan 98,964 number 2013 up 80.1% rising
96 Lebanon 95,754 number 2019 up 3.8% rising
97 United Arab Emirates 94,221 number 2017 — rising
98 Uruguay 93,812 number 2018 up 58.6% rising
99 Belarus 93,567 number 2018 down 31.9% falling
100 Slovak Republic 93,477 number 2018 down 33.4% falling
101 Guinea 87,288 number 2014 up 318.8% volatile
102 Benin 86,836 number 2016 up 133.4% volatile
103 Sierra Leone 85,034 number 2017 up 107.6% rising
104 Hong Kong (China) 81,691 number 2019 down 36.7% falling
105 Malawi 80,119 number 2019 up 91.4% rising
106 Kyrgyzstan 80,045 number 2019 down 16.8% flat
107 Nicaragua 79,851 number 2010 up 35.9% rising
108 Croatia 78,948 number 2018 down 14.1% falling
109 United Republic of Tanzania 65,773 number 2019 down 2.2% volatile
110 Togo 64,996 number 2017 up 102.3% volatile
111 Georgia 63,921 number 2019 down 1.1% rising
112 Panama 63,770 number 2017 up 19.4% rising
113 Mongolia 62,980 number 2015 up 10.1% rising
114 Bosnia and Herzegovina 58,654 number 2019 down 20.1% falling
115 Kuwait 56,817 number 2012 up 2.0% rising
116 Niger 56,498 number 2017 up 386.1% volatile
117 Puerto Rico 55,054 number 2018 down 24.6% falling
118 Albania 54,469 number 2019 down 15.6% flat
119 Chad 53,201 number 2019 up 80.6% volatile
120 Slovenia 45,484 number 2018 up 4.3% falling
121 Oman 45,250 number 2019 down 39.9% volatile
122 Singapore 42,776 number 2018 down 26.5% volatile
123 Eritrea 41,152 number 2018 up 18.3% rising
124 Jamaica 40,520 number 2019 down 22.5% rising
125 Armenia 39,873 number 2019 down 19.5% falling
126 Mauritania 39,555 number 2019 up 148.2% rising
127 Timor-Leste 37,537 number 2019 up 122.4% rising
128 Liberia 35,465 number 2015 up 33.3% rising
129 Congo 34,412 number 2012 up 96.2% rising
130 North Macedonia 34,126 number 2018 down 23.2% falling
131 Mauritius 32,460 number 2019 down 6.7% rising
132 Lithuania 32,395 number 2018 down 38.1% falling
133 Republic of Moldova 31,321 number 2019 down 42.4% falling
134 Latvia 29,727 number 2018 down 41.9% falling
135 Qatar 26,557 number 2019 up 76.2% rising
136 Botswana 26,195 number 2008 up 32.5% rising
137 Bahrain 23,866 number 2019 up 25.8% rising
138 Estonia 22,439 number 2018 down 23.8% falling
139 Lesotho 22,058 number 2017 up 74.3% rising
140 Fiji 18,853 number 2012 up 14.5% rising
141 Eswatini 18,132 number 2016 up 68.1% rising
142 Namibia 18,092 number 2007 up 37.3% rising
143 Guyana 15,573 number 2012 up 48.8% rising
144 Brunei Darussalam 14,462 number 2019 up 20.4% rising
145 Montenegro 13,593 number 2019 down 11.4% falling
146 Cyprus 13,505 number 2018 down 15.6% flat
147 Luxembourg 13,236 number 2018 up 31.8% rising
148 Comoros 11,905 number 2018 up 99.2% rising
149 Cabo Verde 11,790 number 2018 down 7.0% rising
150 Central African Republic 11,248 number 2017 up 44.8% rising
151 Iceland 10,915 number 2018 up 2.6% rising
152 Djibouti 10,716 number 2020 up 112.6% volatile
153 Bhutan 10,516 number 2018 up 130.9% volatile
154 Suriname 9,673 number 2015 up 16.2% rising
155 Malta 8,995 number 2018 up 69.7% rising
156 Samoa 8,556 number 2016 up 7.6% rising
157 Bahamas 6,972 number 2018 down 14.5% flat
158 Macau, China 6,253 number 2019 down 32.8% falling
159 Solomon Islands 5,993 number 2012 up 157.5% rising
160 Belize 5,294 number 2019 up 37.7% rising
161 Sao Tome and Principe 5,184 number 2017 up 707.5% volatile
162 Barbados 4,093 number 2019 down 7.3% falling
163 Vanuatu 2,670 number 2015 up 51.1% rising
164 Kiribati 2,531 number 2008 up 54.3% rising
165 Aruba 2,386 number 2012 up 28.4% rising
166 Saint Lucia 2,325 number 2019 down 25.0% falling
167 Maldives 2,138 number 2019 up 94.4% volatile
168 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,857 number 2018 down 15.5% rising
169 Grenada 1,802 number 2018 down 9.3% falling
170 Antigua and Barbuda 1,576 number 2018 up 4.2% rising
171 Marshall Islands 1,572 number 2019 up 2.1% falling
172 Tonga 1,536 number 2015 down 20.5% falling
173 Seychelles 1,535 number 2019 down 9.5% rising
174 Bermuda 1,170 number 2015 down 12.7% flat
175 Equatorial Guinea 1,114 number 2005 up 148.1% rising
176 Dominica 932 number 2019 down 31.1% falling
177 Saint Kitts and Nevis 861 number 2016 up 3.2% flat
178 Cayman Islands 771 number 2018 down 4.7% rising
179 Andorra 765 number 2019 up 19.2% rising
180 Monaco 741 number 2020 up 7.7% rising
181 Liechtenstein 671.5 number 2018 up 11.7% rising
182 Palau 558 number 2014 down 7.2% rising
183 Turks and Caicos Islands 412 number 2018 up 72.4% rising
184 British Virgin Islands 406 number 2018 up 16.0% rising
185 Gibraltar 392 number 2019 up 4.3% rising
186 San Marino 316 number 2019 down 54.8% rising
187 Tuvalu 209 number 2019 down 4.6% rising
188 Nauru 186 number 2019 up 72.2% volatile

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 upper secondary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,401 data points, 1980–2020
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Total number of female students enrolled in public and private upper secondary education institutions regardless of age.