Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education by country
The share of girls of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
100.0%
Algeria
Lowest
11.2%
Somalia
Median
95.1%
Years covered
206
1820–2025
Data points
7,246
What the numbers show
Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Algeria; the lowest is 11.2% in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 95.1%, and the mean is 89.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 65.7%), and the largest decrease in Tokelau (down 57.1%).
Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algeria | 100.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 2 | France | 100.0% | 2016 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 100.0% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 4 | Australia | 99.9% | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 99.9% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 6 | Switzerland | 99.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 99.7% | 2018 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 99.7% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 9 | Cyprus | 99.7% | 2017 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Netherlands | 99.6% | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 12 | Kenya | 99.6% | 2023 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Tunisia | 99.5% | 2023 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Turkey | 99.5% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Sweden | 99.4% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 17 | Myanmar | 99.4% | 2009 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Uruguay | 99.4% | 2015 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Denmark | 99.2% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 20 | Czechia | 99.2% | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 21 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99.2% | 2007 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 22 | Slovakia | 99.0% | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98.9% | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 24 | Japan | 98.9% | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 25 | South Korea | 98.8% | 2022 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Thailand | 98.7% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Portugal | 98.7% | 2019 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Spain | 98.7% | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Namibia | 98.7% | 2012 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 30 | Slovenia | 98.7% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 31 | Mauritius | 98.7% | 2023 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Norway | 98.6% | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 33 | Poland | 98.6% | 2020 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 34 | Nepal | 98.5% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Austria | 98.5% | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 36 | Iran | 98.5% | 2020 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Malawi | 98.5% | 2007 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Germany | 98.5% | 2022 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 39 | India | 98.4% | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Jordan | 98.4% | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Belgium | 98.3% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 42 | Finland | 98.3% | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Iceland | 98.2% | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Maldives | 98.2% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 45 | Brazil | 98.2% | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Rwanda | 98.1% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 47 | Montenegro | 98.1% | 2016 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 48 | Vanuatu | 98.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 49 | Italy | 97.8% | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 50 | Peru | 97.8% | 2003 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Latvia | 97.8% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 97.6% | 2018 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Sierra Leone | 97.5% | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 54 | New Zealand | 97.5% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 55 | Hong Kong | 97.5% | 2007 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Israel | 97.4% | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 58 | Hungary | 97.3% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 59 | Kyrgyzstan | 97.3% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 60 | Morocco | 97.2% | 2019 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Andorra | 97.1% | 2024 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 62 | Cook Islands | 97.1% | 2015 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 63 | Chile | 97.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Taiwan | 97.0% | 1980 | unchanged | volatile |
| 65 | Samoa | 97.0% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 66 | Ecuador | 96.8% | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Uganda | 96.6% | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Estonia | 96.6% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 69 | Brunei | 96.6% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 70 | Argentina | 96.5% | 1991 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Egypt | 96.5% | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 72 | North Macedonia | 96.5% | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 73 | Qatar | 96.4% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 74 | Sao Tome and Principe | 96.3% | 2017 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 75 | United States | 96.2% | 2022 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 76 | Greece | 96.0% | 2021 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Papua New Guinea | 96.0% | 2020 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 78 | Bahrain | 95.9% | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 79 | Cayman Islands | 95.9% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 80 | Ghana | 95.9% | 2024 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Madagascar | 95.8% | 2020 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 82 | Russia | 95.8% | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Cuba | 95.7% | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Jamaica | 95.7% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 85 | Togo | 95.5% | 2021 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 86 | French Polynesia | 95.5% | 1996 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 87 | Cambodia | 95.4% | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Nauru | 95.4% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 89 | Eswatini | 95.4% | 2022 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Grenada | 95.4% | 2021 | — | rising |
| 91 | East Timor | 95.3% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 92 | Uzbekistan | 95.3% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 95.2% | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Mozambique | 95.2% | 2018 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 95.2% | 2024 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Canada | 95.1% | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 97 | San Marino | 95.1% | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 98 | Fiji | 95.1% | 2016 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Libya | 94.9% | 1983 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Armenia | 94.9% | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 101 | Belarus | 94.5% | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 102 | Oman | 94.4% | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 103 | Bulgaria | 94.2% | 2024 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Georgia | 94.1% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 105 | Serbia | 94.1% | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Dominica | 94.1% | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 107 | South Africa | 94.1% | 2023 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Trinidad and Tobago | 93.8% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 109 | Saint Lucia | 93.6% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 110 | Seychelles | 93.5% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 93.5% | 2023 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Tajikistan | 93.4% | 2017 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 113 | Bhutan | 93.4% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 114 | China | 93.4% | 1997 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Colombia | 93.2% | 2022 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Panama | 92.8% | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 117 | New Caledonia | 92.4% | 1991 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 118 | Mongolia | 92.2% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 119 | Mexico | 92.1% | 1980 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Guatemala | 91.6% | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Sri Lanka | 91.4% | 2023 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Kazakhstan | 91.3% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 124 | Bolivia | 90.7% | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Indonesia | 90.4% | 2018 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Zimbabwe | 90.4% | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Palestine | 90.1% | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 128 | Gambia | 89.8% | 2025 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Belize | 89.8% | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Mauritania | 89.7% | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 131 | Laos | 89.6% | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 132 | Kiribati | 89.4% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 133 | Macao | 89.4% | 2024 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 134 | Malaysia | 88.9% | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Venezuela | 88.6% | 2017 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Botswana | 88.6% | 2014 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 137 | Tonga | 87.9% | 1999 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 138 | Puerto Rico | 87.8% | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 139 | Cameroon | 87.7% | 2019 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Benin | 87.6% | 2022 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Ukraine | 87.4% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 142 | Philippines | 87.2% | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Cote d'Ivoire | 86.8% | 2024 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Kuwait | 86.7% | 2021 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Paraguay | 86.6% | 2024 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Tanzania | 86.5% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 147 | Zambia | 86.2% | 2017 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Albania | 86.2% | 2023 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 86.0% | 2015 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 150 | El Salvador | 86.0% | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Senegal | 84.6% | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Romania | 84.3% | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Bahamas | 83.7% | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 154 | Reunion | 83.5% | 1987 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Iraq | 83.2% | 2007 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Suriname | 83.2% | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 157 | Congo | 83.1% | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 158 | Barbados | 82.6% | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 159 | Guyana | 81.5% | 2023 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Pakistan | 81.1% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Comoros | 79.5% | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 162 | Guinea | 78.9% | 2020 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 163 | Syria | 78.6% | 2024 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Micronesia (country) | 78.4% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 165 | Lebanon | 77.6% | 2024 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 166 | Burundi | 75.1% | 2025 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Ethiopia | 74.9% | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 168 | Nigeria | 74.5% | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 169 | Honduras | 74.4% | 2024 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 170 | British Virgin Islands | 70.0% | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 171 | Chad | 69.4% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 172 | Solomon Islands | 69.2% | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 173 | Guinea-Bissau | 68.3% | 2010 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 174 | Lesotho | 68.2% | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Burkina Faso | 66.3% | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Yemen | 65.1% | 2016 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Angola | 63.1% | 2023 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 178 | Mali | 62.8% | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Liberia | 62.7% | 2022 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Haiti | 59.0% | 1997 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Niger | 58.3% | 2024 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Sudan | 58.1% | 2019 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Eritrea | 56.5% | 2022 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 184 | Central African Republic | 55.6% | 2012 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 185 | Cape Verde | 48.7% | 2022 | down 48.8% | rising |
| 186 | Equatorial Guinea | 34.8% | 2015 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 187 | Tokelau | 34.1% | 2025 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 188 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 33.7% | 1999 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Afghanistan | 15.6% | 1993 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 190 | Somalia | 11.2% | 1980 | — | falling |
About this data
The share of girls of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.