Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
199
Highest
205.1%
Aruba
Lowest
17.1%
Central African Republic
Median
97.4%
Years covered
41
1985–2025
Data points
10,391
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female (%) is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 205.1% in Aruba; the lowest is 17.1% in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 97.4%, and the mean is 91.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 110.9%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 41.9%).
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aruba | 205.1% | 2024 | up 72.3% | rising |
| 2 | Belgium | 166.9% | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 3 | Monaco | 151.0% | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 145.3% | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 5 | Mexico | 134.6% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 6 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 128.2% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 7 | Netherlands | 128.1% | 2023 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 8 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 122.9% | 2024 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 9 | Denmark | 119.5% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 10 | Mauritius | 118.5% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 116.6% | 2024 | up 110.9% | rising |
| 12 | Algeria | 116.0% | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 115.8% | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 14 | Croatia | 115.3% | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 15 | Peru | 115.2% | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 114.9% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 113.5% | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 18 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 113.4% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 19 | Sweden | 113.4% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 20 | Hong Kong, China | 113.3% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 21 | Antigua and Barbuda | 113.2% | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 22 | Tuvalu | 113.2% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 23 | Cape Verde | 113.0% | 2022 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 24 | Portugal | 112.9% | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 25 | Spain | 112.8% | 2024 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 26 | Cook Islands | 111.9% | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 27 | Sao Tome and Principe | 111.5% | 2017 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 28 | Uruguay | 110.9% | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 29 | Gibraltar | 108.7% | 2024 | down 27.2% | flat |
| 30 | Marshall Islands | 108.6% | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 31 | Argentina | 108.6% | 2023 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 32 | Fiji | 108.4% | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 33 | Namibia | 107.8% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 34 | Nepal | 107.8% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 35 | Ireland | 107.7% | 2022 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 36 | Morocco | 107.6% | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 37 | Colombia | 107.5% | 2022 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 38 | Republic of Moldova | 107.4% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 39 | Montserrat | 107.3% | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 40 | Tonga | 107.2% | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 41 | Brunei Darussalam | 106.9% | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 106.9% | 2024 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 43 | Australia | 106.7% | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 44 | Russian Federation | 106.5% | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 45 | Albania | 106.1% | 2024 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 46 | China | 104.7% | 2012 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 47 | Chile | 104.7% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 48 | Barbados | 104.6% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 49 | Brazil | 104.6% | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 50 | Cyprus | 104.6% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 51 | Türkiye | 104.3% | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 52 | Switzerland | 104.0% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 53 | Kuwait | 103.9% | 2012 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 54 | Norway | 103.8% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 55 | Tunisia | 103.3% | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 56 | Greece | 102.7% | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 57 | Grenada | 102.7% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 58 | Finland | 102.6% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 59 | Libya | 102.5% | 2006 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 60 | Estonia | 102.2% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 61 | Montenegro | 102.2% | 2023 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 62 | Germany | 102.1% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 63 | South Africa | 102.0% | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 64 | Lithuania | 101.8% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 65 | Italy | 101.6% | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 66 | New Zealand | 101.5% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 67 | Maldives | 101.4% | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 68 | Naoero | 101.4% | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 69 | Japan | 101.1% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 70 | Singapore | 101.0% | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 71 | Latvia | 100.7% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 72 | France | 100.7% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 73 | Andorra | 100.7% | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 74 | Austria | 100.7% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 75 | Bhutan | 100.5% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 76 | Thailand | 100.4% | 2025 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 77 | Czechia | 100.3% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 78 | Kiribati | 100.0% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.8% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 80 | United Arab Emirates | 99.7% | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 81 | Liechtenstein | 99.7% | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 82 | United States of America | 99.7% | 2022 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 83 | Malta | 99.5% | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 84 | Guyana | 99.4% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 85 | Canada | 98.8% | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 86 | Georgia | 98.8% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 87 | Samoa | 98.6% | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 88 | Kenya | 98.3% | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 98.3% | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 90 | Macau, China | 98.2% | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 91 | Iceland | 98.0% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 92 | Slovakia | 97.9% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 93 | Slovenia | 97.9% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 94 | Cayman Islands | 97.9% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 95 | Qatar | 97.9% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 96 | Hungary | 97.9% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 97 | Israel | 97.9% | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 98 | Uzbekistan | 97.7% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 99 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 97.5% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 100 | Belize | 97.4% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 101 | Kazakhstan | 97.1% | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 102 | Republic of Korea | 97.1% | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 103 | Dominica | 96.8% | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 104 | Indonesia | 96.6% | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 105 | Mongolia | 96.5% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 106 | Timor-Leste | 96.4% | 2020 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 107 | Armenia | 96.4% | 2024 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 108 | Jordan | 96.2% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 109 | Ecuador | 96.2% | 2023 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 110 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 95.9% | 2023 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 95.5% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 112 | Botswana | 95.2% | 2022 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 113 | Bahrain | 95.2% | 2024 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 114 | Viet Nam | 95.0% | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 115 | San Marino | 94.7% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 116 | Belarus | 94.6% | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 117 | Oman | 94.5% | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 118 | North Macedonia | 94.5% | 2023 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 119 | Palestine, State of | 94.5% | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 120 | Sri Lanka | 94.3% | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 121 | Egypt | 94.2% | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 122 | Seychelles | 94.2% | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 123 | Serbia | 93.2% | 2024 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 124 | Anguilla | 93.1% | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 125 | Saint Lucia | 92.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 126 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 92.9% | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 127 | Azerbaijan | 92.6% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 128 | Dominican Republic | 92.6% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 129 | Palau | 92.3% | 2024 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 130 | Ukraine | 91.5% | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 131 | Tajikistan | 91.3% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 132 | Cuba | 91.2% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 133 | India | 90.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 134 | Niue | 89.7% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 135 | Eswatini | 89.6% | 2016 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 136 | Myanmar | 89.5% | 2018 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 137 | Ghana | 89.2% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 138 | British Virgin Islands | 88.5% | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 139 | Poland | 87.7% | 2024 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 140 | Jamaica | 87.1% | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 141 | Malaysia | 86.8% | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 142 | Bermuda | 86.7% | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 143 | Bangladesh | 86.7% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 144 | Puerto Rico | 85.4% | 2024 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 145 | Panama | 85.0% | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 146 | Vanuatu | 84.6% | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 147 | Bahamas | 83.9% | 2024 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 148 | Romania | 83.1% | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 149 | Philippines | 82.9% | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 150 | Paraguay | 82.2% | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 151 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 82.1% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 152 | El Salvador | 82.0% | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 153 | Côte d'Ivoire | 80.2% | 2024 | up 86.5% | rising |
| 154 | Suriname | 80.0% | 2022 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 155 | Gambia | 79.7% | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 156 | Lesotho | 79.1% | 2017 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 157 | Zambia | 76.4% | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 158 | Cambodia | 75.8% | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 159 | Nicaragua | 75.7% | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 160 | Rwanda | 71.5% | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 161 | Togo | 71.2% | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 162 | Solomon Islands | 70.3% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 163 | Zimbabwe | 69.2% | 2013 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 164 | Lebanon | 68.7% | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 165 | Guatemala | 66.4% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 166 | Tokelau | 65.1% | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 167 | Afghanistan | 64.4% | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 168 | Papua New Guinea | 63.5% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 169 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 63.4% | 2025 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 170 | Congo | 62.2% | 2012 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 171 | Comoros | 62.1% | 2022 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 172 | Eritrea | 59.9% | 2022 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 173 | Pakistan | 58.5% | 2024 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 174 | Senegal | 58.4% | 2023 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Angola | 58.2% | 2023 | up 98.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 56.4% | 2021 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 177 | Nigeria | 54.9% | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 178 | Honduras | 54.6% | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 179 | Sudan | 52.8% | 2019 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 180 | Syrian Arab Republic | 51.9% | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 181 | Iraq | 51.6% | 2007 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 182 | Benin | 50.9% | 2022 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 183 | Mauritania | 50.4% | 2024 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 184 | Liberia | 49.3% | 2022 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 185 | Ethiopia | 45.1% | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 186 | Cameroon | 45.0% | 2023 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 187 | Malawi | 44.6% | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 188 | Madagascar | 44.2% | 2021 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 189 | Yemen | 43.6% | 2016 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 190 | Burkina Faso | 43.2% | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 191 | Mali | 43.2% | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 192 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 40.0% | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 193 | Mozambique | 39.2% | 2017 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 194 | Guinea | 35.6% | 2014 | up 75.8% | rising |
| 195 | Burundi | 32.9% | 2025 | down 41.9% | rising |
| 196 | Equatorial Guinea | 27.5% | 2015 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 197 | Niger | 25.5% | 2024 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 198 | Chad | 22.9% | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 199 | Central African Republic | 17.1% | 2017 | up 46.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 111.4%
- MDG: Latin America 111.2%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 109.6%
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 109.6%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 109.4%
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 109.4%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean 109.4%
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 109.4%
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 109.4%
- MDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 109.4%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 109.4%
- UIS: Latin America and the Caribbean 109.4%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 108.4%
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 107.1%
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 107.1%
- WB: Oecd Members 106.9%
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 106.3%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 105.2%
- WB: Euro Area 104.9%
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 104.8%
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 104.0%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 104.0%
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 104.0%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 103.7%
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 103.7%
- SDG: Europe 103.4%
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 103.0%
- WB: European Union 103.0%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 102.8%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 102.7%
- MDG: Developed Regions 102.7%
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 102.5%
- MDG: Northern Africa 102.5%
- ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 102.3%
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 102.3%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 102.0%
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 102.0%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 102.0%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 102.0%
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 101.7%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release