Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female in Middle income
Middle income: Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female was 88.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female in Middle income, 1994–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female in Middle income stood at 88.4%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female in Middle income peaked at 88.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 63.5%, in 1994.
Middle income ranks 23rd of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female in Middle income, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 63.5% | — |
| 1995 | 65.1% | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 68.3% | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 69.2% | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 68.7% | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 68.0% | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 68.8% | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 70.2% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 72.3% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 74.4% | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 76.0% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 77.9% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 78.8% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 80.9% | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 81.8% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 82.3% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 83.7% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 84.6% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 84.9% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 86.8% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 87.2% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 87.7% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 87.7% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 87.4% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 87.9% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 88.4% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67.1% | 63.5% | 69.2% | 6 |
| 2000s | 76.3% | 68.8% | 82.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.6% | 83.7% | 88.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
- 20 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 112.7% compare
- 21 Kazakhstan 112.5% compare
- 22 Saint Kitts and Nevis 112.4% compare
- 23 Tonga 111.6% compare
- 24 Sao Tome and Principe 111.1% compare
- 25 Fiji 111.0% compare
- 26 Canada 110.9% compare
More education data for Middle income
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 25.11 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 103.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 25.11 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 103.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.5% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4541 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female in Middle income?
- Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female in Middle income was 88.4% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female recorded in Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 88.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.5% in 1994.
- How does Middle income rank for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female?
- Middle income ranks 23rd out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle income data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total female enrollment in lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of official lower secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.