Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
199
Highest
150.3%
Sierra Leone
Lowest
40.7%
Equatorial Guinea
Median
99.2%
Years covered
41
1985–2025
Data points
10,310
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female (%) is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 150.3% in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 40.7% in Equatorial Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 99.2%, and the mean is 97.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 71.8%), and the largest decrease in Tokelau (down 32.3%).
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 150.3% | 2024 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 2 | Aruba | 135.5% | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 3 | Monaco | 132.4% | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 124.8% | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 5 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 123.7% | 2024 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 6 | Rwanda | 123.1% | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 7 | Belgium | 118.9% | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 8 | Nepal | 118.1% | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 9 | Sweden | 117.3% | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 10 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 116.1% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 11 | Namibia | 115.2% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 12 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 115.1% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 13 | Peru | 113.9% | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 14 | Mexico | 113.5% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 15 | Morocco | 112.8% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 16 | Netherlands | 112.3% | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 17 | Bhutan | 111.9% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 18 | Portugal | 111.8% | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 19 | Mauritius | 111.7% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 20 | Cook Islands | 111.2% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 21 | Algeria | 110.5% | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 22 | Antigua and Barbuda | 110.3% | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 23 | Eswatini | 109.6% | 2016 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 24 | Zambia | 109.6% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 25 | Tonga | 109.2% | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 26 | Albania | 109.0% | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 27 | Sao Tome and Principe | 108.8% | 2017 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 28 | Croatia | 108.6% | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 108.5% | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 30 | Fiji | 107.7% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 31 | Uzbekistan | 107.4% | 2025 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 32 | Republic of Moldova | 107.2% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 33 | Grenada | 107.1% | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 34 | Spain | 106.5% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 35 | Uruguay | 106.3% | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 36 | Myanmar | 106.2% | 2018 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 37 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 106.0% | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 38 | Denmark | 106.0% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 39 | Montserrat | 105.6% | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 40 | Cape Verde | 105.6% | 2022 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 41 | Cyprus | 105.4% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 42 | Hong Kong | 105.3% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 43 | Gibraltar | 105.3% | 2024 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 43 | Niue | 105.3% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 45 | Colombia | 105.3% | 2022 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 46 | Timor-Leste | 105.2% | 2020 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 105.0% | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 48 | Argentina | 105.0% | 2023 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 49 | Tuvalu | 104.7% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 50 | Luxembourg | 104.6% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 51 | Montenegro | 104.5% | 2023 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 52 | Brazil | 104.4% | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 53 | Botswana | 104.4% | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 54 | Anguilla | 104.3% | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 55 | Marshall Islands | 104.0% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 103.9% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 57 | Maldives | 103.8% | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 58 | Libya | 103.7% | 2006 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 59 | Tunisia | 103.4% | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 60 | Palau | 103.4% | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 61 | Kuwait | 103.1% | 2012 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 62 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 103.1% | 2021 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 63 | Bangladesh | 103.0% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 64 | India | 102.8% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 65 | Türkiye | 102.7% | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 66 | Russian Federation | 102.5% | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 67 | Germany | 102.4% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 68 | Italy | 102.4% | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 69 | Australia | 102.3% | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 70 | France | 102.2% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 71 | Greece | 102.2% | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 72 | Switzerland | 102.1% | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 73 | Vanuatu | 101.7% | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 74 | Lithuania | 101.4% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 75 | Malawi | 101.2% | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 76 | Japan | 101.1% | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 77 | Austria | 100.9% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 78 | China | 100.7% | 2024 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 79 | Madagascar | 100.6% | 2021 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 80 | Hungary | 100.4% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 81 | Ireland | 100.4% | 2022 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 82 | Singapore | 100.3% | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 83 | Liechtenstein | 100.3% | 2021 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 84 | Norway | 100.2% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 85 | Andorra | 100.2% | 2024 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 86 | Slovakia | 100.1% | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 87 | Thailand | 100.1% | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 88 | Finland | 100.1% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 89 | Czechia | 99.9% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 90 | Samoa | 99.8% | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 91 | Brunei Darussalam | 99.8% | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 92 | South Africa | 99.8% | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 93 | Chile | 99.6% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 94 | Slovenia | 99.6% | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 95 | Viet Nam | 99.6% | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 96 | Republic of Korea | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 97 | Georgia | 99.3% | 2024 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 98 | Estonia | 99.2% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 99.2% | 2023 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 100 | Iran | 99.2% | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 101 | New Zealand | 98.8% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 102 | Latvia | 98.7% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 103 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.6% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 104 | Togo | 98.5% | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 105 | Qatar | 98.5% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 106 | Naoero | 98.5% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 107 | Armenia | 98.4% | 2024 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 108 | Malta | 98.3% | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 109 | Indonesia | 98.2% | 2025 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 110 | Iceland | 98.2% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 111 | Guyana | 98.0% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 112 | United States | 97.9% | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 113 | Papua New Guinea | 97.8% | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 114 | Ecuador | 97.8% | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 97.7% | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 97.7% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 117 | Gambia | 97.7% | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 118 | Jordan | 97.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 119 | Israel | 97.6% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 120 | Nicaragua | 97.3% | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | 97.2% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 122 | Cayman Islands | 97.1% | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 123 | Kenya | 97.1% | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 124 | Ghana | 97.1% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 125 | Bahrain | 96.7% | 2024 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 96.7% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 127 | Cambodia | 96.7% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 128 | Bulgaria | 96.6% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 129 | Belize | 96.6% | 2024 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 130 | Dominica | 96.5% | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 131 | Lesotho | 96.4% | 2017 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 132 | Canada | 96.4% | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 133 | Poland | 96.2% | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 134 | Egypt | 95.9% | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 135 | Saint Lucia | 95.8% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 136 | North Macedonia | 95.6% | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 137 | Belarus | 95.5% | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 138 | Kiribati | 95.5% | 2024 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 139 | Cuba | 95.4% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 140 | Oman | 95.0% | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 141 | San Marino | 94.8% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 142 | Mongolia | 94.4% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 143 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 94.4% | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 144 | Seychelles | 93.7% | 2024 | down 19.4% | flat |
| 145 | Jamaica | 93.5% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 146 | Serbia | 93.3% | 2024 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 147 | Sri Lanka | 93.1% | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 148 | Palestine, State of | 92.9% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 149 | Ukraine | 92.6% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 150 | Zimbabwe | 92.5% | 2013 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 151 | Macao | 92.3% | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 152 | Congo | 92.2% | 2012 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 153 | Tajikistan | 91.9% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 154 | Panama | 91.9% | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 155 | Bermuda | 91.0% | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 156 | Barbados | 90.4% | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 157 | Guatemala | 89.5% | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 158 | Mozambique | 89.4% | 2017 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 159 | Malaysia | 89.2% | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 160 | Côte d'Ivoire | 89.2% | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 161 | Bahamas | 88.9% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 162 | Philippines | 88.4% | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 163 | Afghanistan | 87.6% | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 164 | El Salvador | 87.6% | 2024 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 165 | Puerto Rico | 87.2% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 166 | Paraguay | 86.7% | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 167 | Mauritania | 85.9% | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 168 | Cameroon | 85.3% | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 169 | Benin | 84.6% | 2022 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 170 | Romania | 83.9% | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 171 | Suriname | 83.8% | 2022 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 172 | Comoros | 82.8% | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 173 | Micronesia (country) | 82.5% | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 174 | Senegal | 81.5% | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 175 | Iraq | 81.4% | 2007 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 176 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 80.0% | 2025 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 177 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 79.9% | 2021 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 178 | Burundi | 79.4% | 2025 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 179 | British Virgin Islands | 78.6% | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 180 | Angola | 78.4% | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 181 | Nigeria | 77.8% | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 182 | Lebanon | 77.1% | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 183 | Solomon Islands | 76.6% | 2023 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 184 | Eritrea | 74.0% | 2022 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 185 | Pakistan | 73.5% | 2024 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 186 | Honduras | 71.3% | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 187 | Syria | 69.9% | 2024 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 188 | Guinea | 68.1% | 2014 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 189 | Ethiopia | 66.8% | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 190 | Sudan | 66.7% | 2019 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 191 | Burkina Faso | 65.2% | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 192 | Yemen | 63.2% | 2016 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 193 | Liberia | 61.6% | 2022 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 194 | Mali | 61.5% | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 195 | Chad | 60.6% | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 196 | Tokelau | 58.7% | 2025 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 197 | Central African Republic | 58.1% | 2016 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 198 | Niger | 49.6% | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 199 | Equatorial Guinea | 40.7% | 2015 | down 16.0% | falling |
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) 110.2%
- MDG: Caribbean 109.5%
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 108.5%
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 108.5%
- WB: South Asia 107.6%
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 107.6%
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 106.5%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 106.5%
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 106.4%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean 106.3%
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 106.3%
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 106.3%
- MDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 106.3%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 106.3%
- UIS: Latin America and the Caribbean 106.3%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 106.2%
- MDG: Latin America 106.1%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 104.0%
- WB: Euro Area 103.8%
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 103.7%
- WB: Oecd Members 102.9%
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 102.7%
- WB: European Union 102.7%
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 102.3%
- WB: Ibrd Only 102.2%
- MDG: Northern Africa 102.1%
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 101.8%
- UNESCO: Sids 101.7%
- SDG: Europe 101.7%
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 101.7%
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 101.5%
- ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 101.5%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 101.5%
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 101.5%
- ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) 101.3%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 101.2%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 101.2%
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 101.1%
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 101.0%
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 100.9%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release