Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
206
Highest
141.5%
Monaco
Lowest
9.1%
Somalia
Median
96.5%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
15,554
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female (%) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 141.5% in Monaco; the lowest is 9.1% in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 96.5%, and the mean is 93.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.
Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 79.4%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 35.6%).
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 141.5% | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 2 | Sweden | 130.2% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 3 | Belgium | 127.7% | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 4 | Sierra Leone | 126.6% | 2023 | up 59.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Finland | 125.3% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 6 | Netherlands | 123.0% | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 7 | Vanuatu | 122.8% | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 8 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 122.7% | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 9 | Aruba | 119.0% | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 10 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 118.6% | 2024 | up 45.5% | flat |
| 11 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 117.2% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 12 | Portugal | 116.4% | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 13 | Uruguay | 114.8% | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 114.7% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 15 | Australia | 113.4% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 16 | Spain | 112.5% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 17 | Ireland | 112.3% | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 18 | Denmark | 112.0% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 19 | Turkey | 111.5% | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 20 | Peru | 111.3% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 21 | Venezuela | 109.5% | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 22 | Antigua and Barbuda | 108.9% | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 23 | New Zealand | 108.8% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 24 | Gambia | 108.7% | 2021 | up 79.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Albania | 108.6% | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 108.4% | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 107.3% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 28 | Bhutan | 106.8% | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Norway | 106.6% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 30 | Algeria | 106.6% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 31 | Poland | 106.5% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 32 | Montserrat | 106.5% | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 33 | Mexico | 106.3% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 34 | Cyprus | 106.3% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 35 | Namibia | 106.3% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 36 | Croatia | 106.2% | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 37 | Grenada | 105.8% | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 38 | Liechtenstein | 105.7% | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 105.6% | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 40 | Argentina | 105.5% | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 41 | Cook Islands | 105.5% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 42 | Hungary | 105.3% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 43 | Luxembourg | 105.0% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 44 | Libya | 105.0% | 2006 | — | rising |
| 45 | Brazil | 104.8% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 46 | Slovenia | 104.8% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 47 | Estonia | 104.6% | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 48 | Nepal | 104.6% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 49 | France | 104.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 50 | Hong Kong | 103.6% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 51 | Colombia | 103.5% | 2022 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 52 | Eswatini | 103.4% | 2016 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 53 | Morocco | 103.3% | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 54 | Greece | 103.0% | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 103.0% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 56 | Fiji | 102.9% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 57 | Lithuania | 102.8% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 58 | Cape Verde | 102.8% | 2022 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 59 | South Africa | 102.6% | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 60 | Tonga | 102.6% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 61 | Kuwait | 102.4% | 2015 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 62 | Iceland | 102.3% | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 63 | Martinique | 102.1% | 1996 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 64 | Tuvalu | 102.1% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 65 | Moldova | 102.1% | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 66 | Rwanda | 101.9% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 67 | Sao Tome and Principe | 101.8% | 2017 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 68 | Japan | 101.4% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 69 | Italy | 101.3% | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 70 | Chile | 101.2% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 71 | Singapore | 101.1% | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 72 | Malta | 100.9% | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 73 | Palau | 100.7% | 2024 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 74 | Andorra | 100.7% | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 75 | Switzerland | 100.6% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 76 | Tunisia | 100.5% | 2016 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 77 | Austria | 100.3% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 78 | Latvia | 99.9% | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 79 | Canada | 99.8% | 2023 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 80 | Montenegro | 99.4% | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 81 | East Timor | 99.4% | 2020 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 82 | Germany | 99.4% | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 83 | Mauritius | 99.3% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 84 | Qatar | 99.1% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 85 | Samoa | 98.9% | 2016 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 86 | Myanmar | 98.9% | 2018 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 87 | Georgia | 98.7% | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 88 | Czechia | 98.6% | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 89 | China | 98.5% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 90 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.3% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 91 | Micronesia (country) | 98.2% | 2005 | — | falling |
| 92 | South Korea | 98.2% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 93 | Israel | 98.1% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 94 | Niue | 98.0% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 95 | United States | 97.8% | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 96 | Thailand | 97.5% | 2025 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 97 | Bahrain | 97.5% | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 98 | Indonesia | 97.3% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 99 | Nauru | 97.0% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 100 | Mongolia | 96.8% | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 101 | Kazakhstan | 96.7% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 102 | Slovakia | 96.7% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 103 | Marshall Islands | 96.6% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 104 | Anguilla | 96.4% | 2022 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 105 | French Polynesia | 96.3% | 1993 | — | rising |
| 106 | Dominica | 96.3% | 2023 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 107 | Ecuador | 96.3% | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 108 | Jordan | 95.8% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 109 | Belarus | 95.7% | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 110 | Vietnam | 95.7% | 2022 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 111 | Maldives | 95.6% | 2023 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 95.5% | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 113 | Zambia | 95.4% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 114 | Brunei | 95.3% | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 115 | Turkmenistan | 95.1% | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 116 | Cuba | 95.1% | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 117 | Guyana | 95.0% | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 118 | Oman | 94.9% | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Azerbaijan | 94.8% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 120 | Saint Lucia | 94.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 121 | Iran | 94.7% | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 122 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 94.6% | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 94.3% | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 124 | Russia | 94.2% | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 125 | Barbados | 94.1% | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 126 | Kiribati | 93.9% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 127 | Armenia | 93.7% | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 128 | India | 93.0% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 129 | North Macedonia | 92.7% | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 130 | Macao | 91.9% | 2024 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 131 | Belize | 91.8% | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 132 | Bolivia | 91.8% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 133 | Palestine | 91.8% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 134 | Nicaragua | 91.2% | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 135 | Botswana | 91.1% | 2021 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 136 | Sri Lanka | 91.1% | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 137 | Jamaica | 91.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 138 | Egypt | 90.8% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 139 | Kenya | 90.7% | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 140 | Gibraltar | 90.7% | 2024 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 141 | Dominican Republic | 90.5% | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 142 | Cayman Islands | 90.5% | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 143 | Serbia | 90.2% | 2024 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 144 | Lesotho | 89.4% | 2017 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 145 | Ghana | 89.2% | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 146 | Philippines | 89.1% | 2024 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 147 | Malawi | 89.0% | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 148 | Ukraine | 88.9% | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 87.6% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 150 | Togo | 87.0% | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 151 | Tajikistan | 86.9% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 152 | Malaysia | 86.0% | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 153 | Bermuda | 85.9% | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 154 | Bahamas | 85.9% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 155 | Panama | 85.4% | 2017 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 156 | Cambodia | 85.4% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 157 | Puerto Rico | 85.3% | 2024 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 158 | Papua New Guinea | 85.2% | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 159 | Paraguay | 85.0% | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 160 | Gabon | 84.1% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 161 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 83.9% | 2021 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 162 | Romania | 82.8% | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 163 | Madagascar | 82.8% | 2021 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 164 | Seychelles | 82.7% | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 165 | Suriname | 81.9% | 2022 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 166 | Mozambique | 80.7% | 2017 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 167 | Cote d'Ivoire | 79.8% | 2024 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 168 | El Salvador | 79.6% | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 169 | Uganda | 79.4% | 2007 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 79.0% | 2012 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 171 | Zimbabwe | 78.9% | 2013 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 172 | Congo | 78.6% | 2012 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 173 | Guatemala | 76.1% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 174 | Cameroon | 76.0% | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 175 | Comoros | 75.7% | 2022 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 176 | Lebanon | 74.5% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 177 | British Virgin Islands | 73.7% | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 178 | Afghanistan | 73.5% | 2023 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Benin | 72.8% | 2022 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Senegal | 72.3% | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 181 | San Marino | 71.9% | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 182 | Iraq | 70.7% | 2007 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 183 | Tanzania | 70.1% | 2021 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 184 | Angola | 69.6% | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 185 | Nigeria | 69.3% | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 186 | Honduras | 69.0% | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 187 | Laos | 68.3% | 2025 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 188 | Mauritania | 65.3% | 2020 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 189 | Ethiopia | 63.8% | 2015 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Burundi | 63.5% | 2025 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 191 | Pakistan | 61.8% | 2024 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 192 | Sudan | 59.9% | 2019 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 193 | Syria | 59.0% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 194 | Guinea | 58.9% | 2014 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 195 | Eritrea | 58.1% | 2022 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 196 | Burkina Faso | 55.8% | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 197 | Yemen | 55.6% | 2016 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 198 | Liberia | 55.6% | 2020 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 199 | Mali | 54.8% | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 200 | Tokelau | 53.3% | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 201 | Chad | 51.5% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 202 | Central African Republic | 47.8% | 2016 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 203 | Niger | 42.1% | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 204 | Guinea-Bissau | 40.8% | 2000 | up 77.7% | rising |
| 205 | Equatorial Guinea | 38.3% | 2005 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 206 | Somalia | 9.1% | 2023 | — | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 113.1%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 106.9%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 106.4%
- WB: Euro Area 106.1%
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 106.1%
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 105.4%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 105.4%
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 105.4%
- WB: European Union 105.4%
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 104.8%
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 103.9%
- ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 103.7%
- WB: Oecd Members 103.5%
- MDG: Latin America 103.1%
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 102.8%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 102.7%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean 102.6%
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 102.6%
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 102.6%
- MDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 102.6%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 102.6%
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 102.6%
- UIS: Latin America and the Caribbean 102.6%
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 102.5%
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 102.5%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 102.4%
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 102.1%
- SDG: Europe 102.0%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 101.8%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 101.8%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 101.5%
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 101.5%
- MDG: Developed Regions 100.6%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 100.5%
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 100.3%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 100.1%
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 99.4%
- AIMS: Pacific 99.4%
- SDG: Oceania 99.4%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 99.1%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release