Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female (%) by country
Total female enrollment in primary and secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of official primary and 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.
Countries reporting
193
Highest
142.4%
Sweden
Lowest
11.1%
Somalia
Median
97.5%
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
7,794
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female (%) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 142.4% in Sweden; the lowest is 11.1% in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 97.5%, and the mean is 93.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 131 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 88.4%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 23.0%).
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 142.4% | 2018 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 2 | Belgium | 133.7% | 2018 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 3 | Finland | 130.6% | 2018 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 130.3% | 2019 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 5 | Ireland | 124.2% | 2018 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 6 | Netherlands | 120.7% | 2018 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 7 | Uruguay | 116.9% | 2018 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 8 | Spain | 114.4% | 2018 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 9 | Denmark | 114.2% | 2018 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 10 | Palau | 113.6% | 2014 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 11 | Portugal | 113.3% | 2018 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 12 | Australia | 112.8% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 13 | Grenada | 112.2% | 2018 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 111.9% | 2018 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 15 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 111.0% | 2018 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 16 | Nauru | 110.8% | 2019 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 17 | Argentina | 110.3% | 2017 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 18 | New Zealand | 110.2% | 2018 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 110.0% | 2019 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 20 | Hong Kong | 109.4% | 2019 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 21 | Brazil | 109.2% | 2011 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 22 | Slovenia | 109.1% | 2018 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 23 | Tonga | 108.9% | 2015 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 24 | Peru | 108.7% | 2019 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 25 | Aruba | 108.6% | 2012 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 26 | Iceland | 108.6% | 2018 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 27 | Canada | 107.9% | 2018 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 28 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 107.8% | 2016 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 29 | Mexico | 107.5% | 2018 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 30 | Thailand | 107.4% | 2019 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 31 | Malta | 107.2% | 2018 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 32 | Mongolia | 107.1% | 2010 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 33 | Estonia | 106.9% | 2018 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 34 | Nepal | 106.9% | 2019 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 35 | Norway | 106.8% | 2018 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 36 | Tunisia | 106.7% | 2016 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 37 | Antigua and Barbuda | 106.5% | 2018 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 38 | Libya | 106.3% | 2006 | — | rising |
| 39 | Algeria | 105.9% | 2011 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 40 | Israel | 105.8% | 2018 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 41 | Colombia | 105.6% | 2018 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 42 | Lithuania | 105.5% | 2018 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 43 | Oman | 104.5% | 2019 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Latvia | 103.9% | 2018 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 103.9% | 2018 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 103.7% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 47 | Liechtenstein | 103.7% | 2018 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 48 | France | 103.6% | 2018 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 49 | Qatar | 103.6% | 2010 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 103.6% | 2019 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 51 | Ecuador | 103.5% | 2018 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 52 | Samoa | 103.2% | 2016 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 53 | Poland | 103.0% | 2018 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 54 | Russia | 102.9% | 2018 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 55 | Georgia | 102.9% | 2019 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 56 | Kiribati | 102.6% | 2008 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 57 | Kuwait | 102.5% | 2015 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 58 | Switzerland | 102.3% | 2018 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 59 | French Polynesia | 102.1% | 1993 | — | rising |
| 60 | Czechia | 101.8% | 2018 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 61 | Suriname | 101.6% | 2015 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 62 | Chile | 101.5% | 2018 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 63 | Sri Lanka | 101.5% | 2018 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 64 | Barbados | 101.4% | 2019 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 65 | Hungary | 101.3% | 2018 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 66 | Belarus | 101.2% | 2018 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 67 | Nicaragua | 101.0% | 2010 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 68 | Cuba | 101.0% | 2019 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 69 | Sao Tome and Principe | 100.8% | 2017 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 70 | Greece | 100.8% | 2018 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 71 | East Timor | 100.8% | 2019 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 72 | Macao | 100.6% | 2019 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 73 | Gibraltar | 100.4% | 2019 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 74 | Dominica | 100.3% | 2019 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 75 | Turkey | 100.2% | 2018 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 76 | Eswatini | 100.2% | 2016 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 77 | Italy | 100.2% | 2018 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 78 | Fiji | 100.2% | 2012 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 100.1% | 2019 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 80 | Iran | 100.1% | 2017 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 81 | United States | 100.0% | 2018 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 82 | Croatia | 99.8% | 2018 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 83 | Austria | 99.7% | 2018 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 84 | Albania | 99.7% | 2019 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 85 | Bahrain | 99.5% | 2019 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 86 | South Africa | 99.5% | 2018 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 87 | Mauritius | 99.3% | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 88 | Cyprus | 99.2% | 2018 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 89 | South Korea | 98.8% | 2018 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 90 | Uzbekistan | 98.8% | 2019 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 91 | Egypt | 98.7% | 2019 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 92 | Micronesia (country) | 98.4% | 2005 | — | falling |
| 93 | Lesotho | 98.3% | 2017 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 94 | Bhutan | 98.1% | 2018 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Belize | 97.7% | 2019 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 96 | Guyana | 97.5% | 2012 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 97 | Botswana | 97.5% | 2008 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 98 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 97.4% | 2018 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 99 | Germany | 97.4% | 2018 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 100 | Indonesia | 97.3% | 2018 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 97.2% | 2019 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 102 | Ukraine | 96.9% | 2014 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 103 | Brunei | 96.8% | 2019 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 104 | Saint Lucia | 96.6% | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 105 | Malaysia | 96.6% | 2017 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 106 | Azerbaijan | 96.6% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 107 | Cape Verde | 96.5% | 2018 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 108 | Serbia | 96.5% | 2019 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 109 | Morocco | 96.0% | 2019 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 110 | Palestine | 96.0% | 2019 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 111 | Bangladesh | 95.5% | 2018 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 112 | Namibia | 95.4% | 2007 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 113 | China | 95.3% | 2019 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 114 | Malawi | 95.0% | 2019 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 115 | Montenegro | 94.7% | 2019 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 94.5% | 2004 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 117 | Philippines | 94.4% | 2018 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 118 | Slovakia | 94.4% | 2018 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 119 | Venezuela | 94.0% | 2017 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 120 | Gabon | 93.8% | 1999 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 121 | Bolivia | 93.2% | 2018 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 122 | British Virgin Islands | 92.3% | 2018 | down 19.8% | flat |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 92.2% | 2018 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 124 | Seychelles | 92.0% | 2019 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 125 | Maldives | 91.9% | 2019 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 126 | Rwanda | 91.5% | 2019 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 127 | Ghana | 91.1% | 2019 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 128 | Paraguay | 90.6% | 2012 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 129 | Armenia | 90.1% | 2019 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 130 | Bermuda | 89.7% | 2015 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 131 | Tajikistan | 89.5% | 2013 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 132 | Benin | 89.2% | 2016 | up 61.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Burundi | 88.5% | 2019 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Romania | 88.3% | 2018 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 135 | Myanmar | 88.0% | 2018 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 136 | Togo | 87.5% | 2017 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 137 | Moldova | 86.7% | 2019 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 138 | North Macedonia | 86.0% | 2018 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 139 | Panama | 86.0% | 2017 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 140 | Puerto Rico | 85.5% | 2018 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 141 | Jamaica | 85.1% | 2019 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 142 | India | 84.1% | 2019 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 143 | Zimbabwe | 83.9% | 2013 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 83.7% | 2017 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 145 | San Marino | 83.4% | 2019 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 146 | Cameroon | 83.4% | 2016 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 147 | Vanuatu | 82.6% | 2015 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 148 | El Salvador | 82.1% | 2018 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 149 | Cayman Islands | 82.0% | 2018 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 150 | Honduras | 81.6% | 2019 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 151 | Congo | 80.6% | 2012 | up 21.2% | flat |
| 152 | Kenya | 80.6% | 2009 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 153 | Uganda | 80.5% | 2007 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 154 | Comoros | 80.5% | 2018 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 155 | Madagascar | 79.6% | 2019 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 79.5% | 2012 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 157 | Cambodia | 79.1% | 2008 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 158 | Laos | 78.5% | 2019 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 159 | Mozambique | 77.1% | 2017 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 160 | Bahamas | 76.2% | 2018 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 161 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 76.0% | 2015 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 162 | Guatemala | 75.3% | 2019 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 163 | Iraq | 74.8% | 2007 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 164 | Tuvalu | 74.7% | 2019 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 165 | Jordan | 73.9% | 2019 | down 16.6% | flat |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | 73.2% | 2016 | — | rising |
| 167 | Tanzania | 72.9% | 2019 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 168 | Cote d'Ivoire | 72.5% | 2019 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 169 | Mauritania | 72.3% | 2019 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 170 | Marshall Islands | 72.3% | 2019 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 171 | Senegal | 68.9% | 2019 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 172 | Burkina Faso | 68.8% | 2019 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Ethiopia | 66.9% | 2015 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Yemen | 66.4% | 2016 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 175 | Gambia | 66.1% | 2010 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Liberia | 64.1% | 2015 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Nigeria | 63.2% | 2016 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 178 | Djibouti | 62.9% | 2020 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Afghanistan | 62.9% | 2018 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Sudan | 62.7% | 2017 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 181 | Zambia | 62.6% | 1988 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 182 | Syria | 62.1% | 2013 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 183 | Pakistan | 61.4% | 2019 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 184 | Angola | 60.7% | 2011 | up 88.4% | rising |
| 185 | Guinea | 58.4% | 2014 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Mali | 56.4% | 2018 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 187 | Eritrea | 53.9% | 2018 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 188 | Equatorial Guinea | 52.9% | 2005 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 189 | Central African Republic | 50.7% | 2016 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 190 | Chad | 47.1% | 2019 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 191 | Niger | 46.6% | 2017 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Guinea-Bissau | 40.5% | 2000 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 193 | Somalia | 11.1% | 2007 | — | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- European Union 106.4%
- Euro area 105.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 104.3%
- World 87.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 104.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 104.0%
- OECD members 103.9%
- High income 103.1%
- Europe & Central Asia 103.0%
- Post-demographic dividend 102.6%
- North America 100.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 99.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 98.9%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 98.5%
- Upper middle income 98.3%
- Late-demographic dividend 97.8%
- East Asia & Pacific 94.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 94.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 94.6%
- IBRD only 92.9%
- Caribbean Small States 92.9%
- Pacific island small states 92.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 91.9%
- Small states 90.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 90.4%
- Other small states 90.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 90.3%
- Middle income 88.6%
- Early-demographic dividend 87.4%
- IDA & IBRD total 85.8%
- Low & middle income 85.7%
- Arab World 82.5%
- South Asia 82.1%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 82.1%
- Lower middle income 82.0%
- IDA only 75.1%
- Least developed countries 74.5%
- IDA total 72.7%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 71.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 71.0%
About this data
Total female enrollment in primary and secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of official primary and 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.