Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
214
Highest
182.1%
Haiti
Lowest
19.0%
Somalia
Median
99.9%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
17,340
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female (%) is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 182.1% in Haiti; the lowest is 19.0% in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 99.9%, and the mean is 100.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 126 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 81.8%), and the largest decrease in Tokelau (down 33.5%).
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haiti | 182.1% | 2016 | — | rising |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | 166.3% | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Rwanda | 146.7% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 4 | Malawi | 140.7% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 5 | Madagascar | 135.6% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 6 | Nepal | 126.4% | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 7 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 124.1% | 2024 | up 35.2% | falling |
| 8 | East Timor | 120.6% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 9 | Myanmar | 119.8% | 2018 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 10 | Sweden | 119.3% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 11 | Bhutan | 119.3% | 2024 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea | 118.9% | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 13 | Monaco | 118.9% | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 118.4% | 2025 | up 22.9% | falling |
| 15 | Zambia | 118.3% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 16 | Namibia | 117.9% | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 17 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 117.0% | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 18 | Mozambique | 116.1% | 2022 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 19 | Venezuela | 116.0% | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 20 | New Caledonia | 116.0% | 1991 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 21 | Morocco | 115.4% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 22 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 114.3% | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 23 | Peru | 113.2% | 2024 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 24 | Togo | 113.2% | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 113.1% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 26 | Eswatini | 112.6% | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 27 | Niue | 112.5% | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 28 | Albania | 111.4% | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 29 | Portugal | 111.2% | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 30 | Anguilla | 111.2% | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 31 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 110.8% | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 32 | Tonga | 110.7% | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 33 | Cook Islands | 110.6% | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 34 | India | 110.6% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 35 | Vanuatu | 110.6% | 2024 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 36 | Guinea-Bissau | 110.4% | 2010 | up 80.7% | rising |
| 37 | Cameroon | 109.5% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 38 | Aruba | 109.5% | 2024 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 39 | Grenada | 109.2% | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 40 | Antigua and Barbuda | 108.7% | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 41 | Gambia | 108.2% | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 42 | Botswana | 108.2% | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 43 | Nicaragua | 108.0% | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 44 | Mauritius | 107.8% | 2024 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 45 | Sao Tome and Principe | 107.6% | 2017 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 107.5% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 47 | Palau | 107.5% | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 48 | Fiji | 107.2% | 2024 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 49 | Moldova | 107.0% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 50 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 107.0% | 1987 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 51 | Mauritania | 106.9% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 52 | Uganda | 106.8% | 2017 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 53 | Cambodia | 106.7% | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 54 | Montenegro | 106.5% | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 55 | Cyprus | 105.9% | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 56 | Algeria | 105.7% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 57 | French Polynesia | 105.4% | 1996 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 105.2% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 59 | Poland | 105.2% | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 60 | Maldives | 104.8% | 2024 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 61 | Costa Rica | 104.7% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 62 | Montserrat | 104.7% | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 63 | Libya | 104.4% | 2006 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 64 | Brazil | 104.3% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 65 | Saudi Arabia | 104.1% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 66 | Vietnam | 104.1% | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 67 | Guadeloupe | 104.1% | 1994 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 68 | Uruguay | 104.0% | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 69 | Netherlands | 103.9% | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 70 | Benin | 103.9% | 2022 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Tunisia | 103.5% | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 72 | France | 103.5% | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 73 | Gibraltar | 103.4% | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 74 | Colombia | 103.4% | 2022 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 75 | Argentina | 103.2% | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 76 | Spain | 103.0% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 77 | Italy | 103.0% | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 78 | Germany | 103.0% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 79 | Hungary | 102.9% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 80 | Slovakia | 102.8% | 2024 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 81 | Mexico | 102.5% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 82 | Marshall Islands | 102.3% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 102.2% | 2023 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 84 | United Kingdom | 102.1% | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 85 | Belgium | 102.1% | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 86 | Iran | 102.0% | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 87 | Cape Verde | 102.0% | 2022 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 88 | Greece | 101.8% | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 89 | Burundi | 101.6% | 2025 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Hong Kong | 101.6% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 91 | Croatia | 101.2% | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 92 | Turkey | 101.2% | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 93 | Switzerland | 101.1% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 94 | Austria | 101.1% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 95 | Japan | 101.1% | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 96 | Armenia | 101.0% | 2024 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 97 | South Korea | 100.8% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 98 | Liechtenstein | 100.8% | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 99 | Lithuania | 100.7% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 100 | China | 100.7% | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 101 | Ghana | 100.7% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 102 | Guatemala | 100.6% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 103 | Slovenia | 100.5% | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 104 | Dominican Republic | 100.3% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 105 | Singapore | 100.1% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 106 | Tuvalu | 100.0% | 2024 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 107 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 108 | Andorra | 99.8% | 2024 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 109 | Australia | 99.7% | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 110 | Denmark | 99.6% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 111 | Luxembourg | 99.6% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 112 | Czechia | 99.5% | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 113 | Georgia | 99.5% | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 114 | South Africa | 99.2% | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 115 | Samoa | 99.1% | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.1% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 117 | Indonesia | 99.1% | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 118 | Finland | 98.8% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 119 | Jordan | 98.8% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 120 | Qatar | 98.7% | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 121 | Ecuador | 98.6% | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 122 | Norway | 98.5% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 123 | Iceland | 98.2% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.1% | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 125 | Russia | 98.0% | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 126 | Gabon | 98.0% | 2019 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 127 | Dominica | 97.9% | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 128 | Chile | 97.9% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 129 | Afghanistan | 97.9% | 2023 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Latvia | 97.8% | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 131 | Malta | 97.7% | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 132 | Cuba | 97.6% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 133 | Estonia | 97.6% | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 134 | Ireland | 97.6% | 2022 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 135 | Israel | 97.5% | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 136 | Bahrain | 97.4% | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 137 | Guyana | 97.3% | 2024 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 138 | Panama | 97.3% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 139 | Saint Lucia | 97.2% | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 140 | Jamaica | 97.1% | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 141 | United States | 97.0% | 2022 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 142 | New Zealand | 96.8% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 143 | Belarus | 96.8% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 144 | Cayman Islands | 96.7% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 145 | Egypt | 96.7% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 146 | Kenya | 96.6% | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 147 | Nauru | 96.5% | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 148 | North Macedonia | 96.5% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 149 | Martinique | 96.4% | 1996 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 150 | Comoros | 96.3% | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 151 | Kazakhstan | 96.2% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 152 | Senegal | 96.1% | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 153 | Belize | 96.1% | 2024 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 154 | Reunion | 95.7% | 1994 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 155 | Turkmenistan | 95.6% | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 156 | Oman | 95.5% | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 157 | Tanzania | 95.3% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 158 | Bulgaria | 95.3% | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 159 | Canada | 95.1% | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 160 | Brunei | 95.0% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 161 | Iraq | 94.9% | 2007 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 162 | San Marino | 94.8% | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 163 | Cote d'Ivoire | 94.4% | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 164 | Ukraine | 94.1% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 165 | Seychelles | 93.5% | 2024 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 166 | Serbia | 93.4% | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 167 | Zimbabwe | 93.4% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 168 | Bolivia | 93.3% | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 169 | Kiribati | 93.3% | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 170 | Bermuda | 93.3% | 2023 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 171 | Mongolia | 92.9% | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 172 | Guinea | 92.8% | 2020 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Laos | 92.6% | 2025 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 174 | Tajikistan | 92.6% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 175 | Philippines | 92.1% | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 176 | Sri Lanka | 92.1% | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 177 | Bahamas | 91.6% | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 178 | American Samoa | 91.2% | 1992 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 179 | Palestine | 91.0% | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 180 | El Salvador | 90.4% | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 181 | Malaysia | 90.4% | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 182 | Macao | 89.9% | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 183 | Saint Helena | 89.8% | 1998 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 184 | Suriname | 89.7% | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 185 | Paraguay | 88.8% | 2024 | down 21.9% | flat |
| 186 | Kuwait | 88.7% | 2021 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 187 | Falkland Islands | 88.6% | 1995 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 188 | Puerto Rico | 88.4% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 189 | Nigeria | 88.2% | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 190 | Angola | 87.1% | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 191 | Congo | 86.9% | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 192 | Central African Republic | 85.2% | 2016 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 193 | Romania | 84.5% | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 194 | Barbados | 83.0% | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 195 | Micronesia (country) | 82.6% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 196 | Pakistan | 82.4% | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 197 | Eritrea | 82.4% | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 198 | Chad | 81.8% | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 199 | Syria | 81.5% | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 200 | Ethiopia | 81.4% | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 201 | Lebanon | 81.4% | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 202 | Solomon Islands | 80.6% | 2024 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 203 | Honduras | 79.5% | 2024 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 204 | Lesotho | 78.6% | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 205 | Burkina Faso | 78.3% | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 206 | British Virgin Islands | 73.5% | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 207 | Yemen | 71.9% | 2016 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 208 | Sudan | 71.0% | 2019 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 209 | Mali | 69.4% | 2023 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 210 | Liberia | 67.4% | 2022 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 211 | Niger | 63.3% | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 212 | Tokelau | 54.8% | 2025 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 213 | Equatorial Guinea | 47.5% | 2015 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 214 | Somalia | 19.0% | 2023 | — | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 135.8%
- MDG: Caribbean 124.1%
- WB: South Asia 119.2%
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 119.2%
- UNESCO: Sids 116.7%
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 116.0%
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 111.4%
- UNICEF: South Asia 111.4%
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 111.3%
- AIMS: South and West Asia 111.2%
- MDG: Southern Asia 111.2%
- SDG: Southern Asia 111.2%
- UIS: South and West Asia 111.2%
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 111.0%
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 111.0%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 110.6%
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 109.5%
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 109.3%
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 109.3%
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 109.0%
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 108.3%
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 107.7%
- ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) 107.5%
- MDG: Oceania 107.5%
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 107.5%
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 106.8%
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 106.7%
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 105.6%
- WB: Ibrd Only 105.5%
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 105.5%
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 105.5%
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 105.3%
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 105.2%
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 105.0%
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 104.9%
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 104.9%
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 104.7%
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 104.7%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 104.7%
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 104.6%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release