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Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female (%) by country

Total female enrollment in upper secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the female population of official upper secondary education age.

Countries reporting
182
Highest
224.5%
Ireland
Lowest
5.6%
Equatorial Guinea
Median
85.6%
Years covered
40
1981–2020
Data points
4,271

What the numbers show

Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female (%) is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 224.5% in Ireland; the lowest is 5.6% in Equatorial Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 85.6%, and the mean is 80.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 40.

Over the past decade 151 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 423.9%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 51.2%).

Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 224.5% 2018 up 74.4% rising
2 Finland 222.0% 2018 up 79.5% rising
3 Sweden 194.7% 2018 up 87.0% falling
4 Australia 174.8% 2018 — falling
5 Belgium 161.8% 2018 down 13.7% rising
6 Costa Rica 155.4% 2019 up 97.7% rising
7 Netherlands 140.1% 2018 up 21.9% rising
8 New Zealand 139.5% 2018 down 2.6% rising
9 Denmark 139.3% 2018 up 15.2% rising
10 Estonia 134.5% 2018 up 26.0% rising
11 Spain 133.3% 2018 up 1.9% rising
12 Iceland 130.0% 2018 up 7.3% rising
13 Palau 129.8% 2014 up 48.3% rising
14 Slovenia 129.1% 2018 up 30.5% rising
15 Uruguay 128.3% 2018 up 70.7% rising
16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 126.3% 2018 up 28.8% rising
17 Portugal 125.3% 2018 up 29.4% rising
18 Norway 125.2% 2018 down 1.4% falling
19 Grenada 119.2% 2018 up 22.7% rising
20 Bulgaria 119.0% 2018 up 31.2% rising
21 Canada 118.4% 2018 up 16.2% rising
22 Kazakhstan 117.6% 2019 up 23.6% rising
23 Latvia 115.0% 2018 up 8.5% rising
24 Poland 114.3% 2018 up 15.6% rising
25 Marshall Islands 112.4% 2019 up 57.4% rising
26 Thailand 112.1% 2019 up 56.1% rising
27 Belarus 112.0% 2018 down 8.9% flat
28 Cuba 110.9% 2019 up 19.3% rising
29 Barbados 110.6% 2019 down 2.6% flat
30 Liechtenstein 110.4% 2018 up 16.1% rising
31 Lithuania 110.4% 2018 down 1.3% rising
32 Antigua and Barbuda 110.2% 2018 up 6.3% rising
33 France 109.0% 2018 down 0.6% flat
34 Malta 109.0% 2018 up 13.3% rising
35 Czechia 108.1% 2018 up 16.3% rising
36 Saudi Arabia 107.5% 2019 up 29.3% rising
37 Aruba 107.0% 2012 up 14.6% rising
38 Hungary 106.6% 2018 up 11.8% rising
39 Russian Federation 105.9% 2018 up 32.6% rising
40 Israel 105.5% 2018 down 6.1% falling
41 Sri Lanka 105.3% 2018 up 7.2% rising
42 Georgia 105.2% 2019 up 0.5% rising
43 Greece 105.0% 2018 up 11.7% rising
44 South Africa 104.5% 2018 up 10.4% rising
45 Hong Kong, China 103.9% 2019 up 36.9% rising
46 Peru 103.6% 2019 up 30.7% rising
47 Saint Kitts and Nevis 103.5% 2016 up 0.8% flat
48 Chile 103.4% 2018 up 16.4% rising
49 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 102.8% 2018 down 2.7% rising
50 Türkiye 101.9% 2018 up 43.5% rising
51 Bahrain 101.9% 2019 up 10.6% rising
52 Qatar 100.9% 2010 up 9.9% rising
53 Kuwait 100.8% 2012 up 15.4% rising
54 Italy 100.1% 2018 up 0.6% rising
55 Republic of Korea 99.8% 2018 up 7.5% flat
56 Ecuador 99.6% 2018 up 68.0% rising
57 Brazil 99.2% 2011 up 1.5% flat
58 Luxembourg 99.0% 2018 up 9.9% rising
59 Cyprus 97.4% 2018 up 0.9% rising
60 Oman 96.7% 2019 up 4.2% rising
61 Macau, China 96.6% 2019 up 35.4% rising
62 Switzerland 96.6% 2018 up 21.1% rising
63 Uzbekistan 96.6% 2019 up 19.4% rising
64 Naoero 96.4% 2019 up 73.1% volatile
65 United States of America 96.1% 2018 up 8.2% rising
66 Austria 94.5% 2018 up 1.5% flat
67 Dominica 94.4% 2019 up 7.4% falling
68 United Arab Emirates 94.3% 2017 — rising
69 Puerto Rico 93.3% 2018 up 9.2% rising
70 Croatia 92.9% 2018 up 2.4% rising
71 Samoa 92.3% 2016 up 11.1% rising
72 Mongolia 92.2% 2015 up 4.6% rising
73 Albania 91.9% 2019 up 22.3% rising
74 British Virgin Islands 91.9% 2018 down 12.3% rising
75 Argentina 91.7% 2017 up 21.0% rising
76 Romania 90.8% 2018 up 5.2% rising
77 Serbia 90.6% 2019 up 4.6% rising
78 Germany 90.0% 2018 down 12.8% falling
79 Guyana 90.0% 2012 up 20.4% rising
80 Montenegro 89.9% 2019 up 0.9% flat
81 Tunisia 89.8% 2016 up 15.3% rising
82 Slovakia 89.2% 2018 down 2.8% rising
83 Ukraine 89.0% 2014 down 7.3% falling
84 Brunei Darussalam 88.1% 2019 down 0.5% rising
85 Republic of Moldova 87.9% 2019 down 4.0% rising
86 Mauritius 87.7% 2019 up 6.4% rising
87 Palestine, State of 87.4% 2019 up 4.1% rising
88 Saint Lucia 87.0% 2019 down 3.4% rising
89 Mexico 86.6% 2018 up 42.0% rising
90 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 86.5% 2018 up 11.3% rising
91 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 86.0% 2017 up 20.1% rising
92 Gibraltar 85.2% 2019 up 6.7% flat
93 Armenia 85.2% 2019 down 10.6% falling
94 Colombia 85.1% 2018 up 9.3% rising
95 Jamaica 84.9% 2019 down 11.5% rising
96 Malaysia 83.8% 2019 up 24.3% rising
97 Kyrgyzstan 83.0% 2019 up 4.1% rising
98 Azerbaijan 82.1% 2019 — rising
99 Fiji 81.9% 2012 up 23.5% rising
100 Indonesia 81.9% 2018 up 47.9% rising
101 Timor-Leste 81.5% 2019 up 78.9% rising
102 Kiribati 81.4% 2008 up 21.9% falling
103 China 80.9% 2019 up 10.9% rising
104 Cape Verde 79.4% 2018 up 13.9% rising
105 Sao Tome and Principe 78.2% 2017 up 348.4% volatile
106 Bermuda 78.2% 2015 up 0.0% rising
107 Egypt 76.9% 2019 up 70.6% rising
108 Tonga 76.9% 2015 down 17.7% falling
109 Dominican Republic 76.6% 2019 down 6.6% rising
110 Iran, Islamic Republic of 76.3% 2017 up 9.2% rising
111 Bhutan 75.0% 2018 up 153.7% volatile
112 Algeria 72.8% 2011 up 41.2% rising
113 Paraguay 72.4% 2016 up 32.4% rising
114 Philippines 72.3% 2018 up 2.2% rising
115 Bahamas 71.5% 2018 down 19.5% falling
116 Eswatini 71.4% 2016 up 75.9% rising
117 Cayman Islands 71.2% 2018 down 12.5% falling
118 North Macedonia 70.3% 2018 up 0.4% rising
119 Turks and Caicos Islands 69.9% 2018 up 30.2% rising
120 Suriname 66.9% 2015 up 7.5% falling
121 Nepal 66.7% 2019 up 107.2% rising
122 Belize 66.6% 2019 up 17.0% rising
123 India 65.9% 2019 up 49.3% rising
124 Nicaragua 64.4% 2010 up 33.2% rising
125 Honduras 63.9% 2019 down 4.6% falling
126 Botswana 62.9% 2008 up 23.5% rising
127 Morocco 62.4% 2019 up 46.6% rising
128 Tuvalu 62.4% 2019 down 12.8% rising
129 Ghana 62.1% 2019 up 163.4% volatile
130 Panama 61.6% 2017 up 7.3% rising
131 Seychelles 61.4% 2019 up 3.8% rising
132 Bangladesh 60.5% 2019 up 62.2% rising
133 Myanmar 59.2% 2018 up 73.8% rising
134 Tajikistan 58.5% 2013 up 66.2% rising
135 El Salvador 57.7% 2018 up 17.7% rising
136 Jordan 56.8% 2019 down 25.2% falling
137 Lesotho 51.1% 2017 up 90.9% rising
138 Lao People's Democratic Republic 49.3% 2019 up 64.9% rising
139 Comoros 47.8% 2018 up 56.4% rising
140 San Marino 43.5% 2019 down 51.2% rising
141 Maldives 43.5% 2019 up 228.0% volatile
142 Djibouti 43.3% 2020 up 118.9% volatile
143 Burundi 41.5% 2019 up 411.6% volatile
144 Cameroon 40.6% 2016 up 210.2% rising
145 Sudan 39.8% 2017 up 38.4% rising
146 Kenya 39.1% 2009 up 75.0% rising
147 Zimbabwe 38.9% 2013 up 43.3% rising
148 Namibia 38.3% 2007 up 10.8% rising
149 Guatemala 37.0% 2019 up 17.6% rising
150 Senegal 36.7% 2019 up 173.3% volatile
151 Nigeria 36.1% 2016 up 35.8% rising
152 Vanuatu 35.4% 2015 up 28.5% rising
153 Iraq 35.3% 2007 up 87.0% rising
154 Yemen 34.5% 2016 up 35.5% rising
155 Syrian Arab Republic 33.7% 2013 up 9.4% rising
156 Rwanda 32.5% 2019 up 106.0% rising
157 Pakistan 31.9% 2019 up 43.0% rising
158 Mauritania 29.9% 2019 up 97.1% rising
159 Eritrea 29.6% 2018 up 28.3% rising
160 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 29.5% 2015 up 53.5% rising
161 Afghanistan 28.5% 2018 up 171.6% volatile
162 Côte d'Ivoire 28.3% 2019 up 26.9% rising
163 Mozambique 28.0% 2017 up 423.9% volatile
164 Togo 27.8% 2017 up 61.4% volatile
165 Congo 26.7% 2012 up 58.3% rising
166 Solomon Islands 26.5% 2012 up 107.7% rising
167 Sierra Leone 26.4% 2017 up 38.2% rising
168 Benin 25.8% 2016 up 69.7% volatile
169 Liberia 25.3% 2015 down 14.1% rising
170 Cambodia 24.3% 2008 up 212.7% volatile
171 Guinea 24.2% 2014 up 221.1% volatile
172 Angola 24.1% 2016 up 116.0% volatile
173 Mali 23.7% 2018 up 45.0% rising
174 Madagascar 22.1% 2019 up 62.5% rising
175 Burkina Faso 20.2% 2019 up 165.3% volatile
176 Malawi 19.3% 2019 up 48.6% rising
177 Ethiopia 17.4% 2015 up 233.6% rising
178 Chad 10.2% 2019 up 24.8% rising
179 Niger 9.1% 2017 up 216.0% volatile
180 Central African Republic 7.0% 2017 up 25.2% rising
181 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.9% 2019 down 20.1% rising
182 Equatorial Guinea 5.6% 2005 up 110.5% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
227 places, 4,271 data points, 1981–2020
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Total female enrollment in upper secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the female population of official upper secondary education age.