Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in public institutions, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
191
Highest
87.0%
Kyrgyzstan
Lowest
36.0%
Guinea
Median
48.8%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
2,806
What the numbers show
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in public institutions, female (%) is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 87.0% in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is 36.0% in Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 48.8%, and the mean is 49.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 129 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 77.1%), and the largest decrease in Niue (down 17.3%).
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in public: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 87.0% | 2021 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 2 | Burundi | 57.8% | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 3 | Lesotho | 57.4% | 2016 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | 56.3% | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 5 | Senegal | 55.5% | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 6 | Rwanda | 55.4% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 7 | Gambia | 55.2% | 2021 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 54.3% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 9 | Lebanon | 53.6% | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 10 | Mauritania | 52.9% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 52.7% | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 12 | Nepal | 52.6% | 2020 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 13 | Mauritius | 52.6% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 14 | Bhutan | 52.5% | 2020 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 15 | Cambodia | 52.3% | 2019 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 16 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 51.9% | 2021 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 17 | Aruba | 51.9% | 2012 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 18 | Jordan | 51.9% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 19 | Syrian Arab Republic | 51.8% | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 20 | India | 51.7% | 2020 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 21 | Namibia | 51.6% | 2017 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 22 | Montserrat | 51.5% | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 23 | Sao Tome and Principe | 51.4% | 2017 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 24 | Kiribati | 51.4% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 25 | Nicaragua | 51.3% | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 26 | Kuwait | 51.3% | 2012 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 27 | Tokelau | 51.2% | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 28 | Myanmar | 51.1% | 2018 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 29 | Honduras | 51.1% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 30 | Belgium | 51.1% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 31 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 51.0% | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 32 | Timor-Leste | 50.9% | 2019 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 33 | Qatar | 50.9% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 34 | Palestine, State of | 50.8% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 35 | Niue | 50.7% | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 36 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50.6% | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 37 | Suriname | 50.5% | 2021 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 50.5% | 2021 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 39 | Madagascar | 50.4% | 2019 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 40 | Sudan | 50.3% | 2019 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 41 | Israel | 50.3% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 42 | Botswana | 50.3% | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 43 | Congo | 50.3% | 2012 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 44 | Tunisia | 50.2% | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 45 | Indonesia | 50.2% | 2018 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 50.2% | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 47 | Croatia | 50.2% | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 48 | Malawi | 50.1% | 2018 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 49 | Monaco | 50.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 50 | Kenya | 50.0% | 2016 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 51 | Bahrain | 49.9% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 52 | Philippines | 49.9% | 2020 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 53 | Gibraltar | 49.9% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 49.9% | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 55 | Eswatini | 49.9% | 2016 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 56 | Sweden | 49.9% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 57 | Ghana | 49.8% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 58 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 49.7% | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 59 | Mongolia | 49.7% | 2019 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 60 | Andorra | 49.7% | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 61 | Saint Lucia | 49.7% | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 62 | Peru | 49.7% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 63 | Türkiye | 49.6% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 64 | El Salvador | 49.6% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 65 | Oman | 49.6% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 66 | Cyprus | 49.5% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 67 | Ireland | 49.5% | 2022 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 68 | Bahamas | 49.5% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 69 | United States of America | 49.5% | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 70 | Uruguay | 49.5% | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 71 | Tuvalu | 49.5% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 72 | Côte d'Ivoire | 49.5% | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 73 | Fiji | 49.5% | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | 49.4% | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 75 | Malta | 49.4% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 76 | Nigeria | 49.4% | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 49.3% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 78 | Bermuda | 49.3% | 2023 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 79 | Ecuador | 49.3% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 80 | San Marino | 49.3% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 81 | Colombia | 49.3% | 2022 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 82 | Switzerland | 49.2% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 49.1% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 84 | Norway | 49.1% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 85 | Guatemala | 49.1% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 86 | Niger | 49.1% | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 87 | Grenada | 49.0% | 2023 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 88 | Puerto Rico | 49.0% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 89 | Paraguay | 49.0% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 90 | Jamaica | 48.9% | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 91 | Czechia | 48.9% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 92 | Cook Islands | 48.9% | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 93 | Seychelles | 48.9% | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 94 | France | 48.8% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 95 | Singapore | 48.8% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 96 | South Africa | 48.8% | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 97 | Slovenia | 48.8% | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 98 | Naoero | 48.8% | 2023 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 99 | Ukraine | 48.8% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 100 | Finland | 48.8% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 48.7% | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 102 | Malaysia | 48.7% | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 103 | Portugal | 48.7% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 104 | Marshall Islands | 48.7% | 2022 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 105 | Anguilla | 48.7% | 2019 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 106 | Egypt | 48.7% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 107 | Cape Verde | 48.6% | 2022 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 108 | Kazakhstan | 48.6% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48.6% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 110 | Korea | 48.6% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 111 | New Zealand | 48.6% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 112 | Brunei Darussalam | 48.6% | 2020 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 113 | Estonia | 48.6% | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 114 | Belarus | 48.5% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 115 | Slovakia | 48.5% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 116 | Latvia | 48.5% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 117 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 48.5% | 2020 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 118 | Lithuania | 48.5% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 119 | Serbia | 48.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 120 | Japan | 48.5% | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 121 | Zambia | 48.5% | 2017 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 122 | Cayman Islands | 48.5% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 123 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 48.5% | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 124 | Argentina | 48.5% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 125 | Uzbekistan | 48.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 126 | Canada | 48.5% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 127 | Guyana | 48.4% | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 128 | Viet Nam | 48.4% | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 129 | Panama | 48.4% | 2016 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 48.4% | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 131 | Brazil | 48.4% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 132 | Republic of Moldova | 48.3% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 133 | Mozambique | 48.3% | 2017 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 134 | Romania | 48.2% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 135 | Italy | 48.2% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 136 | Comoros | 48.2% | 2017 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 137 | Georgia | 48.1% | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 138 | Tajikistan | 48.1% | 2017 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 139 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 48.1% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 140 | Samoa | 48.1% | 2021 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 141 | Iceland | 48.1% | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 142 | Bulgaria | 48.0% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 143 | Spain | 48.0% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 144 | Hungary | 48.0% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 145 | Greece | 47.9% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 146 | Austria | 47.9% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 147 | Poland | 47.9% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 148 | Montenegro | 47.8% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 149 | Albania | 47.8% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 150 | Australia | 47.8% | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 151 | Tonga | 47.7% | 2020 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 152 | Netherlands | 47.7% | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 153 | Russian Federation | 47.6% | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 154 | Germany | 47.6% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 155 | Hong Kong, China | 47.6% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 156 | Mali | 47.5% | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 157 | Barbados | 47.5% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 158 | Denmark | 47.5% | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 159 | Liechtenstein | 47.5% | 2021 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 160 | Bangladesh | 47.4% | 2020 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 161 | Cuba | 47.4% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 162 | Armenia | 47.3% | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 163 | Pakistan | 47.3% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 164 | China | 47.2% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 165 | Morocco | 47.2% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 166 | Maldives | 47.0% | 2019 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 167 | Benin | 46.8% | 2022 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 168 | Chile | 46.6% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 169 | Ethiopia | 46.5% | 2017 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 170 | Algeria | 46.4% | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 171 | Azerbaijan | 46.4% | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 172 | Thailand | 46.3% | 2020 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 173 | Belize | 46.2% | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 174 | Angola | 46.0% | 2023 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 175 | Liberia | 45.9% | 2020 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 176 | Eritrea | 45.8% | 2018 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 177 | Djibouti | 45.8% | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 178 | Antigua and Barbuda | 45.5% | 2018 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 179 | Luxembourg | 45.5% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 180 | Cameroon | 45.3% | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 181 | British Virgin Islands | 45.1% | 2021 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 182 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 45.0% | 2022 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 183 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 44.9% | 2018 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 184 | Macau, China | 43.0% | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 185 | Afghanistan | 42.6% | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 186 | Yemen | 42.3% | 2016 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 187 | Iraq | 40.7% | 2007 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 188 | Chad | 40.6% | 2024 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 189 | Dominica | 39.0% | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 190 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 37.9% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 191 | Guinea | 36.0% | 2014 | up 16.4% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release