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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in public institutions, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
191 places, 2,806 data points, 1997–2025
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February 2026 Data Release