Percentage of enrolment in primary education in public institutions, female (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
200
Highest
56.1%
Tokelau
Lowest
19.2%
Suriname
Median
48.6%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
3,165

What the numbers show

Percentage of enrolment in primary education in public institutions, female (%) is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 56.1% in Tokelau; the lowest is 19.2% in Suriname.

The median across all reporting countries is 48.6%, and the mean is 48.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 121 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 26.4%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 60.5%).

Percentage of enrolment in primary education in public institutions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tokelau 56.1% 2023 up 24.9% rising
2 United Arab Emirates 54.6% 2024 rising
3 Senegal 54.1% 2024 up 3.0% rising
4 Gambia 53.4% 2021 up 3.2% rising
5 Nepal 52.8% 2020 up 3.2% rising
6 Qatar 52.2% 2024 down 1.1% flat
7 Jordan 51.9% 2024 down 1.7% flat
8 Kuwait 51.4% 2021 down 0.9% flat
9 Montserrat 50.8% 2019 up 1.0% rising
10 India 50.8% 2020 down 3.7% rising
11 Sierra Leone 50.8% 2021 up 4.2% flat
12 Bangladesh 50.7% 2018 down 1.2% flat
13 Malawi 50.5% 2017 up 0.1% flat
14 Sweden 50.5% 2024 up 0.9% flat
15 Burkina Faso 50.4% 2024 up 3.3% rising
16 Tanzania, United Republic of 50.4% 2021 down 0.2% flat
17 Bahrain 50.3% 2024 down 1.2% flat
18 Burundi 50.2% 2025 down 0.7% rising
19 Mauritania 50.2% 2024 down 1.3% flat
20 Uganda 50.1% 2017 up 0.7% flat
21 Madagascar 50.1% 2019 up 1.7% flat
22 Niue 50.0% 2024 down 7.3% flat
23 Zimbabwe 50.0% 2020 down 1.2% flat
24 Palestine, State of 50.0% 2023 down 0.3% flat
25 Oman 49.9% 2024 down 3.0% flat
26 Zambia 49.9% 2013 up 3.8% flat
27 Kenya 49.8% 2014 up 2.2% flat
28 Côte d'Ivoire 49.7% 2024 up 7.7% rising
29 Cayman Islands 49.7% 2024 down 0.6% flat
30 Bhutan 49.7% 2020 down 0.5% rising
31 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 49.6% 2024 up 3.1% flat
32 Peru 49.6% 2024 up 0.8% flat
33 Saint Lucia 49.4% 2023 up 2.0% flat
34 Ecuador 49.4% 2024 up 1.1% flat
35 Sri Lanka 49.4% 2020 up 0.6% flat
36 Monaco 49.3% 2024 up 1.8% flat
37 Iran, Islamic Republic of 49.3% 2023 down 1.3% rising
38 Lebanon 49.3% 2024 up 0.1% flat
39 Algeria 49.2% 2024 up 3.3% flat
40 Gibraltar 49.2% 2024 up 0.9% flat
41 Mexico 49.2% 2025 up 0.5% flat
42 Ireland 49.1% 2022 up 0.7% flat
43 British Virgin Islands 49.1% 2024 up 5.4% flat
44 Andorra 49.1% 2024 up 4.6% flat
45 Saudi Arabia 49.1% 2024 down 4.0% flat
46 Namibia 49.1% 2018 down 0.6% flat
47 Trinidad and Tobago 49.1% 2023 up 6.6% flat
48 Mauritius 49.0% 2024 down 0.7% flat
49 Jamaica 49.0% 2024 up 1.1% flat
50 Costa Rica 49.0% 2024 up 0.8% flat
51 Turks and Caicos Islands 49.0% 2022 down 3.6% flat
52 Honduras 49.0% 2024 up 1.0% flat
53 Singapore 49.0% 2023 up 0.3% flat
54 Luxembourg 49.0% 2024 up 0.9% flat
55 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 49.0% 2018 up 3.1% flat
56 Rwanda 49.0% 2024 down 3.6% flat
57 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 48.9% 2024 up 1.1% flat
58 Switzerland 48.9% 2024 down 0.1% flat
59 Germany 48.9% 2024 up 0.7% flat
60 Turkmenistan 48.9% 2024 up 0.1% flat
61 Argentina 48.9% 2023 up 1.0% flat
62 Botswana 48.9% 2021 down 0.0% flat
63 Egypt 48.9% 2024 up 0.9% flat
64 Angola 48.9% 2023 up 26.4% rising
65 Ukraine 48.9% 2024 down 0.3% flat
66 Guyana 48.9% 2023 down 0.6% flat
67 Syrian Arab Republic 48.9% 2024 up 1.7% flat
68 France 48.9% 2024 up 0.0% flat
69 Mongolia 48.9% 2019 down 0.5% flat
70 San Marino 48.8% 2024 up 7.1% flat
71 Guatemala 48.8% 2024 up 1.3% flat
72 Finland 48.8% 2024 up 0.2% flat
73 Kyrgyzstan 48.8% 2021 up 0.0% flat
74 Iceland 48.8% 2023 down 0.2% flat
75 Slovakia 48.8% 2024 up 0.5% flat
76 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 48.8% 2023 up 0.0% flat
77 Togo 48.8% 2024 up 1.8% rising
78 Naoero 48.8% 2023 down 4.8% flat
79 Lithuania 48.7% 2024 down 0.3% flat
80 Czechia 48.7% 2023 up 0.0% flat
81 Korea 48.7% 2024 up 1.4% flat
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48.7% 2023 up 0.2% flat
83 Portugal 48.7% 2023 up 1.8% flat
84 Russian Federation 48.7% 2023 down 0.5% flat
85 Sudan 48.7% 2019 up 4.2% flat
86 Bulgaria 48.7% 2024 up 0.7% flat
87 Maldives 48.7% 2024 up 1.2% flat
88 United States of America 48.7% 2023 up 0.1% flat
89 Israel 48.7% 2024 down 0.1% flat
90 Barbados 48.7% 2024 down 0.3% flat
91 Malaysia 48.7% 2024 up 0.2% flat
92 Canada 48.7% 2023 down 0.2% flat
93 Myanmar 48.7% 2018 down 2.0% flat
94 Brazil 48.6% 2024 up 2.0% flat
95 Poland 48.6% 2024 down 0.2% flat
96 Panama 48.6% 2024 up 1.5% flat
97 Japan 48.6% 2023 up 0.0% flat
98 Ghana 48.6% 2022 down 0.1% flat
99 New Zealand 48.6% 2024 down 0.2% flat
100 Netherlands 48.6% 2022 down 0.0% flat
101 Türkiye 48.6% 2023 down 0.6% flat
102 Norway 48.6% 2024 down 0.7% flat
103 Estonia 48.6% 2024 down 0.2% flat
104 Paraguay 48.6% 2024 up 1.4% flat
105 El Salvador 48.5% 2024 up 1.4% flat
106 Kazakhstan 48.5% 2020 down 0.8% flat
107 Kiribati 48.5% 2023 down 2.5% flat
108 Mozambique 48.5% 2022 up 2.2% rising
109 Sao Tome and Principe 48.5% 2017 down 1.6% flat
110 Croatia 48.5% 2023 down 0.4% flat
111 Belgium 48.5% 2023 down 0.2% flat
112 Serbia 48.5% 2024 down 0.5% flat
113 Greece 48.5% 2023 up 0.0% flat
114 South Africa 48.5% 2023 up 0.1% flat
115 Latvia 48.5% 2024 down 0.5% flat
116 Georgia 48.5% 2024 up 3.0% flat
117 Timor-Leste 48.5% 2019 up 1.8% flat
118 Tajikistan 48.4% 2017 up 0.6% flat
119 Belarus 48.4% 2024 down 0.6% flat
120 Hungary 48.4% 2024 up 0.3% flat
121 North Macedonia 48.4% 2023 up 0.0% flat
122 Cook Islands 48.4% 2024 up 0.3% flat
123 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 48.4% 2023 up 3.1% flat
124 Slovenia 48.4% 2023 down 0.4% flat
125 Anguilla 48.4% 2022 up 0.6% flat
126 Belize 48.4% 2024 up 1.5% flat
127 Seychelles 48.4% 2024 down 2.0% flat
128 Spain 48.4% 2024 down 0.6% flat
129 Saint Kitts and Nevis 48.3% 2021 down 0.9% flat
130 Puerto Rico 48.3% 2023 up 1.0% flat
131 Romania 48.3% 2023 up 0.1% flat
132 Lao People's Democratic Republic 48.3% 2020 up 2.4% rising
133 Nicaragua 48.3% 2023 up 0.0% flat
134 Thailand 48.3% 2020 up 0.5% flat
135 Montenegro 48.3% 2023 up 0.1% flat
136 Lesotho 48.3% 2023 down 1.6% falling
137 Republic of Moldova 48.3% 2024 down 0.4% flat
138 Denmark 48.3% 2024 down 0.2% flat
139 Philippines 48.3% 2020 up 0.9% flat
140 Italy 48.3% 2023 down 0.3% flat
141 Solomon Islands 48.3% 2019 up 2.8% flat
142 Austria 48.3% 2024 down 0.5% flat
143 Colombia 48.2% 2022 up 0.1% flat
144 Uruguay 48.2% 2023 up 0.3% flat
145 Dominican Republic 48.2% 2024 up 4.0% flat
146 Bahamas 48.2% 2024 down 2.0% flat
147 Uzbekistan 48.1% 2024 down 0.5% flat
148 Albania 48.1% 2024 up 1.6% flat
149 Samoa 48.1% 2021 up 0.4% flat
150 Grenada 48.1% 2023 up 4.3% flat
151 Morocco 48.1% 2024 up 1.0% rising
152 Eswatini 48.1% 2023 up 1.3% flat
153 Cyprus 48.1% 2024 down 0.4% flat
154 Niger 48.1% 2024 up 7.0% rising
155 Tunisia 48.1% 2023 down 0.0% flat
156 Nigeria 48.0% 2023 down 0.1% rising
157 Fiji 48.0% 2020 up 4.4% falling
158 Tuvalu 48.0% 2023 up 1.2% flat
159 Australia 48.0% 2024 down 0.4% flat
160 Cape Verde 48.0% 2022 up 0.6% flat
161 Gabon 48.0% 2019 up 0.7% flat
162 Cambodia 48.0% 2019 up 1.1% rising
163 Cuba 47.9% 2024 up 1.3% flat
164 Libya 47.9% 2006 down 1.2% flat
165 Indonesia 47.9% 2018 down 1.2% flat
166 Hong Kong, China 47.8% 2024 up 0.2% flat
167 Viet Nam 47.7% 2021 up 0.7% flat
168 Brunei Darussalam 47.6% 2020 down 0.8% flat
169 Vanuatu 47.6% 2020 up 1.3% flat
170 Bermuda 47.6% 2023 up 3.7% flat
171 Armenia 47.6% 2024 up 1.5% falling
172 Congo 47.6% 2018 up 1.1% flat
173 Pakistan 47.5% 2024 up 5.4% rising
174 Comoros 47.5% 2017 up 3.3% rising
175 China 47.3% 2024 up 1.2% flat
176 Aruba 47.3% 2014 up 2.9% flat
177 Benin 47.1% 2022 up 1.2% rising
178 Ethiopia 47.0% 2021 down 0.6% rising
179 Antigua and Barbuda 46.9% 2018 down 1.6% falling
180 Cameroon 46.9% 2024 up 1.7% rising
181 Azerbaijan 46.8% 2024 up 0.8% flat
182 Djibouti 46.8% 2023 up 1.8% rising
183 Chile 46.7% 2024 down 0.6% flat
184 Liberia 46.6% 2020 up 4.0% rising
185 Liechtenstein 46.6% 2021 down 5.9% falling
186 Marshall Islands 46.5% 2022 down 2.5% flat
187 Mali 46.3% 2023 down 0.1% rising
188 Tonga 46.2% 2020 down 1.7% flat
189 Equatorial Guinea 46.1% 2015 down 5.7% flat
190 Malta 46.1% 2023 down 1.3% flat
191 Yemen 46.0% 2016 up 10.4% rising
192 Dominica 45.8% 2023 up 1.6% flat
193 Chad 45.7% 2024 up 6.6% rising
194 Eritrea 44.8% 2018 up 0.6% flat
195 Guinea 44.6% 2020 up 1.4% rising
196 Iraq 44.4% 2007 up 0.9% flat
197 Macau, China 44.3% 2024 down 0.7% flat
198 Afghanistan 43.7% 2023 up 6.6% flat
199 Central African Republic 43.0% 2016 up 5.9% rising
200 Suriname 19.2% 2023 down 60.5% falling

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Indicator
Percentage of enrolment in primary education in public institutions, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
200 places, 3,165 data points, 1997–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release