Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public institutions, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
180
Highest
74.0%
Kyrgyzstan
Lowest
35.7%
Afghanistan
Median
49.0%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
2,494
What the numbers show
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public institutions, female (%) is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 74.0% in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is 35.7% in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 49.0%, 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 114 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 50.0%), and the largest decrease in Niue (down 16.6%).
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 74.0% | 2021 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 2 | Lesotho | 57.3% | 2016 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 3 | Burundi | 57.2% | 2025 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 4 | Rwanda | 55.5% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 5 | Senegal | 55.3% | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 6 | Lebanon | 55.0% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 54.9% | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 8 | Mauritius | 53.5% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 9 | Namibia | 53.4% | 2006 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 10 | Syrian Arab Republic | 53.1% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 11 | Palestine, State of | 53.0% | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 12 | Kuwait | 52.9% | 2015 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 13 | Suriname | 52.6% | 2021 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 14 | Belgium | 52.6% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 15 | Honduras | 52.6% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 52.4% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 17 | Mexico | 52.4% | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 18 | Sao Tome and Principe | 52.4% | 2017 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 19 | Jordan | 52.3% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 20 | Tuvalu | 52.3% | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 21 | Botswana | 52.1% | 2021 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 22 | Sweden | 52.1% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 23 | Bhutan | 52.0% | 2018 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 24 | Myanmar | 52.0% | 2018 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 25 | Uruguay | 51.9% | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 26 | Marshall Islands | 51.7% | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 27 | Timor-Leste | 51.6% | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 28 | Israel | 51.5% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 29 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 51.5% | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 30 | Finland | 51.4% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 31 | South Africa | 51.4% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 32 | Sudan | 51.2% | 2019 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 33 | Indonesia | 51.2% | 2018 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 34 | Cape Verde | 51.1% | 2022 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 35 | Aruba | 51.1% | 2012 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 36 | Ireland | 51.0% | 2022 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 37 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 51.0% | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 38 | Mauritania | 51.0% | 2020 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 39 | Costa Rica | 50.9% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 40 | Bermuda | 50.8% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 41 | Cook Islands | 50.5% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 42 | El Salvador | 50.5% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 43 | Colombia | 50.4% | 2022 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 44 | Montserrat | 50.3% | 2019 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 45 | Qatar | 50.3% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 46 | Anguilla | 50.3% | 2022 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 47 | Philippines | 50.2% | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 48 | Nicaragua | 50.2% | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 49 | Seychelles | 50.2% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 50 | Mongolia | 50.1% | 2019 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 51 | Grenada | 50.1% | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 52 | Croatia | 50.1% | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 53 | Samoa | 50.1% | 2016 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 54 | Bahamas | 50.0% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 55 | New Zealand | 50.0% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 56 | Malaysia | 50.0% | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 57 | Sierra Leone | 49.9% | 2021 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 58 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 49.9% | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 59 | Brunei Darussalam | 49.9% | 2020 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 60 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 49.9% | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 61 | Paraguay | 49.8% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 62 | Ghana | 49.8% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 63 | India | 49.8% | 2020 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 49.8% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 65 | Puerto Rico | 49.8% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 66 | Niue | 49.8% | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 67 | Panama | 49.8% | 2016 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 68 | Peru | 49.7% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 69 | Estonia | 49.7% | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 70 | Portugal | 49.7% | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 71 | Algeria | 49.6% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 72 | Saint Lucia | 49.6% | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 73 | Madagascar | 49.6% | 2019 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 74 | Malawi | 49.6% | 2018 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 75 | Gibraltar | 49.5% | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 76 | Ecuador | 49.5% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 77 | Morocco | 49.5% | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 78 | Eswatini | 49.5% | 2016 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 79 | Guyana | 49.4% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.4% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 81 | Brazil | 49.4% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 82 | Oman | 49.3% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 83 | Bahrain | 49.3% | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 84 | Spain | 49.3% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 85 | Egypt | 49.3% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 86 | Serbia | 49.2% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 87 | Jamaica | 49.2% | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 88 | France | 49.1% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 89 | Cayman Islands | 49.1% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 90 | Cuba | 49.1% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 91 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 49.0% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 49.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 93 | Netherlands | 49.0% | 2022 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 49.0% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 95 | Argentina | 49.0% | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 96 | Singapore | 48.9% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 97 | Barbados | 48.9% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 98 | Cyprus | 48.9% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 99 | Nigeria | 48.8% | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 100 | Slovenia | 48.8% | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 101 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 48.8% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 102 | Türkiye | 48.8% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 103 | Iceland | 48.8% | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 104 | Monaco | 48.8% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 105 | Latvia | 48.7% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 106 | Romania | 48.7% | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 107 | Italy | 48.7% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 108 | Kazakhstan | 48.6% | 2020 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 109 | Belarus | 48.6% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 110 | Comoros | 48.6% | 2017 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 111 | Malta | 48.6% | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 48.6% | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 113 | Canada | 48.6% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 114 | Ukraine | 48.6% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 115 | Naoero | 48.5% | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 116 | Republic of Moldova | 48.5% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 117 | Andorra | 48.5% | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 118 | Japan | 48.5% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 119 | United States of America | 48.5% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 120 | Montenegro | 48.5% | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 121 | Slovakia | 48.4% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 122 | Uzbekistan | 48.4% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 123 | Poland | 48.3% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 124 | Guatemala | 48.3% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 125 | Maldives | 48.2% | 2019 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 126 | Lithuania | 48.2% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 127 | Russian Federation | 48.1% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 128 | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.1% | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 129 | Korea | 48.1% | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 130 | Czechia | 48.0% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 131 | Antigua and Barbuda | 47.9% | 2018 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 132 | Bangladesh | 47.9% | 2017 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 133 | Chile | 47.9% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 134 | Denmark | 47.9% | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 135 | Belize | 47.8% | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 136 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 47.8% | 2020 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 137 | Mozambique | 47.8% | 2017 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 138 | Norway | 47.8% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 139 | Greece | 47.8% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 140 | Bulgaria | 47.7% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 141 | Georgia | 47.7% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 142 | Niger | 47.6% | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 143 | Armenia | 47.6% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 144 | Tonga | 47.6% | 2020 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 145 | Thailand | 47.6% | 2020 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 146 | Hong Kong, China | 47.5% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 147 | San Marino | 47.4% | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 148 | Tokelau | 47.3% | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 149 | Luxembourg | 47.3% | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 150 | Switzerland | 47.3% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 151 | Albania | 47.3% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 152 | Australia | 47.2% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 153 | China | 47.2% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 154 | Mali | 47.1% | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 155 | Hungary | 47.0% | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 156 | Austria | 46.9% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 157 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.9% | 2018 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 158 | Azerbaijan | 46.5% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 159 | Eritrea | 46.4% | 2018 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 160 | British Virgin Islands | 46.4% | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 161 | Tajikistan | 46.4% | 2013 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 162 | Germany | 46.3% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 163 | Pakistan | 46.2% | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 45.9% | 2012 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 165 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 45.9% | 2022 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 166 | Djibouti | 45.8% | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 167 | Cameroon | 45.3% | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 168 | Congo | 45.0% | 2012 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 169 | Benin | 44.6% | 2022 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 170 | Liechtenstein | 44.6% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 171 | Angola | 44.3% | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 172 | Cambodia | 44.1% | 2007 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 173 | Togo | 44.1% | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 174 | Macau, China | 42.9% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 175 | Dominica | 42.0% | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 176 | Yemen | 41.6% | 2016 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 177 | Iraq | 41.4% | 2007 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 178 | Chad | 39.1% | 2024 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 179 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 36.9% | 2021 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 180 | Afghanistan | 35.7% | 2018 | up 3.3% | flat |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release