School age population, last grade of primary education, female (number) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
222
Highest
11.38 million
India
Lowest
13
Niue
Median
46,002
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,699

What the numbers show

School age population, last grade of primary education, female (number) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 11.38 million in India; the lowest is 13 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 46,002, and the mean is 298,332.

Over the past decade 151 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 91.7%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 34.3%).

School age population, last grade of primary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 11.38 million 2025 down 3.7% rising
2 China 8.35 million 2025 up 15.7% falling
3 Nigeria 3.01 million 2025 up 27.1% rising
4 Pakistan 2.94 million 2025 up 17.8% rising
5 Indonesia 2.43 million 2025 up 12.3% rising
6 United States of America 2.02 million 2025 up 0.9% rising
7 Bangladesh 1.51 million 2025 down 12.9% rising
8 Ethiopia 1.50 million 2025 up 11.7% rising
9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.46 million 2025 up 43.3% volatile
10 Brazil 1.40 million 2024 down 8.5% falling
11 Egypt 1.30 million 2025 up 32.3% rising
12 Philippines 1.15 million 2025 up 5.4% rising
13 Mexico 1.08 million 2024 down 1.7% flat
14 Russian Federation 941,280 2025 up 29.7% falling
15 Viet Nam 832,544 2025 up 19.7% rising
16 Tanzania, United Republic of 810,540 2025 up 28.1% rising
17 Iran, Islamic Republic of 715,182 2025 up 28.7% rising
18 Kenya 671,576 2025 up 11.1% rising
19 Türkiye 660,517 2025 up 10.0% rising
20 Uganda 656,603 2025 up 25.7% rising
21 Sudan 603,574 2025 up 16.1% rising
22 Iraq 573,608 2025 up 33.7% rising
23 Afghanistan 536,103 2025 up 19.3% rising
24 South Africa 532,439 2025 up 14.5% rising
25 Angola 508,502 2025 up 46.9% volatile
26 Japan 503,096 2025 down 10.3% falling
27 Algeria 486,241 2025 up 56.2% rising
28 Yemen 479,515 2025 up 26.5% rising
29 Mozambique 457,603 2025 up 36.2% rising
30 Myanmar 433,912 2025 down 0.8% rising
31 France 405,117 2024 up 1.3% rising
32 Ghana 404,210 2025 up 23.1% rising
33 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 399,890 2024 up 15.9% rising
34 Colombia 398,668 2024 up 2.4% falling
35 Germany 386,073 2024 up 11.1% falling
36 Madagascar 384,063 2025 up 18.7% rising
37 Côte d'Ivoire 367,288 2025 up 16.8% rising
38 Thailand 366,243 2025 down 12.5% falling
39 Cameroon 364,347 2025 up 28.8% rising
40 Niger 363,436 2025 up 51.5% volatile
41 Argentina 360,750 2025 up 7.0% rising
42 Uzbekistan 337,774 2025 up 30.7% rising
43 Mali 332,004 2025 up 42.6% rising
44 Morocco 322,070 2025 up 9.2% rising
45 Burkina Faso 319,914 2025 up 34.9% rising
46 Malawi 285,152 2025 up 24.4% rising
47 Somalia 278,016 2025 up 51.2% volatile
48 Nepal 272,978 2025 down 10.6% rising
49 Peru 272,294 2025 up 0.1% rising
50 Malaysia 271,265 2025 up 1.2% rising
51 Zambia 270,013 2025 up 34.9% rising
52 Chad 269,777 2025 up 44.3% volatile
53 Saudi Arabia 268,853 2025 up 28.4% rising
54 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 261,210 2025 down 7.1% rising
55 Italy 251,495 2024 down 8.4% flat
56 Syria 250,073 2025 up 0.7% rising
57 Spain 237,277 2024 up 7.8% rising
58 Zimbabwe 230,159 2025 up 22.9% rising
59 Republic of Korea 223,772 2024 down 1.7% falling
60 Canada 218,606 2025 up 18.5% flat
61 Senegal 217,238 2025 up 20.8% rising
62 Burundi 205,516 2025 up 61.9% rising
63 Kazakhstan 196,278 2025 up 38.8% flat
64 Guatemala 194,128 2025 up 2.7% rising
65 Ukraine 189,394 2025 down 2.1% falling
66 Benin 184,163 2025 up 33.2% rising
67 Poland 180,767 2024 up 1.9% falling
68 Guinea 179,415 2025 up 26.1% rising
69 Sri Lanka 167,754 2025 down 7.0% rising
70 Rwanda 167,715 2025 up 21.6% rising
71 Cambodia 165,675 2025 up 10.3% rising
72 Australia 162,941 2024 up 20.2% rising
73 South Sudan 162,793 2025 up 18.3% rising
74 North Korea 160,124 2025 down 7.3% falling
75 Ecuador 158,042 2025 down 2.5% rising
76 Tajikistan 133,858 2025 up 47.4% rising
77 Chile 125,466 2025 up 6.6% falling
78 Haiti 120,242 2025 up 4.2% rising
79 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 120,018 2025 up 6.3% rising
80 Togo 115,532 2025 up 28.2% rising
81 Papua New Guinea 108,308 2025 up 19.6% rising
82 Tunisia 107,129 2025 up 34.2% rising
83 Honduras 104,746 2025 down 0.1% rising
84 Sierra Leone 104,130 2025 up 17.2% rising
85 Romania 99,218 2024 down 2.5% falling
86 Dominican Republic 93,718 2025 down 3.0% rising
87 Netherlands 91,118 2024 down 7.4% falling
88 Jordan 90,850 2025 up 16.7% rising
89 Israel 85,462 2025 up 23.2% rising
90 Congo 82,753 2025 up 42.1% rising
91 Turkmenistan 80,752 2025 up 63.7% rising
92 Central African Republic 80,210 2025 up 21.5% rising
93 Azerbaijan 78,564 2025 up 39.1% falling
94 Kyrgyzstan 76,330 2025 up 40.1% rising
95 Lao People's Democratic Republic 76,042 2025 up 6.5% rising
96 Liberia 71,134 2025 up 24.3% rising
97 Palestine, State of 69,737 2025 up 23.3% rising
98 Libya 68,065 2025 up 10.1% rising
99 Belgium 67,348 2024 up 14.6% rising
100 Mauritania 67,083 2025 up 34.0% rising
101 Nicaragua 65,929 2025 up 5.0% rising
102 Paraguay 62,814 2025 up 8.4% rising
103 United Arab Emirates 62,269 2025 up 21.5% volatile
104 Sweden 60,602 2024 up 24.6% flat
105 Cuba 59,114 2025 down 8.5% falling
106 Belarus 57,725 2025 up 30.9% falling
107 Lebanon 55,872 2025 up 4.0% rising
108 Czechia 55,816 2024 up 21.6% flat
109 El Salvador 54,053 2025 down 12.2% rising
110 Greece 48,227 2024 down 7.3% falling
111 Oman 46,588 2025 up 91.7% rising
112 Portugal 45,416 2024 down 13.2% falling
113 Switzerland 44,183 2024 up 15.1% flat
114 Eritrea 43,742 2025 up 1.9% rising
115 Hungary 43,711 2024 down 5.2% falling
116 Austria 43,387 2024 up 8.0% falling
117 Mongolia 40,729 2025 up 85.9% rising
118 Panama 37,763 2025 up 9.1% rising
119 Ireland 37,462 2024 up 24.3% rising
120 Costa Rica 37,242 2025 down 0.4% falling
121 Gambia 35,949 2025 up 34.8% volatile
122 Namibia 33,053 2025 up 32.1% rising
123 Serbia 32,796 2025 down 4.9% falling
124 New Zealand 32,760 2024 up 14.8% rising
125 Norway 31,848 2024 up 6.9% rising
126 Kuwait 31,831 2025 up 39.5% rising
127 Finland 31,262 2024 up 10.6% falling
128 Denmark 31,085 2024 down 4.5% flat
129 Gabon 29,443 2025 up 35.2% rising
130 Bulgaria 29,426 2024 down 2.9% falling
131 Slovakia 28,407 2024 up 8.2% falling
132 Guinea-Bissau 27,620 2025 up 25.2% rising
133 Georgia 27,095 2025 up 34.9% falling
134 Lesotho 27,076 2025 up 12.0% rising
135 Botswana 24,554 2025 up 6.9% rising
136 Hong Kong 23,200 2025 down 12.8% falling
137 Uruguay 22,492 2025 down 8.5% falling
138 Singapore 21,510 2025 up 14.7% rising
139 Equatorial Guinea 21,506 2025 up 58.0% volatile
140 Armenia 18,962 2025 up 7.8% falling
141 Jamaica 18,247 2025 down 23.4% falling
142 Croatia 17,587 2024 down 8.8% falling
143 Republic of Moldova 16,101 2020 up 9.0% rising
144 Timor-Leste 15,257 2025 down 1.1% rising
145 Qatar 14,428 2025 up 53.5% volatile
146 Puerto Rico 14,422 2025 down 31.5% falling
147 Lithuania 14,238 2024 up 9.5% falling
148 Eswatini 13,676 2025 up 2.9% rising
149 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13,147 2025 down 25.4% falling
150 Albania 12,281 2025 down 34.3% falling
151 North Macedonia 11,024 2025 up 0.0% falling
152 Slovenia 11,023 2024 up 24.7% rising
153 Comoros 10,208 2025 up 22.3% rising
154 Bahrain 10,177 2025 up 24.8% rising
155 Solomon Islands 9,647 2025 up 30.0% rising
156 Trinidad and Tobago 9,233 2025 up 2.6% falling
157 Latvia 9,103 2024 up 3.3% falling
158 Fiji 8,498 2025 up 0.1% rising
159 Guyana 7,884 2025 up 11.0% falling
160 Estonia 7,549 2024 up 29.3% falling
161 Mauritius 6,645 2025 down 28.2% falling
162 Reunion 6,368 2025 down 11.4% flat
163 Bhutan 6,041 2025 down 12.8% rising
164 Suriname 5,461 2025 up 0.2% flat
165 Cyprus 4,782 2024 up 13.4% falling
166 Cape Verde 4,763 2025 down 0.1% rising
167 Western Sahara 4,558 2025 up 19.3% rising
168 Vanuatu 3,923 2025 up 44.4% rising
169 Montenegro 3,825 2025 up 6.5% falling
170 Belize 3,724 2025 down 2.8% rising
171 Maldives 3,535 2025 up 38.8% rising
172 Luxembourg 3,523 2024 up 20.2% rising
173 Brunei Darussalam 3,217 2025 down 3.5% rising
174 Sao Tome and Principe 3,005 2025 up 16.7% rising
175 Macao 3,000 2025 up 76.5% falling
176 French Guiana 2,912 2025 down 7.7% volatile
177 Samoa 2,758 2025 up 22.9% rising
178 Bahamas 2,562 2025 down 4.8% rising
179 Iceland 2,350 2025 up 15.6% rising
180 Guadeloupe 2,218 2025 down 23.4% falling
181 Malta 2,167 2024 up 6.4% falling
182 New Caledonia 2,107 2025 down 6.0% rising
183 French Polynesia 1,903 2025 down 12.5% falling
184 Martinique 1,790 2025 down 28.6% falling
185 Barbados 1,604 2025 down 10.9% falling
186 Kiribati 1,506 2025 up 35.7% rising
187 Guam 1,345 2025 up 8.9% rising
188 Micronesia, Federated States of 1,152 2025 down 7.5% rising
189 Tonga 1,148 2025 up 2.5% falling
190 Curacao 1,127 2025 up 9.7% falling
191 Saint Lucia 1,047 2025 down 17.9% falling
192 Grenada 837 2025 up 2.8% falling
193 Seychelles 829 2025 up 29.3% falling
194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 784 2025 down 4.3% falling
195 Aruba 675 2025 down 3.4% rising
196 Antigua and Barbuda 535 2025 down 15.3% falling
197 American Samoa 450 2025 down 19.8% rising
198 United States Virgin Islands 431 2025 down 29.6% falling
199 Marshall Islands 430 2025 down 24.6% rising
200 Dominica 423 2025 down 20.6% falling
201 Cayman Islands 379 2025 up 11.8% rising
202 Andorra 359 2025 down 4.8% rising
203 Saint Kitts and Nevis 305 2025 down 10.0% falling
204 Bermuda 300 2025 up 1.4% falling
205 Turks and Caicos Islands 246 2025 down 1.6% rising
206 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 234 2025 down 5.3% falling
207 Gibraltar 232 2025 up 2.7% falling
208 British Virgin Islands 197 2025 down 8.8% rising
209 Liechtenstein 172 2025 up 2.4% flat
210 San Marino 166 2025 up 30.7% flat
211 Monaco 163 2025 up 23.5% rising
212 Naoero 150 2025 up 36.4% rising
213 Cook Islands 116 2025 down 18.9% falling
214 Palau 107 2025 down 4.5% falling
215 Tuvalu 101 2025 up 3.1% rising
216 Anguilla 85 2025 down 18.3% rising
217 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 32 2025 down 15.8% falling
218 Saint Helena 26 2025 down 3.7% falling
219 Montserrat 23 2025 down 14.8% volatile
219 Tokelau 23 2025 up 53.3% falling
221 Falkland Islands 20 2025 down 13.0% rising
222 Niue 13 2025 down 31.6% volatile

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

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Indicator
School age population, last grade of primary education, female (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
443 places, 20,699 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release