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

Name: School age population, last grade of primary education, female (number)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the last grade of primary school as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.

Countries reporting

204

Highest

11.95 million number

India

Lowest

117 number

Palau

Median

56,896 number

Years covered

1970–2020

Data points

12,245

What the numbers show

School age population, last grade of primary education, female (number) is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 11.95 million number in India; the lowest is 117 number in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 56,896 number, and the mean is 301,301 number.

Over the past decade 131 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 88.8%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 42.9%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	India	11.95 million number	2020	up 1.1%	rising
2	China	7.78 million number	2020	down 6.0%	falling
3	Nigeria	2.53 million number	2020	up 34.8%	rising
4	Pakistan	2.33 million number	2020	up 11.7%	rising
5	Indonesia	2.22 million number	2020	down 0.6%	rising
6	United States	2.04 million number	2018	up 1.5%	rising
7	Brazil	1.67 million number	2011	up 2.6%	flat
8	Bangladesh	1.46 million number	2020	down 7.5%	rising
9	Ethiopia	1.35 million number	2020	up 17.7%	rising
10	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1.15 million number	2020	up 44.9%	rising
11	Mexico	1.09 million number	2020	down 1.1%	rising
12	Philippines	1.07 million number	2020	up 5.4%	rising
13	Egypt	921,976 number	2020	up 11.5%	rising
14	Russian Federation	821,563 number	2020	up 36.1%	falling
15	Tanzania, United Republic of	737,151 number	2020	up 42.4%	rising
16	Viet Nam	686,121 number	2020	up 6.7%	rising
17	Kenya	679,701 number	2020	up 23.9%	rising
18	Türkiye	664,942 number	2020	up 2.7%	rising
19	Uganda	614,786 number	2020	up 39.3%	rising
20	Iran	608,616 number	2020	up 10.8%	rising
21	South Africa	534,977 number	2020	up 11.9%	rising
22	Sudan	526,446 number	2020	up 22.3%	rising
23	Afghanistan	511,798 number	2020	up 29.7%	rising
24	Myanmar	467,510 number	2020	down 9.0%	rising
25	Angola	452,604 number	2020	up 48.1%	rising
26	Iraq	440,840 number	2020	up 20.7%	rising
27	France	411,687 number	2019	up 6.8%	falling
28	Mozambique	405,537 number	2020	up 35.5%	rising
29	Thailand	399,870 number	2020	down 11.6%	falling
30	Algeria	395,551 number	2020	up 38.5%	rising
31	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	394,064 number	2020	up 12.1%	falling
32	Colombia	368,810 number	2020	down 12.0%	rising
33	Germany	358,494 number	2020	down 4.2%	falling
34	Argentina	354,655 number	2020	up 3.7%	rising
35	Yemen	348,118 number	2020	up 18.8%	rising
36	Ghana	340,745 number	2020	up 17.8%	rising
37	Madagascar	337,343 number	2020	up 19.5%	rising
38	Cameroon	330,614 number	2020	up 33.6%	rising
39	Côte d'Ivoire	318,157 number	2020	up 19.9%	rising
40	Niger	308,411 number	2020	up 54.7%	volatile
41	Morocco	302,333 number	2020	up 3.6%	rising
42	Uzbekistan	294,610 number	2020	up 10.8%	rising
43	Nepal	283,264 number	2020	down 16.9%	rising
44	Peru	278,014 number	2020	down 1.2%	rising
45	Italy	276,595 number	2020	up 4.7%	falling
46	Burkina Faso	268,589 number	2020	up 36.5%	rising
47	Saudi Arabia	263,595 number	2020	up 4.7%	rising
48	Mali	263,488 number	2020	up 47.3%	rising
49	Malawi	261,482 number	2020	up 38.1%	rising
50	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	260,466 number	2020	down 3.5%	rising
51	Spain	246,467 number	2020	up 16.2%	falling
52	Zambia	235,339 number	2020	up 36.1%	rising
53	Malaysia	234,750 number	2020	down 13.3%	rising
54	Republic of Korea	219,525 number	2020	down 25.0%	falling
55	Chad	218,854 number	2020	up 38.4%	volatile
56	Somalia	212,064 number	2020	up 28.9%	rising
57	Senegal	207,685 number	2020	up 33.1%	rising
58	Canada	194,457 number	2020	up 4.4%	falling
59	Ukraine	191,975 number	2014	down 23.5%	falling
60	Poland	191,846 number	2020	down 6.8%	falling
61	Zimbabwe	190,372 number	2020	up 19.7%	rising
62	Guatemala	187,271 number	2020	up 3.7%	rising
63	Syria	175,298 number	2020	down 29.7%	rising
64	Kazakhstan	173,874 number	2020	up 64.5%	falling
65	Sri Lanka	169,162 number	2020	up 1.3%	flat
66	North Korea	167,077 number	2019	down 12.7%	falling
67	Guinea	164,395 number	2020	up 23.3%	rising
68	Cambodia	160,973 number	2020	up 3.6%	rising
69	Australia	158,847 number	2020	up 18.8%	rising
70	Rwanda	156,623 number	2020	up 28.2%	rising
71	Ecuador	151,756 number	2020	down 0.4%	rising
72	Benin	147,103 number	2020	up 29.2%	rising
73	Burundi	144,399 number	2020	up 35.8%	rising
74	South Sudan	139,931 number	2020	up 18.6%	rising
75	Chile	123,579 number	2020	down 2.8%	flat
76	Haiti	118,851 number	2020	up 4.9%	rising
77	Jordan	114,028 number	2020	up 47.5%	rising
78	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	113,935 number	2020	up 3.8%	rising
79	Romania	106,063 number	2020	up 1.0%	falling
80	Togo	102,593 number	2020	up 33.8%	rising
81	Sierra Leone	99,875 number	2020	up 25.0%	rising
82	Honduras	99,696 number	2020	down 3.7%	rising
83	Tajikistan	99,271 number	2020	up 18.1%	rising
84	Papua New Guinea	96,399 number	2020	up 16.0%	rising
85	Dominican Republic	94,184 number	2020	down 2.7%	rising
86	Netherlands	90,720 number	2020	down 5.3%	falling
87	Tunisia	81,218 number	2020	up 2.2%	rising
88	Lao People's Democratic Republic	75,379 number	2020	up 1.3%	rising
89	Israel	71,528 number	2020	up 19.3%	rising
90	Azerbaijan	68,872 number	2019	up 9.2%	falling
91	Congo	68,259 number	2020	up 38.9%	rising
92	Central African Republic	66,766 number	2020	up 18.3%	rising
93	Paraguay	66,605 number	2020	down 2.7%	rising
94	Belgium	65,321 number	2020	up 10.2%	falling
95	Nicaragua	62,443 number	2020	up 1.6%	rising
96	Kyrgyzstan	61,691 number	2020	up 25.5%	rising
97	Liberia	61,410 number	2020	up 32.4%	rising
98	Libya	60,921 number	2020	up 9.8%	rising
99	Palestine, State of	59,689 number	2019	up 11.6%	rising
100	Cuba	58,037 number	2020	down 18.9%	falling
101	Czechia	57,150 number	2020	up 37.5%	falling
102	Turkmenistan	57,118 number	2020	up 24.6%	rising
103	El Salvador	56,674 number	2020	down 20.2%	rising
104	Sweden	56,429 number	2020	up 17.1%	flat
105	Greece	53,405 number	2020	down 2.1%	falling
106	Mauritania	52,940 number	2020	up 29.1%	rising
107	Belarus	52,121 number	2020	up 25.3%	falling
108	Eritrea	49,594 number	2020	up 63.3%	rising
109	Portugal	48,155 number	2020	down 12.0%	falling
110	Hungary	47,004 number	2020	down 0.2%	falling
111	United Arab Emirates	46,422 number	2020	up 40.3%	volatile
112	Austria	40,399 number	2020	down 1.1%	falling
113	Switzerland	39,578 number	2020	down 3.2%	falling
114	Bulgaria	36,820 number	2020	up 28.8%	falling
115	Panama	36,424 number	2020	up 7.5%	rising
116	Costa Rica	34,719 number	2020	down 9.2%	rising
117	Denmark	33,272 number	2020	down 1.2%	falling
118	Lebanon	33,177 number	1985	up 2.4%	rising
119	Oman	32,919 number	2020	up 35.4%	rising
120	Ireland	32,376 number	2019	up 15.1%	falling
121	Serbia	32,173 number	2019	down 9.4%	falling
122	Norway	31,310 number	2020	up 1.5%	flat
123	New Zealand	31,297 number	2020	up 11.1%	flat
124	Finland	30,149 number	2020	up 1.8%	falling
125	Mongolia	29,526 number	2020	up 33.3%	rising
126	Gambia	28,827 number	2020	up 29.3%	volatile
127	Kuwait	28,353 number	2020	up 37.9%	rising
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28,004 number	1998	down 23.0%	falling
129	Slovakia	27,964 number	2020	up 7.2%	falling
130	Namibia	27,390 number	2020	up 6.0%	rising
131	Hong Kong	27,146 number	2020	down 7.6%	falling
132	Botswana	24,330 number	2020	up 17.1%	rising
133	Guinea-Bissau	24,268 number	2020	up 30.6%	rising
134	Georgia	24,052 number	2020	up 3.4%	falling
135	Gabon	23,672 number	2020	up 33.4%	rising
136	Uruguay	22,623 number	2020	down 10.4%	flat
137	Jamaica	22,221 number	2020	down 7.5%	falling
138	Lesotho	21,113 number	2020	down 3.2%	rising
139	Puerto Rico	21,093 number	2020	down 17.7%	falling
140	Croatia	20,916 number	2020	down 11.1%	falling
141	Armenia	19,464 number	2020	up 23.0%	falling
142	Republic of Moldova	18,325 number	2019	down 8.0%	falling
143	Timor-Leste	15,182 number	2020	up 5.9%	rising
144	Eswatini	15,015 number	2020	up 9.0%	rising
145	Albania	14,588 number	2020	down 42.9%	falling
146	Equatorial Guinea	13,680 number	2020	up 51.6%	rising
147	Lithuania	13,398 number	2019	down 19.7%	falling
148	Qatar	12,021 number	2020	up 88.8%	volatile
149	North Macedonia	10,742 number	2020	down 15.7%	falling
150	Slovenia	10,214 number	2020	up 14.6%	falling
151	Comoros	10,020 number	2020	up 22.2%	rising
152	Latvia	9,845 number	2019	up 9.2%	falling
153	Trinidad and Tobago	9,559 number	2020	up 11.8%	falling
154	Bahrain	9,426 number	2020	up 23.9%	rising
155	Fiji	8,283 number	2020	up 9.9%	flat
156	Djibouti	8,062 number	2020	down 5.7%	rising
157	Solomon Islands	7,826 number	2020	up 23.9%	rising
158	Mauritius	7,366 number	2020	down 22.8%	falling
159	Estonia	7,234 number	2020	up 24.2%	falling
160	Guyana	6,856 number	2020	down 22.7%	falling
161	Bhutan	6,554 number	2020	down 12.6%	rising
162	Cape Verde	5,050 number	2020	down 6.9%	rising
163	Suriname	4,972 number	2020	up 0.6%	flat
164	Cyprus	4,329 number	2019	down 9.0%	falling
165	Montenegro	3,752 number	2020	down 2.6%	falling
166	Vanuatu	3,694 number	2020	up 39.0%	rising
167	Belize	3,693 number	2020	down 3.5%	rising
168	Maldives	3,288 number	2020	up 4.7%	rising
169	Bahamas	3,073 number	2020	down 4.3%	rising
170	Luxembourg	3,058 number	2020	up 2.4%	rising
171	Brunei Darussalam	3,016 number	2020	down 11.7%	rising
172	Sao Tome and Principe	2,901 number	2020	up 35.0%	rising
173	French Polynesia	2,505 number	1997	up 23.0%	rising
174	Macao	2,319 number	2020	down 11.6%	falling
175	Samoa	2,249 number	2020	up 3.4%	flat
176	Iceland	2,232 number	2020	up 3.9%	flat
177	Malta	1,978 number	2020	down 9.6%	falling
178	Barbados	1,693 number	2020	down 8.7%	falling
179	Kiribati	1,383 number	2020	up 15.0%	rising
180	Micronesia (country)	1,174 number	2020	down 6.8%	rising
181	Tonga	1,150 number	2020	down 3.4%	falling
182	Saint Lucia	1,086 number	2020	down 35.2%	falling
183	Curacao	1,019 number	2020	up 1.5%	flat
184	United States Virgin Islands	941 number	1997	down 7.6%	falling
185	Grenada	847 number	2020	down 6.5%	falling
186	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	821 number	2020	down 19.1%	falling
187	Marshall Islands	752 number	2020	up 15.9%	rising
188	Seychelles	745 number	2020	up 16.2%	falling
189	Aruba	679 number	2020	down 8.4%	rising
190	Antigua and Barbuda	669 number	2020	down 12.2%	falling
191	Dominica	440 number	2020	down 32.8%	falling
192	Cayman Islands	406 number	2020	up 27.7%	rising
193	Saint Kitts and Nevis	356 number	2020	down 17.4%	falling
194	Bermuda	316 number	2020	down 17.5%	falling
195	Andorra	315 number	1998	down 5.1%	rising
196	Turks and Caicos Islands	258 number	2020	up 5.7%	rising
197	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	240 number	2020	down 17.2%	falling
198	Gibraltar	223 number	2020	down 4.7%	flat
199	Liechtenstein	184 number	2020	down 12.8%	falling
200	British Virgin Islands	178 number	2020	down 9.2%	rising
201	San Marino	147 number	2020	up 14.0%	falling
202	Tuvalu	124 number	2020	up 13.8%	rising
203	Naoero	121 number	2020	up 12.0%	rising
204	Palau	117 number	2020	up 19.4%	falling

Regions and income groups

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

World 61.40 million number
IDA & IBRD total 54.99 million number
Low & middle income 54.76 million number
European Union 2.65 million number
Middle income 46.58 million number
IBRD only 35.83 million number
Early-demographic dividend 29.94 million number
Lower middle income 27.72 million number
IDA total 19.21 million number
Upper middle income 18.86 million number
South Asia 16.81 million number
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 16.81 million number
East Asia & Pacific 14.38 million number
Late-demographic dividend 13.61 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa 13.57 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 13.57 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 13.56 million number
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 13.37 million number
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 13.20 million number
IDA only 12.74 million number
Least developed countries 12.04 million number
Pre-demographic dividend 11.86 million number
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 9.91 million number
Low income 8.18 million number
OECD members 8.09 million number
High income 6.64 million number
IDA blend 6.43 million number
Post-demographic dividend 5.99 million number
Europe & Central Asia 5.33 million number
Latin America & Caribbean 5.11 million number
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 5.03 million number
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 4.89 million number
Arab World 4.06 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 3.94 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 3.49 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 3.43 million number
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.95 million number
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 2.64 million number
North America 2.26 million number
Euro area 1.72 million number

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Indicator: School age population, last grade of primary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 249 places, 12,245 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the last grade of primary school as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.