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

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

Countries reporting
202
Highest
57.92 million number
India
Lowest
702 number
Palau
Median
301,977 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
12,277

What the numbers show

School age population, primary education, female (number) is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 57.92 million number in India; the lowest is 702 number in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 301,977 number, and the mean is 1.73 million number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 82,500.

Over the past decade 141 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 83.3%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 33.1%).

School age population, primary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 57.92 million number 2020 down 3.1% rising
2 China 47.71 million number 2020 up 0.2% falling
3 Nigeria 16.44 million number 2020 up 32.3% rising
4 Indonesia 13.62 million number 2020 up 0.5% rising
5 Pakistan 12.09 million number 2020 up 13.8% rising
6 United States 12.06 million number 2018 up 3.2% rising
7 Ethiopia 8.45 million number 2020 up 14.9% rising
8 Democratic Republic of Congo 7.52 million number 2020 up 43.0% rising
9 Bangladesh 7.21 million number 2020 down 8.2% rising
10 Philippines 6.57 million number 2020 up 6.9% rising
11 Mexico 6.55 million number 2020 down 1.2% rising
12 Egypt 6.37 million number 2020 up 27.2% rising
13 Brazil 6.12 million number 2011 down 5.3% flat
14 Tanzania 5.57 million number 2020 up 37.2% rising
15 Uganda 4.67 million number 2020 up 36.1% rising
16 Kenya 4.13 million number 2020 up 18.1% rising
17 South Africa 3.92 million number 2020 up 17.8% rising
18 Iran 3.84 million number 2020 up 40.2% rising
19 Vietnam 3.51 million number 2020 up 10.8% flat
20 Russia 3.44 million number 2020 up 37.8% falling
21 Sudan 3.30 million number 2020 up 19.0% rising
22 Afghanistan 3.12 million number 2020 up 21.3% rising
23 Mozambique 3.04 million number 2020 up 29.2% volatile
24 Angola 2.92 million number 2020 up 43.7% volatile
25 Iraq 2.86 million number 2020 up 23.8% rising
26 Turkey 2.67 million number 2020 down 16.8% rising
27 United Kingdom 2.40 million number 2020 up 16.4% falling
28 Thailand 2.32 million number 2020 down 10.3% falling
29 Myanmar 2.27 million number 2020 down 12.6% rising
30 Yemen 2.20 million number 2020 up 20.2% rising
31 Ghana 2.17 million number 2020 up 19.7% rising
32 Argentina 2.17 million number 2020 up 4.3% rising
33 Algeria 2.13 million number 2020 up 51.9% rising
34 Cameroon 2.11 million number 2020 up 30.8% rising
35 Niger 2.05 million number 2020 up 51.8% volatile
36 France 2.04 million number 2019 up 3.6% flat
37 Cote d'Ivoire 2.03 million number 2020 up 19.7% rising
38 Morocco 1.92 million number 2020 up 9.3% rising
39 Colombia 1.82 million number 2020 down 12.0% rising
40 Zambia 1.77 million number 2020 up 30.6% rising
41 Madagascar 1.75 million number 2020 up 18.6% rising
42 Burkina Faso 1.72 million number 2020 up 33.3% rising
43 Mali 1.71 million number 2020 up 43.1% rising
44 Saudi Arabia 1.68 million number 2020 up 9.7% rising
45 Malawi 1.61 million number 2020 up 30.6% rising
46 Venezuela 1.60 million number 2020 down 2.9% rising
47 Peru 1.59 million number 2020 down 5.0% rising
48 Zimbabwe 1.47 million number 2020 up 27.4% rising
49 Germany 1.44 million number 2020 down 0.7% falling
50 Malaysia 1.44 million number 2020 down 8.4% rising
51 Chad 1.41 million number 2020 up 34.7% volatile
52 Spain 1.41 million number 2020 up 10.5% falling
53 Nepal 1.39 million number 2020 down 15.3% rising
54 Somalia 1.35 million number 2020 up 26.4% rising
55 Senegal 1.34 million number 2020 up 34.6% rising
56 Italy 1.34 million number 2020 up 0.9% falling
57 South Korea 1.33 million number 2020 down 14.5% falling
58 Uzbekistan 1.22 million number 2020 up 19.0% rising
59 Canada 1.16 million number 2020 up 9.0% falling
60 Poland 1.16 million number 2020 up 3.0% falling
61 Guatemala 1.14 million number 2020 up 1.4% rising
62 Australia 1.12 million number 2020 up 20.3% rising
63 Guinea 1.04 million number 2020 up 21.4% rising
64 Syria 1.04 million number 2020 up 2.2% rising
65 Cambodia 1.00 million number 2020 up 11.0% rising
66 Rwanda 968,901 number 2020 up 24.6% rising
67 Burundi 960,767 number 2020 up 42.6% rising
68 Benin 942,440 number 2020 up 28.4% rising
69 Ecuador 926,773 number 2020 up 1.3% rising
70 South Sudan 884,182 number 2020 up 17.6% rising
71 Sri Lanka 833,571 number 2020 down 3.0% flat
72 Ukraine 825,047 number 2014 down 11.6% falling
73 North Korea 815,160 number 2019 up 7.4% flat
74 Chile 746,569 number 2020 up 2.0% flat
75 Kazakhstan 732,712 number 2020 up 70.6% rising
76 Haiti 723,702 number 2020 up 3.8% rising
77 Papua New Guinea 693,332 number 2020 up 32.9% rising
78 Jordan 690,216 number 2020 up 40.4% rising
79 Bolivia 689,319 number 2020 up 1.9% rising
80 Togo 645,230 number 2020 up 27.9% rising
81 Sierra Leone 621,940 number 2020 up 20.6% rising
82 Honduras 585,973 number 2020 down 5.6% rising
83 Dominican Republic 568,014 number 2020 down 3.1% rising
84 Tunisia 540,975 number 2020 up 17.0% flat
85 Netherlands 531,516 number 2020 down 8.6% falling
86 Romania 500,531 number 2020 up 21.9% falling
87 Israel 456,125 number 2020 up 22.4% rising
88 Congo 435,980 number 2020 up 35.7% rising
89 Tajikistan 427,802 number 2020 up 30.6% rising
90 Central African Republic 409,803 number 2020 up 12.8% rising
91 Paraguay 399,900 number 2020 up 0.0% rising
92 Belgium 391,204 number 2020 up 11.4% falling
93 Liberia 384,534 number 2020 up 26.4% rising
94 Nicaragua 382,078 number 2020 up 2.5% rising
95 Libya 378,686 number 2020 up 14.0% rising
96 Laos 377,807 number 2020 up 3.0% rising
97 Cuba 357,981 number 2020 down 12.5% falling
98 Sweden 345,071 number 2020 up 24.8% flat
99 Mauritania 341,742 number 2020 up 30.2% rising
100 El Salvador 336,426 number 2020 down 15.9% rising
101 Azerbaijan 304,588 number 2019 up 26.3% rising
102 Greece 299,366 number 2020 down 6.6% falling
103 Czechia 278,276 number 2020 up 28.2% falling
105 Portugal 272,847 number 2020 down 15.0% falling
106 Kyrgyzstan 269,381 number 2020 up 40.1% rising
107 Palestine 248,621 number 2019 up 15.2% rising
108 Turkmenistan 248,172 number 2020 up 77.6% rising
109 United Arab Emirates 243,403 number 2020 up 38.8% volatile
110 Switzerland 242,117 number 2020 up 4.1% falling
111 Eritrea 242,031 number 2020 up 44.1% rising
112 Panama 223,220 number 2020 up 8.8% rising
113 Belarus 221,069 number 2020 up 32.5% falling
114 Denmark 219,368 number 2020 up 11.0% flat
115 Norway 217,192 number 2020 up 4.0% rising
116 Costa Rica 209,259 number 2020 down 3.8% rising
117 Namibia 208,328 number 2020 up 17.5% rising
118 Gambia 188,108 number 2020 up 32.0% volatile
119 New Zealand 184,275 number 2020 up 9.6% flat
120 Hungary 182,422 number 2020 down 2.4% falling
121 Finland 182,404 number 2020 up 6.9% falling
122 Botswana 179,623 number 2020 up 16.9% rising
123 Lebanon 170,361 number 1985 up 3.4% rising
124 Mongolia 164,611 number 2020 up 52.5% rising
125 Hong Kong 163,423 number 2020 up 8.8% falling
126 Austria 162,332 number 2020 up 1.3% falling
127 Georgia 156,063 number 2020 up 19.4% falling
128 Guinea-Bissau 156,027 number 2020 up 32.5% rising
129 Lesotho 153,091 number 2020 down 2.0% rising
130 Kuwait 145,979 number 2020 up 41.5% rising
131 Bulgaria 141,769 number 2020 up 21.5% falling
132 Oman 140,924 number 2020 down 0.4% rising
133 Uruguay 137,788 number 2020 down 7.2% falling
134 Jamaica 135,248 number 2020 down 2.3% falling
135 Gabon 128,735 number 2020 up 16.3% rising
136 Serbia 128,267 number 2019 down 9.2% falling
137 Slovakia 111,474 number 2020 up 9.2% falling
138 Puerto Rico 111,104 number 2020 down 24.6% falling
139 Bosnia and Herzegovina 109,359 number 1998 down 24.3% falling
140 Eswatini 101,830 number 2020 up 5.5% rising
141 Equatorial Guinea 90,368 number 2020 up 49.1% volatile
142 East Timor 90,195 number 2020 down 2.5% rising
143 Croatia 81,919 number 2020 down 7.6% falling
144 Armenia 79,444 number 2020 up 67.9% falling
145 Albania 76,225 number 2020 down 33.1% falling
146 Qatar 75,959 number 2020 up 83.3% volatile
147 Moldova 75,443 number 2019 down 0.3% falling
148 Trinidad and Tobago 66,893 number 2020 up 9.7% falling
149 Comoros 63,926 number 2020 up 22.7% rising
150 Slovenia 63,015 number 2020 up 21.2% flat
151 Bahrain 59,546 number 2020 up 25.8% rising
152 Latvia 58,914 number 2019 up 8.7% falling
153 Lithuania 55,595 number 2019 down 11.5% falling
154 North Macedonia 54,725 number 2020 down 11.5% falling
155 Solomon Islands 51,469 number 2020 up 28.2% rising
156 Fiji 50,844 number 2020 up 10.0% rising
157 Estonia 44,633 number 2020 up 29.6% falling
158 Djibouti 44,550 number 2020 up 3.9% rising
159 Bhutan 43,810 number 2020 down 12.9% rising
160 Guyana 41,874 number 2020 down 17.8% falling
161 Mauritius 41,128 number 2020 down 26.6% falling
162 Cape Verde 30,915 number 2020 down 3.0% rising
163 Suriname 30,191 number 2020 up 0.7% falling
164 Cyprus 28,456 number 2019 up 9.9% falling
165 Maldives 24,435 number 2020 up 23.6% rising
166 Belize 22,598 number 2020 down 2.7% rising
167 Vanuatu 22,291 number 2020 up 37.2% rising
168 Brunei 19,507 number 2020 down 2.9% rising
170 Montenegro 18,259 number 2020 up 19.8% falling
171 Sao Tome and Principe 17,879 number 2020 up 23.3% rising
172 Macao 16,573 number 2020 up 29.2% flat
173 Bahamas 16,546 number 2020 down 13.5% rising
174 Iceland 15,803 number 2020 up 8.1% rising
175 Samoa 13,857 number 2020 up 2.6% flat
176 French Polynesia 12,833 number 1997 up 26.9% rising
178 Guam 11,091 number 1997 up 18.8% rising
179 Barbados 9,506 number 2020 down 14.3% falling
180 Kiribati 8,199 number 2020 up 24.8% rising
181 Saint Lucia 7,554 number 2020 down 30.9% falling
182 Tonga 7,122 number 2020 down 3.8% falling
183 Micronesia (country) 6,956 number 2020 down 4.9% rising
184 Grenada 6,153 number 2020 up 6.9% falling
185 Curacao 6,097 number 2020 down 0.9% flat
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5,768 number 2020 down 11.0% falling
187 United States Virgin Islands 5,442 number 1997 down 8.6% falling
188 Antigua and Barbuda 4,857 number 2020 down 2.2% falling
189 Seychelles 4,588 number 2020 up 19.3% falling
190 Marshall Islands 4,396 number 2020 up 2.4% rising
191 American Samoa 4,203 number 2006 down 11.9% rising
192 Aruba 3,685 number 2020 down 13.6% rising
193 Dominica 2,971 number 2020 down 24.0% falling
194 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,488 number 2020 down 11.0% falling
195 Cayman Islands 2,394 number 2020 up 17.7% rising
196 Andorra 1,879 number 1998 up 21.5% rising
197 Bermuda 1,770 number 2020 down 20.0% falling
198 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1,548 number 2020 up 0.6% flat
199 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,495 number 2020 down 7.8% rising
200 Gibraltar 1,289 number 2020 down 8.5% falling
201 British Virgin Islands 1,068 number 2020 down 24.3% rising
203 Nauru 766 number 2020 up 17.7% flat
204 Tuvalu 764 number 2020 up 11.7% rising
205 San Marino 755 number 2020 up 14.4% falling
206 Palau 702 number 2020 up 27.2% falling

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
School age population, primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
251 places, 12,277 data points, 1970–2020
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Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.