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

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

Countries reporting
203
Highest
57.89 million number
India
Lowest
477 number
Nauru
Median
251,973 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
11,591

What the numbers show

School age population, tertiary education, female (number) is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 57.89 million number in India; the lowest is 477 number in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 251,973 number, and the mean is 1.38 million number.

Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 60.2%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 50.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 57.89 million number 2019 up 5.8% rising
2 China 41.00 million number 2019 down 35.0% rising
3 Indonesia 10.81 million number 2018 up 1.6% rising
4 United States 10.47 million number 2018 up 0.2% rising
5 Pakistan 10.12 million number 2018 up 18.7% rising
6 Brazil 7.98 million number 2011 down 8.4% flat
7 Nigeria 7.82 million number 2014 up 22.2% rising
8 Bangladesh 7.55 million number 2019 up 4.8% rising
9 Mexico 5.46 million number 2018 up 6.6% rising
10 Philippines 4.93 million number 2017 up 11.7% rising
11 Ethiopia 4.62 million number 2014 up 39.2% rising
12 Egypt 4.05 million number 2017 up 1.1% rising
13 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.51 million number 2016 up 37.8% rising
14 Russia 3.34 million number 2018 down 46.2% falling
15 Vietnam 3.34 million number 2019 down 22.1% rising
16 Turkey 3.28 million number 2018 up 5.2% rising
17 Iran 2.86 million number 2018 down 35.6% rising
18 Kenya 2.63 million number 2019 up 24.3% rising
19 Myanmar 2.48 million number 2018 up 4.8% rising
20 Tanzania 2.48 million number 2019 up 29.1% rising
21 South Africa 2.46 million number 2018 down 7.2% rising
22 Thailand 2.40 million number 2017 down 5.1% rising
23 Germany 2.14 million number 2018 down 10.2% falling
24 Colombia 2.14 million number 2018 up 5.3% rising
25 United Kingdom 1.97 million number 2018 down 2.5% falling
26 Sudan 1.91 million number 2015 up 29.4% rising
27 France 1.90 million number 2018 down 6.8% falling
28 Afghanistan 1.86 million number 2018 up 54.7% rising
29 Uganda 1.76 million number 2014 up 44.5% rising
30 Argentina 1.72 million number 2017 up 4.1% rising
31 Nepal 1.69 million number 2019 up 26.4% rising
32 Iraq 1.68 million number 2015 up 31.1% rising
33 South Korea 1.53 million number 2018 up 6.3% falling
34 Algeria 1.53 million number 2018 down 19.1% rising
35 Mozambique 1.48 million number 2018 up 39.0% rising
36 Morocco 1.42 million number 2019 down 7.5% rising
37 Italy 1.42 million number 2018 down 4.2% falling
38 Yemen 1.42 million number 2014 up 48.9% volatile
39 Uzbekistan 1.41 million number 2019 down 5.8% rising
40 Ghana 1.41 million number 2019 up 24.3% rising
41 Malaysia 1.37 million number 2019 up 0.1% rising
42 Angola 1.37 million number 2016 up 32.8% rising
43 Madagascar 1.35 million number 2018 up 42.0% rising
44 Peru 1.34 million number 2019 down 0.6% rising
45 Venezuela 1.31 million number 2015 up 5.1% rising
46 Ukraine 1.27 million number 2014 down 30.9% falling
47 Cote d'Ivoire 1.17 million number 2017 up 34.4% rising
48 Cameroon 1.16 million number 2018 up 23.8% rising
49 Canada 1.13 million number 2018 up 2.3% flat
50 Saudi Arabia 1.12 million number 2019 down 4.2% rising
51 Spain 1.10 million number 2018 down 11.6% falling
52 Poland 1.07 million number 2018 down 29.2% falling
53 North Korea 957,994 number 2018 up 2.7% rising
54 Niger 931,786 number 2019 up 49.6% rising
55 Burkina Faso 919,524 number 2019 up 38.0% rising
56 Syria 844,629 number 2016 down 15.2% rising
57 Guatemala 833,818 number 2015 up 27.0% rising
58 Malawi 807,084 number 2014 up 41.4% rising
59 Mali 797,460 number 2017 up 31.2% rising
60 Sri Lanka 772,765 number 2019 down 5.1% rising
61 Australia 762,221 number 2018 up 2.5% rising
62 Cambodia 747,673 number 2019 up 5.0% rising
63 Ecuador 744,909 number 2016 up 13.0% rising
64 Senegal 743,887 number 2019 up 23.9% rising
65 Zambia 743,818 number 2014 up 29.7% rising
66 Zimbabwe 707,938 number 2015 down 0.1% rising
67 Chile 679,310 number 2018 down 2.8% rising
68 Chad 641,054 number 2015 up 47.7% rising
69 Somalia 623,753 number 2014 up 48.9% rising
70 Rwanda 583,824 number 2019 up 11.0% rising
71 Guinea 561,775 number 2017 up 32.6% rising
72 Kazakhstan 540,822 number 2019 down 33.7% flat
73 Haiti 531,222 number 2018 up 6.0% rising
74 Benin 523,902 number 2018 up 34.6% rising
75 Burundi 518,180 number 2018 up 26.1% rising
76 Bolivia 509,378 number 2015 up 18.1% rising
77 South Sudan 508,318 number 2014 up 60.2% rising
78 Romania 508,296 number 2018 down 35.1% falling
79 Honduras 501,329 number 2018 up 21.6% rising
80 Netherlands 498,806 number 2018 up 1.9% falling
81 Jordan 462,210 number 2018 up 53.7% volatile
82 Dominican Republic 462,193 number 2017 up 5.5% rising
83 Tajikistan 415,343 number 2017 up 5.5% rising
84 Tunisia 405,169 number 2019 down 22.1% rising
85 Togo 360,557 number 2019 up 22.1% rising
86 Papua New Guinea 354,537 number 2014 up 18.8% rising
87 Cuba 347,527 number 2018 down 15.8% falling
88 Laos 347,303 number 2019 up 1.1% rising
89 Paraguay 330,436 number 2015 up 11.1% rising
90 Sierra Leone 329,195 number 2014 up 30.8% rising
91 El Salvador 329,118 number 2018 up 15.0% rising
92 Azerbaijan 327,625 number 2019 down 30.7% rising
93 Belgium 319,234 number 2018 up 0.3% falling
94 Israel 296,279 number 2018 up 11.8% rising
95 Nicaragua 294,831 number 2015 up 0.1% rising
96 Sweden 288,581 number 2018 up 2.8% rising
97 Hungary 274,719 number 2018 down 9.9% falling
98 Portugal 272,222 number 2018 down 9.4% falling
99 Libya 266,431 number 2018 down 15.5% rising
100 Greece 261,599 number 2018 down 18.4% falling
101 Kyrgyzstan 253,433 number 2019 down 15.4% rising
102 Czechia 251,973 number 2018 down 23.3% falling
103 Palestine 247,606 number 2019 up 28.5% rising
104 Switzerland 245,256 number 2018 up 7.8% falling
105 Austria 240,677 number 2018 down 3.5% falling
106 Turkmenistan 229,060 number 2019 down 17.2% rising
107 Belarus 216,530 number 2018 down 41.8% falling
108 Congo 215,726 number 2017 up 20.9% rising
109 Central African Republic 208,332 number 2014 up 12.5% rising
110 Mauritania 200,354 number 2019 up 25.1% rising
111 United Arab Emirates 198,472 number 2017 up 23.7% volatile
112 Liberia 192,359 number 2014 up 27.8% rising
113 Costa Rica 188,239 number 2019 down 10.7% rising
114 Denmark 186,093 number 2018 up 24.5% falling
115 Hong Kong 179,774 number 2019 down 22.0% flat
116 Serbia 178,698 number 2019 down 22.7% falling
117 Norway 168,161 number 2018 up 17.1% flat
118 Panama 166,154 number 2016 up 11.6% rising
119 Bulgaria 159,914 number 2018 down 35.2% falling
120 Finland 159,405 number 2018 down 0.1% falling
121 New Zealand 156,708 number 2018 up 2.5% rising
122 Slovakia 155,233 number 2018 down 25.8% falling
123 Eritrea 150,703 number 2016 down 12.5% rising
124 Ireland 146,422 number 2018 down 11.2% rising
125 Lebanon 133,339 number 1985 up 3.0% rising
126 Jamaica 128,872 number 2019 up 0.9% rising
127 Uruguay 126,429 number 2017 up 3.1% rising
128 Namibia 124,087 number 2017 up 16.7% rising
129 Oman 123,328 number 2019 down 10.3% rising
130 Croatia 118,932 number 2018 down 16.8% falling
131 Mongolia 117,527 number 2018 down 24.4% rising
132 Albania 113,093 number 2019 down 16.9% rising
133 Georgia 111,651 number 2019 down 30.2% falling
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 107,257 number 2019 — falling
135 Lesotho 105,295 number 2018 down 9.7% rising
136 Moldova 101,322 number 2019 down 41.5% falling
137 Botswana 100,662 number 2019 down 0.7% rising
138 Gambia 99,375 number 2014 up 49.0% rising
139 Kuwait 98,289 number 2019 down 5.6% rising
140 Puerto Rico 93,646 number 2018 down 32.8% falling
141 Gabon 88,877 number 2014 up 43.5% rising
142 Guinea-Bissau 85,260 number 2014 up 25.7% rising
143 Armenia 84,347 number 2019 down 42.5% falling
144 Lithuania 77,881 number 2018 down 33.9% falling
145 North Macedonia 67,738 number 2018 down 16.8% falling
146 Eswatini 61,258 number 2015 down 1.5% rising
147 East Timor 60,627 number 2014 up 49.7% rising
148 Slovenia 48,066 number 2018 down 26.6% falling
149 Mauritius 47,409 number 2017 up 2.6% rising
150 Equatorial Guinea 43,615 number 2014 up 36.1% rising
151 Qatar 43,533 number 2019 up 32.9% volatile
152 Trinidad and Tobago 42,767 number 2018 down 30.0% flat
153 Latvia 42,380 number 2018 down 50.8% falling
154 Guyana 40,513 number 2015 up 35.2% falling
155 Djibouti 39,975 number 2014 up 10.7% rising
156 Bahrain 37,680 number 2019 down 3.2% rising
157 Comoros 37,331 number 2017 up 20.5% rising
158 Fiji 36,346 number 2016 down 4.2% rising
159 Bhutan 35,133 number 2020 down 3.7% rising
160 Estonia 31,484 number 2018 down 36.7% falling
161 Cyprus 29,643 number 2018 down 1.8% flat
162 Solomon Islands 25,645 number 2014 up 19.3% rising
163 Cape Verde 24,264 number 2018 down 10.3% rising
164 Suriname 23,778 number 2015 up 11.3% rising
165 Montenegro 20,108 number 2019 down 10.6% falling
166 Belize 19,677 number 2019 up 26.1% rising
167 Luxembourg 18,323 number 2018 up 31.3% rising
168 Macao 16,709 number 2019 down 40.2% rising
169 Brunei 16,647 number 2019 down 5.5% rising
170 Bahamas 16,394 number 2015 up 21.1% rising
171 Maldives 15,698 number 2017 down 24.1% rising
172 Vanuatu 12,785 number 2014 up 29.6% rising
173 Malta 12,379 number 2018 down 13.2% falling
174 Iceland 11,848 number 2018 up 7.5% rising
175 Barbados 9,393 number 2015 down 3.7% falling
176 Sao Tome and Principe 8,995 number 2017 up 2.3% rising
177 Samoa 8,151 number 2018 up 7.6% rising
178 Saint Lucia 7,715 number 2019 down 4.2% rising
179 Micronesia (country) 5,524 number 2014 down 7.6% rising
180 Kiribati 5,225 number 2014 up 14.3% rising
181 Curacao 5,114 number 2014 up 29.2% rising
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4,614 number 2018 down 6.0% flat
183 Grenada 4,370 number 2018 down 16.2% falling
184 Tonga 4,353 number 2014 down 11.0% rising
185 Aruba 3,754 number 2016 up 8.7% rising
186 Antigua and Barbuda 3,734 number 2015 up 10.7% rising
187 Dominica 3,624 number 2015 up 9.3% falling
188 Seychelles 3,116 number 2019 down 9.7% rising
189 Marshall Islands 2,861 number 2019 down 15.7% rising
190 American Samoa 2,455 number 1999 up 9.0% rising
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,015 number 2015 down 9.2% flat
192 Andorra 1,931 number 1998 up 5.1% rising
193 Cayman Islands 1,867 number 2015 up 37.1% rising
194 Bermuda 1,838 number 2018 down 11.4% falling
195 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1,696 number 2015 — rising
196 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,234 number 2015 up 14.8% rising
197 Gibraltar 1,131 number 2017 up 9.0% rising
198 Liechtenstein 1,100 number 2018 up 3.5% flat
199 British Virgin Islands 1,060 number 2018 up 23.1% rising
200 San Marino 806 number 2019 up 5.4% flat
201 Palau 716 number 2014 up 27.9% rising
202 Tuvalu 481 number 2014 up 5.7% rising
203 Nauru 477 number 2014 down 4.4% rising

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, tertiary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
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Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.