School enrollment, secondary, female (% net) by country
Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and...
Countries reporting
152
Highest
100.0%
Canada
Lowest
8.9%
Gambia
Median
82.9%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,702
What the numbers show
School enrollment, secondary, female (% net) is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Canada; the lowest is 8.9% in Gambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 82.9%, and the mean is 73.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 212.9%), and the largest decrease in Bahamas (down 23.7%).
School enrollment, secondary, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 100.0% | 2017 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 99.7% | 2016 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 4 | Sweden | 99.5% | 2015 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 5 | Ireland | 98.7% | 2012 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 6 | Lithuania | 98.4% | 2017 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 7 | South Korea | 97.8% | 2017 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 8 | Spain | 97.8% | 2017 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 9 | New Zealand | 97.7% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 97.2% | 2017 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 11 | Georgia | 96.8% | 2018 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 12 | Barbados | 96.8% | 2018 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 13 | Slovenia | 96.6% | 2017 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 14 | Hong Kong | 96.5% | 2018 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 15 | Finland | 96.4% | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 16 | Belarus | 96.2% | 2018 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 17 | Norway | 95.6% | 2017 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 18 | Estonia | 95.5% | 2017 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 19 | Cyprus | 95.4% | 2017 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 20 | Portugal | 95.3% | 2017 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 21 | France | 95.3% | 2017 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 22 | Italy | 95.3% | 2017 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 23 | Belgium | 95.1% | 2017 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 24 | Latvia | 94.9% | 2017 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 25 | Malta | 94.5% | 2017 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 26 | Poland | 94.2% | 2017 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 27 | Croatia | 94.1% | 2017 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 28 | Bahrain | 93.8% | 2018 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 29 | Netherlands | 93.7% | 2017 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 30 | Oman | 93.2% | 2018 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 31 | Argentina | 93.1% | 2017 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 32 | United States | 93.0% | 2017 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 33 | Australia | 92.7% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 34 | Greece | 92.6% | 2017 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 35 | Serbia | 92.5% | 2018 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 36 | Iceland | 92.4% | 2017 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 37 | Denmark | 92.3% | 2017 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 38 | Sri Lanka | 92.3% | 2018 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 39 | Qatar | 91.8% | 2010 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 40 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 91.6% | 2018 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 41 | Czechia | 91.5% | 2017 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 42 | Palestine | 91.2% | 2018 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 43 | Dominica | 91.2% | 2016 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 44 | Uruguay | 91.1% | 2017 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 90.4% | 2017 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 90.3% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 47 | Chile | 89.9% | 2017 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 48 | Samoa | 89.7% | 2016 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 49 | Antigua and Barbuda | 89.7% | 2018 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 50 | Hungary | 89.5% | 2017 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 51 | Albania | 89.2% | 2018 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 52 | Fiji | 88.8% | 2012 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 53 | Kuwait | 88.7% | 2015 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 54 | Macao | 88.4% | 2018 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 55 | Armenia | 88.1% | 2011 | — | flat |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 87.9% | 2017 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 57 | Peru | 87.7% | 2018 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 58 | Austria | 87.1% | 2017 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 59 | Mauritius | 87.1% | 2018 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 60 | Cuba | 86.7% | 2018 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 61 | Ukraine | 86.1% | 2014 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 62 | Mongolia | 86.1% | 2006 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 63 | Turkey | 86.0% | 2017 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 64 | Ecuador | 86.0% | 2018 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 65 | Slovakia | 85.3% | 2017 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 66 | Luxembourg | 85.2% | 2017 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 67 | Germany | 84.7% | 2017 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 68 | Guyana | 84.4% | 2012 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 84.3% | 2018 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 84.1% | 2018 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 71 | Brunei | 84.0% | 2018 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 72 | Switzerland | 83.9% | 2017 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 73 | Tonga | 83.7% | 2015 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 74 | Romania | 83.3% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 75 | Brazil | 83.2% | 2017 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 76 | Egypt | 83.1% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 77 | Grenada | 82.8% | 2017 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 78 | Seychelles | 82.6% | 2018 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 79 | Mexico | 82.5% | 2017 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 80 | Saint Lucia | 81.7% | 2018 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 81 | Aruba | 80.7% | 2011 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 82 | Iran | 80.4% | 2017 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 83 | Colombia | 80.2% | 2018 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 84 | Indonesia | 79.9% | 2018 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 85 | Puerto Rico | 79.3% | 2016 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 78.8% | 2011 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 87 | South Africa | 78.5% | 2017 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 88 | Moldova | 77.6% | 2018 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 89 | Thailand | 77.5% | 2015 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 90 | Bolivia | 77.0% | 2018 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 91 | Venezuela | 76.8% | 2017 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 92 | Bhutan | 76.5% | 2018 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 93 | Jamaica | 76.3% | 2018 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 94 | Malaysia | 75.4% | 2018 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 74.5% | 2018 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 96 | Cape Verde | 74.5% | 2018 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 97 | Liechtenstein | 74.4% | 2017 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 98 | Belize | 73.4% | 2018 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 99 | Bangladesh | 72.3% | 2018 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 100 | British Virgin Islands | 71.9% | 2017 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 101 | Philippines | 71.3% | 2015 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 102 | Sao Tome and Principe | 68.8% | 2015 | up 113.7% | rising |
| 103 | East Timor | 67.0% | 2018 | up 85.5% | rising |
| 104 | Myanmar | 66.6% | 2018 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 105 | Paraguay | 66.0% | 2012 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 106 | Panama | 65.9% | 2017 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 107 | Bahamas | 65.0% | 2018 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 108 | Morocco | 64.5% | 2018 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 109 | Suriname | 64.0% | 2015 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 110 | Botswana | 63.8% | 2003 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Jordan | 63.5% | 2018 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 112 | Nepal | 62.8% | 2019 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 113 | El Salvador | 62.6% | 2018 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 114 | San Marino | 62.5% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 115 | Laos | 59.4% | 2018 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 116 | Ghana | 57.9% | 2019 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 117 | Namibia | 57.8% | 2007 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 52.4% | 2010 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 119 | Algeria | 51.3% | 1997 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 120 | Lesotho | 50.0% | 2016 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Vanuatu | 49.8% | 2015 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 122 | Libya | 48.9% | 1983 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 123 | Zimbabwe | 48.5% | 2013 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 124 | Syria | 48.1% | 2013 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 125 | Eswatini | 47.1% | 2015 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 126 | Honduras | 46.7% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 127 | Kenya | 45.8% | 2009 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 128 | Cameroon | 43.0% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Guatemala | 43.0% | 2018 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 130 | Eritrea | 40.3% | 2018 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 131 | Iraq | 40.3% | 2007 | up 65.9% | rising |
| 132 | Yemen | 40.2% | 2016 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 133 | Djibouti | 37.3% | 2015 | up 123.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Afghanistan | 36.7% | 2018 | up 154.8% | rising |
| 135 | Cambodia | 36.7% | 2008 | up 212.9% | rising |
| 136 | Malawi | 34.8% | 2018 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 137 | Pakistan | 34.2% | 2018 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 138 | Mauritania | 31.7% | 2018 | up 133.2% | rising |
| 139 | Burkina Faso | 31.7% | 2018 | up 153.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Madagascar | 31.0% | 2018 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 141 | Burundi | 31.0% | 2018 | up 162.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Ethiopia | 30.3% | 2015 | up 163.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Solomon Islands | 28.9% | 2007 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 144 | Mali | 26.8% | 2018 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 145 | Tunisia | 26.2% | 1985 | up 75.8% | rising |
| 146 | Guinea | 25.6% | 2014 | up 94.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Mozambique | 19.3% | 2015 | up 211.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Niger | 17.1% | 2017 | up 150.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Chad | 12.3% | 2016 | up 134.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Angola | 10.1% | 2010 | — | rising |
| 151 | Central African Republic | 9.7% | 2017 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Gambia | 8.9% | 1986 | up 80.1% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 93.6%
- European Union 91.8%
- Post-demographic dividend 91.3%
- High income 91.3%
- Euro area 91.0%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 90.1%
- Europe & Central Asia 89.9%
- OECD members 89.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 88.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 87.6%
- Late-demographic dividend 84.6%
- Upper middle income 83.9%
- East Asia & Pacific 81.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 80.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 80.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean 79.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 79.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 78.9%
- Caribbean Small States 76.9%
- IBRD only 74.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 70.8%
- Middle income 68.6%
- Pacific island small states 67.9%
- World 66.3%
- Early-demographic dividend 64.3%
- IDA & IBRD total 63.2%
- Low & middle income 63.2%
- Arab World 61.3%
- South Asia 60.1%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 60.1%
- Lower middle income 59.7%
- Small states 58.8%
- Other small states 54.1%
- IDA blend 43.0%
- IDA total 39.5%
- IDA only 37.8%
- Least developed countries 35.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 34.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 34.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 34.0%
About this data
Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.