Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
188
Highest
100.0%
Argentina
Lowest
17.7%
Guatemala
Median
87.3%
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
9,567
What the numbers show
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, female (%) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Argentina; the lowest is 17.7% in Guatemala.
The median across all reporting countries is 87.3%, and the mean is 80.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 1,399.0%), and the largest decrease in Vanuatu (down 77.5%).
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 100.0% | 2018 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 1 | Bahamas | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Botswana | 100.0% | 2008 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominica | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Grenada | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Guyana | 100.0% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 1 | Jamaica | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kiribati | 100.0% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Marshall Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 1 | Malawi | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Namibia | 100.0% | 2007 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Naoero | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Peru | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palau | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 100.0% | 2012 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Samoa | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 100.0% | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Anguilla | 100.0% | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Montserrat | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Niue | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tokelau | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Afghanistan | 99.9% | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 36 | Myanmar | 99.8% | 2018 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 37 | Yemen | 99.8% | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 38 | Oman | 99.7% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 39 | Comoros | 99.7% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Hong Kong, China | 99.6% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 41 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 99.4% | 2021 | up 134.0% | rising |
| 42 | Equatorial Guinea | 99.4% | 2005 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 43 | Mauritania | 99.3% | 2020 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 44 | Qatar | 99.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 45 | Sudan | 98.7% | 2019 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 46 | Kenya | 98.7% | 2009 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 47 | Eritrea | 98.7% | 2022 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 48 | Tajikistan | 98.7% | 2013 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 49 | Algeria | 98.6% | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 50 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 98.6% | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 51 | Tonga | 98.5% | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 52 | Bahrain | 98.3% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 53 | Russian Federation | 98.3% | 2023 | up 73.6% | rising |
| 54 | Fiji | 98.3% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 55 | Palestine, State of | 97.5% | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 56 | Nepal | 97.4% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 57 | Iraq | 97.3% | 2007 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 58 | Maldives | 97.0% | 2019 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 59 | Chad | 96.7% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 60 | Cambodia | 96.5% | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 61 | India | 96.3% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 62 | Mauritius | 95.9% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 63 | Macau, China | 95.9% | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 64 | Cape Verde | 95.8% | 2022 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 65 | Pakistan | 95.8% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 66 | Madagascar | 95.0% | 2019 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 67 | Senegal | 95.0% | 2023 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 68 | Kuwait | 94.9% | 2012 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 69 | United Arab Emirates | 94.4% | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 70 | Lesotho | 94.1% | 2017 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 71 | Ghana | 93.9% | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 72 | Albania | 93.8% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 73 | Tunisia | 93.8% | 2016 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 74 | Georgia | 93.5% | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 75 | Eswatini | 93.3% | 2016 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 93.0% | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 77 | Bangladesh | 92.7% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 78 | British Virgin Islands | 92.1% | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 79 | Canada | 91.8% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 80 | Côte d'Ivoire | 91.3% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 81 | San Marino | 91.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 82 | Malaysia | 91.0% | 2024 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 83 | South Africa | 90.5% | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 90.2% | 2024 | up 1,399.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Cyprus | 90.2% | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 86 | Central African Republic | 90.1% | 2017 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 87 | Syrian Arab Republic | 90.0% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 88 | Jordan | 89.9% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 89 | Bhutan | 89.8% | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 90 | Benin | 89.2% | 2022 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 91 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 89.0% | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 92 | Morocco | 88.2% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 93 | Republic of Korea | 87.8% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 94 | Tuvalu | 87.7% | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 95 | Burkina Faso | 86.9% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 96 | Guinea | 86.8% | 2014 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 97 | Chile | 85.2% | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 98 | Mongolia | 84.8% | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 99 | Sao Tome and Principe | 84.3% | 2017 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 100 | Djibouti | 84.1% | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 101 | Brunei Darussalam | 83.9% | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 102 | Cameroon | 83.8% | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 103 | Belize | 83.3% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 104 | Mozambique | 82.8% | 2017 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 105 | Monaco | 82.4% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 106 | Brazil | 81.9% | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 107 | Timor-Leste | 81.9% | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 108 | Japan | 81.7% | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 109 | Togo | 81.1% | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 110 | Ukraine | 81.0% | 2024 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 111 | Thailand | 79.9% | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 112 | Seychelles | 79.3% | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 113 | Lebanon | 79.1% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 114 | Nicaragua | 78.9% | 2023 | down 17.0% | flat |
| 115 | Lithuania | 78.8% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 78.4% | 2024 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 117 | Uruguay | 77.9% | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 118 | Andorra | 77.7% | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 119 | Philippines | 77.5% | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 120 | Paraguay | 76.7% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 121 | Iceland | 76.7% | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 122 | Niger | 76.3% | 2024 | up 63.8% | falling |
| 123 | Mali | 76.2% | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 124 | Armenia | 75.5% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 125 | Ireland | 74.7% | 2022 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 126 | Greece | 74.1% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 127 | Malta | 73.5% | 2023 | down 17.5% | flat |
| 128 | Ecuador | 73.1% | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 129 | Rwanda | 71.9% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 130 | Colombia | 71.8% | 2022 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 131 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 70.8% | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 132 | Türkiye | 70.4% | 2023 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 133 | Estonia | 70.1% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 134 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 69.2% | 2021 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan | 68.4% | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 136 | Denmark | 67.9% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 137 | Portugal | 67.8% | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 138 | Puerto Rico | 67.4% | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 139 | Burundi | 67.2% | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 140 | Mexico | 66.8% | 2024 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 141 | Indonesia | 66.8% | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 142 | Latvia | 66.4% | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 143 | Kazakhstan | 66.2% | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 144 | Sweden | 66.0% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 145 | Dominican Republic | 65.9% | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 146 | China | 65.5% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 147 | Costa Rica | 65.4% | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 148 | France | 64.4% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 149 | Belarus | 63.2% | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 150 | Republic of Moldova | 63.0% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 151 | El Salvador | 63.0% | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 152 | New Zealand | 63.0% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 153 | Spain | 62.8% | 2024 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 154 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 62.0% | 2023 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 155 | Egypt | 61.6% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 156 | Italy | 61.4% | 2023 | up 19.9% | flat |
| 157 | Germany | 61.2% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 158 | Panama | 59.7% | 2017 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 159 | Cuba | 59.5% | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 160 | Poland | 58.9% | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 161 | Israel | 57.9% | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 162 | Norway | 56.7% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 163 | Hungary | 53.7% | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 164 | Australia | 53.3% | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 165 | Ethiopia | 52.7% | 2015 | up 67.2% | falling |
| 166 | Suriname | 51.0% | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 167 | Bulgaria | 50.0% | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 168 | Romania | 49.4% | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 169 | Belgium | 48.1% | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 170 | Switzerland | 47.3% | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 45.8% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 172 | Liechtenstein | 40.4% | 2021 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 173 | Aruba | 40.0% | 2022 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 174 | Angola | 39.0% | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 175 | North Macedonia | 38.8% | 2023 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 176 | Slovenia | 37.7% | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 177 | Slovakia | 37.7% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 178 | Croatia | 37.1% | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 179 | Montenegro | 36.2% | 2023 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 180 | Austria | 35.9% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 181 | Finland | 35.0% | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 182 | Serbia | 32.6% | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 183 | Czechia | 32.3% | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 184 | Honduras | 32.2% | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 185 | Netherlands | 30.6% | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 186 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.3% | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 187 | Vanuatu | 21.8% | 2023 | down 77.5% | rising |
| 188 | Guatemala | 17.7% | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 99.2%
- SDG: Northern America 99.2%
- WB: North America 99.2%
- UNICEF: North America 99.2%
- ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 98.7%
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 98.7%
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 98.6%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 98.6%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 98.5%
- WB: Ida Blend 96.7%
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 96.7%
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 95.9%
- UNICEF: South Asia 95.9%
- WB: South Asia 95.9%
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 95.9%
- GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 95.6%
- MDG: Oceania 95.2%
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 95.2%
- ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) 95.2%
- AIMS: South and West Asia 95.1%
- MDG: Southern Asia 95.1%
- SDG: Southern Asia 95.1%
- UIS: South and West Asia 95.1%
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 95.1%
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 95.1%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 94.8%
- GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 94.6%
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 94.4%
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 94.3%
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 93.5%
- ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 93.5%
- UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 93.5%
- ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) 93.4%
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 93.4%
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 93.3%
- WB: Caribbean Small States 93.3%
- WB: Africa Western and Central 92.8%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 92.6%
- ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) 92.5%
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 92.3%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release