Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, female (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
36
Highest
99.6%
Armenia
Lowest
52.7%
Mali
Median
93.9%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
428

What the numbers show

Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, female (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 99.6% in Armenia; the lowest is 52.7% in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 93.9%, and the mean is 87.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 22.9%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 6.5%).

Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Armenia 99.6% 2023 up 0.7% flat
2 Brazil 99.3% 2024 up 0.9% flat
3 Uruguay 99.3% 2024 up 3.0% rising
4 Chile 99.1% 2022 down 0.7% flat
5 Dominican Republic 98.7% 2024 up 1.9% flat
6 Peru 98.7% 2023 up 2.1% rising
7 Panama 98.0% 2023 up 1.3% rising
8 United States 97.9% 2024 down 0.1% flat
9 Costa Rica 97.7% 2024 up 0.2% rising
10 Kyrgyzstan 97.3% 2023 down 0.7% flat
11 Paraguay 96.9% 2024 up 1.6% rising
12 South Africa 96.5% 2024 up 0.8% flat
13 Ecuador 96.1% 2024 down 0.1% rising
14 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 96.0% 2024 up 2.7% rising
15 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 95.8% 2014 up 0.8% flat
16 Nepal 94.8% 2022 up 6.3% rising
17 El Salvador 94.5% 2023 up 9.4% rising
18 Kenya 94.1% 2024 down 2.1% flat
19 Colombia 93.6% 2024 down 2.2% flat
20 Mexico 92.0% 2024 down 2.7% flat
21 Ghana 90.7% 2024 up 14.5% rising
22 Bangladesh 90.4% 2022 up 7.2% rising
23 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 89.6% 2024 up 4.4% rising
24 Lesotho 88.5% 2023 up 1.8% rising
25 Cameroon 79.7% 2018 up 5.3% rising
26 Togo 79.4% 2021 up 7.7% rising
27 Gambia 78.2% 2023 up 22.9% rising
28 Honduras 77.8% 2024 up 4.4% flat
29 Nigeria 74.6% 2024 up 7.5% rising
30 Guatemala 74.3% 2024 up 10.4% rising
31 Ethiopia 72.7% 2022 up 0.2% rising
32 Zambia 72.6% 2023 down 5.0% rising
33 Senegal 63.9% 2023 up 10.0% rising
34 Côte d'Ivoire 61.8% 2022 up 15.8% rising
35 Benin 57.1% 2021 down 6.5% falling
36 Mali 52.7% 2024 up 22.0% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
36 places, 428 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release