Progression to secondary school, female (%) by country
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).
Countries reporting
156
Highest
100.0%
Bhutan
Lowest
56.0%
Niger
Median
97.6%
Years covered
49
1970–2018
Data points
4,145
What the numbers show
Progression to secondary school, female (%) is currently reported for 156 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bhutan; the lowest is 56.0% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 97.6%, and the mean is 92.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania (up 61.2%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 42.7%).
Progression to secondary school, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2016 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2012 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Ecuador | 100.0% | 2017 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 1 | Spain | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kenya | 100.0% | 2015 | — | rising |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 100.0% | 2017 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 1 | Macao | 100.0% | 2017 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Maldives | 100.0% | 2016 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 1 | New Caledonia | 100.0% | 1989 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2017 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 100.0% | 2016 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100.0% | 2017 | unchanged | rising |
| 14 | Estonia | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 15 | Slovenia | 99.9% | 2016 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 16 | Italy | 99.9% | 2016 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 17 | Czechia | 99.9% | 2016 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 18 | Denmark | 99.9% | 2016 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 99.9% | 2013 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 20 | Hong Kong | 99.9% | 2017 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 21 | Serbia | 99.8% | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 22 | Switzerland | 99.8% | 2016 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | Finland | 99.8% | 2016 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.8% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 25 | Mongolia | 99.8% | 2017 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 26 | Georgia | 99.7% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 27 | North Macedonia | 99.7% | 2014 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 28 | Argentina | 99.7% | 2016 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 29 | Vietnam | 99.7% | 2015 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 30 | Ukraine | 99.7% | 2017 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 31 | Israel | 99.6% | 2016 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 32 | Brunei | 99.6% | 2017 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 33 | Bahrain | 99.6% | 2017 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 34 | Kazakhstan | 99.5% | 2018 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 35 | Poland | 99.5% | 2016 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 36 | Turkey | 99.5% | 2015 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 37 | Austria | 99.5% | 2016 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 38 | South Korea | 99.5% | 2016 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 99.4% | 2017 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 40 | Lithuania | 99.4% | 2016 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 41 | Norway | 99.3% | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 42 | Iceland | 99.3% | 2011 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 43 | Thailand | 99.3% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 44 | Tajikistan | 99.2% | 2016 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 45 | Latvia | 99.2% | 2016 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 46 | Slovakia | 99.2% | 2016 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 47 | Sweden | 99.1% | 2016 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 48 | Saint Lucia | 99.1% | 2017 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 49 | Romania | 99.1% | 2016 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 50 | Kuwait | 99.0% | 2017 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 51 | Germany | 99.0% | 2016 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 52 | Hungary | 99.0% | 2016 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 53 | Cuba | 98.9% | 2017 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 54 | Bulgaria | 98.8% | 2016 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 55 | Greece | 98.8% | 2016 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 56 | Mauritius | 98.8% | 2017 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 57 | Armenia | 98.8% | 2017 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 58 | Belarus | 98.7% | 2017 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 59 | Moldova | 98.7% | 2017 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 60 | Qatar | 98.7% | 2016 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 61 | Venezuela | 98.5% | 2016 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 62 | Albania | 98.5% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 63 | Chile | 98.4% | 2016 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 64 | Croatia | 98.4% | 2016 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 65 | Algeria | 98.4% | 2017 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 98.4% | 2017 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 67 | Panama | 98.3% | 2016 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 68 | Jordan | 98.2% | 2017 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 69 | Fiji | 98.2% | 2015 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 70 | Singapore | 98.2% | 2016 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 71 | South Africa | 98.2% | 2015 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 72 | Egypt | 98.1% | 2017 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98.1% | 2017 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 74 | Barbados | 98.0% | 2008 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 75 | Eswatini | 98.0% | 2016 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 76 | Samoa | 97.7% | 2017 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 77 | Malta | 97.7% | 2016 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 78 | Jamaica | 97.6% | 2017 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 79 | Botswana | 97.6% | 2012 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 80 | Tunisia | 97.5% | 2016 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 81 | Palestine | 97.5% | 2017 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 82 | Belize | 97.3% | 2017 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 83 | Aruba | 97.3% | 2008 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 84 | Seychelles | 97.2% | 2017 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 85 | Bolivia | 97.1% | 2017 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 86 | Lebanon | 97.1% | 2017 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 87 | Philippines | 97.0% | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 88 | Guyana | 96.9% | 2009 | up 34.1% | flat |
| 89 | Namibia | 96.7% | 2012 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 90 | Kiribati | 96.5% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Mexico | 96.4% | 2016 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 96.1% | 2017 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 93 | Liechtenstein | 95.6% | 2016 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 94 | Peru | 95.1% | 2017 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 95 | El Salvador | 95.1% | 2017 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 96 | Gambia | 94.9% | 2013 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 94.8% | 2017 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 98 | Ghana | 94.8% | 2017 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 99 | Colombia | 94.8% | 2012 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 100 | Cape Verde | 94.6% | 2017 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 101 | Iran | 94.5% | 2016 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 102 | Trinidad and Tobago | 94.4% | 2009 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 103 | Paraguay | 94.4% | 2011 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 104 | East Timor | 94.3% | 2017 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 105 | Sudan | 94.3% | 2016 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 106 | Portugal | 94.0% | 1975 | — | rising |
| 107 | Eritrea | 93.0% | 2017 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 108 | Dominica | 92.5% | 2014 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 109 | Cote d'Ivoire | 92.5% | 2016 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 110 | Cambodia | 92.3% | 2017 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 111 | Sierra Leone | 91.6% | 2017 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 112 | India | 91.6% | 2017 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 113 | Ethiopia | 90.9% | 2014 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 114 | Malaysia | 90.4% | 2016 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 115 | Costa Rica | 90.3% | 2017 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 116 | Vanuatu | 89.1% | 2009 | up 59.9% | rising |
| 117 | Lesotho | 88.5% | 2015 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 118 | Morocco | 88.3% | 2017 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 119 | Pakistan | 88.2% | 2017 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 120 | Indonesia | 87.4% | 2016 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 121 | Uruguay | 87.0% | 2009 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 122 | Guatemala | 85.7% | 2017 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 123 | Afghanistan | 85.5% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 124 | Benin | 85.2% | 2015 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 125 | Laos | 84.7% | 2017 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 126 | Malawi | 84.4% | 2011 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 127 | Djibouti | 84.4% | 2017 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 128 | Libya | 83.8% | 1980 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 129 | Nepal | 80.8% | 2016 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 130 | Togo | 79.6% | 2017 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 131 | Mali | 79.6% | 2016 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 132 | Burkina Faso | 79.5% | 2017 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 133 | Netherlands | 77.5% | 1984 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 134 | Haiti | 77.0% | 1986 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 135 | Burundi | 77.0% | 2017 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Mozambique | 75.5% | 2015 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 137 | Congo | 74.8% | 2011 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 138 | Guinea-Bissau | 74.7% | 1983 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 139 | Honduras | 72.7% | 2015 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 140 | Madagascar | 72.6% | 2015 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 141 | Suriname | 72.4% | 2017 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 142 | Rwanda | 72.0% | 2017 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 143 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 71.1% | 2012 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 144 | Senegal | 71.0% | 2016 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 145 | Myanmar | 70.3% | 2006 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 146 | Cameroon | 69.4% | 2015 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 147 | Tanzania | 69.2% | 2017 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 148 | Central African Republic | 67.6% | 2011 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 149 | Iraq | 66.8% | 1999 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 150 | Chad | 65.2% | 2015 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 151 | Mauritania | 63.6% | 2017 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 152 | Guinea | 62.4% | 2013 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 153 | Zambia | 62.2% | 2012 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 154 | Syria | 57.3% | 2012 | down 42.7% | rising |
| 155 | Uganda | 57.3% | 2016 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 156 | Niger | 56.0% | 2015 | down 21.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 99.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 99.6%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 99.3%
- Europe & Central Asia 98.6%
- Late-demographic dividend 98.1%
- European Union 97.7%
- Post-demographic dividend 97.6%
- OECD members 97.5%
- High income 97.4%
- Upper middle income 97.3%
- Euro area 96.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 96.0%
About this data
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).