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School enrollment, primary, 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. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history,...

Countries reporting
167
Highest
99.8%
Malaysia
Lowest
10.9%
Somalia
Median
92.7%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,826

What the numbers show

School enrollment, primary, female (% net) is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 99.8% in Malaysia; the lowest is 10.9% in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 92.7%, and the mean is 87.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 75.6%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 36.5%).

School enrollment, primary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malaysia 99.8% 2014 up 0.4% rising
2 Norway 99.8% 2014 up 0.4% flat
3 Iceland 99.4% 2016 up 2.7% flat
4 United Kingdom 99.3% 2017 up 2.7% flat
5 Malta 99.1% 1997 up 4.5% rising
6 France 99.1% 2016 up 3.8% flat
7 Netherlands 99.1% 2017 up 0.1% rising
8 Canada 99.0% 1998 up 3.9% flat
9 Belgium 98.9% 2017 up 1.7% flat
10 New Zealand 98.9% 2016 — flat
11 Slovenia 98.8% 2014 up 0.8% rising
12 Egypt 98.8% 2012 up 13.9% rising
13 Finland 98.8% 2017 up 1.4% flat
14 Tunisia 98.6% 2009 up 6.1% rising
15 Denmark 98.5% 2015 up 2.4% flat
16 Greece 98.5% 2017 up 4.1% flat
17 Fiji 98.4% 2015 down 1.5% flat
18 Georgia 98.2% 2016 down 0.6% flat
19 Brunei 98.1% 1995 up 27.0% rising
20 Sweden 98.1% 2008 down 0.7% flat
21 Cyprus 97.9% 2017 up 2.0% rising
22 Thailand 97.9% 2009 — rising
23 Aruba 97.7% 2009 down 0.8% flat
24 Spain 97.6% 2017 — flat
25 Cuba 97.5% 2018 up 1.7% flat
26 Iran 97.5% 2012 up 3.0% rising
27 Ireland 97.3% 2011 up 3.2% falling
28 Mauritius 97.2% 2013 up 2.2% rising
29 Portugal 97.2% 2017 — rising
30 South Korea 97.2% 2017 down 2.4% flat
31 Morocco 97.0% 2017 up 10.8% rising
32 Uganda 96.9% 2013 — rising
33 Russia 96.8% 2016 up 7.4% flat
34 Latvia 96.8% 2017 down 0.0% flat
35 Australia 96.7% 2017 up 0.1% flat
36 Uruguay 96.6% 2014 down 1.7% rising
37 Maldives 96.4% 2017 down 1.2% flat
38 Macao 96.4% 2018 up 12.2% rising
39 Sri Lanka 96.4% 2014 down 3.4% flat
40 Costa Rica 96.3% 2017 — rising
41 Oman 96.2% 2011 up 14.8% rising
42 Namibia 96.1% 2012 up 3.1% rising
43 Montenegro 96.1% 2017 down 0.7% flat
44 Saint Lucia 96.1% 2018 up 4.7% flat
45 Ecuador 96.1% 2008 up 0.2% rising
46 Tajikistan 96.0% 2016 up 2.1% rising
47 Nicaragua 96.0% 2010 up 17.1% rising
48 Bahrain 95.9% 2018 up 2.6% rising
49 Barbados 95.7% 2018 down 1.3% flat
50 Poland 95.6% 2017 up 2.4% flat
51 Algeria 95.5% 2008 up 13.3% rising
52 Italy 95.4% 2017 — flat
53 Mongolia 95.2% 2015 up 8.1% rising
54 Qatar 95.2% 2018 up 3.4% rising
55 Rwanda 95.1% 2018 up 9.7% rising
56 Luxembourg 95.1% 2015 down 1.7% rising
57 Palestine 95.0% 2018 up 13.5% rising
58 Belize 95.0% 2013 up 2.8% flat
59 North Macedonia 94.9% 2017 up 11.7% flat
60 Trinidad and Tobago 94.8% 2010 up 1.1% flat
61 Belarus 94.8% 2018 up 0.7% rising
62 Chile 94.8% 2017 down 0.3% flat
63 Brazil 94.7% 2015 up 2.8% flat
64 Serbia 94.6% 2018 down 2.4% flat
65 United States 94.6% 2017 down 0.9% flat
66 Saudi Arabia 94.4% 2018 up 4.3% rising
67 Estonia 94.2% 2017 up 1.9% rising
68 Hong Kong 94.2% 1996 down 2.4% rising
69 Burundi 94.1% 2018 up 2.4% volatile
70 British Virgin Islands 94.0% 2013 down 0.2% flat
71 Albania 93.7% 2013 up 1.6% falling
72 Philippines 93.7% 2017 up 6.2% flat
73 Bangladesh 93.7% 2008 — rising
74 Switzerland 93.6% 2012 down 1.2% rising
75 Lesotho 93.4% 2017 up 8.8% rising
76 Seychelles 93.3% 2002 up 6.8% rising
77 Uzbekistan 93.3% 2014 up 4.3% rising
78 Colombia 93.2% 2018 up 0.7% rising
79 Grenada 93.1% 2005 — flat
80 Peru 93.1% 2015 down 5.6% rising
81 India 93.0% 2013 up 12.1% rising
82 Sao Tome and Principe 93.0% 2017 up 2.9% flat
83 East Timor 92.9% 2018 up 14.5% rising
84 Bolivia 92.7% 2018 down 0.9% flat
85 Dominican Republic 92.7% 2018 up 10.1% rising
86 Ukraine 92.7% 2014 up 5.6% flat
87 Cape Verde 92.6% 2018 down 2.8% flat
88 Mozambique 92.5% 2018 up 10.2% rising
89 Azerbaijan 92.2% 2018 up 10.4% flat
90 Congo 91.6% 2012 up 62.3% falling
91 Germany 91.3% 2016 up 2.6% flat
92 Indonesia 91.0% 2018 down 1.4% rising
93 Laos 90.6% 2018 up 6.5% rising
94 Bermuda 90.6% 2012 — rising
95 Armenia 90.5% 2018 up 1.5% rising
96 Guyana 90.4% 2010 down 0.4% flat
97 Cambodia 90.2% 2018 down 2.7% rising
98 Hungary 90.1% 2017 up 1.3% rising
99 Austria 89.7% 2016 up 0.9% falling
100 Zimbabwe 89.4% 2003 up 4.5% flat
101 Kyrgyzstan 88.8% 2012 up 3.8% flat
102 Cameroon 88.7% 2017 up 7.0% rising
103 Bhutan 88.5% 2018 up 9.9% rising
104 Myanmar 88.4% 2010 down 0.3% rising
105 China 88.4% 1997 down 0.6% flat
106 Togo 88.3% 2018 up 5.2% rising
107 Dominica 88.1% 2009 down 3.7% falling
108 Botswana 88.1% 2014 down 0.4% rising
109 Suriname 87.7% 2018 down 2.6% falling
110 Tonga 87.7% 1999 down 5.8% flat
111 Croatia 87.4% 2011 down 2.1% flat
112 Paraguay 87.3% 2012 down 8.2% rising
113 Venezuela 87.2% 2017 down 5.3% flat
114 Turkey 87.2% 2017 down 10.2% rising
115 San Marino 87.2% 2000 up 0.6% flat
116 Guatemala 87.0% 2018 down 6.4% rising
117 Iraq 86.9% 2007 up 21.7% rising
118 Kuwait 86.9% 2018 down 8.5% rising
119 United Arab Emirates 86.8% 2013 down 0.3% rising
120 South Africa 86.7% 2017 down 2.4% rising
121 Ghana 86.6% 2019 up 19.5% rising
122 Cote d'Ivoire 86.6% 2018 up 71.6% rising
123 Bulgaria 86.3% 2017 down 9.0% falling
124 Moldova 86.2% 2018 down 0.9% falling
125 Panama 85.9% 2017 down 12.0% rising
126 Zambia 84.9% 2017 down 5.9% rising
127 Slovakia 84.1% 2017 down 4.2% flat
128 Benin 83.6% 2008 up 75.6% rising
129 Tanzania 82.8% 2018 down 16.1% rising
130 Eswatini 82.4% 2017 up 1.0% rising
131 Romania 82.0% 2017 down 12.3% flat
132 Kenya 81.7% 2012 up 37.0% rising
133 Ethiopia 81.5% 2015 up 42.4% rising
134 El Salvador 81.4% 2018 down 13.7% rising
135 Jamaica 81.3% 2018 down 11.7% falling
136 Honduras 80.9% 2017 down 1.6% flat
137 Mauritania 80.9% 2018 up 8.8% rising
138 Comoros 80.7% 2018 up 5.8% rising
139 Gambia 80.6% 2018 up 21.6% rising
140 Vanuatu 80.6% 2015 down 16.0% rising
141 Jordan 80.2% 2018 down 3.8% falling
142 Senegal 79.6% 2017 up 14.0% rising
143 Yemen 78.7% 2016 up 19.0% rising
144 Madagascar 77.8% 2003 up 35.2% rising
145 Burkina Faso 77.7% 2018 up 39.9% volatile
146 Puerto Rico 76.8% 2016 down 16.9% falling
147 Bahamas 75.1% 2018 down 12.0% falling
148 Nepal 74.8% 2004 up 31.2% rising
149 Guinea-Bissau 69.5% 2010 up 71.4% rising
150 Guinea 68.8% 2016 up 16.1% rising
151 Solomon Islands 67.8% 2018 down 14.5% falling
152 Angola 67.3% 2011 up 60.3% rising
153 Syria 67.0% 2013 down 26.3% rising
154 Djibouti 66.5% 2019 up 38.6% rising
155 Chad 64.1% 2016 up 35.8% rising
156 Pakistan 61.6% 2018 up 4.0% rising
157 Niger 60.2% 2017 up 64.3% rising
158 Central African Republic 59.0% 2012 up 46.1% rising
159 Sudan 58.9% 2017 up 6.6% rising
160 Nigeria 58.1% 2010 down 1.8% flat
161 Haiti 57.4% 1997 up 34.5% rising
162 Mali 55.8% 2018 up 2.9% rising
163 Eritrea 49.0% 2018 down 27.8% rising
164 Liberia 44.4% 2017 up 22.9% flat
165 Equatorial Guinea 44.0% 2015 down 30.2% falling
166 Democratic Republic of Congo 35.9% 1999 down 36.5% falling
167 Somalia 10.9% 1980 — falling

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 enrollment, primary, female (% net)
Unit
% net
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
210 places, 4,826 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

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. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.