School enrollment, secondary, female (% gross) by country
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong...
Countries reporting
202
Highest
159.4%
Monaco
Lowest
2.8%
Somalia
Median
93.1%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
7,693
What the numbers show
School enrollment, secondary, female (% gross) is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 159.4% in Monaco; the lowest is 2.8% in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 93.1%, and the mean is 85.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 58.
Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 246.4%), and the largest decrease in Gibraltar (down 38.9%).
School enrollment, secondary, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 159.4% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 2 | Belgium | 152.6% | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 3 | Finland | 150.7% | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 4 | Sweden | 141.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands | 140.8% | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 6 | Ireland | 136.1% | 2022 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 7 | Vanuatu | 134.9% | 2023 | up 138.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 130.7% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 9 | Australia | 129.1% | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 10 | Aruba | 128.7% | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 126.3% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 12 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 126.0% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 13 | Uruguay | 125.2% | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 14 | Denmark | 125.0% | 2024 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 15 | Portugal | 121.0% | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 16 | Spain | 120.8% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 17 | New Zealand | 118.3% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 18 | United States Virgin Islands | 118.2% | 1997 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 19 | Turkey | 116.9% | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Gambia | 116.4% | 2021 | up 161.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Norway | 115.5% | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 113.7% | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 23 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 112.6% | 2024 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 24 | Estonia | 111.4% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 110.8% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 26 | Mexico | 110.0% | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 109.9% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 28 | Liechtenstein | 109.1% | 2021 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 29 | Antigua and Barbuda | 109.0% | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 109.0% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 31 | Slovenia | 108.6% | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 32 | Croatia | 108.5% | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 33 | Argentina | 108.0% | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 34 | South Africa | 107.5% | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 35 | Poland | 107.2% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 36 | Cyprus | 106.7% | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 37 | Albania | 106.7% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 38 | Algeria | 106.5% | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Hungary | 106.5% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 40 | Barbados | 106.3% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 41 | Iceland | 106.3% | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 42 | Hong Kong | 105.6% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 43 | Libya | 105.6% | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Brazil | 105.3% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 45 | Canada | 104.5% | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 46 | Chile | 104.5% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 47 | Tuvalu | 104.4% | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 48 | France | 104.4% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 49 | Greece | 104.0% | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 50 | Lithuania | 103.9% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 51 | Malta | 103.9% | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 52 | Colombia | 103.6% | 2022 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 53 | Cape Verde | 103.6% | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 54 | Singapore | 102.7% | 2023 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 55 | Venezuela | 102.2% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 56 | Latvia | 102.1% | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 57 | Grenada | 101.7% | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 58 | Japan | 101.6% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 59 | Andorra | 101.5% | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 60 | Italy | 100.4% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 61 | Switzerland | 100.2% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 100.1% | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 63 | Austria | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 64 | Kuwait | 99.8% | 2015 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 65 | Qatar | 99.6% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 66 | Mongolia | 99.4% | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 67 | Moldova | 99.3% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 68 | Fiji | 99.2% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 69 | New Caledonia | 99.0% | 1997 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 70 | Israel | 98.7% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 71 | United States | 98.7% | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.5% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 73 | Czechia | 98.0% | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 74 | Georgia | 97.8% | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 75 | Germany | 97.7% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 76 | Bahrain | 97.6% | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 77 | Nauru | 97.5% | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 78 | Uzbekistan | 97.4% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 97.1% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 80 | Dominica | 96.3% | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 81 | Tonga | 96.1% | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 82 | South Korea | 95.9% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 83 | Tunisia | 95.5% | 2016 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Indonesia | 95.5% | 2025 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Thailand | 95.2% | 2025 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 86 | Montenegro | 95.1% | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 87 | Sao Tome and Principe | 95.1% | 2017 | up 96.3% | rising |
| 88 | Belarus | 95.1% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 89 | Palau | 94.8% | 2024 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 90 | Turkmenistan | 94.7% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 91 | Oman | 94.5% | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Macao | 94.5% | 2024 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 93 | Kiribati | 94.4% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Ecuador | 94.2% | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 95 | Bhutan | 94.0% | 2024 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Bulgaria | 93.9% | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 97 | Slovakia | 93.8% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 98 | China | 93.7% | 2012 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 99 | Mauritius | 93.4% | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | 93.3% | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 101 | Brunei | 93.3% | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 102 | Jordan | 92.9% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 103 | Cuba | 92.6% | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 104 | Palestine | 92.2% | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 105 | Guyana | 92.0% | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 106 | Sierra Leone | 91.7% | 2023 | up 149.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Saint Lucia | 91.6% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 108 | Russia | 91.6% | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 109 | Marshall Islands | 91.3% | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 110 | Morocco | 91.3% | 2024 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Samoa | 91.2% | 2016 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 112 | Nepal | 90.9% | 2024 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Vietnam | 90.5% | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 90.4% | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 115 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 90.4% | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 116 | Bolivia | 90.2% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 117 | North Macedonia | 90.2% | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 118 | Armenia | 90.1% | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 119 | Azerbaijan | 89.6% | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 120 | East Timor | 89.4% | 2020 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 121 | Serbia | 88.5% | 2024 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 122 | Micronesia (country) | 88.1% | 2005 | — | falling |
| 123 | Belize | 87.4% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 124 | Ukraine | 86.4% | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 125 | Namibia | 86.4% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 126 | Iran | 86.2% | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 127 | Philippines | 86.1% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 128 | Maldives | 85.0% | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 129 | Kenya | 84.8% | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Jamaica | 84.6% | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 131 | Cayman Islands | 84.4% | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 132 | Egypt | 83.9% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 133 | French Polynesia | 83.4% | 1993 | — | rising |
| 134 | Puerto Rico | 83.0% | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 135 | Tajikistan | 82.9% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 136 | Eswatini | 82.2% | 2016 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 137 | Myanmar | 81.9% | 2018 | up 69.5% | rising |
| 138 | Romania | 81.9% | 2023 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 139 | Malaysia | 81.5% | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 140 | India | 81.0% | 2025 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Bahamas | 80.9% | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 142 | Paraguay | 80.8% | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 143 | Dominican Republic | 80.5% | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 144 | Gibraltar | 80.3% | 2024 | down 38.9% | rising |
| 145 | Bermuda | 80.0% | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 146 | Panama | 79.1% | 2017 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 147 | Suriname | 78.1% | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 148 | Ghana | 76.4% | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 149 | Botswana | 74.1% | 2021 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 150 | British Virgin Islands | 73.8% | 2024 | down 25.5% | flat |
| 151 | Seychelles | 73.1% | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 152 | Gabon | 72.1% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 153 | Nicaragua | 70.7% | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 154 | Bangladesh | 70.5% | 2024 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Lesotho | 68.1% | 2017 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Lebanon | 67.5% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 157 | Cote d'Ivoire | 64.5% | 2024 | up 87.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Cambodia | 63.1% | 2024 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 159 | El Salvador | 61.1% | 2024 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 160 | San Marino | 59.6% | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 161 | Togo | 59.1% | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Zambia | 59.1% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Comoros | 56.4% | 2022 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Honduras | 56.2% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 165 | Rwanda | 53.3% | 2024 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Zimbabwe | 50.9% | 2013 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Guatemala | 50.5% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 168 | Senegal | 50.2% | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Laos | 50.1% | 2025 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Papua New Guinea | 48.2% | 2023 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Angola | 48.1% | 2023 | up 114.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Solomon Islands | 47.7% | 2012 | up 78.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Nigeria | 47.4% | 2023 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Congo | 46.9% | 2012 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 175 | Pakistan | 46.5% | 2024 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 45.2% | 2023 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Sudan | 44.9% | 2019 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 178 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 43.0% | 2021 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Iraq | 42.8% | 2007 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 180 | Cameroon | 42.5% | 2023 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Syria | 41.8% | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 182 | Benin | 40.3% | 2022 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Eritrea | 40.3% | 2022 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 184 | Malawi | 37.3% | 2023 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Mali | 37.1% | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Liberia | 37.0% | 2020 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 187 | Yemen | 36.8% | 2016 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 188 | Mauritania | 36.2% | 2020 | up 97.9% | rising |
| 189 | Mozambique | 35.3% | 2017 | up 134.2% | volatile |
| 190 | Madagascar | 35.3% | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 191 | Ethiopia | 33.3% | 2015 | up 83.9% | volatile |
| 192 | Burkina Faso | 33.2% | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Guinea | 30.6% | 2014 | up 99.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Tanzania | 29.2% | 2021 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 195 | Burundi | 26.4% | 2025 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Uganda | 21.5% | 2007 | up 171.3% | volatile |
| 197 | Niger | 19.5% | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 198 | Chad | 19.4% | 2024 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 199 | Equatorial Guinea | 15.3% | 2005 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 200 | Central African Republic | 12.8% | 2017 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 201 | Guinea-Bissau | 12.8% | 2000 | up 246.4% | volatile |
| 202 | Somalia | 2.8% | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 108.2%
- European Union 107.3%
- OECD members 106.1%
- Post-demographic dividend 103.4%
- High income 103.1%
- Europe & Central Asia 103.0%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 101.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean 100.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 100.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 100.1%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 99.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 97.7%
About this data
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. 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.