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Secondary education, general pupils (% female) by country

Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.

Countries reporting
204
Highest
61.2%
Suriname
Lowest
31.2%
Chad
Median
49.8%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
8,853

What the numbers show

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 61.2% in Suriname; the lowest is 31.2% in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 49.8%, and the mean is 49.4%.

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

Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 29.0%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 25.5%).

Secondary education, general pupils: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Suriname 61.2% 2015 up 1.0% rising
2 Lesotho 57.2% 2017 up 0.8% flat
3 French Polynesia 56.3% 1997 down 0.9% flat
4 Uruguay 54.9% 2017 up 10.4% flat
5 Kiribati 54.8% 2017 up 4.1% rising
6 New Caledonia 54.7% 1997 up 0.7% rising
7 Rwanda 54.1% 2018 up 13.7% rising
8 Bangladesh 53.9% 2018 up 2.2% rising
9 Italy 53.4% 2017 down 0.4% rising
10 Burundi 53.3% 2018 up 29.0% rising
11 Gambia 53.2% 2018 up 9.8% rising
12 Tunisia 53.1% 2018 up 1.6% rising
13 Lebanon 53.1% 2018 down 1.5% rising
14 Sao Tome and Principe 53.0% 2017 up 2.6% rising
15 Tuvalu 52.6% 2018 — rising
16 Belgium 52.6% 2017 up 2.7% rising
17 Cape Verde 52.5% 2018 down 0.3% rising
18 Honduras 52.4% 2017 — rising
19 Slovenia 52.4% 2017 down 0.1% flat
20 Bhutan 52.4% 2018 up 8.3% rising
21 East Timor 52.3% 2018 up 6.8% rising
22 Namibia 52.2% 2017 down 3.0% falling
23 Cuba 52.0% 2018 up 1.5% flat
24 Mauritius 52.0% 2018 down 0.1% rising
25 Iceland 52.0% 2017 down 0.2% rising
26 Trinidad and Tobago 52.0% 2010 up 0.4% flat
27 Myanmar 52.0% 2018 up 4.1% rising
28 Bermuda 52.0% 2015 down 0.9% flat
29 Senegal 52.0% 2018 up 18.6% rising
30 South Africa 51.9% 2017 up 0.7% flat
31 Estonia 51.9% 2017 down 1.0% flat
32 Croatia 51.8% 2017 up 0.3% flat
33 Finland 51.8% 2017 up 0.4% flat
34 Poland 51.8% 2017 down 1.3% falling
35 Cambodia 51.8% 2018 up 15.4% rising
36 Mongolia 51.7% 2010 down 5.8% rising
37 Bahamas 51.7% 2018 up 3.4% flat
38 British Virgin Islands 51.7% 2017 down 2.7% falling
39 Bahrain 51.7% 2018 down 0.8% rising
40 Gabon 51.7% 2011 up 9.3% rising
41 Palestine 51.7% 2018 up 1.6% rising
42 Nicaragua 51.6% 2010 down 3.1% rising
43 Botswana 51.5% 2015 down 0.5% flat
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51.5% 2018 up 0.6% flat
45 Nepal 51.4% 2019 up 10.2% rising
46 Saint Kitts and Nevis 51.4% 2016 up 1.4% flat
47 Sri Lanka 51.4% 2018 up 0.1% flat
48 Malaysia 51.3% 2018 up 0.2% rising
49 Switzerland 51.2% 2017 up 0.5% flat
50 Philippines 51.2% 2017 down 0.4% flat
51 Cyprus 51.2% 2017 down 0.8% flat
52 Panama 51.2% 2017 down 0.5% flat
53 Norway 51.1% 2017 down 0.5% flat
54 Czechia 51.1% 2017 up 0.4% flat
55 Venezuela 51.0% 2017 down 1.6% flat
56 Seychelles 51.0% 2018 up 0.5% falling
57 Madagascar 51.0% 2018 up 4.0% rising
58 Tanzania 51.0% 2018 up 14.7% rising
59 Samoa 50.9% 2018 down 0.9% flat
60 Romania 50.9% 2017 down 1.0% flat
61 Belize 50.9% 2018 down 1.0% flat
62 Aruba 50.8% 2014 down 3.6% falling
63 Denmark 50.8% 2017 down 1.0% flat
64 Monaco 50.8% 2019 up 2.6% rising
65 Comoros 50.8% 2018 up 2.2% rising
66 Portugal 50.7% 2017 down 3.4% flat
67 Algeria 50.7% 2018 down 2.5% rising
68 Indonesia 50.7% 2018 up 0.7% rising
69 Slovakia 50.7% 2017 down 0.1% flat
70 Jordan 50.7% 2018 up 1.1% rising
71 Ecuador 50.6% 2018 up 3.4% rising
72 Paraguay 50.5% 2016 up 0.5% flat
73 Latvia 50.5% 2017 down 2.6% flat
74 Guyana 50.5% 2012 down 0.5% flat
75 Dominica 50.4% 2016 up 2.5% falling
76 Bulgaria 50.4% 2017 down 2.6% flat
77 Nauru 50.4% 2016 down 2.4% flat
78 Dominican Republic 50.3% 2018 down 5.7% falling
79 Serbia 50.3% 2018 down 0.6% flat
80 France 50.3% 2017 down 0.5% flat
81 Vietnam 50.3% 2018 up 1.0% rising
82 Egypt 50.3% 2018 up 2.6% rising
83 Costa Rica 50.2% 2018 up 0.7% falling
84 Iran 50.2% 2017 down 0.6% rising
85 Fiji 50.2% 2016 down 1.8% rising
86 Marshall Islands 50.2% 2016 up 2.2% flat
87 Mexico 50.2% 2017 down 0.7% rising
88 Argentina 50.2% 2017 down 3.5% falling
89 Saint Lucia 50.1% 2018 down 2.0% falling
90 Malta 50.1% 2017 up 1.4% flat
91 Sudan 50.0% 2017 up 4.7% flat
92 Chile 50.0% 2017 down 1.2% falling
93 Hungary 50.0% 2017 down 0.6% flat
94 Eswatini 50.0% 2017 up 6.2% rising
95 Colombia 50.0% 2018 down 2.6% rising
96 Greece 49.9% 2017 up 1.1% flat
97 Belarus 49.9% 2018 up 0.7% flat
98 Austria 49.9% 2017 down 0.5% flat
99 Moldova 49.8% 2018 down 1.9% flat
100 Tonga 49.8% 2015 down 1.6% flat
101 Grenada 49.8% 2018 up 5.2% falling
102 Montenegro 49.8% 2018 down 8.8% flat
103 Libya 49.8% 2003 — rising
104 Mauritania 49.8% 2018 up 7.6% rising
105 Kyrgyzstan 49.7% 2018 down 0.6% flat
106 Jamaica 49.7% 2018 up 0.3% falling
107 Albania 49.7% 2018 up 1.4% flat
108 Maldives 49.7% 2017 down 2.1% rising
109 Puerto Rico 49.7% 2016 — flat
110 Kazakhstan 49.7% 2019 up 0.6% flat
111 Sweden 49.7% 2017 down 1.3% flat
112 Cayman Islands 49.7% 2018 down 4.3% flat
113 Turks and Caicos Islands 49.7% 2018 down 4.1% flat
114 Japan 49.6% 2017 — flat
115 Barbados 49.6% 2018 down 1.3% flat
116 Spain 49.6% 2017 down 1.1% flat
117 Zimbabwe 49.6% 2013 up 4.3% rising
118 Malawi 49.5% 2018 up 8.6% rising
119 Brazil 49.5% 2017 down 3.8% flat
120 Australia 49.5% 2017 down 1.0% flat
121 Palau 49.5% 2014 down 1.7% flat
122 Ghana 49.5% 2019 up 7.5% rising
123 Russia 49.5% 2017 down 2.4% flat
124 North Macedonia 49.5% 2017 down 0.9% flat
125 Ukraine 49.5% 2018 down 0.1% flat
126 Luxembourg 49.5% 2017 down 2.6% flat
127 New Zealand 49.4% 2017 down 0.5% flat
128 Andorra 49.4% 2018 up 0.7% flat
129 Ireland 49.4% 2017 down 1.0% falling
130 Germany 49.3% 2017 down 1.1% flat
131 El Salvador 49.3% 2018 down 0.2% rising
132 Burkina Faso 49.3% 2018 up 19.0% rising
133 Micronesia (country) 49.3% 2015 up 0.9% rising
134 Thailand 49.2% 2018 down 5.8% rising
135 Kenya 49.2% 2016 up 2.7% rising
136 United States Virgin Islands 49.2% 1997 down 0.1% flat
137 Brunei 49.2% 2018 down 0.6% flat
138 United Kingdom 49.2% 2017 down 0.5% flat
139 Qatar 49.2% 2018 down 0.3% rising
140 Lithuania 49.1% 2017 down 2.4% falling
141 Canada 49.1% 2017 up 0.3% flat
142 Solomon Islands 49.1% 2018 up 12.8% rising
143 Syria 49.0% 2013 up 3.7% rising
144 Israel 49.0% 2017 down 2.3% falling
145 Netherlands 49.0% 2017 down 3.0% flat
146 Antigua and Barbuda 49.0% 2018 down 4.2% flat
147 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48.9% 2018 down 6.4% falling
148 Equatorial Guinea 48.9% 2015 up 16.5% rising
149 Vanuatu 48.9% 2015 down 1.6% rising
150 Sierra Leone 48.9% 2018 — rising
151 Mozambique 48.8% 2018 up 12.0% rising
152 Macao 48.8% 2018 down 1.2% falling
153 Oman 48.7% 2018 up 1.4% rising
154 Turkey 48.7% 2017 up 4.2% rising
155 Peru 48.7% 2018 down 0.1% flat
156 Kuwait 48.6% 2018 down 3.2% rising
157 Singapore 48.6% 2017 down 2.5% falling
158 Liechtenstein 48.5% 2017 down 5.1% flat
159 Gibraltar 48.5% 2017 up 2.3% falling
160 Zambia 48.5% 2017 up 3.4% rising
161 Cameroon 48.5% 2016 up 8.0% rising
162 South Korea 48.5% 2017 up 3.1% rising
163 Guam 48.5% 1997 down 0.1% flat
164 Uzbekistan 48.3% 2018 down 0.7% flat
165 Hong Kong 48.3% 2018 down 1.9% flat
166 American Samoa 48.1% 1997 down 5.7% flat
167 India 48.0% 2017 up 8.9% rising
168 China 47.9% 2018 up 1.3% rising
169 Saudi Arabia 47.9% 2018 up 0.0% rising
170 Armenia 47.8% 2018 down 3.2% falling
171 Haiti 47.8% 1997 up 3.2% rising
172 Uganda 47.8% 2017 up 4.3% rising
173 Morocco 47.7% 2018 up 3.7% rising
174 Laos 47.6% 2018 up 8.4% rising
175 Georgia 47.5% 2018 down 2.4% flat
176 Bolivia 47.5% 2018 down 1.7% rising
177 Tajikistan 47.4% 2017 up 4.2% flat
178 Liberia 47.3% 2017 up 10.7% rising
179 Ethiopia 46.9% 2017 up 18.0% rising
180 Nigeria 46.8% 2013 — rising
181 United Arab Emirates 46.8% 2017 — rising
182 Eritrea 46.7% 2018 up 12.6% falling
183 Guatemala 46.6% 2018 down 0.8% rising
184 Djibouti 46.3% 2019 up 10.2% rising
185 Congo 46.3% 2012 up 14.2% rising
186 Azerbaijan 46.1% 2018 down 2.9% falling
187 Mali 45.0% 2018 up 17.5% rising
188 Pakistan 44.4% 2018 up 5.5% rising
189 San Marino 44.1% 2018 down 18.6% rising
190 Cote d'Ivoire 43.2% 2018 up 17.3% rising
191 Togo 42.7% 2018 up 23.5% rising
192 Benin 42.7% 2016 up 21.8% rising
193 Niger 42.5% 2018 up 12.0% rising
194 Iraq 42.5% 2007 up 8.6% rising
195 Papua New Guinea 41.6% 2016 — rising
196 Yemen 41.2% 2016 up 27.8% rising
197 Guinea-Bissau 40.5% 2010 up 13.0% rising
198 Central African Republic 40.1% 2017 up 4.4% rising
199 Democratic Republic of Congo 39.6% 2015 up 9.1% rising
200 Angola 39.1% 2016 down 25.5% rising
201 Guinea 38.4% 2016 up 12.5% rising
202 Afghanistan 35.3% 2018 up 22.6% rising
203 Somalia 31.5% 2007 — rising
204 Chad 31.2% 2016 up 19.6% rising

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
Secondary education, general pupils (% female)
Unit
% female
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
247 places, 8,853 data points, 1970–2019
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Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.