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Secondary education, pupils (% female) by country

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.

Countries reporting
203
Highest
57.4%
Lesotho
Lowest
31.3%
Chad
Median
49.0%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
7,958

What the numbers show

Secondary education, pupils (% female) is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 57.4% in Lesotho; the lowest is 31.3% in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 49.0%, and the mean is 48.4%.

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

Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 34.0%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 9.7%).

Secondary education, pupils: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 57.4% 2017 up 1.0% flat
2 Suriname 55.2% 2015 down 1.1% flat
3 French Polynesia 54.7% 1993 up 10.2% flat
4 Namibia 53.9% 2007 up 0.9% flat
5 Rwanda 53.2% 2018 up 11.1% rising
6 Sao Tome and Principe 53.1% 2017 up 3.7% rising
7 Libya 52.9% 2006 — rising
8 Burundi 52.7% 2018 up 25.7% rising
9 Bangladesh 52.6% 2018 up 1.3% rising
10 Honduras 52.5% 2017 down 4.6% rising
11 Cape Verde 52.2% 2018 down 0.4% rising
12 Bhutan 52.0% 2018 up 8.0% rising
13 Tuvalu 52.0% 2018 — rising
14 Bermuda 52.0% 2015 down 0.9% flat
15 Maldives 51.9% 2004 up 3.9% rising
16 Myanmar 51.9% 2018 up 4.0% rising
17 Botswana 51.9% 2008 up 0.1% flat
18 Senegal 51.9% 2018 up 18.2% rising
19 British Virgin Islands 51.8% 2017 down 3.7% falling
20 New Caledonia 51.8% 1997 down 0.9% rising
21 Bahamas 51.7% 2018 up 3.4% flat
22 Nicaragua 51.7% 2010 down 3.2% rising
23 South Africa 51.7% 2017 up 1.4% falling
24 Belgium 51.7% 2017 down 0.7% rising
25 Uruguay 51.6% 2017 up 5.8% flat
26 Palestine 51.4% 2018 up 1.5% rising
27 Nepal 51.4% 2019 up 10.6% rising
28 Saint Kitts and Nevis 51.4% 2016 up 1.4% flat
29 Tunisia 51.4% 2016 up 0.7% rising
30 East Timor 51.3% 2018 up 4.9% rising
31 Mongolia 51.3% 2010 down 6.3% flat
32 Dominican Republic 51.3% 2018 down 4.5% falling
33 Kiribati 51.2% 2008 down 0.8% rising
34 Lebanon 51.2% 2018 down 1.2% rising
35 Finland 51.2% 2017 up 2.2% flat
36 Sri Lanka 51.1% 2018 up 2.5% flat
37 Mexico 51.1% 2017 down 0.4% rising
38 Trinidad and Tobago 51.1% 2004 up 1.8% flat
39 Fiji 51.0% 2012 up 1.1% flat
40 Venezuela 50.9% 2017 down 1.7% flat
41 Philippines 50.8% 2017 down 1.1% flat
42 Tanzania 50.8% 2018 up 13.5% rising
43 Comoros 50.8% 2018 up 19.4% rising
44 Costa Rica 50.7% 2018 up 1.4% flat
45 Samoa 50.7% 2016 down 1.0% flat
46 Seychelles 50.6% 2018 down 0.3% falling
47 Madagascar 50.6% 2018 up 4.1% rising
48 Belize 50.6% 2018 down 1.5% flat
49 Malaysia 50.5% 2018 down 0.4% rising
50 Panama 50.5% 2017 down 0.7% flat
51 Mauritius 50.4% 2018 up 0.2% rising
52 Nauru 50.4% 2016 down 2.4% flat
53 New Zealand 50.4% 2017 up 2.2% flat
54 Paraguay 50.4% 2016 up 0.6% flat
55 Jordan 50.4% 2018 up 1.5% rising
56 Marshall Islands 50.3% 2016 up 2.4% flat
57 Colombia 50.2% 2018 down 2.4% flat
58 Argentina 50.2% 2017 down 3.5% flat
59 Sweden 50.1% 2017 up 3.1% flat
60 Guam 50.0% 1980 up 0.1% flat
61 Guyana 50.0% 2012 down 0.6% flat
62 Algeria 50.0% 2011 down 1.2% rising
63 Croatia 49.9% 2017 up 0.3% flat
64 Grenada 49.8% 2018 up 5.2% falling
65 Saint Lucia 49.8% 2018 down 2.1% falling
66 Monaco 49.8% 2019 up 3.1% rising
67 Sudan 49.7% 2017 up 5.5% flat
68 Brazil 49.7% 2017 down 3.9% flat
69 Jamaica 49.7% 2018 down 1.4% falling
70 Mauritania 49.7% 2018 up 7.9% rising
71 Kuwait 49.7% 2015 down 1.9% rising
72 Cayman Islands 49.7% 2018 down 4.3% flat
73 Ecuador 49.7% 2018 up 0.4% rising
74 Turks and Caicos Islands 49.7% 2018 down 4.1% flat
75 United Kingdom 49.6% 2017 up 0.8% flat
76 Aruba 49.6% 2012 down 3.7% flat
77 Barbados 49.6% 2018 down 1.3% flat
78 Zimbabwe 49.6% 2013 up 4.3% rising
79 Eswatini 49.5% 2016 down 1.1% rising
80 Malawi 49.5% 2018 up 8.6% rising
81 Puerto Rico 49.5% 2016 down 0.9% flat
82 Palau 49.5% 2014 down 1.7% flat
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 49.4% 2018 up 0.8% flat
84 El Salvador 49.4% 2018 down 1.4% rising
85 Micronesia (country) 49.3% 2005 — rising
86 Estonia 49.3% 2017 up 0.1% falling
87 Chile 49.2% 2017 down 1.1% falling
88 United States Virgin Islands 49.2% 1997 down 0.1% flat
89 Indonesia 49.2% 2018 up 0.3% rising
90 Dominica 49.2% 2015 down 1.7% falling
91 Luxembourg 49.2% 2017 down 1.4% flat
92 Sierra Leone 49.1% 2017 up 14.4% rising
93 Burkina Faso 49.1% 2018 up 17.3% rising
94 Israel 49.1% 2017 up 0.3% flat
95 Kyrgyzstan 49.0% 2018 down 0.9% flat
96 Slovakia 49.0% 2017 down 0.1% flat
97 Netherlands 49.0% 2017 up 1.4% rising
98 Brunei 49.0% 2018 up 0.8% flat
99 Cuba 49.0% 2018 up 0.9% flat
100 Spain 49.0% 2017 down 2.3% rising
101 Denmark 49.0% 2017 down 0.8% flat
102 Vanuatu 49.0% 2015 up 9.5% rising
103 Kazakhstan 49.0% 2019 down 0.6% flat
104 France 48.9% 2017 up 0.1% falling
105 Qatar 48.9% 2018 up 0.2% rising
106 Iceland 48.9% 2017 down 2.4% rising
107 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48.9% 2018 down 6.4% falling
108 Canada 48.9% 2017 up 1.5% flat
109 Tonga 48.9% 2015 up 1.1% flat
110 Ghana 48.9% 2019 up 6.7% rising
111 Slovenia 48.9% 2017 up 0.7% flat
112 Czechia 48.9% 2017 down 0.4% flat
113 Peru 48.9% 2018 down 0.3% falling
114 Serbia 48.8% 2018 down 1.1% flat
115 United States 48.8% 2017 down 0.7% flat
116 Japan 48.8% 2017 — flat
117 Bahrain 48.8% 2018 down 1.5% rising
118 Gambia 48.8% 2010 up 26.7% rising
119 Cyprus 48.8% 2017 down 1.1% flat
120 Malta 48.7% 2017 up 2.5% rising
121 Romania 48.7% 2017 down 0.1% flat
122 Ukraine 48.7% 2018 up 0.7% flat
123 Portugal 48.6% 2017 down 4.0% rising
124 Hungary 48.6% 2017 down 0.2% flat
125 Oman 48.6% 2018 up 1.2% rising
126 Ireland 48.6% 2017 down 3.9% flat
127 Singapore 48.6% 2017 up 0.8% flat
128 Latvia 48.6% 2017 down 2.1% falling
129 Uzbekistan 48.6% 2017 down 0.3% flat
130 Syria 48.6% 2013 up 3.1% rising
131 Antigua and Barbuda 48.5% 2018 down 3.3% flat
132 Gibraltar 48.5% 2017 up 2.3% falling
133 Ethiopia 48.5% 2015 up 30.0% rising
134 Bolivia 48.5% 2018 down 0.3% rising
135 Andorra 48.3% 2018 down 1.7% flat
136 Moldova 48.3% 2018 down 3.1% falling
137 Macao 48.3% 2018 down 1.9% falling
138 Belarus 48.3% 2018 up 1.0% flat
139 Egypt 48.2% 2018 down 0.6% rising
140 Russia 48.2% 2017 down 0.3% flat
141 Thailand 48.2% 2018 down 5.5% rising
142 Poland 48.1% 2017 down 0.9% flat
143 India 48.1% 2018 up 7.8% rising
144 Montenegro 48.0% 2018 down 7.3% flat
145 Iran 48.0% 2017 down 2.2% rising
146 Italy 48.0% 2017 down 0.7% flat
147 North Macedonia 47.8% 2017 up 0.0% flat
148 Guatemala 47.8% 2018 down 0.9% rising
149 Bulgaria 47.8% 2017 up 0.3% flat
150 Turkey 47.8% 2017 up 5.6% rising
151 South Korea 47.8% 2017 up 2.0% rising
152 Switzerland 47.7% 2017 up 0.4% flat
153 Austria 47.7% 2017 down 0.2% flat
154 Norway 47.6% 2017 down 1.5% flat
155 Saudi Arabia 47.6% 2018 up 2.5% rising
156 Hong Kong 47.6% 2018 down 2.4% flat
157 Laos 47.6% 2018 up 8.4% rising
158 Lithuania 47.6% 2017 down 2.7% flat
159 Greece 47.5% 2017 up 0.9% rising
160 Mozambique 47.5% 2017 up 12.6% rising
161 Georgia 47.3% 2018 down 2.8% flat
162 Armenia 47.3% 2018 down 3.4% falling
163 Kenya 47.3% 2009 down 2.9% rising
164 Albania 47.1% 2018 down 1.9% flat
165 China 46.9% 2018 down 1.8% rising
166 Solomon Islands 46.7% 2012 up 9.0% rising
167 Germany 46.7% 2017 down 3.0% flat
168 Azerbaijan 46.7% 2018 — flat
169 Eritrea 46.7% 2018 up 12.6% rising
170 United Arab Emirates 46.7% 2017 — rising
171 Nigeria 46.6% 2016 up 5.5% rising
172 Morocco 46.6% 2018 up 2.1% rising
173 Gabon 46.3% 1999 down 0.8% rising
174 Congo 46.2% 2012 up 9.2% rising
175 Tajikistan 46.2% 2013 up 3.2% flat
176 American Samoa 46.1% 1992 down 2.8% falling
177 Cameroon 45.9% 2016 up 4.5% rising
178 Australia 45.8% 2017 — falling
179 Djibouti 45.8% 2019 up 9.3% rising
180 Cambodia 44.9% 2008 up 29.0% rising
181 Uganda 44.9% 2007 up 14.5% rising
182 Liechtenstein 44.8% 2017 down 2.4% flat
183 Mali 44.5% 2018 up 15.1% rising
184 San Marino 44.5% 2018 down 9.4% flat
185 Pakistan 44.0% 2018 up 5.4% rising
186 Cote d'Ivoire 43.5% 2018 — rising
187 Liberia 42.9% 2015 up 2.9% rising
188 Benin 42.4% 2016 up 34.0% rising
189 Togo 42.0% 2017 up 21.3% rising
190 Niger 41.9% 2017 up 9.6% rising
191 Equatorial Guinea 41.7% 2005 up 20.7% rising
192 Iraq 41.4% 2007 up 9.9% rising
193 Yemen 41.2% 2016 up 28.3% rising
194 Papua New Guinea 40.7% 2016 — rising
195 Central African Republic 40.1% 2017 up 11.0% rising
196 Angola 39.5% 2016 down 9.7% rising
197 Guinea 39.1% 2014 up 27.3% rising
198 Democratic Republic of Congo 38.8% 2015 up 12.1% rising
199 Zambia 37.1% 1988 up 7.0% rising
200 Guinea-Bissau 35.5% 2000 up 11.7% rising
201 Afghanistan 35.1% 2018 up 22.7% rising
202 Somalia 31.5% 2007 — rising
203 Chad 31.3% 2016 up 19.3% 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, 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
246 places, 7,958 data points, 1970–2019
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Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.