Secondary education, pupils (% female) - Country Ranking - Africa

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

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Lesotho 57.38 2017
2 Namibia 53.86 2007
3 Rwanda 53.16 2018
4 São Tomé and Principe 53.14 2017
5 Libya 52.90 2006
6 Burundi 52.69 2018
7 Cabo Verde 52.22 2018
8 Botswana 51.90 2008
9 Senegal 51.87 2018
10 South Africa 51.70 2017
11 Tunisia 51.37 2016
12 Tanzania 50.83 2018
13 Comoros 50.78 2018
14 Seychelles 50.64 2018
15 Madagascar 50.61 2018
16 Mauritius 50.42 2018
17 Algeria 49.96 2011
18 Sudan 49.74 2017
19 Mauritania 49.71 2018
20 Zimbabwe 49.57 2013
21 Eswatini 49.55 2016
22 Malawi 49.53 2018
23 Sierra Leone 49.08 2017
24 Burkina Faso 49.07 2018
25 Ghana 48.88 2019
26 The Gambia 48.78 2010
27 Ethiopia 48.46 2015
28 Egypt 48.22 2018
29 Mozambique 47.52 2017
30 Kenya 47.26 2009
31 Eritrea 46.72 2018
32 Nigeria 46.57 2016
33 Morocco 46.57 2018
34 Gabon 46.33 1999
35 Congo 46.23 2012
36 Cameroon 45.90 2016
37 Djibouti 45.78 2019
38 Uganda 44.88 2007
39 Mali 44.49 2018
40 Côte d'Ivoire 43.48 2018
41 Liberia 42.85 2015
42 Benin 42.41 2016
43 Togo 41.95 2017
44 Niger 41.92 2017
45 Equatorial Guinea 41.71 2005
46 Central African Republic 40.13 2017
47 Angola 39.52 2016
48 Guinea 39.12 2014
49 Dem. Rep. Congo 38.80 2015
50 Zambia 37.12 1988
51 Guinea-Bissau 35.52 2000
52 Somalia 31.47 2007
53 Chad 31.27 2016

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Development Relevance: The share of girls allows an assessment on gender composition in school enrollment. A value greater than 50% indicates participation of more girls at a specific level or programme of education.

Limitations and Exceptions: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Percentage of female enrollment is calculated by dividing the total number of female students at a given level of education by the total enrollment at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual