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

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

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

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Suriname 61.25 2015
2 Lesotho 57.18 2017
3 Uruguay 54.94 2017
4 Kiribati 54.81 2017
5 New Caledonia 54.75 1997
6 Rwanda 54.13 2018
7 Bangladesh 53.89 2018
8 Italy 53.41 2017
9 Burundi 53.26 2018
10 The Gambia 53.16 2018
11 Tunisia 53.08 2018
12 Lebanon 53.07 2018
13 São Tomé and Principe 52.96 2017
14 Tuvalu 52.62 2018
15 Belgium 52.58 2017
16 Cabo Verde 52.53 2018
17 Honduras 52.44 2017
18 Slovenia 52.43 2017
19 Bhutan 52.38 2018
20 Timor-Leste 52.26 2018
21 Namibia 52.23 2017
22 Cuba 52.04 2018
23 Mauritius 51.99 2018
24 Iceland 51.98 2017
25 Trinidad and Tobago 51.97 2010
26 Myanmar 51.96 2018
27 Senegal 51.95 2018
28 South Africa 51.94 2017
29 Estonia 51.90 2017
30 Croatia 51.85 2017
31 Finland 51.83 2017
32 Poland 51.83 2017
33 Cambodia 51.80 2018
34 Mongolia 51.75 2010
35 The Bahamas 51.74 2018
36 Bahrain 51.68 2018
37 Gabon 51.65 2011
38 Nicaragua 51.59 2010
39 Botswana 51.54 2015
40 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51.45 2018
41 Nepal 51.43 2019
42 St. Kitts and Nevis 51.40 2016
43 Sri Lanka 51.37 2018
44 Malaysia 51.28 2018
45 Switzerland 51.21 2017
46 Philippines 51.20 2017
47 Cyprus 51.19 2017
48 Panama 51.15 2017
49 Norway 51.10 2017
50 Czech Republic 51.07 2017
51 Venezuela 51.03 2017
52 Seychelles 51.02 2018
53 Madagascar 51.00 2018
54 Tanzania 50.97 2018
55 Samoa 50.95 2018
56 Romania 50.91 2017
57 Belize 50.89 2018
58 Denmark 50.81 2017
59 Monaco 50.80 2019
60 Comoros 50.78 2018
61 Portugal 50.73 2017
62 Algeria 50.72 2018
63 Indonesia 50.72 2018
64 Slovak Republic 50.69 2017
65 Jordan 50.67 2018
66 Ecuador 50.62 2018
67 Paraguay 50.54 2016
68 Latvia 50.49 2017
69 Guyana 50.47 2012
70 Dominica 50.43 2016
71 Bulgaria 50.42 2017
72 Nauru 50.40 2016
73 Dominican Republic 50.35 2018
74 Serbia 50.34 2018
75 France 50.29 2017
76 Vietnam 50.26 2018
77 Egypt 50.26 2018
78 Costa Rica 50.22 2018
79 Iran 50.21 2017
80 Fiji 50.20 2016
81 Mexico 50.18 2017
82 Argentina 50.18 2017
83 St. Lucia 50.14 2018
84 Malta 50.09 2017
85 Sudan 50.03 2017
86 Chile 50.03 2017
87 Hungary 50.01 2017
88 Eswatini 49.99 2017
89 Colombia 49.97 2018
90 Greece 49.94 2017
91 Belarus 49.88 2018
92 Austria 49.86 2017
93 Moldova 49.83 2018
94 Tonga 49.81 2015
95 Grenada 49.78 2018
96 Montenegro 49.77 2018
97 Libya 49.76 2003
98 Mauritania 49.75 2018
99 Kyrgyz Republic 49.74 2018
100 Jamaica 49.72 2018
101 Albania 49.71 2018
102 Puerto Rico 49.69 2016
103 Kazakhstan 49.69 2019
104 Sweden 49.69 2017
105 Cayman Islands 49.68 2018
106 Japan 49.61 2017
107 Barbados 49.59 2018
108 Spain 49.59 2017
109 Zimbabwe 49.57 2013
110 Malawi 49.53 2018
111 Brazil 49.52 2017
112 Australia 49.50 2017
113 Palau 49.50 2014
114 Ghana 49.50 2019
115 Russia 49.48 2017
116 North Macedonia 49.48 2017
117 Ukraine 49.47 2018
118 Luxembourg 49.47 2017
119 New Zealand 49.40 2017
120 Andorra 49.39 2018
121 Ireland 49.38 2017
122 Germany 49.32 2017
123 El Salvador 49.31 2018
124 Burkina Faso 49.30 2018
125 Thailand 49.25 2018
126 Kenya 49.24 2016
127 Turkmenistan 49.22 2014
128 Brunei 49.21 2018
129 United Kingdom 49.21 2017
130 Qatar 49.19 2018
131 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 49.15 2015
132 Lithuania 49.09 2017
133 Canada 49.07 2017
134 Solomon Islands 49.07 2018
135 Syrian Arab Republic 49.03 2013
136 Israel 49.02 2017
137 Netherlands 48.98 2017
138 Antigua and Barbuda 48.96 2018
139 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 48.92 2018
140 Equatorial Guinea 48.90 2015
141 Vanuatu 48.90 2015
142 Sierra Leone 48.89 2018
143 United States 48.82 2017
144 Mozambique 48.81 2018
145 Macao SAR, China 48.80 2018
146 Oman 48.71 2018
147 Turkey 48.68 2017
148 Peru 48.66 2018
149 Kuwait 48.59 2018
150 Singapore 48.58 2017
151 Liechtenstein 48.54 2017
152 Zambia 48.47 2017
153 Cameroon 48.46 2016
154 Korea 48.46 2017
155 Uzbekistan 48.32 2018
156 Hong Kong SAR, China 48.27 2018
157 India 48.04 2017
158 China 47.92 2018
159 Saudi Arabia 47.91 2018
160 Armenia 47.77 2018
161 Haiti 47.76 1997
162 Uganda 47.75 2017
163 Morocco 47.72 2018
164 Lao PDR 47.60 2018
165 Georgia 47.50 2018
166 Bolivia 47.49 2018
167 Tajikistan 47.41 2017
168 Liberia 47.31 2017
169 Ethiopia 46.90 2017
170 Nigeria 46.81 2013
171 United Arab Emirates 46.79 2017
172 Eritrea 46.72 2018
173 Guatemala 46.55 2018
174 Djibouti 46.31 2019
175 Congo 46.27 2012
176 Azerbaijan 46.08 2018
177 Mali 45.00 2018
178 Pakistan 44.38 2018
179 San Marino 44.14 2018
180 Côte d'Ivoire 43.19 2018
181 Togo 42.72 2018
182 Benin 42.66 2016
183 Niger 42.54 2018
184 Iraq 42.51 2007
185 Papua New Guinea 41.60 2016
186 Yemen 41.23 2016
187 Guinea-Bissau 40.47 2010
188 Central African Republic 40.05 2017
189 Dem. Rep. Congo 39.60 2015
190 Angola 39.06 2016
191 Guinea 38.43 2016
192 Afghanistan 35.28 2018
193 Somalia 31.47 2007
194 Chad 31.18 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