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Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for secondary level enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
Lower Secondary > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for lower secondary (middle school) education.
Lower secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the lower secondary (middle school) level.
Lower secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin lower secondary (middle school) education.
Population with at least high school education > Men: Gender Inequality Index.
Population with at least high school education > Women: Population with at least high school education > Women.
Private school share: Percentage of secondary students who attend a private school.
Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for all levels of secondary education.
Upper Secondary > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for upper secondary (high school) education.
Upper secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the upper secondary (high school) level.
Upper secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin upper secondary (high school) education.

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STAT	Afghanistan	United States
Gender parity index	0.549 Ranked 102nd.	1.01 Ranked 68th. 84% more than Afghanistan
Gender ratio	38.02 Ranked 142nd.	99.5 Ranked 59th. 3 times more than Afghanistan
Lower Secondary > Students per teacher	42.79 Ranked 6th. 3 times more than United States	14.52 Ranked 47th.
Lower secondary school duration	3 Ranked 177th. The same as United States	3 Ranked 105th.
Lower secondary starting age	13 Ranked 34th. 8% more than United States	12 Ranked 61st.
Population with at least high school education > Men	34% Ranked 126th.	94.3% Ranked 22nd. 3 times more than Afghanistan
Population with at least high school education > Women	5.8% Ranked 149th.	94.7% Ranked 14th. 16 times more than Afghanistan
Private school share	1.27% Ranked 112th.	8.27% Ranked 86th. 6 times more than Afghanistan
Students per teacher	31.56 Ranked 10th. 2 times more than United States	14.49 Ranked 57th.
Upper Secondary > Students per teacher	30.75 Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than United States	14.46 Ranked 37th.
Upper secondary school duration	3 Ranked 131st. The same as United States	3 Ranked 73th.
Upper secondary starting age	16 Ranked 59th. 7% more than United States	15 Ranked 90th.

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