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Education Statistics > Female enrolment share > Primary level (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Antigua and Barbuda: 62% 
#2   Lesotho: 50.6% 
#3   Mongolia: 50.1% 
#4   Rwanda: 50% 
#5   Namibia: 50% 
#6   Tanzania: 49.9% 
#7   Botswana: 49.7% 
#8   Vanuatu: 49.7% 
#9   Bermuda: 49.6% 
#10   Gabon: 49.6% 
#11   Honduras: 49.6% 
#12   Kenya: 49.5% 
#13   Nicaragua: 49.4% 
#14   Burma: 49.3% 
#15   Seychelles: 49.3% 
#16   Sweden: 49.3% 
#17   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 49.2% 
#18   Mauritius: 49.2% 
#19   Libya: 49.2% 
#20   Argentina: 49.1% 
#21   Barbados: 49.1% 
#22   Ecuador: 49.1% 
#23   Zimbabwe: 49.1% 
#24   Kiribati: 49% 
#25   Madagascar: 49% 
#26   Peru: 49% 
#27   Cape Verde: 48.9% 
#28   Kuwait: 48.9% 
#29   Azerbaijan: 48.9% 
#30   Philippines: 48.9% 
#31   Bahrain: 48.9% 
#32   Jamaica: 48.9% 
#33   Bangladesh: 48.9% 
#34   Moldova: 48.9% 
#35   Colombia: 48.9% 
#36   Suriname: 48.9% 
#37   Malawi: 48.9% 
#38   United Kingdom: 48.8% 
#39   Finland: 48.8% 
#40   Kazakhstan: 48.8% 
#41   Georgia: 48.8% 
#42   Canada: 48.8% 
#43   Japan: 48.8% 
#44   Mexico: 48.8% 
#45   Jordan: 48.8% 
#46   Trinidad and Tobago: 48.8% 
#47   Qatar: 48.8% 
#48   Norway: 48.7% 
#49   Bolivia: 48.7% 
#50   Luxembourg: 48.7% 
#51   Denmark: 48.7% 
#52   Slovakia: 48.7% 
#53   Israel: 48.7% 
#54   Malaysia: 48.7% 
#55   United States: 48.7% 
#56   Armenia: 48.7% 
#57   Indonesia: 48.6% 
#58   Maldives: 48.6% 
#59   France: 48.6% 
#60   Latvia: 48.6% 
#61   Switzerland: 48.6% 
#62   Guyana: 48.6% 
#63   Swaziland: 48.6% 
#64   Kyrgyzstan: 48.6% 
#65   Aruba: 48.6% 
#66   Malta: 48.6% 
#67   Albania: 48.6% 
#68   New Zealand: 48.6% 
#69   Australia: 48.6% 
#70   South Africa: 48.6% 
#71   Belgium: 48.6% 
#72   Ukraine: 48.6% 
#73   Russia: 48.6% 
#74   Uruguay: 48.5% 
#75   Belize: 48.5% 
#76   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 48.5% 
#77   Belarus: 48.5% 
#78   Italy: 48.5% 
#79   Sri Lanka: 48.5% 
#80   Poland: 48.5% 
#81   Chile: 48.5% 
#82   Austria: 48.5% 
#83   Cyprus: 48.5% 
#84   Lithuania: 48.5% 
#85   Germany: 48.5% 
#86   Monaco: 48.5% 
#87   Croatia: 48.5% 
#88   Venezuela: 48.5% 
#89   Iceland: 48.5% 
#90   Uzbekistan: 48.5% 
#91   Slovenia: 48.5% 
#92   Paraguay: 48.4% 
#93   Greece: 48.4% 
#94   Ireland: 48.4% 
#95   Grenada: 48.4% 
#96   Czech Republic: 48.4% 
#97   Hungary: 48.4% 
#98   Portugal: 48.4% 
#99   Spain: 48.4% 
#100   Thailand: 48.4% 
#101   Dominican Republic: 48.4% 
#102   Netherlands: 48.3% 
#103   Dominica: 48.3% 
#104   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 48.3% 
#105   Bahamas, The: 48.3% 
#106   Romania: 48.3% 
#107   Fiji: 48.3% 
#108   Oman: 48.2% 
#109   Lebanon: 48.2% 
#110   Mauritania: 48.2% 
#111   Panama: 48.2% 
#112   Marshall Islands: 48.2% 
#113   Costa Rica: 48.1% 
#114   Zambia: 48.1% 
#115   Bulgaria: 48.1% 
#116   El Salvador: 48.1% 
#117   Brazil: 48.1% 
#118   Saudi Arabia: 48% 
#119   China: 48% 
#120   Haiti: 48% 
#121   United Arab Emirates: 48% 
#122   Sao Tome and Principe: 47.9% 
#123   French Polynesia: 47.8% 
#124   Estonia: 47.7% 
#125   Cuba: 47.7% 
#126   Samoa: 47.7% 
#127   Vietnam: 47.7% 
#128   Equatorial Guinea: 47.6% 
#129   Gambia, The: 47.6% 
#130   Singapore: 47.6% 
#131   Tunisia: 47.6% 
#132   Brunei: 47.5% 
#133   Saint Lucia: 47.5% 
#134   Uganda: 47.4% 
#135   Tajikistan: 47.4% 
#136   Ghana: 47.4% 
#137   Macau: 47.3% 
#138   Syria: 47.2% 
#139   Turkey: 47% 
#140   Angola: 46.9% 
#141   Guatemala: 46.8% 
#142   Algeria: 46.8% 
#143   Senegal: 46.5% 
#144   Tonga: 46.4% 
#145   Cambodia: 46.3% 
#146   Cameroon: 46.2% 
#147   Bhutan: 46.1% 
#148   Netherlands Antilles: 45.9% 
#149   Comoros: 45.9% 
#150   Morocco: 45.6% 
#151   Papua New Guinea: 45.4% 
#152   Sudan: 45.1% 
#153   Eritrea: 45% 
#154   Solomon Islands: 44.8% 
#155   Nigeria: 44.5% 
#156   Burundi: 44.4% 
#157   Togo: 44.3% 
#158   Nepal: 44.1% 
#159   Iraq: 44% 
#160   India: 43.6% 
#161   Sierra Leone: 43.3% 
#162   Mozambique: 43.3% 
#163   Cote d'Ivoire: 43.2% 
#164   Djibouti: 42.8% 
#165   Mali: 41.7% 
#166   Burkina Faso: 41.3% 
#167   Guinea: 41.1% 
#168   Liberia: 40.8% 
#169   Central African Republic: 40.8% 
#170   Benin: 40.6% 
#171   Ethiopia: 40.6% 
#172   Guinea-Bissau: 40.2% 
#173   Niger: 39.6% 
#174   Chad: 38.7% 
#175   Pakistan: 35.9% 
#176   Afghanistan: 32% 
Weighted average: 47.5%  


DEFINITION: Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.

SOURCE: UNESCO