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UNESCO
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.
Education Statistics > Female enrolment share > Primary level (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
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Amount
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# 1
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Antigua and Barbuda: |
62% |
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# 2
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Lesotho: |
50.6% |
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# 3
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Mongolia: |
50.1% |
|
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= 4
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Rwanda: |
50% |
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= 4
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Namibia: |
50% |
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|
# 6
|
Tanzania: |
49.9% |
|
|
= 7
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Botswana: |
49.7% |
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= 7
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Vanuatu: |
49.7% |
|
|
= 9
|
Bermuda: |
49.6% |
|
|
= 9
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Gabon: |
49.6% |
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= 9
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Honduras: |
49.6% |
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# 12
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Kenya: |
49.5% |
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# 13
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Nicaragua: |
49.4% |
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= 14
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Burma: |
49.3% |
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= 14
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Seychelles: |
49.3% |
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= 14
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Sweden: |
49.3% |
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|
= 17
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Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
49.2% |
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= 17
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Mauritius: |
49.2% |
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= 17
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Libya: |
49.2% |
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|
= 20
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Argentina: |
49.1% |
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= 20
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Barbados: |
49.1% |
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|
= 20
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Ecuador: |
49.1% |
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|
= 20
|
Zimbabwe: |
49.1% |
|
|
= 24
|
Kiribati: |
49% |
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= 24
|
Madagascar: |
49% |
|
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= 24
|
Peru: |
49% |
|
|
= 27
|
Cape Verde: |
48.9% |
|
|
= 27
|
Kuwait: |
48.9% |
|
|
= 27
|
Azerbaijan: |
48.9% |
|
|
= 27
|
Philippines: |
48.9% |
|
|
= 27
|
Bahrain: |
48.9% |
|
|
= 27
|
Jamaica: |
48.9% |
|
|
= 27
|
Bangladesh: |
48.9% |
|
|
= 27
|
Moldova: |
48.9% |
|
|
= 27
|
Colombia: |
48.9% |
|
|
= 27
|
Suriname: |
48.9% |
|
|
= 27
|
Malawi: |
48.9% |
|
|
= 38
|
United Kingdom: |
48.8% |
|
|
= 38
|
Finland: |
48.8% |
|
|
= 38
|
Kazakhstan: |
48.8% |
|
|
= 38
|
Georgia: |
48.8% |
|
|
= 38
|
Canada: |
48.8% |
|
|
= 38
|
Japan: |
48.8% |
|
|
= 38
|
Mexico: |
48.8% |
|
|
= 38
|
Jordan: |
48.8% |
|
|
= 38
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
48.8% |
|
|
= 38
|
Qatar: |
48.8% |
|
|
= 48
|
Norway: |
48.7% |
|
|
= 48
|
Bolivia: |
48.7% |
|
|
= 48
|
Luxembourg: |
48.7% |
|
|
= 48
|
Denmark: |
48.7% |
|
|
= 48
|
Slovakia: |
48.7% |
|
|
= 48
|
Israel: |
48.7% |
|
|
= 48
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Malaysia: |
48.7% |
|
|
= 48
|
United States: |
48.7% |
|
|
= 48
|
Armenia: |
48.7% |
|
|
= 57
|
Indonesia: |
48.6% |
|
|
= 57
|
Maldives: |
48.6% |
|
|
= 57
|
France: |
48.6% |
|
|
= 57
|
Latvia: |
48.6% |
|
|
= 57
|
Switzerland: |
48.6% |
|
|
= 57
|
Guyana: |
48.6% |
|
|
= 57
|
Swaziland: |
48.6% |
|
|
= 57
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
48.6% |
|
|
= 57
|
Aruba: |
48.6% |
|
|
= 57
|
Malta: |
48.6% |
|
|
= 57
|
Albania: |
48.6% |
|
|
= 57
|
New Zealand: |
48.6% |
|
|
= 57
|
Australia: |
48.6% |
|
|
= 57
|
South Africa: |
48.6% |
|
|
= 57
|
Belgium: |
48.6% |
|
|
= 57
|
Ukraine: |
48.6% |
|
|
= 57
|
Russia: |
48.6% |
|
|
= 74
|
Uruguay: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 74
|
Belize: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 74
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 74
|
Belarus: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 74
|
Italy: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 74
|
Sri Lanka: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 74
|
Poland: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 74
|
Chile: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 74
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Austria: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 74
|
Cyprus: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 74
|
Lithuania: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 74
|
Germany: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 74
|
Monaco: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 74
|
Croatia: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 74
|
Venezuela: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 74
|
Iceland: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 74
|
Uzbekistan: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 74
|
Slovenia: |
48.5% |
|
|
= 92
|
Paraguay: |
48.4% |
|
|
= 92
|
Greece: |
48.4% |
|
|
= 92
|
Ireland: |
48.4% |
|
|
= 92
|
Grenada: |
48.4% |
|
|
= 92
|
Czech Republic: |
48.4% |
|
|
= 92
|
Hungary: |
48.4% |
|
|
= 92
|
Portugal: |
48.4% |
|
|
= 92
|
Spain: |
48.4% |
|
|
= 92
|
Thailand: |
48.4% |
|
|
= 92
|
Dominican Republic: |
48.4% |
|
|
= 102
|
Netherlands: |
48.3% |
|
|
= 102
|
Dominica: |
48.3% |
|
|
= 102
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
48.3% |
|
|
= 102
|
Bahamas, The: |
48.3% |
|
|
= 102
|
Romania: |
48.3% |
|
|
= 102
|
Fiji: |
48.3% |
|
|
= 108
|
Oman: |
48.2% |
|
|
= 108
|
Lebanon: |
48.2% |
|
|
= 108
|
Mauritania: |
48.2% |
|
|
= 108
|
Panama: |
48.2% |
|
|
= 108
|
Marshall Islands: |
48.2% |
|
|
= 113
|
Costa Rica: |
48.1% |
|
|
= 113
|
Zambia: |
48.1% |
|
|
= 113
|
Bulgaria: |
48.1% |
|
|
= 113
|
El Salvador: |
48.1% |
|
|
= 113
|
Brazil: |
48.1% |
|
|
= 118
|
Saudi Arabia: |
48% |
|
|
= 118
|
China: |
48% |
|
|
= 118
|
Haiti: |
48% |
|
|
= 118
|
United Arab Emirates: |
48% |
|
|
# 122
|
Sao Tome and Principe: |
47.9% |
|
|
# 123
|
French Polynesia: |
47.8% |
|
|
= 124
|
Estonia: |
47.7% |
|
|
= 124
|
Cuba: |
47.7% |
|
|
= 124
|
Samoa: |
47.7% |
|
|
= 124
|
Vietnam: |
47.7% |
|
|
= 128
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
47.6% |
|
|
= 128
|
Gambia, The: |
47.6% |
|
|
= 128
|
Singapore: |
47.6% |
|
|
= 128
|
Tunisia: |
47.6% |
|
|
= 132
|
Brunei: |
47.5% |
|
|
= 132
|
Saint Lucia: |
47.5% |
|
|
= 134
|
Uganda: |
47.4% |
|
|
= 134
|
Tajikistan: |
47.4% |
|
|
= 134
|
Ghana: |
47.4% |
|
|
# 137
|
Macau: |
47.3% |
|
|
# 138
|
Syria: |
47.2% |
|
|
# 139
|
Turkey: |
47% |
|
|
# 140
|
Angola: |
46.9% |
|
|
= 141
|
Guatemala: |
46.8% |
|
|
= 141
|
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% |
|
|
= 148
|
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% |
|
|
= 161
|
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% |
|
|
= 168
|
Central African Republic: |
40.8% |
|
|
= 170
|
Benin: |
40.6% |
|
|
= 170
|
Ethiopia: |
40.6% |
|
|
# 172
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
40.2% |
|
|
# 173
|
Niger: |
39.6% |
|
|
# 174
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Chad: |
38.7% |
|
|
# 175
|
Pakistan: |
35.9% |
|
|
# 176
|
Afghanistan: |
32% |
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Weighted average: |
47.5% |
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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
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