FACTOID # 6: There are 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate. Fifteen of them are in Africa.
 
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Education Statistics > Participation > Secondary education, pupils > % female (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Lesotho: 56.84 %   2007 Time series
# 2     Suriname: 55.53 %   2008 Time series
# 3     Honduras: 55.27 %   2008 Time series
# 4     Namibia: 53.79 %   2008 Time series
# 5     Dominican Republic: 53.7 %   2008 Time series
# 6     Libya: 52.9 %   2006 Time series
# 7     Nicaragua: 52.55 %   2008 Time series
# 8     Argentina: 52.32 %   2007 Time series
# 9     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 52.29 %   2008 Time series
# 10     Cape Verde: 52.18 %   2004 Time series
# 11     São Tomé and Príncipe: 52.17 %   2009 Time series
# 12     Netherlands Antilles: 52.14 %   2003 Time series
# 13     Cayman Islands: 51.94 %   2008 Time series
# 14     Lebanon: 51.82 %   2008 Time series
# 15     Brazil: 51.71 %   2008 Time series
# 16     Mongolia: 51.58 %   2008 Time series
# 17     Bermuda: 51.46 %   2006 Time series
# 18     Colombia: 51.44 %   2008 Time series
# 19     Venezuela: 51.43 %   2008 Time series
# 20     Mexico: 51.4 %   2008 Time series
# 21     Belize: 51.36 %   2008 Time series
# 22     Aruba: 51.35 %   2008 Time series
# 23     Kiribati: 51.2 %   2008 Time series
# 24     Philippines: 51.12 %   2008 Time series
# 25     Botswana: 51.11 %   2006 Time series
# 26     Trinidad and Tobago: 51.08 %   2008 Time series
# 27     South Africa: 51 %   2007 Time series
# 28     Thailand: 50.98 %   2008 Time series
# 29     Panama: 50.95 %   2008 Time series
# 30     Saint Lucia: 50.86 %   2008 Time series
# 31     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 50.82 %   2008 Time series
# 32     Algeria: 50.74 %   2005 Time series
# 33     Samoa: 50.66 %   2005 Time series
# 34     Portugal: 50.65 %   2007 Time series
# 35     Malaysia: 50.64 %   2007 Time series
# 36     Tunisia: 50.6 %   2008 Time series
# 37     Seychelles: 50.53 %   2008 Time series
# 38     Jamaica: 50.41 %   2008 Time series
# 39     Ireland: 50.38 %   2008 Time series
# 40     Bangladesh: 50.32 %   2007 Time series
= 41     Maldives: 50.28 %   2006 Time series
= 41     Guyana: 50.28 %   2008 Time series
# 43     Barbados: 50.25 %   2008 Time series
= 44     Finland: 50.19 %   2008 Time series
= 44     Antigua and Barbuda: 50.19 %   2008 Time series
= 44     Vietnam: 50.19 %   2008 Time series
# 47     Fiji: 50.16 %   2008 Time series
# 48     Paraguay: 50.12 %   2007 Time series
# 49     El Salvador: 50.08 %   2008 Time series
# 50     Bahamas, The: 50.06 %   2008 Time series
# 51     Spain: 50.02 %   2008 Time series
# 52     Costa Rica: 49.99 %   2008 Time series
# 53     Moldova: 49.94 %   2008 Time series
# 54     Burma: 49.93 %   2007 Time series
# 55     New Zealand: 49.83 %   2008 Time series
# 56     Chile: 49.77 %   2007 Time series
# 57     Croatia: 49.72 %   2007 Time series
# 58     Iceland: 49.68 %   2008 Time series
# 59     Jordan: 49.63 %   2008 Time series
# 60     Mauritius: 49.6 %   2008 Time series
= 61     Luxembourg: 49.59 %   2008 Time series
= 61     Latvia: 49.59 %   2008 Time series
# 63     Palau: 49.55 %   2007 Time series
# 64     Bahrain: 49.54 %   2008 Time series
# 65     Bhutan: 49.48 %   2009 Time series
# 66     Ecuador: 49.47 %   2008 Time series
# 67     Sri Lanka: 49.45 %   2004 Time series
# 68     Kuwait: 49.43 %   2008 Time series
# 69     Serbia and Montenegro: 49.4 %   2008 Time series
# 70     Denmark: 49.39 %   2007 Time series
# 71     Estonia: 49.38 %   2008 Time series
# 72     Kyrgyzstan: 49.37 %   2008 Time series
# 73     Armenia: 49.23 %   2008 Time series
# 74     United Kingdom: 49.19 %   2008 Time series
# 75     Cyprus: 49.18 %   2008 Time series
# 76     Belarus: 49.16 %   2007 Time series
# 77     Marshall Islands: 49.13 %   2007 Time series
# 78     Slovakia: 49.1 %   2008 Time series
# 79     Israel: 49.08 %   2008 Time series
# 80     Dominica: 49.05 %   2008 Time series
= 81     Czech Republic: 49.02 %   2008 Time series
= 81     Malta: 49.02 %   2007 Time series
# 83     Indonesia: 49.01 %   2008 Time series
# 84     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 49 %   2008 Time series
# 85     Peru: 48.99 %   2008 Time series
# 86     Lithuania: 48.9 %   2008 Time series
# 87     France: 48.89 %   2008 Time series
# 88     Qatar: 48.87 %   2008 Time series
# 89     Japan: 48.83 %   2008 Time series
# 90     Uzbekistan: 48.8 %   2008 Time series
# 91     Uruguay: 48.76 %   2007 Time series
# 92     United Arab Emirates: 48.75 %   2007 Time series
# 93     San Marino: 48.72 %   2008 Time series
# 94     East Timor: 48.71 %   2005 Time series
# 95     Georgia: 48.66 %   2008 Time series
= 96     United States: 48.63 %   2008 Time series
= 96     Brunei: 48.63 %   2008 Time series
# 98     Madagascar: 48.6 %   2008 Time series
# 99     Romania: 48.59 %   2008 Time series
# 100     Cuba: 48.58 %   2008 Time series
# 101     Sweden: 48.55 %   2008 Time series
# 102     Poland: 48.5 %   2007 Time series
# 103     Slovenia: 48.49 %   2008 Time series
# 104     Hungary: 48.48 %   2008 Time series
# 105     Syria: 48.47 %   2008 Time series
# 106     Gambia, The: 48.42 %   2008 Time series
= 107     Netherlands: 48.38 %   2008 Time series
= 107     Tonga: 48.38 %   2006 Time series
# 109     Bolivia: 48.36 %   2007 Time series
# 110     Italy: 48.34 %   2007 Time series
# 111     Ukraine: 48.32 %   2008 Time series
# 112     Monaco: 48.26 %   2009 Time series
# 113     Guatemala: 48.25 %   2008 Time series
# 114     Kazakhstan: 48.22 %   2009 Time series
# 115     Russia: 48.2 %   2008 Time series
= 116     Singapore: 48.17 %   2008 Time series
= 116     Canada: 48.17 %   2006 Time series
# 118     Belgium: 48.15 %   2008 Time series
# 119     Germany: 48.11 %   2008 Time series
# 120     Norway: 48.1 %   2008 Time series
# 121     Zimbabwe: 48.07 %   2006 Time series
# 122     Oman: 48.03 %   2008 Time series
# 123     Albania: 47.94 %   2004 Time series
= 124     Bulgaria: 47.85 %   2008 Time series
= 124     Rwanda: 47.85 %   2008 Time series
= 126     China: 47.83 %   2008 Time series
= 126     Azerbaijan: 47.83 %   2008 Time series
# 128     Turks and Caicos Islands: 47.81 %   2005 Time series
# 129     Austria: 47.71 %   2008 Time series
# 130     Haiti: 47.64 %   1997 Time series
# 131     Switzerland: 47.62 %   2008 Time series
# 132     Kenya: 47.6 %   2008 Time series
# 133     Macedonia, Republic of: 47.58 %   2008 Time series
# 134     Australia: 47.46 %   2008 Time series
# 135     Gibraltar: 47.43 %   2008 Time series
# 136     Grenada: 47.33 %   2008 Time series
# 137     Greece: 47.11 %   2007 Time series
# 138     Swaziland: 47.08 %   2007 Time series
# 139     Nepal: 46.73 %   2008 Time series
# 140     Saudi Arabia: 46.41 %   2008 Time series
# 141     Gabon: 46.33 %   2000 Time series
# 142     Tuvalu: 46.16 %   2001 Time series
# 143     Turkey: 46.14 %   2008 Time series
# 144     Liechtenstein: 46.09 %   2008 Time series
# 145     Congo, Republic of the: 46.03 %   2004 Time series
# 146     Sudan: 45.99 %   2009 Time series
# 147     Ghana: 45.94 %   2008 Time series
# 148     Tajikistan: 45.85 %   2008 Time series
# 149     Uganda: 45.75 %   2008 Time series
# 150     Angola: 45.69 %   2002 Time series
# 151     Malawi: 45.61 %   2008 Time series
# 152     Mauritania: 45.58 %   2007 Time series
# 153     Morocco: 45.52 %   2007 Time series
# 154     Zambia: 45.25 %   2008 Time series
# 155     Tanzania: 44.82 %   1999 Time series
# 156     Vanuatu: 44.7 %   2004 Time series
# 157     Senegal: 44.34 %   2008 Time series
# 158     Cambodia: 44.16 %   2007 Time series
# 159     Cameroon: 44.15 %   2008 Time series
# 160     India: 43.97 %   2007 Time series
# 161     Laos: 43.87 %   2008 Time series
# 162     Solomon Islands: 43.52 %   2007 Time series
# 163     Nigeria: 42.98 %   2007 Time series
# 164     Liberia: 42.88 %   2008 Time series
# 165     Mozambique: 42.84 %   2008 Time series
# 166     Comoros: 42.51 %   2005 Time series
# 167     Burkina Faso: 41.9 %   2009 Time series
# 168     Ethiopia: 41.86 %   2008 Time series
# 169     Pakistan: 41.78 %   2008 Time series
# 170     Eritrea: 41.5 %   2008 Time series
# 171     Burundi: 41.44 %   2008 Time series
# 172     Sierra Leone: 40.97 %   2007 Time series
# 173     Djibouti: 40.7 %   2008 Time series
# 174     Papua New Guinea: 39.18 %   1995 Time series
# 175     Iraq: 38.93 %   2005 Time series
# 176     Mali: 38.64 %   2008 Time series
# 177     Niger: 37.59 %   2008 Time series
# 178     Central African Republic: 36.71 %   2008 Time series
# 179     Equatorial Guinea: 36.41 %   2002 Time series
# 180     Guinea: 36.19 %   2008 Time series
# 181     Côte d'Ivoire: 35.63 %   2002 Time series
# 182     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 35.54 %   2008 Time series
# 183     Guinea-Bissau: 35.44 %   2000 Time series
# 184     Benin: 35.43 %   2005 Time series
# 185     Togo: 34.59 %   2007 Time series
# 186     Somalia: 31.47 %   2007 Time series
# 187     Chad: 30.76 %   2007 Time series
# 188     Afghanistan: 26.06 %   2007 Time series
Weighted average: 47.5 %  


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

SOURCE: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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"Participation > Secondary education, pupils > % female by country", United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/edu_par_sec_edu_pup_fem-education-participation-secondary-pupils-female

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