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 > Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education > % (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   United Arab Emirates: 126.02 %   2003 Time series
# 2   Qatar: 119.1 %   2005 Time series
# 3   Mongolia: 115.78 %   2005 Time series
# 4   Latvia: 114.86 %   2004 Time series
# 5   Estonia: 114.2 %   2004 Time series
# 6   Uruguay: 114.19 %   2003 Time series
# 7   Suriname: 113.32 %   2003 Time series
# 8   New Zealand: 112.83 %   2004 Time series
# 9   Sweden: 112.09 %   2004 Time series
# 10   Barbados: 111.89 %   2001 Time series
# 11   Iceland: 111.36 %   2004 Time series
# 12   Argentina: 110.76 %   2003 Time series
# 13   Palau: 110.72 %   2000 Time series
# 14   Dominican Republic: 110.62 %   2004 Time series
# 15   Cuba: 110.18 %   2005 Time series
# 16   Kuwait: 110.05 %   2005 Time series
# 17   Russia: 109.55 %   2004 Time series
# 18   Bahrain: 109.53 %   2005 Time series
# 19   Lithuania: 109.51 %   2004 Time series
# 20   Panama: 109.5 %   2005 Time series
# 21   Poland: 109.36 %   2004 Time series
# 22   Norway: 109.32 %   2004 Time series
# 23   Slovenia: 109.09 %   2004 Time series
= 24   Denmark: 108.92 %   2004 Time series
= 24   Kiribati: 108.92 %   2004 Time series
# 26   United States: 108.83 %   2004 Time series
# 27   Malaysia: 108.79 %   2003 Time series
# 28   Honduras: 108.77 %   2004 Time series
# 29   Moldova: 108.73 %   2005 Time series
# 30   Bermuda: 108.69 %   2005 Time series
# 31   Armenia: 108.07 %   2005 Time series
# 32   Portugal: 107.83 %   2004 Time series
# 33   Spain: 106.99 %   2004 Time series
# 34   United Kingdom: 106.95 %   2004 Time series
# 35   Dominica: 106.82 %   2005 Time series
# 36   Finland: 106.64 %   2004 Time series
# 37   Hungary: 106.6 %   2004 Time series
# 38   Philippines: 106.25 %   2004 Time series
# 39   Kazakhstan: 106.06 %   2005 Time series
# 40   Libya: 105.94 %   2003 Time series
# 41   Netherlands Antilles: 105.83 %   2003 Time series
# 42   Samoa: 105.82 %   2004 Time series
# 43   Italy: 105.63 %   2004 Time series
# 44   Canada: 105.62 %   2002 Time series
# 45   Israel: 105.37 %   2004 Time series
# 46   Greece: 105.28 %   2004 Time series
# 47   Belarus: 105.23 %   2005 Time series
# 48   Romania: 105.15 %   2004 Time series
# 49   Brazil: 105.12 %   2003 Time series
= 50   France: 104.82 %   2004 Time series
= 50   Tunisia: 104.82 %   2004 Time series
# 52   Kyrgyzstan: 104.76 %   2005 Time series
# 53   Burma: 104.49 %   2005 Time series
# 54   Saint Lucia: 104.39 %   2005 Time series
# 55   Jamaica: 104.2 %   2004 Time series
# 56   Lebanon: 104.12 %   2005 Time series
# 57   Venezuela: 104.07 %   2003 Time series
# 58   Colombia: 103.93 %   2005 Time series
# 59   Costa Rica: 103.92 %   2004 Time series
# 60   Brunei: 103.86 %   2005 Time series
# 61   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 103.83 %   2005 Time series
# 62   Trinidad and Tobago: 103.77 %   2005 Time series
# 63   Seychelles: 103.69 %   2003 Time series
# 64   Croatia: 103.63 %   2003 Time series
# 65   Slovakia: 103.53 %   2004 Time series
# 66   Aruba: 103.35 %   2005 Time series
# 67   Ireland: 103.17 %   2004 Time series
# 68   Georgia: 103.07 %   2005 Time series
# 69   Marshall Islands: 102.92 %   1999 Time series
# 70   Lesotho: 102.84 %   2005 Time series
# 71   Tonga: 102.8 %   2004 Time series
# 72   Fiji: 102.79 %   2004 Time series
# 73   Peru: 102.78 %   2004 Time series
# 74   Belgium: 102.76 %   2004 Time series
# 75   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 102.67 %   2005 Time series
# 76   Macedonia, Republic of: 102.62 %   2004 Time series
# 77   Serbia and Montenegro: 102.59 %   2001 Time series
# 78   Nicaragua: 102.5 %   2005 Time series
# 79   Sri Lanka: 102.35 %   2003 Time series
# 80   Australia: 102.19 %   2004 Time series
# 81   Jordan: 102.16 %   2004 Time series
= 82   Algeria: 102.11 %   2005 Time series
= 82   Austria: 102.11 %   2004 Time series
# 84   Botswana: 101.97 %   2005 Time series
# 85   Grenada: 101.9 %   2005 Time series
# 86   Luxembourg: 101.73 %   2004 Time series
# 87   Maldives: 101.64 %   2005 Time series
# 88   Ukraine: 101.51 %   2005 Time series
# 89   Czech Republic: 101.31 %   2004 Time series
# 90   Paraguay: 101.22 %   2003 Time series
# 91   Bangladesh: 101.19 %   2004 Time series
# 92   Andorra: 101.18 %   2005 Time series
# 93   Saudi Arabia: 101.09 %   2005 Time series
# 94   Namibia: 101.06 %   2004 Time series
# 95   South Africa: 100.96 %   2004 Time series
# 96   Cyprus: 100.9 %   2004 Time series
# 97   Thailand: 100.64 %   2005 Time series
# 98   Mexico: 100.51 %   2004 Time series
# 99   Guyana: 100.4 %   2002 Time series
# 100   El Salvador: 99.8 %   2005 Time series
# 101   Bulgaria: 99.78 %   2004 Time series
# 102   Cape Verde: 99.7 %   2005 Time series
# 103   Iran: 99.35 %   2005 Time series
# 104   Oman: 99.33 %   2005 Time series
# 105   Netherlands: 99.32 %   2004 Time series
# 106   São Tomé and Príncipe: 99.13 %   2005 Time series
# 107   Rwanda: 99.06 %   2005 Time series
# 108   Albania: 99 %   2004 Time series
# 109   Belize: 98.79 %   2005 Time series
# 110   Malta: 98.64 %   2004 Time series
# 111   Mauritius: 98.26 %   2005 Time series
# 112   Bahamas, The: 98.13 %   2004 Time series
# 113   China: 97.93 %   2004 Time series
# 114   Malawi: 97.86 %   2004 Time series
# 115   Azerbaijan: 97.82 %   2005 Time series
# 116   Japan: 97.7 %   2004 Time series
# 117   Chile: 97.66 %   2004 Time series
# 118   East Timor: 97.62 %   2005 Time series
# 119   Gambia, The: 96.94 %   2004 Time series
# 120   Indonesia: 96.71 %   2004 Time series
# 121   Uganda: 96.45 %   2004 Time series
# 122   Uzbekistan: 96.43 %   2004 Time series
# 123   Cayman Islands: 96.09 %   2005 Time series
# 124   Madagascar: 95.93 %   2005 Time series
# 125   Mauritania: 95.78 %   2005 Time series
# 126   Zimbabwe: 95.36 %   2003 Time series
# 127   Tanzania: 94.92 %   2005 Time series
# 128   Gabon: 94.04 %   2000 Time series
# 129   Switzerland: 94.03 %   2004 Time series
# 130   Syria: 93.89 %   2005 Time series
# 131   Swaziland: 93.78 %   2004 Time series
# 132   Kenya: 93.53 %   2004 Time series
# 133   Vietnam: 93.51 %   2005 Time series
# 134   Bolivia: 93.29 %   2003 Time series
# 135   Vanuatu: 92.78 %   2004 Time series
# 136   Hong Kong: 92.71 %   2005 Time series
# 137   Zambia: 92.34 %   2004 Time series
# 138   Macau: 91.46 %   2005 Time series
# 139   Guatemala: 91.29 %   2005 Time series
# 140   Ghana: 90.83 %   2005 Time series
# 141   Solomon Islands: 90.56 %   2003 Time series
# 142   Singapore: 90.21 %   1991 Time series
# 143   Senegal: 89.57 %   2005 Time series
# 144   Congo, Republic of the: 89.09 %   2005 Time series
# 145   Sudan: 89.02 %   2005 Time series
# 146   Nepal: 87.84 %   2005 Time series
# 147   Morocco: 87.56 %   2005 Time series
# 148   Korea, South: 87.21 %   2005 Time series
# 149   India: 86.89 %   2004 Time series
# 150   Papua New Guinea: 86.73 %   2003 Time series
# 151   Cambodia: 86.6 %   2005 Time series
# 152   Liechtenstein: 85.05 %   2004 Time series
# 153   Angola: 84.97 %   1999 Time series
# 154   Comoros: 83.92 %   2005 Time series
# 155   Turkey: 83.84 %   2004 Time series
# 156   Tajikistan: 83.78 %   2005 Time series
# 157   Laos: 83.7 %   2005 Time series
# 158   Cameroon: 83.03 %   2005 Time series
# 159   Burundi: 82.8 %   2005 Time series
# 160   Nigeria: 82.2 %   2004 Time series
# 161   Mozambique: 81.85 %   2004 Time series
# 162   Equatorial Guinea: 81.74 %   2002 Time series
# 163   Egypt: 78.99 %   1991 Time series
# 164   Burkina Faso: 76.75 %   2005 Time series
# 165   Iraq: 76.15 %   2005 Time series
# 166   Ethiopia: 76.09 %   2005 Time series
# 167   Pakistan: 75.49 %   2005 Time series
# 168   Djibouti: 75.34 %   2005 Time series
# 169   Mali: 74.56 %   2005 Time series
# 170   Guinea: 73.89 %   2005 Time series
# 171   Liberia: 73.11 %   2000 Time series
# 172   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 72.6 %   2003 Time series
# 173   Benin: 72.51 %   2005 Time series
# 174   Togo: 72.29 %   2005 Time series
# 175   Niger: 72.2 %   2005 Time series
# 176   Sierra Leone: 70.85 %   2004 Time series
# 177   Eritrea: 70.02 %   2004 Time series
# 178   Côte d'Ivoire: 67.12 %   2002 Time series
# 179   Guinea-Bissau: 64.66 %   2001 Time series
# 180   Central African Republic: 64.55 %   2003 Time series
# 181   Yemen: 61.34 %   2005 Time series
# 182   Chad: 59.79 %   2005 Time series
# 183   Afghanistan: 55.29 %   2005 Time series
Weighted average: 97.3 %   



DEFINITION: Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary and secondary levels in public and private schools.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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