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DEFINITION
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
Education Statistics > School enrollment, secondary, female > % gross (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Australia :
145.42 % gross
2004
# 2
Denmark :
127.1 % gross
2004
# 3
Spain :
122.51 % gross
2004
# 4
New Zealand :
122.12 % gross
2004
# 5
Netherlands :
117.76 % gross
2004
# 6
Norway :
117.32 % gross
2004
# 7
Ireland :
115.93 % gross
2004
# 8
Uruguay :
115.79 % gross
2003
# 9
Barbados :
113.35 % gross
2005
# 10
Finland :
112.09 % gross
2004
# 11
France :
110.89 % gross
2004
# 12
Iceland :
109.38 % gross
2004
# 13
Brazil :
107.27 % gross
2003
# 14
Canada :
107.24 % gross
2002
# 15
Libya :
107.07 % gross
2003
# 16
Belgium :
107.03 % gross
2004
# 17
United Kingdom :
106.08 % gross
2004
# 18
Dominica :
105.65 % gross
2005
# 19
Palau :
105.19 % gross
2005
# 20
Sweden :
104.56 % gross
2004
= 21
Liechtenstein :
103.86 % gross
2004
= 21
Seychelles :
103.86 % gross
2003
# 23
Tonga :
101.83 % gross
2004
# 24
Japan :
101.71 % gross
2004
# 25
Grenada :
101.69 % gross
2005
# 26
Portugal :
101.62 % gross
2004
# 27
Bahrain :
101.57 % gross
2005
# 28
Malta :
101.55 % gross
2004
# 29
Guyana :
101.27 % gross
2004
# 30
Lithuania :
101.19 % gross
2004
# 31
Mongolia :
100.1 % gross
2005
# 32
Suriname :
100.03 % gross
2005
# 33
Bulgaria :
99.8 % gross
2004
# 34
Slovenia :
99.54 % gross
2004
# 35
Germany :
99.43 % gross
2004
# 36
Estonia :
99.23 % gross
2004
# 37
Aruba :
99.12 % gross
2005
# 38
Macau :
99.09 % gross
2005
# 39
Cyprus :
99.08 % gross
2004
# 40
Qatar :
98.8 % gross
2005
# 41
Italy :
98.45 % gross
2004
# 42
Austria :
98.07 % gross
2004
# 43
Kuwait :
97.77 % gross
2005
# 44
Luxembourg :
97.72 % gross
2004
# 45
Brunei :
97.68 % gross
2005
# 46
Cayman Islands :
97.61 % gross
2005
# 47
Poland :
97.25 % gross
2004
# 48
Kazakhstan :
97.22 % gross
2005
# 49
South Africa :
96.8 % gross
2004
# 50
Greece :
96.55 % gross
2004
# 51
Latvia :
96.48 % gross
2004
# 52
Czech Republic :
96.35 % gross
2004
# 53
Hungary :
96.22 % gross
2004
# 54
Belarus :
95.86 % gross
2005
# 55
United States :
95.47 % gross
2004
# 56
Slovakia :
94.89 % gross
2004
# 57
Cuba :
93.92 % gross
2005
# 58
Andorra :
93.39 % gross
2005
# 59
Lebanon :
93.24 % gross
2005
# 60
Uzbekistan :
93.23 % gross
2004
# 61
Korea, South :
93.05 % gross
2005
# 62
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
92.84 % gross
2005
# 63
Bermuda :
92.78 % gross
2005
# 64
Israel :
92.6 % gross
2004
# 65
Russia :
92.54 % gross
2004
# 66
Kiribati :
92.53 % gross
2005
# 67
Peru :
92.3 % gross
2004
# 68
Fiji :
90.74 % gross
2005
# 69
Trinidad and Tobago :
90.63 % gross
2005
# 70
Bahamas, The :
90.56 % gross
2005
# 71
Philippines :
90.35 % gross
2004
# 72
Netherlands Antilles :
90.31 % gross
2003
# 73
Chile :
89.78 % gross
2004
# 74
Switzerland :
89.49 % gross
2004
# 75
Argentina :
89.42 % gross
2003
# 76
Armenia :
89.39 % gross
2005
# 77
Serbia and Montenegro :
89.24 % gross
2001
# 78
Jamaica :
88.96 % gross
2004
# 79
Croatia :
88.86 % gross
2003
# 80
Marshall Islands :
88.28 % gross
2003
# 81
Mauritius :
88.15 % gross
2005
# 82
Jordan :
88.03 % gross
2004
# 83
Micronesia, Federated States of :
87.92 % gross
2005
# 84
Belize :
87.4 % gross
2005
# 85
Bolivia :
87.12 % gross
2003
# 86
Kyrgyzstan :
86.82 % gross
2005
# 87
Algeria :
86.1 % gross
2005
# 88
Saudi Arabia :
85.8 % gross
2005
# 89
Romania :
85.59 % gross
2004
# 90
Hong Kong :
85.48 % gross
2005
# 91
Saint Lucia :
85.43 % gross
2005
# 92
Samoa :
85.17 % gross
2005
# 93
Oman :
85.05 % gross
2005
# 94
Ukraine :
84.83 % gross
2005
# 95
Egypt :
84.22 % gross
2004
# 96
Georgia :
83.23 % gross
2005
# 97
Macedonia, Republic of :
83.08 % gross
2004
# 98
Moldova :
83.05 % gross
2005
# 99
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
82.93 % gross
2005
# 100
Colombia :
82.62 % gross
2005
# 101
Sri Lanka :
82.58 % gross
2004
# 102
Mexico :
82.37 % gross
2004
# 103
Costa Rica :
81.67 % gross
2005
# 104
Azerbaijan :
81.27 % gross
2005
# 105
Malaysia :
80.95 % gross
2003
# 106
Tunisia :
80.14 % gross
2003
# 107
Venezuela :
79.09 % gross
2005
# 108
Iran :
78.07 % gross
2005
# 109
Dominican Republic :
77.67 % gross
2005
# 110
Maldives :
77.61 % gross
2004
# 111
Botswana :
77.06 % gross
2005
# 112
Albania :
76.57 % gross
2004
# 113
Vietnam :
74.8 % gross
2005
# 114
Tajikistan :
74.25 % gross
2005
# 115
Thailand :
74.17 % gross
2005
# 116
Honduras :
72.75 % gross
2004
# 117
Panama :
72.73 % gross
2005
# 118
China :
72.53 % gross
2004
# 119
Nicaragua :
70.95 % gross
2005
# 120
Cape Verde :
70.1 % gross
2005
# 121
Turkey :
67.63 % gross
2004
# 122
United Arab Emirates :
65.56 % gross
2005
# 123
Syria :
65.26 % gross
2005
# 124
Singapore :
64.51 % gross
1991
# 125
Indonesia :
63.85 % gross
2004
# 126
El Salvador :
63.7 % gross
2005
# 127
Paraguay :
63.31 % gross
2003
# 128
Ecuador :
61.11 % gross
2005
# 129
Namibia :
60.74 % gross
2005
# 130
East Timor :
50.24 % gross
2005
# 131
Guatemala :
48.79 % gross
2005
# 132
Kenya :
47.7 % gross
2005
# 133
India :
47.34 % gross
2004
# 134
Bangladesh :
47.29 % gross
2005
# 135
São Tomé and Príncipe :
46.15 % gross
2005
# 136
Morocco :
45.83 % gross
2005
# 137
Swaziland :
44.19 % gross
2004
# 138
Lesotho :
43.27 % gross
2005
# 139
Gambia, The :
42.31 % gross
2004
# 140
Nepal :
42.13 % gross
2005
# 141
Gabon :
41.92 % gross
2000
# 142
Laos :
40.37 % gross
2005
# 143
Ghana :
40.04 % gross
2005
# 144
Burma :
40 % gross
2005
# 145
Cameroon :
39.31 % gross
2005
# 146
Vanuatu :
38.05 % gross
2004
# 147
Iraq :
35.48 % gross
2005
# 148
Congo, Republic of the :
35.17 % gross
2004
# 149
Zimbabwe :
34.57 % gross
2003
# 150
Sudan :
33.12 % gross
2005
# 151
Nigeria :
31.26 % gross
2005
# 152
Yemen :
30.52 % gross
2005
# 153
Comoros :
30.21 % gross
2005
# 154
Togo :
27.13 % gross
2005
# 155
Liberia :
27.04 % gross
2000
# 156
Solomon Islands :
26.7 % gross
2005
# 157
Sierra Leone :
25.67 % gross
2005
# 158
Zambia :
25.44 % gross
2005
# 159
Malawi :
25.4 % gross
2005
# 160
Ethiopia :
24.37 % gross
2005
# 161
Cambodia :
23.92 % gross
2004
# 162
Benin :
23.43 % gross
2005
# 163
Eritrea :
23.36 % gross
2005
# 164
Senegal :
23.15 % gross
2005
# 165
Pakistan :
22.73 % gross
2005
# 166
Papua New Guinea :
22.6 % gross
2003
# 167
Equatorial Guinea :
21.63 % gross
2002
# 168
Guinea :
21 % gross
2005
# 169
Haiti :
20.17 % gross
1991
# 170
Djibouti :
19.04 % gross
2005
# 171
Mauritania :
18.89 % gross
2005
# 172
Côte d'Ivoire :
17.72 % gross
2002
# 173
Mali :
16.77 % gross
2004
# 174
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
16.24 % gross
2003
# 175
Angola :
14.55 % gross
2001
# 176
Uganda :
14.07 % gross
2005
# 177
Madagascar :
13.77 % gross
1999
# 178
Rwanda :
13.43 % gross
2005
# 179
Guinea-Bissau :
12.54 % gross
2001
# 180
Burkina Faso :
11.58 % gross
2005
# 181
Burundi :
11.45 % gross
2005
# 182
Mozambique :
11.06 % gross
2005
# 183
Afghanistan :
7.87 % gross
2005
# 184
Chad :
7.66 % gross
2005
# 185
Niger :
7.05 % gross
2005
# 186
Central African Republic :
6.47 % gross
1991
# 187
Tanzania :
5.27 % gross
1999
Weighted average:
71.9 % gross
DEFINITION: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
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