Female Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment)

This key economic indicator for the Education sector has been recently updated.

  1. Burundi rose 3.6points of Female Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment) in 2018, compared to the previous year.
  2. Since 2013 Madagascar Female Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment) grew 0.6points year on year totalising 147.99 Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age.
  3. In 2018 Malawi was ranked number 2 in Female Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment).
  4. In 2015 Vanuatu was ranked number 12 in Female Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment) at 118.67 Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age, from 166 in 2014.

Top Countries in Female Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment)

Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age - 1970 to 2018

# 174 Countries Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
Madagascar
147.99 % 2018 +0.9 % +0.6 % View data
2 #2
Malawi
143.34 % 2018 +0.7 % +0.0 % View data
3 #3
Nepal
140.31 % 2018 +1.4 % -0.4 % View data
4 #4
Rwanda
133.89 % 2018 +0.8 % -1.2 % View data
5 #5
Burundi
130.72 % 2018 +3.6 % -1.4 % View data
6 #6
Sweden
130.55 % 2018 +1.5 % +1.0 % View data
7 #7
Benin
126.63 % 2018 +3.5 % +0.6 % View data
8 #8
India
123.32 % 2018 +0.8 % +1.1 % View data
9 #9
Togo
121.37 % 2018 +1.0 % -0.2 % View data
10 #10
Sierra Leone
120.84 % 2018 -0.8 % +1.1 % View data
11 #11
Saudi Arabia
119.55 % 2018 +1.0 % +0.9 % View data
12 #12
Vanuatu
118.67 % 2015 NA -0.5 % View data
13 #13
Suriname
118.23 % 2018 +2.0 % +0.0 % View data
14 #14
Namibia
117.27 % 2017 NA +1.8 % View data
15 #15
Aruba
116.13 % 2018 +0.4 % +0.2 % View data
16 #16
Bangladesh
115.06 % 2017 NA NA View data
17 #17
Tunisia
114.08 % 2018 +0.5 % +0.8 % View data
18 #18
Solomon Islands
113.92 % 2018 +0.0 % +0.1 % View data
19 #19
Palau
112.46 % 2014 -0.9 % NA View data
20 #20
Dominica
112.23 % 2018 -0.0 % -0.8 % View data
21 #21
Democratic Republic of the Congo
111.60 % 2018 +1.4 % +1.9 % View data
22 #22
Seychelles
111.40 % 2018 +1.0 % -0.5 % View data
23 #23
United Arab Emirates
111.33 % 2018 +0.6 % +1.9 % View data
24 #24
Iran
111.32 % 2018 +1.4 % -1.3 % View data
25 #25
Poland
110.99 % 2018 +1.0 % +2.1 % View data
26 #26
Oman
110.75 % 2018 +1.8 % -0.3 % View data
27 #27
Belize
110.57 % 2018 +0.2 % +0.2 % View data
28 #28
Cameroon
110.08 % 2018 +2.7 % NA View data
29 #29
Colombia
110.06 % 2018 -0.6 % -0.9 % View data
30 #30
Algeria
110.01 % 2018 +1.1 % -1.1 % View data
31 #31
Myanmar
109.97 % 2017 +2.0 % NA View data
32 #32
Morocco
109.95 % 2018 +0.5 % +0.5 % View data
33 #33
Costa Rica
109.70 % 2018 -0.2 % -0.3 % View data
34 #34
Albania
109.57 % 2018 +0.9 % +1.7 % View data
35 #35
Vietnam
109.27 % 2018 +1.0 % +0.6 % View data
36 #36
Nauru
109.07 % 2018 +0.8 % NA View data
37 #37
Philippines
108.96 % 2016 -2.1 % NA View data
38 #38
Samoa
108.85 % 2018 +0.0 % NA View data
39 #39
Argentina
108.25 % 2018 -0.4 % -0.3 % View data
40 #40
Kyrgyzstan
107.77 % 2018 +0.3 % +0.2 % View data
41 #41
Brazil
107.60 % 2018 -1.6 % -0.7 % View data
42 #42
Cambodia
107.13 % 2018 +0.6 % -1.9 % View data
43 #43
Malta
107.11 % 2018 +0.5 % +1.3 % View data
44 #44
Sao Tome and Principe
106.59 % 2018 -1.4 % -0.3 % View data
45 #45
Hong Kong
106.34 % 2018 +0.6 % +0.4 % View data
46 #46
Laos
106.26 % 2018 +1.0 % -2.0 % View data
47 #47
Kazakhstan
105.78 % 2018 -2.8 % -1.0 % View data
48 #48
Egypt
105.53 % 2018 +0.4 % +0.7 % View data
49 #49
Azerbaijan
105.52 % 2018 +1.3 % +1.3 % View data
50 #50
Tonga
105.45 % 2018 -0.2 % -0.8 % View data
51 #51
Gambia
104.79 % 2018 +3.7 % +3.9 % View data
52 #52
Tuvalu
104.71 % 2016 -11.9 % NA View data
53 #53
Spain
104.66 % 2018 +0.0 % -0.2 % View data
54 #54
Fiji
104.60 % 2018 -0.1 % -0.3 % View data
55 #55
Kenya
104.57 % 2018 -0.5 % NA View data
56 #56
Brunei
104.47 % 2018 +0.2 % -0.2 % View data
57 #57
Ecuador
104.40 % 2018 -0.8 % -1.7 % View data
58 #58
Switzerland
104.40 % 2018 +0.2 % +0.2 % View data
59 #59
Uruguay
104.32 % 2016 -1.8 % NA View data
60 #60
Dominican Republic
104.31 % 2018 +0.3 % +0.1 % View data
61 #61
Israel
104.28 % 2018 -0.0 % -0.1 % View data
62 #62
Malaysia
104.05 % 2018 +0.4 % -0.3 % View data
63 #63
Georgia
103.94 % 2018 +0.6 % -0.4 % View data
64 #64
Mexico
103.90 % 2018 +0.0 % -0.5 % View data
65 #65
Ethiopia
103.88 % 2018 +2.1 % NA View data
66 #66
Qatar
103.63 % 2018 -0.2 % +0.6 % View data
67 #67
Botswana
103.52 % 2014 -5.3 % -0.7 % View data
68 #68
Belgium
103.45 % 2018 +0.1 % -0.1 % View data
69 #69
Austria
103.44 % 2018 -0.3 % +0.6 % View data
70 #70
Ghana
103.29 % 2018 -2.1 % -0.7 % View data
71 #71
Liechtenstein
103.17 % 2018 -0.2 % NA View data
72 #72
Kiribati
103.00 % 2017 -3.1 % NA View data
73 #73
Lithuania
102.98 % 2018 +0.2 % +0.3 % View data
74 #74
Mozambique
102.85 % 2018 +1.5 % +0.4 % View data
75 #75
Mauritius
102.69 % 2018 +0.2 % -0.0 % View data
76 #76
Peru
102.61 % 2018 +0.8 % -0.1 % View data
77 #77
Canada
102.57 % 2018 +0.3 % +0.3 % View data
78 #78
Mongolia
102.57 % 2018 -0.7 % -0.9 % View data
79 #79
Netherlands
102.53 % 2018 -0.2 % -0.3 % View data
80 #80
Germany
102.43 % 2018 +0.0 % +0.2 % View data
81 #81
Hungary
102.27 % 2018 +0.2 % +0.5 % View data
82 #82
Timor-Leste
102.20 % 2018 +3.1 % -3.7 % View data
83 #83
Uzbekistan
102.07 % 2018 -0.2 % +1.1 % View data
84 #84
Turkey
102.05 % 2018 +0.1 % -0.9 % View data
85 #85
Portugal
101.99 % 2018 -0.7 % -1.0 % View data
86 #86
Bahrain
101.93 % 2018 +0.8 % +0.7 % View data
87 #87
Russia
101.91 % 2018 +0.1 % +0.3 % View data
88 #88
Lesotho
101.78 % 2018 -1.1 % -0.8 % View data
90 #90
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
101.53 % 2018 -0.4 % -0.2 % View data
91 #91
United Kingdom
101.53 % 2018 -0.2 % -1.1 % View data
92 #92
France
101.50 % 2018 -0.1 % -0.1 % View data
93 #93
Maldives
101.47 % 2017 -0.2 % NA View data
94 #94
Belarus
101.40 % 2018 -0.0 % +0.7 % View data
95 #95
Eswatini
101.33 % 2018 -0.1 % -0.7 % View data
96 #96
Denmark
101.21 % 2018 +0.1 % +0.0 % View data
97 #97
Sri Lanka
101.09 % 2018 -0.0 % +0.3 % View data
98 #98
Zambia
101.06 % 2018 +0.2 % -0.3 % View data
99 #99
Ireland
100.91 % 2018 -0.1 % -0.2 % View data
100 #100
United States
100.83 % 2018 +0.0 % +0.4 % View data
101 #101
Australia
100.79 % 2018 -0.1 % -1.1 % View data
102 #102
Indonesia
100.58 % 2018 -0.6 % -1.1 % View data
103 #103
Finland
100.43 % 2018 +0.1 % +0.1 % View data
104 #104
Serbia
100.32 % 2018 -0.0 % -0.1 % View data
105 #105
Italy
100.27 % 2018 -0.1 % -0.2 % View data
106 #106
Norway
100.22 % 2018 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
107 #107
Ukraine
100.20 % 2018 -0.2 % -0.5 % View data
108 #108
Luxembourg
100.02 % 2018 +0.1 % +0.7 % View data
109 #109
Thailand
100.01 % 2018 +0.5 % +0.8 % View data
110 #110
Czech Republic
99.91 % 2018 -0.1 % +0.2 % View data
111 #111
New Zealand
99.82 % 2018 -0.4 % +0.3 % View data
112 #112
South Africa
99.60 % 2018 +0.0 % +1.0 % View data
113 #113
Grenada
99.50 % 2018 +0.2 % -0.2 % View data
114 #114
Cyprus
99.44 % 2018 +0.0 % -0.1 % View data
115 #115
Slovenia
99.42 % 2018 -0.0 % -0.0 % View data
116 #116
Chile
99.34 % 2018 -0.8 % +0.6 % View data
117 #117
Uganda
99.32 % 2018 -1.0 % -1.6 % View data
118 #118
Iceland
99.26 % 2018 +0.1 % +0.3 % View data
119 #119
Latvia
99.22 % 2018 -0.3 % -0.2 % View data
120 #120
Mauritania
99.20 % 2018 +1.2 % +0.2 % View data
121 #121
Guatemala
99.16 % 2018 -0.5 % -1.0 % View data
122 #122
Cuba
98.83 % 2018 -0.4 % -0.2 % View data
123 #123
Kuwait
98.65 % 2018 +1.6 % -1.3 % View data
124 #124
Japan
98.44 % 2016 -0.5 % NA View data
125 #125
Zimbabwe
97.93 % 2013 -2.6 % NA View data
126 #126
Bahamas
97.91 % 2016 NA NA View data
127 #127
Montenegro
97.48 % 2017 +3.1 % -0.1 % View data
128 #128
Tajikistan
97.31 % 2018 -0.8 % -0.0 % View data
129 #129
Comoros
97.24 % 2017 NA NA View data
130 #130
Slovakia
97.12 % 2018 -0.3 % -0.6 % View data
131 #131
Croatia
96.92 % 2018 +0.1 % -0.3 % View data
132 #132
Estonia
96.72 % 2018 -0.2 % -0.5 % View data
133 #133
South Korea
96.47 % 2018 -0.3 % -0.2 % View data
134 #134
Bolivia
96.24 % 2018 -1.4 % -0.2 % View data
135 #135
Federated States of Micronesia
95.67 % 2015 -1.6 % NA View data
136 #136
Ivory Coast
95.54 % 2018 +1.6 % +3.9 % View data
137 #137
West Bank and Gaza
95.19 % 2018 +0.1 % +0.1 % View data
138 #138
Burkina Faso
95.18 % 2018 +2.4 % +2.5 % View data
139 #139
El Salvador
94.51 % 2018 -0.4 % -2.5 % View data
140 #140
Honduras
94.14 % 2018 -0.9 % -0.5 % View data
141 #141
Greece
93.97 % 2018 -0.1 % -0.1 % View data
142 #142
Bhutan
93.96 % 2018 +1.5 % -1.9 % View data
143 #143
Armenia
93.49 % 2018 -0.9 % -1.1 % View data
144 #144
Bulgaria
93.44 % 2018 -0.8 % -1.1 % View data
145 #145
Macedonia
93.34 % 2018 +0.3 % +0.6 % View data
146 #146
Venezuela
92.53 % 2018 +0.5 % -1.7 % View data
147 #147
Central African Republic
91.55 % 2016 NA +3.9 % View data
148 #148
Cabo Verde
91.47 % 2018 -1.2 % -1.2 % View data
149 #149
Panama
91.17 % 2018 -1.0 % -1.9 % View data
150 #150
Senegal
90.98 % 2018 +0.7 % +0.7 % View data
151 #151
Barbados
90.92 % 2017 -2.5 % NA View data
152 #152
Moldova
90.76 % 2018 -0.4 % -0.7 % View data
153 #153
Marshall Islands
90.02 % 2016 -3.5 % -3.0 % View data
154 #154
Pakistan
89.84 % 2018 +1.4 % +1.6 % View data
155 #155
Liberia
89.78 % 2016 +0.6 % -1.8 % View data
156 #156
Romania
88.86 % 2016 -1.0 % -1.6 % View data
157 #157
Bermuda
88.35 % 2018 +0.0 % +0.7 % View data
158 #158
Afghanistan
87.04 % 2018 +3.4 % -0.1 % View data
159 #159
Lebanon
86.88 % 2018 -3.0 % -1.3 % View data
160 #160
Guinea
86.87 % 2018 +1.4 % +0.5 % View data
161 #161
Yemen
86.05 % 2016 NA +0.3 % View data
162 #162
Antigua and Barbuda
85.28 % 2018 -0.9 % NA View data
163 #163
Tanzania
84.52 % 2018 -1.9 % -0.4 % View data
164 #164
Nigeria
82.96 % 2018 -0.4 % -2.2 % View data
165 #165
Chad
82.04 % 2018 +1.4 % -1.3 % View data
166 #166
Puerto Rico
80.88 % 2018 -1.2 % -1.9 % View data
167 #167
Sudan
75.71 % 2018 +0.8 % +2.0 % View data
168 #168
Mali
75.58 % 2018 +0.0 % NA View data
169 #169
Syria
74.67 % 2013 -39.3 % -8.2 % View data
170 #170
Niger
71.71 % 2018 +2.6 % +2.6 % View data
171 #171
Equatorial Guinea
61.34 % 2015 NA -2.2 % View data
172 #172
Djibouti
60.84 % 2018 +1.1 % +0.3 % View data
173 #173
South Sudan
55.10 % 2015 NA -4.9 % View data
174 #174
Eritrea
45.67 % 2018 +0.2 % -6.7 % View data

Source: World Bank

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