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. Sierra Leone Female Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment) jumped by 27points in 2019, compared to a year earlier.
  2. Since 2014 Sweden Female Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment) jumped by 1.2points year on year attaining 131.52 Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age.
  3. In 2019 Malawi was ranked number 1 in Female Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment).
  4. In 2019 Nepal was ranked number 3 in Female Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment) with 143.45 Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age, moving from 159 in 2018.

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 2020

# 179 Countries Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
Malawi
146.96 % 2019 +2.7 % -0.3 % View data
2 #2
Sierra Leone
145.59 % 2019 +26.9 % NA View data
3 #3
Nepal
143.45 % 2019 NA -0.7 % View data
4 #4
Madagascar
135.22 % 2019 -5.5 % -1.4 % View data
5 #5
Sweden
131.52 % 2019 +1.3 % +1.1 % View data
6 #6
Rwanda
129.97 % 2019 -1.6 % -1.8 % View data
7 #7
Togo
122.19 % 2019 +0.6 % +0.3 % View data
8 #8
Nauru
120.98 % 2019 NA +1.6 % View data
9 #9
Bangladesh
120.75 % 2018 +1.4 % NA View data
10 #10
Burundi
119.84 % 2019 -1.9 % -2.6 % View data
11 #11
Tonga
118.30 % 2019 +0.5 % +0.5 % View data
12 #12
Vietnam
116.72 % 2019 +4.3 % +1.1 % View data
13 #13
Costa Rica
116.62 % 2019 +2.5 % +0.9 % View data
14 #14
Lesotho
116.51 % 2019 -0.1 % +0.4 % View data
15 #15
Iran
116.47 % 2019 +0.9 % +1.1 % View data
16 #16
Samoa
115.72 % 2019 +4.8 % +1.4 % View data
17 #17
Tunisia
115.70 % 2019 +0.7 % +0.4 % View data
18 #18
Aruba
115.20 % 2014 +0.4 % +0.5 % View data
19 #19
Democratic Republic of the Congo
114.68 % 2018 NA +2.5 % View data
20 #20
Fiji
114.20 % 2019 NA NA View data
21 #21
Morocco
112.73 % 2019 +1.1 % +1.0 % View data
22 #22
Colombia
112.47 % 2019 -0.3 % -0.0 % View data
23 #23
Benin
112.40 % 2019 -4.7 % -2.0 % View data
24 #24
Mozambique
112.37 % 2019 +3.6 % +1.9 % View data
25 #25
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
112.04 % 2019 -0.6 % +0.4 % View data
26 #26
Peru
111.26 % 2019 +5.9 % +1.9 % View data
27 #27
East Timor
111.24 % 2019 -1.7 % -2.5 % View data
28 #28
Myanmar
110.29 % 2019 +0.5 % +1.9 % View data
29 #29
Swaziland
110.21 % 2019 +0.1 % -0.8 % View data
30 #30
San Marino
110.08 % 2019 -5.8 % NA View data
31 #31
Dominican Republic
109.43 % 2019 +6.8 % +1.4 % View data
32 #32
Brazil
109.27 % 2019 -1.3 % -0.4 % View data
33 #33
Suriname
109.15 % 2019 +0.4 % -0.9 % View data
34 #34
British Virgin Islands
109.12 % 2019 +6.5 % +0.1 % View data
35 #35
Argentina
109.11 % 2019 -0.3 % -0.4 % View data
36 #36
Gibraltar
108.94 % 2019 NA NA View data
37 #37
United Arab Emirates
108.60 % 2019 +0.5 % +0.9 % View data
38 #38
Belize
108.59 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.1 % View data
39 #39
Vanuatu
107.78 % 2015 NA -2.4 % View data
40 #40
Oman
107.70 % 2019 -0.8 % -1.0 % View data
41 #41
Solomon Islands
107.43 % 2019 +1.4 % -0.8 % View data
42 #42
Gambia
106.93 % 2019 +4.4 % +3.7 % View data
43 #43
Malta
106.93 % 2019 -0.1 % +0.6 % View data
44 #44
Malaysia
106.91 % 2019 +0.4 % +0.4 % View data
45 #45
Egypt
106.85 % 2019 +0.3 % +0.6 % View data
46 #46
Saint Kitts and Nevis
106.78 % 2019 -0.2 % -0.3 % View data
47 #47
Bhutan
106.63 % 2020 NA +0.3 % View data
48 #48
Albania
106.44 % 2019 -2.4 % +0.1 % View data
49 #49
Grenada
106.02 % 2019 +0.0 % -2.0 % View data
50 #50
Angola
105.89 % 2015 NA +2.4 % View data
51 #51
Uruguay
105.72 % 2019 +0.2 % -0.8 % View data
52 #52
Liechtenstein
105.70 % 2019 -1.0 % +0.7 % View data
53 #53
Ghana
105.58 % 2019 +1.3 % +0.2 % View data
54 #54
Kyrgyzstan
105.38 % 2019 -1.7 % +0.0 % View data
55 #55
Kazakhstan
105.33 % 2019 -1.3 % -1.3 % View data
56 #56
Switzerland
105.32 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.3 % View data
57 #57
Mexico
105.25 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.5 % View data
58 #58
Palau
105.20 % 2014 -1.7 % NA View data
59 #59
Israel
105.18 % 2019 +0.0 % -0.0 % View data
60 #60
Netherlands
105.17 % 2018 +0.9 % NA View data
61 #61
Qatar
105.12 % 2019 +0.7 % +0.9 % View data
62 #62
Cambodia
105.03 % 2019 -1.0 % -1.6 % View data
63 #63
Algeria
104.86 % 2019 -2.3 % -1.9 % View data
64 #64
Kiribati
104.86 % 2017 -2.5 % NA View data
65 #65
Ethiopia
104.81 % 2019 +2.0 % +2.0 % View data
66 #66
Lithuania
104.47 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.6 % View data
67 #67
Germany
104.30 % 2019 +0.0 % +0.8 % View data
68 #68
Portugal
104.29 % 2019 -1.1 % -0.3 % View data
69 #69
Tuvalu
104.10 % 2019 +26.2 % +2.0 % View data
70 #70
Indonesia
104.07 % 2019 -0.5 % -0.1 % View data
71 #71
Belgium
103.79 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.0 % View data
72 #72
Russia
103.61 % 2019 -0.5 % +1.1 % View data
73 #73
Papua New Guinea
103.57 % 2016 NA NA View data
74 #74
Antigua and Barbuda
103.56 % 2019 -1.0 % +0.1 % View data
75 #75
Mauritania
103.55 % 2019 +0.8 % +0.1 % View data
76 #76
Ecuador
103.40 % 2019 -0.7 % -1.8 % View data
77 #77
Saint Lucia
103.26 % 2019 +0.1 % NA View data
78 #78
Austria
103.18 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.4 % View data
79 #79
Spain
102.95 % 2019 +0.2 % -0.9 % View data
80 #80
Seychelles
102.81 % 2019 -0.5 % -0.7 % View data
81 #81
Sao Tome and Principe
102.60 % 2019 -0.7 % +0.1 % View data
82 #82
Uganda
102.59 % 2019 -0.8 % NA View data
83 #83
China
102.56 % 2019 +1.7 % +1.4 % View data
84 #84
France
102.41 % 2019 -0.2 % +0.3 % View data
85 #85
Luxembourg
102.14 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.9 % View data
86 #86
Botswana
102.06 % 2015 -0.1 % NA View data
87 #87
Kenya
102.00 % 2019 -0.5 % -0.8 % View data
88 #88
Mongolia
101.96 % 2019 -0.8 % +0.3 % View data
89 #89
Slovenia
101.84 % 2019 -0.3 % +0.4 % View data
90 #90
Uzbekistan
101.57 % 2019 -1.8 % +0.8 % View data
91 #91
Saudi Arabia
101.48 % 2019 +1.1 % -2.8 % View data
92 #92
Canada
101.41 % 2019 +0.1 % -0.1 % View data
93 #93
United States
101.26 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.3 % View data
94 #94
New Zealand
101.05 % 2019 -0.3 % +0.7 % View data
95 #95
Cuba
101.04 % 2019 +1.5 % +0.7 % View data
96 #96
Thailand
101.01 % 2019 +1.2 % -0.4 % View data
97 #97
Mauritius
100.81 % 2019 -1.6 % -0.5 % View data
98 #98
Czech Republic
100.76 % 2019 -0.1 % +0.4 % View data
99 #99
Philippines
100.76 % 2019 +0.9 % -2.1 % View data
100 #100
Guatemala
100.72 % 2019 +0.2 % -0.1 % View data
101 #101
Denmark
100.65 % 2019 +0.2 % -0.0 % View data
102 #102
Ireland
100.64 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.1 % View data
103 #103
Montenegro
100.64 % 2019 +3.1 % NA View data
104 #104
United Kingdom
100.61 % 2019 -0.2 % -0.3 % View data
105 #105
Belarus
100.61 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.4 % View data
106 #106
Brunei
100.53 % 2019 -3.0 % -1.0 % View data
107 #107
Iceland
100.42 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.6 % View data
108 #108
Chile
100.32 % 2019 -0.3 % +0.2 % View data
109 #109
Singapore
100.22 % 2018 -0.3 % NA View data
110 #110
Cameroon
100.21 % 2019 +2.2 % -1.3 % View data
111 #111
Norway
100.18 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.1 % View data
112 #112
Ukraine
100.11 % 2014 -1.9 % +0.7 % View data
113 #113
Finland
100.02 % 2019 +0.1 % -0.1 % View data
114 #114
Tanzania
99.90 % 2019 +4.7 % +2.4 % View data
115 #115
Zambia
99.86 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.9 % View data
116 #116
Tajikistan
99.84 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.4 % View data
117 #117
Bermuda
99.74 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.7 % View data
118 #118
Australia
99.74 % 2019 -0.4 % -1.1 % View data
119 #119
Greece
99.72 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.5 % View data
120 #120
Sri Lanka
99.70 % 2019 +0.1 % -0.1 % View data
121 #121
Georgia
99.70 % 2019 +0.5 % -0.8 % View data
122 #122
Serbia
99.59 % 2019 -0.7 % -0.3 % View data
123 #123
Latvia
99.57 % 2019 -0.3 % -0.0 % View data
124 #124
Azerbaijan
99.54 % 2019 -0.5 % -1.2 % View data
125 #125
Italy
99.47 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.3 % View data
126 #126
Comoros
99.42 % 2018 +2.3 % -0.8 % View data
127 #127
Maldives
99.34 % 2019 +1.0 % NA View data
128 #128
Cyprus
99.29 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.1 % View data
129 #129
Cape Verde
99.22 % 2019 -1.2 % -0.8 % View data
130 #130
Slovakia
99.01 % 2019 -0.5 % -0.1 % View data
131 #131
South Korea
98.81 % 2019 -0.7 % +0.1 % View data
132 #132
Dominica
98.70 % 2019 NA -3.2 % View data
133 #133
Macedonia
98.39 % 2019 +0.3 % +1.6 % View data
134 #134
Laos
98.26 % 2019 -2.1 % -3.1 % View data
135 #135
Barbados
98.16 % 2019 +0.7 % +0.6 % View data
136 #136
India
97.81 % 2019 NA -3.0 % View data
137 #137
Bahrain
97.74 % 2019 -1.0 % -0.5 % View data
138 #138
Palestine
97.70 % 2019 -1.1 % +0.1 % View data
139 #139
Hungary
97.58 % 2019 +1.2 % -0.8 % View data
140 #140
Estonia
97.41 % 2019 -0.4 % -0.1 % View data
141 #141
Ivory Coast
97.23 % 2019 +1.3 % +3.8 % View data
142 #142
South Africa
96.93 % 2019 +0.3 % -0.8 % View data
143 #143
Bolivia
96.41 % 2019 -1.3 % +0.3 % View data
144 #144
Poland
96.32 % 2018 -3.7 % -0.8 % View data
145 #145
Venezuela
95.70 % 2019 -0.5 % -1.0 % View data
146 #146
Croatia
95.48 % 2019 +0.8 % -1.1 % View data
147 #147
Kuwait
94.78 % 2019 -2.5 % -2.0 % View data
148 #148
Federated States of Micronesia
94.73 % 2019 NA -1.1 % View data
149 #149
Burkina Faso
94.28 % 2019 -1.0 % +1.8 % View data
150 #150
Turkey
93.84 % 2019 -0.6 % -2.4 % View data
151 #151
El Salvador
92.18 % 2019 -1.2 % -2.4 % View data
152 #152
Armenia
92.11 % 2019 -0.6 % -1.1 % View data
153 #153
Honduras
91.49 % 2019 NA +0.1 % View data
154 #154
Panama
91.36 % 2019 -0.9 % -1.4 % View data
155 #155
Central African Republic
89.37 % 2016 NA +3.7 % View data
156 #156
North Korea
89.28 % 2018 NA NA View data
157 #157
Moldova
88.31 % 2019 -2.6 % -1.0 % View data
158 #158
Pakistan
87.90 % 2019 +2.1 % +2.6 % View data
159 #159
Senegal
87.58 % 2019 NA -0.6 % View data
160 #160
Guinea
87.25 % 2019 +1.4 % +0.5 % View data
161 #161
Yemen
87.10 % 2016 NA +0.3 % View data
162 #162
Romania
86.94 % 2018 +2.8 % NA View data
163 #163
Bulgaria
86.36 % 2019 -0.9 % -2.1 % View data
164 #164
Liberia
84.71 % 2017 -5.0 % NA View data
165 #165
Afghanistan
84.59 % 2019 +2.1 % -0.5 % View data
166 #166
Jamaica
84.12 % 2019 -5.3 % NA View data
167 #167
Nigeria
82.60 % 2019 -0.4 % -1.6 % View data
168 #168
Jordan
81.10 % 2019 +0.5 % +0.5 % View data
169 #169
Puerto Rico
80.56 % 2019 -1.5 % -2.3 % View data
170 #170
Bahamas
80.28 % 2019 -1.1 % -0.5 % View data
171 #171
Marshall Islands
78.08 % 2019 NA NA View data
172 #172
Chad
78.04 % 2019 -0.6 % -2.2 % View data
173 #173
Sudan
75.89 % 2019 +1.2 % +1.8 % View data
174 #174
Mali
73.28 % 2019 +2.4 % +0.2 % View data
175 #175
Djibouti
72.21 % 2020 -3.9 % -0.2 % View data
176 #176
Niger
62.01 % 2019 NA -0.6 % View data
177 #177
Eritrea
61.65 % 2019 -2.3 % -3.4 % View data
178 #178
Equatorial Guinea
61.59 % 2015 NA -2.2 % View data
179 #179
South Sudan
60.38 % 2015 NA -4.2 % View data

Source: World Bank

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