Share of Female General Pupils in Secondary Education

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

  1. In 2017, Share of Female General Pupils in Secondary Education in Kiribati rose 1.6points compared to the previous year.
  2. Since 2014 Burundi Share of Female General Pupils in Secondary Education jumped by 2.7points year on year reaching 53.63 Percent of Female Pupils in Secondary Education.
  3. In 2019 Rwanda was number 5 in Share of Female General Pupils in Secondary Education.
  4. In 2017 Uruguay was ranked number 3 in Share of Female General Pupils in Secondary Education totalising 54.94 Percent of Female Pupils in Secondary Education, compared to 172 in 2016.

Top Countries in Share of Female General Pupils in Secondary Education

Percent of Female Pupils in Secondary Education - 1970 to 2019

# 184 Countries Percent of Female Pupils in Secondary Education Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
Suriname
61.18 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.2 % View data
2 #2
Lesotho
57.19 % 2019 -0.0 % -0.0 % View data
3 #3
Uruguay
54.94 % 2017 NA NA View data
4 #4
Kiribati
54.81 % 2017 +1.6 % NA View data
5 #5
Rwanda
54.57 % 2019 +0.8 % +0.3 % View data
6 #6
Bangladesh
54.03 % 2019 +0.3 % NA View data
7 #7
Italy
53.69 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.1 % View data
8 #8
Burundi
53.63 % 2019 +0.7 % +2.7 % View data
9 #9
Gambia
53.51 % 2019 +0.7 % +1.4 % View data
10 #10
Tunisia
53.18 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.2 % View data
11 #11
Sao Tome and Principe
53.04 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.3 % View data
12 #12
Lebanon
53.03 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.2 % View data
13 #13
Belgium
52.84 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.0 % View data
14 #14
Senegal
52.58 % 2019 +1.2 % +1.2 % View data
15 #15
Tuvalu
52.58 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.1 % View data
16 #16
Cambodia
52.48 % 2019 +1.3 % +1.4 % View data
17 #17
East Timor
52.40 % 2019 +0.3 % +0.5 % View data
18 #18
Cape Verde
52.39 % 2019 -0.3 % -0.2 % View data
19 #19
Slovenia
52.38 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.1 % View data
20 #20
Bhutan
52.36 % 2019 -0.0 % +0.4 % View data
21 #21
Honduras
52.22 % 2019 -0.3 % -0.7 % View data
22 #22
Myanmar
52.15 % 2019 +0.4 % +0.7 % View data
23 #23
Mauritius
52.10 % 2019 +0.2 % -0.1 % View data
24 #24
Cuba
52.06 % 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
25 #25
Iceland
51.94 % 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
26 #26
Croatia
51.91 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.1 % View data
27 #27
Finland
51.80 % 2019 -0.0 % +0.1 % View data
28 #28
British Virgin Islands
51.80 % 2019 +0.0 % -0.1 % View data
29 #29
South Africa
51.80 % 2019 +0.0 % -0.2 % View data
30 #30
Seychelles
51.74 % 2019 +1.4 % +0.3 % View data
31 #31
Estonia
51.72 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.0 % View data
32 #32
Bermuda
51.70 % 2019 -0.2 % -0.3 % View data
33 #33
Palestine
51.69 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.1 % View data
34 #34
Bahrain
51.65 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.2 % View data
35 #35
Botswana
51.54 % 2015 +2.4 % NA View data
36 #36
Poland
51.53 % 2019 -0.2 % -0.1 % View data
37 #37
Bahamas
51.51 % 2019 -0.5 % +0.3 % View data
38 #38
Nepal
51.43 % 2019 NA +0.3 % View data
39 #39
Bosnia and Herzegovina
51.41 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.2 % View data
40 #40
Sri Lanka
51.40 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.1 % View data
41 #41
Saint Kitts and Nevis
51.34 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.5 % View data
42 #42
Switzerland
51.31 % 2019 +0.1 % NA View data
43 #43
Norway
51.23 % 2019 -0.0 % +0.0 % View data
44 #44
Philippines
51.20 % 2017 +1.4 % NA View data
45 #45
Panama
51.15 % 2017 +1.5 % NA View data
46 #46
Malaysia
51.15 % 2019 -0.3 % -0.1 % View data
47 #47
Cyprus
51.14 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.1 % View data
48 #48
Nauru
51.10 % 2019 +0.6 % +0.8 % View data
49 #49
Czech Republic
51.06 % 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
50 #50
Madagascar
51.00 % 2019 +0.0 % +0.5 % View data
51 #51
Tanzania
50.97 % 2018 +1.3 % +1.2 % View data
52 #52
Belize
50.96 % 2019 +0.1 % -0.1 % View data
53 #53
Samoa
50.93 % 2019 -0.0 % +0.0 % View data
54 #54
Aruba
50.83 % 2014 -0.2 % -1.0 % View data
55 #55
Romania
50.83 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.1 % View data
56 #56
Monaco
50.80 % 2019 +1.4 % +0.3 % View data
57 #57
Venezuela
50.80 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.0 % View data
58 #58
Comoros
50.78 % 2018 -0.3 % +0.2 % View data
59 #59
Denmark
50.78 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.2 % View data
60 #60
Indonesia
50.77 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.0 % View data
61 #61
Algeria
50.76 % 2019 +0.1 % -0.3 % View data
62 #62
Ecuador
50.71 % 2019 +0.2 % -0.1 % View data
63 #63
Slovakia
50.69 % 2019 -0.0 % -0.1 % View data
64 #64
Jordan
50.67 % 2018 +0.1 % +0.0 % View data
65 #65
Portugal
50.59 % 2019 -0.2 % -0.3 % View data
66 #66
Paraguay
50.54 % 2016 NA +0.0 % View data
67 #67
Vietnam
50.41 % 2019 +0.3 % +0.1 % View data
68 #68
Latvia
50.38 % 2019 -0.1 % +0.1 % View data
69 #69
Sudan
50.35 % 2019 +0.5 % +1.3 % View data
70 #70
Egypt
50.32 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.1 % View data
71 #71
Iran
50.32 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.2 % View data
72 #72
Serbia
50.27 % 2019 -0.1 % +0.0 % View data
73 #73
Dominican Republic
50.26 % 2019 -0.2 % -0.5 % View data
74 #74
Malta
50.24 % 2019 +0.0 % -0.0 % View data
75 #75
Bulgaria
50.24 % 2019 -0.2 % -0.1 % View data
76 #76
France
50.23 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.0 % View data
77 #77
Costa Rica
50.22 % 2019 +0.0 % +0.2 % View data
78 #78
Mexico
50.20 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.1 % View data
79 #79
Fiji
50.20 % 2016 +0.8 % -0.3 % View data
80 #80
Mauritania
50.19 % 2019 +0.9 % +1.3 % View data
81 #81
Marshall Islands
50.19 % 2016 +0.1 % +0.4 % View data
82 #82
Swaziland
50.14 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.2 % View data
83 #83
Greece
50.03 % 2019 +0.0 % -0.1 % View data
84 #84
Saint Lucia
50.00 % 2019 -0.3 % -0.0 % View data
85 #85
Argentina
49.97 % 2019 -0.2 % -0.3 % View data
86 #86
Grenada
49.96 % 2019 +0.4 % +0.5 % View data
87 #87
Sweden
49.94 % 2019 -0.2 % -0.9 % View data
88 #88
Belarus
49.93 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.0 % View data
89 #89
Chile
49.92 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.1 % View data
90 #90
Colombia
49.90 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.3 % View data
91 #91
Hungary
49.89 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.1 % View data
92 #92
Austria
49.86 % 2019 -0.0 % -0.0 % View data
93 #93
Jamaica
49.83 % 2019 +0.2 % -0.4 % View data
94 #94
Burkina Faso
49.82 % 2019 +1.1 % +1.7 % View data
95 #95
Tonga
49.81 % 2015 -2.5 % NA View data
96 #96
Montenegro
49.77 % 2018 -0.2 % NA View data
97 #97
Moldova
49.76 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.1 % View data
98 #98
Albania
49.76 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.4 % View data
99 #99
Dominica
49.74 % 2019 -0.1 % +0.3 % View data
100 #100
Kyrgyzstan
49.70 % 2019 -0.1 % +0.0 % View data
101 #101
Puerto Rico
49.69 % 2016 +0.3 % NA View data
102 #102
Kazakhstan
49.69 % 2019 -0.0 % +0.1 % View data
103 #103
Cayman Islands
49.68 % 2018 NA -0.1 % View data
104 #104
Turks and Caicos Islands
49.65 % 2018 NA NA View data
105 #105
Barbados
49.62 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.0 % View data
106 #106
Maldives
49.61 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.2 % View data
107 #107
Japan
49.60 % 2019 -0.0 % -0.0 % View data
108 #108
Palau
49.50 % 2014 +0.9 % NA View data
109 #109
Ghana
49.50 % 2019 +0.6 % +0.8 % View data
110 #110
Andorra
49.49 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.6 % View data
111 #111
Macedonia
49.49 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.2 % View data
112 #112
Malawi
49.48 % 2019 -0.1 % +0.8 % View data
113 #113
Russia
49.47 % 2019 -0.2 % -0.3 % View data
114 #114
Spain
49.45 % 2019 -0.1 % +0.0 % View data
115 #115
Ukraine
49.44 % 2019 -0.1 % +0.0 % View data
116 #116
Australia
49.44 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.0 % View data
117 #117
Solomon Islands
49.43 % 2019 +0.7 % +0.7 % View data
118 #118
Ireland
49.35 % 2019 -0.0 % +0.0 % View data
119 #119
Kenya
49.34 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.2 % View data
120 #120
Brazil
49.32 % 2019 -0.3 % -0.4 % View data
121 #121
New Zealand
49.32 % 2019 -0.1 % +0.0 % View data
122 #122
Luxembourg
49.32 % 2019 -0.2 % -0.3 % View data
123 #123
Germany
49.29 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.1 % View data
124 #124
Federated States of Micronesia
49.29 % 2015 -0.6 % NA View data
125 #125
Mozambique
49.29 % 2019 +1.0 % +0.4 % View data
126 #126
El Salvador
49.29 % 2019 -0.0 % -0.1 % View data
127 #127
Turkey
49.27 % 2019 +0.4 % -0.0 % View data
128 #128
United Kingdom
49.24 % 2019 -0.0 % -0.2 % View data
129 #129
Brunei
49.19 % 2019 -0.1 % +0.2 % View data
130 #130
Qatar
49.18 % 2019 -0.0 % +0.3 % View data
131 #131
Cameroon
49.15 % 2019 +0.4 % +0.4 % View data
132 #132
Canada
49.08 % 2019 +0.0 % +0.1 % View data
133 #133
Netherlands
48.98 % 2017 -0.1 % -0.6 % View data
134 #134
Thailand
48.92 % 2019 -0.7 % -0.9 % View data
135 #135
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
48.92 % 2018 +1.3 % NA View data
136 #136
Equatorial Guinea
48.90 % 2015 NA NA View data
137 #137
Vanuatu
48.90 % 2015 NA -0.4 % View data
138 #138
Sierra Leone
48.89 % 2018 NA NA View data
139 #139
Lithuania
48.86 % 2019 -0.2 % -0.1 % View data
140 #140
United States
48.82 % 2017 +0.1 % NA View data
141 #141
Oman
48.79 % 2019 +0.2 % NA View data
142 #142
Israel
48.77 % 2019 -0.2 % -0.2 % View data
143 #143
Antigua and Barbuda
48.73 % 2019 -0.5 % -0.6 % View data
144 #144
Zambia
48.70 % 2019 +0.4 % +0.5 % View data
145 #145
Peru
48.69 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.1 % View data
146 #146
South Korea
48.63 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.2 % View data
147 #147
Kuwait
48.59 % 2019 +0.0 % -0.6 % View data
148 #148
Singapore
48.58 % 2017 +0.2 % NA View data
149 #149
Gibraltar
48.51 % 2017 +0.1 % NA View data
150 #150
Uzbekistan
48.32 % 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
151 #151
Liechtenstein
48.09 % 2019 -0.4 % -0.5 % View data
152 #152
India
48.07 % 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
153 #153
Uganda
48.04 % 2019 +0.3 % +0.5 % View data
154 #154
Ethiopia
47.98 % 2019 +0.7 % -0.1 % View data
155 #155
China
47.95 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.0 % View data
156 #156
Laos
47.94 % 2019 +0.7 % +0.5 % View data
157 #157
Morocco
47.75 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.9 % View data
158 #158
Armenia
47.62 % 2019 -0.3 % -0.4 % View data
159 #159
Tajikistan
47.60 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.2 % View data
160 #160
Saudi Arabia
47.60 % 2019 -0.7 % +1.4 % View data
161 #161
Bolivia
47.45 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.2 % View data
162 #162
Georgia
47.35 % 2019 -0.3 % -0.2 % View data
163 #163
Liberia
47.31 % 2017 -0.1 % NA View data
164 #164
Eritrea
47.05 % 2019 +0.7 % +1.3 % View data
165 #165
United Arab Emirates
46.79 % 2017 -4.3 % NA View data
166 #166
Guatemala
46.58 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.1 % View data
167 #167
Djibouti
46.31 % 2019 +2.3 % +1.0 % View data
168 #168
Azerbaijan
45.96 % 2019 -0.3 % +0.1 % View data
169 #169
Mali
45.38 % 2019 +0.9 % +1.1 % View data
170 #170
Pakistan
44.20 % 2019 -0.4 % +0.9 % View data
171 #171
San Marino
44.14 % 2018 NA NA View data
172 #172
Ivory Coast
43.33 % 2019 +0.3 % +1.4 % View data
173 #173
Benin
43.30 % 2019 +0.8 % +1.5 % View data
174 #174
Togo
43.26 % 2019 +1.3 % +2.2 % View data
175 #175
Niger
42.58 % 2019 +0.1 % +1.4 % View data
176 #176
Papua New Guinea
41.60 % 2016 NA NA View data
177 #177
Yemen
41.23 % 2016 NA +1.6 % View data
178 #178
Democratic Republic of the Congo
40.44 % 2019 +0.6 % +0.8 % View data
179 #179
Central African Republic
40.05 % 2017 +2.5 % +3.2 % View data
180 #180
Guinea
39.89 % 2019 +0.9 % +0.6 % View data
181 #181
Angola
39.06 % 2016 NA -2.8 % View data
182 #182
Afghanistan
36.37 % 2019 +3.1 % +0.8 % View data
183 #183
South Sudan
34.49 % 2015 NA +0.8 % View data
184 #184
Chad
32.25 % 2019 +1.1 % +1.0 % View data

Source: World Bank

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