Share of Female Over-Age Students in Primary Education

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

  1. In 2019, Share of Female Over-Age Students in Primary Education in Pakistan increased 10.3points compared to the previous year.
  2. Since 2014 Sweden Share of Female Over-Age Students in Primary Education was up 3.7points year on year totalising 22.46 Percent of Female Enrollment.
  3. In 2015 South Sudan was ranked number 2 in Share of Female Over-Age Students in Primary Education.
  4. In 2017 Liberia was ranked number 1 in Share of Female Over-Age Students in Primary Education totalising 46.53 Percent of Female Enrollment, from 151 in 2016.

Top Countries in Share of Female Over-Age Students in Primary Education

Percent of Female Enrollment - 1970 to 2019

# 166 Countries Percent of Female Enrollment Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
Liberia
46.53 % 2017 NA NA View data
2 #2
South Sudan
46.38 % 2015 NA +0.0 % View data
3 #3
Solomon Islands
35.95 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.2 % View data
4 #4
Nepal
31.20 % 2019 NA +0.0 % View data
5 #5
Pakistan
29.24 % 2019 +10.3 % NA View data
6 #6
Swaziland
24.88 % 2019 -0.7 % -1.0 % View data
7 #7
Rwanda
24.01 % 2018 -6.5 % NA View data
8 #8
Vanuatu
24.01 % 2015 NA NA View data
9 #9
Madagascar
23.87 % 2018 NA NA View data
10 #10
Sweden
22.46 % 2019 +5.5 % +3.6 % View data
11 #11
Eritrea
22.09 % 2019 -0.6 % +3.9 % View data
12 #12
Equatorial Guinea
21.16 % 2015 NA -6.2 % View data
13 #13
Mauritania
20.54 % 2019 -3.6 % -2.2 % View data
14 #14
Malawi
19.95 % 2019 -0.9 % +0.9 % View data
15 #15
Togo
18.40 % 2018 -1.4 % NA View data
16 #16
Gambia
18.19 % 2019 -2.5 % +3.0 % View data
17 #17
Comoros
17.87 % 2018 +12.3 % NA View data
18 #18
Lesotho
17.21 % 2019 -3.9 % -4.3 % View data
19 #19
Burundi
16.39 % 2018 -1.3 % NA View data
20 #20
Burkina Faso
16.25 % 2019 +1.1 % -5.5 % View data
21 #21
Sudan
15.97 % 2019 +2.0 % +5.4 % View data
22 #22
Ghana
15.08 % 2019 -1.8 % -0.8 % View data
23 #23
Slovakia
14.63 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.0 % View data
24 #24
Suriname
14.37 % 2019 +0.9 % -2.3 % View data
25 #25
Mozambique
14.26 % 2019 -3.0 % -0.7 % View data
26 #26
East Timor
13.72 % 2019 -1.3 % -5.3 % View data
27 #27
Costa Rica
13.09 % 2019 -7.0 % +0.4 % View data
28 #28
Zambia
13.08 % 2017 NA -1.7 % View data
29 #29
Colombia
12.96 % 2019 -3.4 % -3.3 % View data
30 #30
Cambodia
12.74 % 2019 -1.4 % -4.7 % View data
31 #31
Paraguay
12.61 % 2016 NA +2.1 % View data
32 #32
Austria
12.55 % 2019 +0.6 % +1.5 % View data
33 #33
Iran
11.78 % 2019 +3.4 % +3.5 % View data
34 #34
Cameroon
11.69 % 2019 +0.7 % +4.3 % View data
35 #35
Botswana
11.51 % 2014 -10.9 % -8.3 % View data
36 #36
Sao Tome and Principe
11.35 % 2017 NA NA View data
37 #37
El Salvador
11.30 % 2019 +0.0 % -4.1 % View data
38 #38
Brazil
11.24 % 2019 -4.6 % -4.0 % View data
39 #39
Senegal
11.10 % 2019 -0.3 % +0.8 % View data
40 #40
Djibouti
11.09 % 2019 -6.6 % -3.4 % View data
41 #41
Morocco
10.99 % 2019 +1.3 % +1.2 % View data
42 #42
Bhutan
10.91 % 2019 -1.6 % NA View data
43 #43
Honduras
10.43 % 2019 -2.8 % -1.1 % View data
44 #44
Germany
10.33 % 2019 -2.4 % -2.2 % View data
45 #45
Aruba
9.73 % 2014 -0.5 % +3.1 % View data
46 #46
Ethiopia
9.57 % 2019 -5.3 % -5.4 % View data
47 #47
Yemen
9.43 % 2016 NA NA View data
48 #48
Chad
9.38 % 2019 -8.1 % NA View data
49 #49
Laos
9.02 % 2019 -6.4 % -11.8 % View data
50 #50
Guatemala
8.81 % 2019 -1.2 % -4.3 % View data
51 #51
Czech Republic
8.67 % 2019 -1.7 % -1.4 % View data
52 #52
Myanmar
8.49 % 2018 -15.8 % NA View data
53 #53
Guinea
8.38 % 2019 -3.8 % -1.3 % View data
54 #54
Ivory Coast
8.26 % 2019 -0.3 % -8.0 % View data
55 #55
Ukraine
8.16 % 2019 -3.7 % +2.2 % View data
56 #56
Philippines
8.01 % 2017 -32.3 % NA View data
57 #57
Dominican Republic
8.00 % 2019 -3.2 % -8.0 % View data
58 #58
Marshall Islands
7.99 % 2016 +6.2 % NA View data
59 #59
Panama
7.85 % 2019 -0.3 % +1.1 % View data
60 #60
Niger
7.83 % 2019 +0.1 % -0.4 % View data
61 #61
Azerbaijan
7.73 % 2019 +3.3 % +1.1 % View data
62 #62
Samoa
7.43 % 2019 -1.6 % -2.2 % View data
63 #63
Benin
7.28 % 2018 -16.1 % -3.0 % View data
64 #64
Mali
7.17 % 2019 +3.3 % -1.6 % View data
65 #65
Cape Verde
7.12 % 2019 -9.5 % -3.3 % View data
66 #66
Belize
6.90 % 2019 -4.3 % -1.6 % View data
67 #67
Bahamas
6.84 % 2019 -4.3 % -2.7 % View data
68 #68
Portugal
6.65 % 2019 -1.4 % -1.1 % View data
69 #69
Argentina
6.40 % 2019 -4.3 % -5.4 % View data
70 #70
Andorra
6.20 % 2019 +0.9 % -4.8 % View data
71 #71
Spain
6.16 % 2019 +3.2 % +1.2 % View data
72 #72
Venezuela
6.03 % 2019 -3.9 % -1.7 % View data
73 #73
Albania
5.63 % 2019 -5.1 % -1.2 % View data
74 #74
Belarus
5.53 % 2019 -0.5 % +0.9 % View data
75 #75
Lebanon
5.38 % 2019 -6.7 % -9.2 % View data
76 #76
United States
5.20 % 2019 -0.2 % +1.5 % View data
77 #77
Chile
5.19 % 2019 -0.7 % -2.6 % View data
78 #78
United Arab Emirates
5.10 % 2019 +2.5 % +8.7 % View data
79 #79
Uruguay
5.08 % 2019 -6.8 % -14.6 % View data
80 #80
Turks and Caicos Islands
5.01 % 2018 NA NA View data
81 #81
Bolivia
4.98 % 2019 -0.7 % -11.7 % View data
82 #82
Peru
4.96 % 2019 -8.5 % -8.5 % View data
83 #83
Netherlands
4.93 % 2017 -7.0 % -5.1 % View data
84 #84
Belgium
4.85 % 2019 +1.0 % -0.7 % View data
85 #85
Dominica
4.70 % 2019 +2.6 % +8.4 % View data
86 #86
Saudi Arabia
4.50 % 2019 -9.9 % -18.3 % View data
87 #87
Algeria
4.47 % 2019 -5.2 % -3.9 % View data
88 #88
Jamaica
4.41 % 2019 +0.4 % -1.8 % View data
89 #89
South Africa
4.40 % 2017 NA NA View data
90 #90
Brunei
3.96 % 2019 +5.1 % +2.6 % View data
91 #91
Tunisia
3.42 % 2019 -12.0 % -0.9 % View data
92 #92
Seychelles
3.41 % 2019 -3.0 % -3.4 % View data
93 #93
Fiji
3.34 % 2019 -4.2 % NA View data
94 #94
Luxembourg
3.26 % 2019 -0.2 % +0.9 % View data
95 #95
British Virgin Islands
3.25 % 2019 -5.5 % -10.3 % View data
96 #96
Kiribati
3.17 % 2017 -30.4 % NA View data
97 #97
Estonia
3.13 % 2019 +4.0 % +0.3 % View data
98 #98
Bahrain
3.01 % 2019 +2.4 % -1.2 % View data
99 #99
Romania
2.99 % 2017 +6.7 % -1.1 % View data
100 #100
Grenada
2.92 % 2019 +6.3 % +20.4 % View data
101 #101
Mauritius
2.92 % 2019 +6.5 % -11.3 % View data
102 #102
Australia
2.91 % 2019 -7.5 % -14.8 % View data
103 #103
Italy
2.86 % 2019 +5.2 % +7.2 % View data
104 #104
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2.64 % 2019 -26.6 % +1.6 % View data
105 #105
Israel
2.55 % 2019 +0.3 % +0.7 % View data
106 #106
Antigua and Barbuda
2.45 % 2019 -19.3 % -18.4 % View data
107 #107
Russia
2.44 % 2019 +9.2 % +225.0 % View data
108 #108
Ecuador
2.31 % 2019 -14.9 % -17.6 % View data
109 #109
Armenia
2.25 % 2019 -3.1 % -8.2 % View data
110 #110
Kuwait
2.19 % 2019 -0.9 % +7.6 % View data
111 #111
France
2.16 % 2019 -5.6 % -5.8 % View data
112 #112
Hungary
2.12 % 2019 -1.7 % -2.6 % View data
113 #113
Puerto Rico
2.08 % 2019 -4.4 % -9.7 % View data
114 #114
Egypt
2.06 % 2019 -2.8 % -6.8 % View data
115 #115
Turkey
1.92 % 2019 -9.9 % -16.7 % View data
116 #116
Montenegro
1.87 % 2018 +5.9 % NA View data
117 #117
Monaco
1.83 % 2019 -9.8 % NA View data
118 #118
Nauru
1.82 % 2016 NA NA View data
119 #119
Qatar
1.82 % 2019 +1.5 % -5.0 % View data
120 #120
Cuba
1.72 % 2019 +2.2 % -4.2 % View data
121 #121
Denmark
1.65 % 2019 -0.8 % -3.3 % View data
122 #122
Latvia
1.54 % 2019 -7.8 % -8.3 % View data
123 #123
Liechtenstein
1.52 % 2019 -0.1 % +5.6 % View data
124 #124
Saint Lucia
1.52 % 2019 -26.8 % -7.7 % View data
125 #125
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
1.47 % 2019 -15.9 % -3.2 % View data
126 #126
Mongolia
1.47 % 2018 -25.1 % -33.1 % View data
127 #127
Mexico
1.46 % 2019 -14.3 % -14.2 % View data
128 #128
Palestine
1.41 % 2019 -3.4 % -0.9 % View data
129 #129
Indonesia
1.37 % 2019 -14.3 % -11.6 % View data
130 #130
Cyprus
1.36 % 2019 -1.6 % -6.4 % View data
131 #131
Macedonia
1.32 % 2019 +1.8 % +5.0 % View data
132 #132
Barbados
1.31 % 2019 -5.8 % -5.8 % View data
133 #133
Slovenia
1.29 % 2019 +0.6 % +4.1 % View data
134 #134
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1.26 % 2019 -3.5 % -0.7 % View data
135 #135
Cayman Islands
1.25 % 2018 NA -6.3 % View data
136 #136
Georgia
1.18 % 2019 -10.6 % -16.4 % View data
137 #137
United Kingdom
1.15 % 2019 +1.4 % +0.5 % View data
138 #138
Greece
1.08 % 2019 -2.2 % -1.4 % View data
139 #139
Switzerland
1.04 % 2019 -3.8 % -2.8 % View data
140 #140
Moldova
1.04 % 2019 -7.2 % -9.6 % View data
141 #141
Finland
0.98 % 2019 +1.8 % +5.3 % View data
142 #142
Kyrgyzstan
0.93 % 2019 -9.2 % -8.9 % View data
143 #143
Vietnam
0.88 % 2019 -0.3 % -10.2 % View data
144 #144
Bulgaria
0.83 % 2019 -17.4 % -11.7 % View data
145 #145
Serbia
0.82 % 2019 -1.0 % +1.9 % View data
146 #146
Sri Lanka
0.81 % 2019 -13.4 % -4.9 % View data
147 #147
Tonga
0.73 % 2015 -86.3 % NA View data
148 #148
Malta
0.73 % 2019 +0.3 % -3.4 % View data
149 #149
Maldives
0.70 % 2018 -53.3 % -30.0 % View data
150 #150
Jordan
0.62 % 2018 +20.6 % -2.7 % View data
151 #151
Poland
0.62 % 2017 NA -5.9 % View data
152 #152
Oman
0.60 % 2018 -56.3 % -40.4 % View data
153 #153
Croatia
0.59 % 2019 -5.1 % -7.4 % View data
154 #154
Kazakhstan
0.56 % 2019 -4.6 % -1.1 % View data
155 #155
South Korea
0.55 % 2019 -14.2 % -25.0 % View data
156 #156
Lithuania
0.54 % 2019 -13.1 % -8.6 % View data
157 #157
Uzbekistan
0.49 % 2019 -8.7 % -16.4 % View data
158 #158
Singapore
0.47 % 2017 -2.7 % NA View data
159 #159
New Zealand
0.36 % 2019 +3.0 % +15.2 % View data
160 #160
Ireland
0.24 % 2018 -41.1 % -11.8 % View data
161 #161
North Korea
0.20 % 2015 NA NA View data
162 #162
Sierra Leone
0.19 % 2018 -97.8 % -53.1 % View data
163 #163
Malaysia
0.19 % 2019 -1.4 % -11.6 % View data
164 #164
Tajikistan
0.05 % 2018 -17.3 % NA View data
165 #165
Iceland
0.03 % 2019 -1.8 % +13.6 % View data
166 #166
Federated States of Micronesia
0.00 % 2015 -100.0 % NA View data

Source: World Bank

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