Gender parity index (GPI), gross enrollment ratio in primary and secondary education - Primary - Education Statistics

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Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary and secondary levels in public and private schools.
Gender parity index (GPI), gross enrollment ratio in primary and secondary education - Primary - Education Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2008)101.81
2High income (2008)100.6
3Upper middle income (2008)97.65
4Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2008)92.65
5East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2007)89.82
6Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2008)87.27
7Low & middle income (2008)83.01
8Lower middle income (2008)82.61
9South Asia (2007)75.96
10Low income (2008)71.25
11Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2008)69.99
12Qatar (2008)1.2
13Iran (2008)1.16
14Kiribati (2007)1.09
15French Polynesia (1992)1.08
16Seychelles (2008)1.08
17Suriname (2008)1.07
18Honduras (2008)1.07
19Bangladesh (2007)1.06
20Western Samoa (2005)1.05
21Lesotho (2007)1.05
22Argentina (2007)1.05
23Libya (2006)1.05
24Mongolia (2008)1.04
25West Bank and Gaza (2008)1.04
26Namibia (2008)1.04
27Colombia (2008)1.04
28Sri Lanka (2003)1.04
29China (2008)1.04
30Armenia (2008)1.04
31Fiji (2008)1.03
32Lebanon (2008)1.03
33Andorra (2008)1.03
34Thailand (2008)1.03
35Malaysia (2007)1.03
36St. Kitts and Nevis (2005)1.03
37Spain (2008)1.03
38Tunisia (2008)1.03
39Sao Tome and Principe (2009)1.03
40Ireland (2008)1.03
41Dominican Republic (2008)1.03
42Mauritania (2007)1.03
43New Zealand (2008)1.03
44Brazil (2008)1.03
45Finland (2008)1.02
46Barbados (1988)1.02
47Jordan (2008)1.02
48Costa Rica (2008)1.02
49Denmark (2007)1.02
50Micronesia (2005)1.02
51Croatia (2007)1.02
52Moldova (2008)1.02
53Mexico (2008)1.02
54Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)1.02
55Iceland (2008)1.02
56Serbia (2008)1.02
57Gambia (2008)1.02
58Venezuela (2008)1.02
59Nicaragua (2008)1.02
60Philippines (2008)1.02
61Netherlands Antilles (2003)1.02
62Luxembourg (2008)1.02
63Estonia (2008)1.01
64Israel (2008)1.01
65Kuwait (2008)1.01
66Brunei Darussalam (2008)1.01
67Malta (2007)1.01
68Czech Republic (2008)1.01
69Panama (2008)1.01
70Portugal (2007)1.01
71Bahamas (2008)1.01
72Bahrain (2008)1.01
73Belarus (2007)1.01
74Dominica (2008)1.01
75Belize (2008)1.01
76Trinidad and Tobago (2008)1.01
77United Arab Emirates (2007)1.01
78United Kingdom (2008)1.01
79Ecuador (2008)1
80Jamaica (2008)1
81Mauritius (2008)1
82Hong Kong (2005)1
83Aruba (2008)1
84High income: OECD (2008)1
85Latvia (2008)1
86St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008)1
87Cyprus (2008)1
88New Caledonia (1991)1
89United States (2008)1
90Bhutan (2009)1
91Guyana (2008)1
92Botswana (2006)1
93St. Lucia (2008)1
94Kyrgyzstan (2008)1
95South Africa (2007)1
96Japan (2008)1
97Slovakia (2008)1
98Euro area (1999)1
99Rwanda (2008)1
100Cape Verde (2004)1
101Lithuania (2008)1
102Tonga (2006)1
103France (2008)1
104Algeria (2005)0.99
105Italy (2007)0.99
106Romania (2008)0.99
107Norway (2008)0.99
108Palau (2007)0.99
109Bolivia (2007)0.99
110Poland (2007)0.99
111Burma (2006)0.99
112Ukraine (2008)0.99
113Uganda (2008)0.99
114Canada (2006)0.99
115Chile (2007)0.99
116Tanzania (1999)0.99
117Cuba (2008)0.99
118Sweden (2008)0.99
119Peru (2008)0.99
120Paraguay (2007)0.99
121Oman (2008)0.99
122Malawi (2008)0.99
123Marshall Islands (2007)0.99
124Slovenia (2008)0.99
125El Salvador (2008)0.98
126Uzbekistan (2008)0.98
127Belgium (2008)0.98
128Uruguay (2007)0.98
129Azerbaijan (2008)0.98
130Germany (2008)0.98
131Maldives (2006)0.98
132Albania (2004)0.98
133Macedonia (2007)0.98
134Indonesia (2008)0.98
135Hungary (2008)0.98
136Monaco (2009)0.98
137Netherlands (2008)0.98
138Russia (2008)0.98
139Kazakhstan (2009)0.98
140Australia (2008)0.97
141Austria (2008)0.97
142Bulgaria (2008)0.97
143Madagascar (2008)0.97
144North Korea (2008)0.97
145Middle income (2008)0.97
146Singapore (1994)0.97
147South Korea (2008)0.97
148Greece (2007)0.97
149Switzerland (2008)0.97
150Syria (2008)0.97
151Zimbabwe (2006)0.97
152Ghana (2008)0.96
153Kenya (2008)0.96
154Gabon (2000)0.96
155Senegal (2008)0.96
156Georgia (2008)0.96
157Macau (2008)0.95
158Bermuda (2006)0.95
159Timor-Leste (2005)0.95
160Vanuatu (2004)0.95
161Egypt (2004)0.95
162Zambia (2008)0.95
163Haiti (1991)0.94
164Solomon Islands (2007)0.94
165Guatemala (2008)0.94
166Turkey (2008)0.93
167Grenada (2008)0.93
168Vietnam (2001)0.93
169India (2007)0.92
170Republic of the Congo (2004)0.92
171Swaziland (2007)0.92
172Antigua and Barbuda (2008)0.92
173Saudi Arabia (2008)0.91
174Burundi (2008)0.91
175Cayman Islands (2008)0.91
176Liechtenstein (2008)0.91
177Tajikistan (2008)0.91
178Cambodia (2007)0.9
179Sudan (2009)0.89
180Morocco (2007)0.88
181Laos (2008)0.87
182Mozambique (2008)0.87
183Liberia (2008)0.86
184Nigeria (2007)0.85
185Burkina Faso (2009)0.85
186Ethiopia (2008)0.85
187Papua New Guinea (1995)0.84
188Comoros (2005)0.84
189Cameroon (2008)0.84
190Sierra Leone (2007)0.84
191Equatorial Guinea (2002)0.83
192Nepal (2002)0.82
193Angola (1998)0.82
194Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (1999)0.81
195Djibouti (2008)0.8
196Pakistan (2008)0.8
197Iraq (2005)0.79
198Mali (2008)0.78
199Guinea (2008)0.77
200Eritrea (2008)0.77
201Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008)0.76
202Togo (2007)0.75
203Niger (2008)0.74
204Benin (2005)0.73
205Central African Republic (2008)0.69
206Ivory Coast (2002)0.69
207Yemen (2005)0.66
208Guinea-Bissau (2000)0.65
209Chad (2007)0.64
210Afghanistan (2007)0.58
211Somalia (2007)0.53
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