Girls enrollment share (%), primary - Primary - Education Statistics

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Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.

Rank	Country	Value
Girls enrollment share (%), primary - Primary - Education Statistics (2008)
1	Iran	57.11
2	Gambia	51.15
3	Rwanda	50.87
4	Bangladesh	50.51
5	Mauritania	50.31
6	Malawi	50.22
7	Senegal	50.18
8	Kiribati	50.11
9	Liechtenstein	50.05
10	Uganda	49.94
11	St. Kitts and Nevis	49.81
12	Burma	49.63
13	Bhutan	49.51
14	Seychelles	49.50
15	Namibia	49.49
16	Tanzania	49.33
17	Zambia	49.25
18	Mongolia	49.25
19	Madagascar	49.22
20	Kenya	49.20
21	Belarus	49.19
22	Oman	49.15
23	St. Lucia	49.11
24	Bahamas	49.10
25	Iceland	49.09
26	Sri Lanka	49.08
27	Peru	49.05
28	Honduras	49.04
29	Barbados	49.02
30	Qatar	49.02
31	Mauritius	49.01
32	Ecuador	49
33	Jordan	49
34	Sao Tome and Principe	48.97
35	Luxembourg	48.95
36	Israel	48.93
37	United States	48.92
38	Belgium	48.92
39	Nepal	48.88
40	Russia	48.86
41	Jamaica	48.86
42	Colombia	48.84
43	West Bank and Gaza	48.83
44	Kuwait	48.83
45	Serbia	48.82
46	Bahrain	48.82
47	Kazakhstan	48.80
48	Mexico	48.80
49	Kyrgyzstan	48.80
50	Ukraine	48.79
51	Japan	48.78
52	Guyana	48.78
53	Norway	48.77
54	New Zealand	48.76
55	Upper middle income	48.76
56	Finland	48.76
57	Cyprus	48.75
58	Ireland	48.74
59	Burundi	48.73
60	United Kingdom	48.73
61	Dominica	48.70
62	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.67
63	Saudi Arabia	48.66
64	High income: OECD	48.66
65	High income	48.65
66	Australia	48.62
67	Belize	48.62
68	Germany	48.61
69	Uzbekistan	48.60
70	Slovakia	48.59
71	Sweden	48.57
72	Ghana	48.56
73	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	48.54
74	Europe & Central Asia (developing only)	48.53
75	Aruba	48.53
76	Bulgaria	48.50
77	France	48.48
78	Switzerland	48.48
79	Philippines	48.47
80	Trinidad and Tobago	48.46
81	Indonesia	48.45
82	Czech Republic	48.45
83	Nicaragua	48.44
84	Costa Rica	48.42
85	Lebanon	48.40
86	Turkey	48.39
87	Slovenia	48.39
88	Spain	48.38
89	Thailand	48.36
90	Netherlands	48.34
91	Austria	48.34
92	Hungary	48.32
93	Romania	48.31
94	Moldova	48.30
95	Antigua and Barbuda	48.29
96	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	48.28
97	Venezuela	48.26
98	Suriname	48.25
99	Estonia	48.22
100	Cape Verde	48.20
101	Panama	48.18
102	Singapore	48.18
103	El Salvador	48.16
104	Fiji	48.13
105	Tajikistan	48.10
106	Lithuania	48.06
107	Cuba	48.04
108	Guatemala	48.02
109	Republic of the Congo	47.98
110	Syria	47.91
111	Brunei Darussalam	47.89
112	Cayman Islands	47.86
113	Hong Kong	47.84
114	Maldives	47.83
115	Low income	47.83
116	Tunisia	47.82
117	Latvia	47.77
118	South Korea	47.71
119	North Korea	47.71
120	Grenada	47.70
121	San Marino	47.55
122	Monaco	47.46
123	Dominican Republic	47.42
124	Cambodia	47.39
125	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	47.39
126	Low & middle income	47.34
127	Algeria	47.31
128	Timor-Leste	47.30
129	Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	47.27
130	Middle income	47.25
131	Andorra	47.20
132	Brazil	47.18
133	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	47.17
134	Comoros	47.10
135	Macau	47.09
136	Georgia	47.03
137	Ethiopia	47.01
138	Liberia	46.92
139	Azerbaijan	46.87
140	Lower middle income	46.81
141	Armenia	46.74
142	Mozambique	46.72
143	Morocco	46.69
144	Laos	46.62
145	Djibouti	46.51
146	China	46.47
147	Vietnam	46.22
148	Sudan	46.03
149	Cameroon	45.87
150	Burkina Faso	45.60
151	Benin	45.53
152	Democratic Republic of the Congo	45.46
153	Guinea	45.16
154	Angola	45.05
155	Mali	44.84
156	Eritrea	44.83
157	Ivory Coast	44.10
158	Pakistan	43.84
159	Yemen	43.64
160	Niger	42.67
161	Central African Republic	41.66
162	Chad	41.10
163	Afghanistan	38.23

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Girls enrollment share (%), primary - Primary - Education Statistics

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