Gross enrollment rate (%), primary, female - Primary - Education Statistics

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Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.

Rank	Country	Value
Gross enrollment rate (%), primary, female - Primary - Education Statistics (2008)
1	Rwanda	152.02
2	Iran	150.64
3	Madagascar	149.50
4	Burundi	132.10
5	Seychelles	130.13
6	Sao Tome and Principe	129.01
7	Brazil	122.59
8	Malawi	121.82
9	Syria	121.66
10	Uganda	120.93
11	Colombia	119.51
12	Belize	118.62
13	Ecuador	118.42
14	Indonesia	117.87
15	Zambia	117.85
16	Burma	116.54
17	Honduras	115.83
18	Nicaragua	115.59
19	China	115.53
20	Azerbaijan	115.44
21	Angola	114.42
22	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	114.35
23	Comoros	114.08
24	El Salvador	113.40
25	Mexico	113.39
26	Cambodia	112.03
27	Aruba	111.78
28	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	111.78
29	Namibia	111.67
30	Israel	111.47
31	Suriname	111.11
32	Kenya	110.35
33	Guatemala	110.22
34	Republic of the Congo	110.14
35	Upper middle income	110.13
36	Bosnia and Herzegovina	109.95
37	Panama	109.42
38	Costa Rica	109.41
39	Tanzania	109.35
40	Philippines	109.15
41	France	108.98
42	Peru	108.89
43	Maldives	108.72
44	Kazakhstan	108.60
45	Qatar	108.14
46	Guyana	108.08
47	Benin	108.07
48	Middle income	107.13
49	Liechtenstein	106.93
50	Mozambique	106.89
51	Brunei Darussalam	106.58
52	United Kingdom	106.40
53	Georgia	106.22
54	Laos	106.22
55	Spain	106.14
56	Armenia	106.04
57	Bhutan	105.98
58	Netherlands	105.89
59	Tunisia	105.77
60	Australia	105.44
61	Ireland	105.37
62	Lower middle income	105.09
63	Low & middle income	105.03
64	Ghana	104.91
65	Germany	104.57
66	Bahrain	104.42
67	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	104.31
68	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	104.20
69	Algeria	104.08
70	South Korea	103.53
71	North Korea	103.53
72	Bahamas	103.37
73	Timor-Leste	103.20
74	Belgium	102.97
75	Czech Republic	102.78
76	Cyprus	102.75
77	Switzerland	102.63
78	Cameroon	102.42
79	Slovakia	102.22
80	High income: OECD	101.99
81	Japan	101.89
82	Mauritania	101.74
83	Venezuela	101.69
84	Trinidad and Tobago	101.61
85	Morocco	101.53
86	Sri Lanka	101.53
87	New Zealand	101.45
88	Mongolia	101.23
89	Luxembourg	101.20
90	High income	101.06
91	Bulgaria	101.03
92	Cuba	100.96
93	Dominican Republic	100.69
94	Macau	100.45
95	Belarus	100.44
96	Low income	100.21
97	Tajikistan	100.10
98	Grenada	99.67
99	Lebanon	99.63
100	Estonia	99.49
101	Romania	99.17
102	Mauritius	99.13
103	United States	99.11
104	Austria	98.93
105	Norway	98.79
106	Ukraine	98.68
107	Europe & Central Asia (developing only)	98.48
108	Serbia	98.46
109	Hungary	98.23
110	Cape Verde	98.07
111	Turkey	97.96
112	Iceland	97.79
113	Jordan	97.18
114	Slovenia	97.09
115	Russia	96.93
116	Finland	96.84
117	St. Lucia	96.55
118	Saudi Arabia	96.45
119	Latvia	96.20
120	Antigua and Barbuda	95.78
121	Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	95.32
122	Lithuania	95.01
123	Kuwait	94.61
124	Sweden	94.57
125	Bangladesh	94.50
126	Kyrgyzstan	94.42
127	Fiji	93.50
128	Moldova	93
129	Thailand	92.38
130	Ethiopia	92.29
131	Jamaica	91.84
132	Uzbekistan	91.81
133	Gambia	88.59
134	Liberia	85.56
135	Cayman Islands	85.43
136	Andorra	85.04
137	Senegal	84.48
138	Dominica	84.20
139	Afghanistan	84.07
140	Mali	82.68
141	Guinea	82.64
142	Democratic Republic of the Congo	82.22
143	West Bank and Gaza	79.46
144	Pakistan	76.50
145	Yemen	75.96
146	Oman	75.49
147	Central African Republic	71.67
148	Chad	68.19
149	Burkina Faso	68.12
150	Ivory Coast	65.88
151	Sudan	64.33
152	Niger	50.59
153	Eritrea	47.19
154	Djibouti	43.36

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