Girls enrollment share (%), secondary - Secondary - Education Statistics

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Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.
Girls enrollment share (%), secondary - Secondary - Education Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Lesotho (2007)56.84
2Suriname (2008)55.53
3Honduras (2008)55.27
4French Polynesia (1992)54.73
5Namibia (2008)53.79
6Dominican Republic (2008)53.7
7Libya (2006)52.9
8Nicaragua (2008)52.55
9Argentina (2007)52.32
10St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008)52.29
11Cape Verde (2004)52.18
12Sao Tome and Principe (2009)52.17
13Netherlands Antilles (2003)52.14
14Cayman Islands (2008)51.94
15Lebanon (2008)51.82
16Brazil (2008)51.71
17New Caledonia (1991)51.61
18Mongolia (2008)51.58
19Bermuda (2006)51.46
20Colombia (2008)51.44
21Venezuela (2008)51.43
22Mexico (2008)51.4
23Belize (2008)51.36
24Aruba (2008)51.35
25Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2008)51.24
26Kiribati (2008)51.2
27Philippines (2008)51.12
28Botswana (2006)51.11
29Trinidad and Tobago (2008)51.08
30South Africa (2007)51
31Thailand (2008)50.98
32Panama (2008)50.95
33St. Lucia (2008)50.86
34St. Kitts and Nevis (2008)50.82
35Algeria (2005)50.74
36West Bank and Gaza (2008)50.67
37Western Samoa (2005)50.66
38Portugal (2007)50.65
39Malaysia (2007)50.64
40Tunisia (2008)50.6
41Seychelles (2008)50.53
42Jamaica (2008)50.41
43Ireland (2008)50.38
44Bangladesh (2007)50.32
45Upper middle income (2008)50.31
46Maldives (2006)50.28
47Guyana (2008)50.28
48Barbados (2008)50.25
49Antigua and Barbuda (2008)50.19
50Finland (2008)50.19
51Vietnam (2008)50.19
52Fiji (2008)50.16
53Paraguay (2007)50.12
54El Salvador (2008)50.08
55Bahamas (2008)50.06
56Spain (2008)50.02
57Costa Rica (2008)49.99
58Moldova (2008)49.94
59Burma (2007)49.93
60New Zealand (2008)49.83
61Chile (2007)49.77
62Croatia (2007)49.72
63Iceland (2008)49.68
64Jordan (2008)49.63
65Mauritius (2008)49.6
66Luxembourg (2008)49.59
67Latvia (2008)49.59
68Palau (2007)49.55
69Bahrain (2008)49.54
70Virgin Islands (U.S.) (1992)49.52
71Bhutan (2009)49.48
72Ecuador (2008)49.47
73Sri Lanka (2004)49.45
74Kuwait (2008)49.43
75Serbia (2008)49.4
76Denmark (2007)49.39
77Estonia (2008)49.38
78Kyrgyzstan (2008)49.37
79Micronesia (2005)49.32
80Macau (2008)49.24
81Armenia (2008)49.23
82Andorra (2008)49.21
83United Kingdom (2008)49.19
84Cyprus (2008)49.18
85Belarus (2007)49.16
86Marshall Islands (2007)49.13
87Slovakia (2008)49.1
88Israel (2008)49.08
89Dominica (2008)49.05
90Malta (2007)49.02
91Czech Republic (2008)49.02
92Indonesia (2008)49.01
93Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)49
94Peru (2008)48.99
95Euro area (1999)48.92
96Lithuania (2008)48.9
97France (2008)48.89
98Qatar (2008)48.87
99Japan (2008)48.83
100Uzbekistan (2008)48.8
101Uruguay (2007)48.76
102United Arab Emirates (2007)48.75
103Hong Kong (2008)48.72
104San Marino (2008)48.72
105Timor-Leste (2005)48.71
106Georgia (2008)48.66
107United States (2008)48.63
108Brunei Darussalam (2008)48.63
109Madagascar (2008)48.6
110Romania (2008)48.59
111Cuba (2008)48.58
112High income: OECD (2008)48.56
113Sweden (2008)48.55
114Poland (2007)48.5
115High income (2008)48.5
116Slovenia (2008)48.49
117Hungary (2008)48.48
118Syria (2008)48.47
119Gambia (2008)48.42
120Tonga (2006)48.38
121Netherlands (2008)48.38
122East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2007)48.37
123Bolivia (2007)48.36
124Italy (2007)48.34
125Ukraine (2008)48.32
126Monaco (2009)48.26
127Guatemala (2008)48.25
128Iran (2008)48.23
129Kazakhstan (2009)48.22
130Russia (2008)48.2
131Canada (2006)48.17
132Singapore (2008)48.17
133Belgium (2008)48.15
134Germany (2008)48.11
135Norway (2008)48.1
136Zimbabwe (2006)48.07
137Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2008)48.03
138Oman (2008)48.03
139Albania (2004)47.94
140Bulgaria (2008)47.85
141Rwanda (2008)47.85
142China (2008)47.83
143Azerbaijan (2008)47.83
144Austria (2008)47.71
145Switzerland (2008)47.62
146Kenya (2008)47.6
147Macedonia (2008)47.58
148Australia (2008)47.46
149Egypt (2004)47.39
150Middle income (2008)47.35
151Grenada (2008)47.33
152Low & middle income (2008)47.17
153Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2008)47.16
154Greece (2007)47.11
155Swaziland (2007)47.08
156South Korea (2008)46.9
157North Korea (2008)46.9
158Nepal (2008)46.73
159American Samoa (1985)46.65
160Saudi Arabia (2008)46.41
161Lower middle income (2008)46.4
162Gabon (2000)46.33
163Turkey (2008)46.14
164Liechtenstein (2008)46.09
165Republic of the Congo (2004)46.03
166Sudan (2009)45.99
167Low income (2008)45.97
168Ghana (2008)45.94
169Tajikistan (2008)45.85
170Uganda (2008)45.75
171Angola (2002)45.69
172Malawi (2008)45.61
173Mauritania (2007)45.58
174Morocco (2007)45.52
175Zambia (2008)45.25
176Tanzania (1999)44.82
177Vanuatu (2004)44.7
178Senegal (2008)44.34
179South Asia (2007)44.34
180Cambodia (2007)44.16
181Cameroon (2008)44.15
182Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2008)43.97
183India (2007)43.97
184Laos (2008)43.87
185Solomon Islands (2007)43.52
186Nigeria (2007)42.98
187Liberia (2008)42.88
188Mozambique (2008)42.84
189Comoros (2005)42.51
190Burkina Faso (2009)41.9
191Ethiopia (2008)41.86
192Pakistan (2008)41.78
193Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (1999)41.62
194Eritrea (2008)41.5
195Burundi (2008)41.44
196Sierra Leone (2007)40.97
197Djibouti (2008)40.7
198Papua New Guinea (1995)39.18
199Iraq (2005)38.93
200Mali (2008)38.64
201Niger (2008)37.59
202Central African Republic (2008)36.71
203Equatorial Guinea (2002)36.41
204Guinea (2008)36.19
205Ivory Coast (2002)35.63
206Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008)35.54
207Guinea-Bissau (2000)35.44
208Benin (2005)35.43
209Togo (2007)34.59
210Yemen (2005)32.07
211Somalia (2007)31.47
212Chad (2007)30.76
213Afghanistan (2007)26.06
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