Girls enrollment share (%), tertiary - Tertiary - Education Statistics

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

Rank

Country

Value
1Seychelles (1980)88.89
2St. Kitts and Nevis (2008)84.05
3Virgin Islands (U.S.) (2007)76.37
4Dominica (2008)75.98
5Bahamas (1994)72.45
6Bermuda (2007)71.11
7Maldives (2004)69.86
8St. Lucia (2008)69.73
9St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1985)69.16
10Cayman Islands (2008)68.86
11Jamaica (2008)68.63
12Bahrain (2006)68.35
13Barbados (2007)68.01
14Brunei Darussalam (2008)65.61
15Iceland (2008)64.43
16Latvia (2008)64.41
17Kuwait (2004)64.29
18Belize (2009)64.23
19Qatar (2008)63.75
20Palau (2002)63.43
21Uruguay (2007)62.91
22Venezuela (2008)62.13
23Albania (2004)62.05
24Suriname (2002)61.96
25Estonia (2008)61.71
26Saudi Arabia (2008)61.59
27Cuba (2008)61.36
28Dominican Republic (2004)61.33
29Mongolia (2008)60.89
30Norway (2008)60.83
31Panama (2007)60.59
32American Samoa (2007)60.55
33Slovakia (2008)60.29
34Sweden (2008)60.29
35United Arab Emirates (2008)60.24
36Honduras (2008)60
37Lithuania (2008)59.9
38Tonga (2004)59.82
39Argentina (2007)59.71
40Netherlands Antilles (2002)59.69
41Puerto Rico (1980)59.09
42Tunisia (2008)58.82
43Guyana (2008)58.72
44New Zealand (2008)58.42
45Moldova (2008)58.35
46Kazakhstan (2009)58.33
47Slovenia (2008)58.14
48Aruba (2008)58.03
49Hungary (2008)57.96
50Burma (2007)57.93
51Belarus (2008)57.84
52Denmark (2007)57.57
53Andorra (2008)57.52
54Malta (2007)57.44
55Algeria (2007)57.38
56Poland (2007)57.37
57San Marino (2008)57.37
58Italy (2007)57.24
59United Kingdom (2008)57.22
60United States (2008)57.17
61Kyrgyzstan (2008)57.14
62Namibia (2008)56.84
63Russia (2008)56.82
64Paraguay (2007)56.72
65Marshall Islands (2003)56.47
66Canada (2004)56.45
67Romania (2008)56.35
68Malaysia (2007)55.81
69Brazil (2008)55.77
70Israel (2008)55.61
71Trinidad and Tobago (2005)55.59
72Cape Verde (2008)55.51
73Czech Republic (2008)55.46
74Serbia (2008)55.39
75Bulgaria (2008)55.33
76Australia (2008)55.31
77France (2008)55.21
78Lesotho (2006)55.18
79Belgium (2008)55.03
80Guam (1980)54.96
81Armenia (2007)54.7
82Lebanon (2008)54.66
83El Salvador (2008)54.59
84Euro area (2004)54.45
85Philippines (2008)54.45
86Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2003)54.43
87Ukraine (2008)54.4
88Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2004)54.36
89Costa Rica (2005)54.32
90Finland (2008)54.22
91Ireland (2008)54.22
92Georgia (2008)54.11
93Mauritius (2009)54.09
94Croatia (2007)54.06
95Spain (2008)54.03
96Thailand (2008)53.97
97Portugal (2007)53.97
98Upper middle income (2004)53.96
99West Bank and Gaza (2008)53.92
100South Africa (1998)53.77
101High income (2004)53.5
102High income: OECD (2004)53.38
103Austria (2008)53.29
104Macedonia (2008)53.23
105Botswana (2006)53.19
106Fiji (2005)53.05
107Iran (2008)52.95
108Ecuador (2008)52.86
109Nicaragua (2003)52.13
110Netherlands (2008)51.65
111Luxembourg (2006)51.6
112Oman (2008)51.55
113Libya (2003)51.39
114Jordan (2008)51.34
115Peru (2006)50.89
116Guatemala (2007)50.81
117Greece (2007)50.4
118Mexico (2008)50.27
119Hong Kong (2007)50.08
120French Polynesia (1991)49.83
121Macau (2008)49.78
122Swaziland (2006)49.77
123Chile (2007)49.42
124Switzerland (2008)49.27
125Singapore (2009)49.09
126Colombia (2008)49.06
127Cyprus (2008)49.03
128China (2008)48.8
129Vietnam (2008)48.8
130Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2004)48.71
131Middle income (2002)47.63
132Lower middle income (2004)47.61
133Sao Tome and Principe (2009)47.59
134Indonesia (2008)47.44
135Morocco (2008)47.28
136Madagascar (2008)47.22
137Sudan (2000)47.18
138Low & middle income (2004)46.99
139Germany (1996)45.75
140Japan (2008)45.74
141East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2004)45.58
142Bolivia (2007)45.04
143Pakistan (2008)44.51
144Western Samoa (2001)44.36
145Uganda (2008)44.33
146Azerbaijan (2008)44.28
147New Caledonia (1985)44.15
148Cameroon (2008)44.06
149Sri Lanka (1995)44
150Laos (2008)43.22
151Comoros (2004)43.17
152Turkey (2008)43.07
153Liberia (2000)42.78
154Kenya (2009)41.2
155Syria (1994)41.14
156Nigeria (2005)40.71
157Djibouti (2007)40.42
158Timor-Leste (2009)40.02
159Uzbekistan (2008)39.87
160Angola (2002)39.86
161Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2003)39.41
162India (2007)39.13
163Rwanda (2005)39.03
164Zimbabwe (2003)38.84
165South Korea (2008)38.45
166North Korea (2008)38.45
167Low income (2004)38.31
168South Asia (2004)38.22
169Iraq (2005)36.18
170Vanuatu (2004)36.13
171Gabon (1999)35.69
172Senegal (2008)35.3
173Papua New Guinea (1999)35.18
174Bangladesh (2007)34.9
175Bhutan (2008)34.75
176Egypt (1990)34.68
177Cambodia (2008)34.35
178Ghana (2007)34.24
179Malawi (2007)33.62
180Ivory Coast (2007)33.3
181Mozambique (2005)33.13
182Liechtenstein (2008)33
183Burkina Faso (2008)32.65
184Tanzania (2007)32.29
185Zambia (2000)31.63
186Mali (2008)31.08
187Burundi (2006)30.54
188Equatorial Guinea (2000)30.31
189Sierra Leone (2002)28.78
190Yemen (2007)28.66
191Tajikistan (2008)28.22
192Niger (2009)28.16
193Nepal (2004)27.58
194Central African Republic (2008)26.4
195Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)25.87
196Haiti (1985)25.84
197Mauritania (2006)25.65
198Eritrea (2009)24.52
199Guinea (2008)24.4
200Ethiopia (2008)23.77
201Afghanistan (2004)20.39
202Benin (2001)19.83
203Gambia (2004)19.15
204Republic of the Congo (2003)15.81
205Guinea-Bissau (2001)15.64
206Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (1970)15.45
207Togo (1995)14.99
208Chad (2008)12.72
209Somalia (1975)10.69
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