Secondary education, pupils (% female) - Gender Statistics

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

Rank

Country

Value
1Lesotho (2009)57.98
2Suriname (2008)55.53
3Honduras (2008)55.27
4French Polynesia (1993)54.73
5Cape Verde (2009)54.13
6Namibia (2008)53.79
7Libya (2006)52.9
8Nicaragua (2008)52.55
9Dominican Republic (2009)52.5
10Argentina (2007)52.32
11Uruguay (2008)52.2
12Sao Tome and Principe (2009)52.17
13Netherlands Antilles (2003)52.14
14Bangladesh (2008)51.98
15Cayman Islands (2008)51.94
16Lebanon (2009)51.77
17New Caledonia (1997)51.76
18Brazil (2008)51.71
19Colombia (2009)51.47
20Bermuda (2006)51.46
21Belize (2009)51.4
22Liechtenstein (2008)51.4
23Mexico (2008)51.4
24Mongolia (2009)51.34
25St. Kitts and Nevis (2009)51.31
26Venezuela (2009)51.24
27Antigua and Barbuda (2009)51.24
28Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2008)51.24
29Kiribati (2008)51.2
30Western Samoa (2009)51.18
31Philippines (2008)51.12
32Trinidad and Tobago (2008)51.08
33Thailand (2009)51.05
34South Africa (2009)51.03
35Botswana (2007)51.03
36Panama (2009)50.99
37Dominica (2009)50.87
38Algeria (2005)50.74
39Malaysia (2008)50.66
40West Bank and Gaza (2009)50.63
41Tunisia (2008)50.6
42Vanuatu (2009)50.49
43St. Lucia (2009)50.46
44St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2009)50.43
45Aruba (2009)50.42
46Jamaica (2008)50.41
47Ireland (2008)50.38
48Burma (2009)50.33
49Ecuador (2009)50.32
50Upper middle income (2008)50.31
51Paraguay (2008)50.28
52Maldives (2006)50.28
53Portugal (2008)50.25
54Finland (2008)50.19
55Vietnam (2008)50.19
56Fiji (2008)50.16
57Seychelles (2009)50.09
58El Salvador (2008)50.08
59Bahamas (2008)50.06
60Costa Rica (2009)50.05
61Guam (1980)50.04
62Spain (2008)50.02
63Marshall Islands (2009)50.01
64Barbados (2009)49.97
65Puerto Rico (2009)49.97
66Guyana (2009)49.9
67New Zealand (2008)49.83
68Mauritius (2009)49.83
69Moldova (2009)49.8
70Chile (2008)49.78
71Croatia (2008)49.72
72Grenada (2009)49.69
73Iceland (2008)49.68
74Jordan (2008)49.63
75Latvia (2008)49.59
76Bahrain (2009)49.59
77Luxembourg (2008)49.59
78Palau (2007)49.55
79Bhutan (2009)49.48
80Sri Lanka (2004)49.45
81Denmark (2008)49.39
82Serbia (2009)49.37
83Estonia (2008)49.37
84Kyrgyzstan (2009)49.35
85Micronesia (2005)49.32
86Macau (2009)49.31
87Kuwait (2009)49.3
88Virgin Islands (U.S.) (1997)49.22
89United Kingdom (2008)49.19
90Cyprus (2008)49.18
91Belarus (2007)49.16
92Slovakia (2008)49.1
93Rwanda (2009)49.1
94Israel (2008)49.08
95Czech Republic (2008)49.02
96Indonesia (2009)49.01
97Peru (2008)48.99
98Uzbekistan (2009)48.94
99Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009)48.94
100Lithuania (2008)48.9
101France (2008)48.89
102Qatar (2009)48.87
103Andorra (2009)48.85
104Japan (2008)48.83
105San Marino (2009)48.78
106Hong Kong (2009)48.71
107Timor-Leste (2005)48.71
108United Arab Emirates (2009)48.69
109Azerbaijan (2009)48.69
110Syria (2009)48.68
111Georgia (2008)48.66
112United States (2008)48.63
113Poland (2008)48.62
114Albania (2009)48.61
115Bolivia (2008)48.59
116Romania (2008)48.59
117High income: OECD (2008)48.56
118Sweden (2008)48.55
119Cuba (2009)48.52
120Brunei Darussalam (2009)48.52
121Madagascar (2009)48.51
122High income (2008)48.5
123Slovenia (2008)48.49
124Hungary (2008)48.48
125Gambia (2008)48.41
126Armenia (2009)48.39
127Netherlands (2008)48.38
128Tonga (2006)48.38
129East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2007)48.37
130Italy (2008)48.33
131Ukraine (2008)48.32
132Monaco (2009)48.26
133Guatemala (2008)48.25
134Kazakhstan (2009)48.22
135Russia (2008)48.2
136Singapore (2009)48.18
137Canada (2006)48.17
138Belgium (2008)48.15
139Germany (2008)48.11
140Norway (2008)48.1
141Zimbabwe (2006)48.07
142Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2008)48.03
143Oman (2009)48
144China (2009)47.97
145Malta (2008)47.88
146Bulgaria (2008)47.85
147Turks and Caicos Islands (2005)47.81
148High income: nonOECD (2008)47.75
149Austria (2008)47.71
150Haiti (1997)47.64
151Switzerland (2008)47.62
152Macedonia (2008)47.58
153Australia (2008)47.46
154Egypt (2004)47.39
155Middle income (2008)47.35
156Iran (2009)47.3
157Kenya (2009)47.26
158Low & middle income (2008)47.17
159Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2008)47.16
160Gibraltar (2009)47.13
161Greece (2007)47.11
162Swaziland (2007)47.08
163South Korea (2008)46.9
164North Korea (2008)46.9
165Nepal (2008)46.73
166Arab World (2005)46.64
167Saudi Arabia (2009)46.54
168Lower middle income (2008)46.4
169Malawi (2009)46.37
170Gabon (2000)46.33
171Tuvalu (2001)46.16
172Turkey (2008)46.14
173American Samoa (1992)46.12
174Republic of the Congo (2004)46.03
175Sudan (2009)45.99
176Low income (2008)45.97
177Tajikistan (2008)45.85
178Ghana (2009)45.83
179Angola (2002)45.69
180Mauritania (2007)45.58
181Zambia (2009)45.53
182Morocco (2007)45.52
183Uganda (2009)45.27
184Cameroon (2009)45.2
185India (2008)44.58
186South Asia (2007)44.34
187Cambodia (2007)44.16
188Mozambique (2009)44.08
189Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2008)43.97
190Senegal (2008)43.88
191Laos (2008)43.87
192Tanzania (2009)43.81
193Solomon Islands (2007)43.52
194Ethiopia (2009)43.48
195Nigeria (2007)42.98
196Pakistan (2009)42.77
197Comoros (2005)42.51
198Burundi (2009)42
199Djibouti (2009)41.99
200Burkina Faso (2009)41.93
201Liberia (2000)41.66
202Eritrea (2009)41.46
203Iraq (2007)41.45
204Sierra Leone (2007)40.97
205Papua New Guinea (1998)40.09
206Mali (2009)39.03
207Niger (2009)37.76
208Equatorial Guinea (2002)36.41
209Guinea (2009)36.28
210Central African Republic (2009)36.15
211Democratic Republic of the Congo (2009)35.79
212Ivory Coast (2002)35.63
213Guinea-Bissau (2000)35.44
214Benin (2005)35.43
215Togo (2007)34.59
216Yemen (2005)32.07
217Somalia (2007)31.47
218Afghanistan (2009)31.26
219Chad (2009)29.01
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