| Secondary education, pupils (% female) - Participation - Education - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
| 1 | Pakistan (2008) | 8,997,641 |
| 2 | Vietnam (2008) | 8,928,507 |
| 3 | Iran (2008) | 7,348,681 |
| 4 | Colombia (2008) | 4,462,998 |
| 5 | Thailand (2008) | 3,952,230 |
| 6 | Algeria (2008) | 3,542,924 |
| 7 | Ethiopia (2008) | 3,467,133 |
| 8 | Ukraine (2008) | 3,216,245 |
| 9 | Kenya (2008) | 3,077,222 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia (2008) | 2,788,094 |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008) | 2,528,527 |
| 12 | Syria (2008) | 2,525,970 |
| 13 | Nepal (2008) | 2,290,113 |
| 14 | Morocco (2008) | 2,114,335 |
| 15 | Venezuela (2008) | 2,100,630 |
| 16 | Sudan (2009) | 1,809,431 |
| 17 | Kazakhstan (2009) | 1,632,531 |
| 18 | Ghana (2008) | 1,623,317 |
| 19 | Yemen (2008) | 1,468,131 |
| 20 | Afghanistan (2008) | 1,381,458 |
| 21 | Uganda (2008) | 1,088,753 |
| 22 | Tajikistan (2008) | 998,338 |
| 23 | Azerbaijan (2008) | 995,320 |
| 24 | Cameroon (2008) | 912,471 |
| 25 | Madagascar (2008) | 912,153 |
| 26 | Cambodia (2008) | 909,033 |
| 27 | Dominican Republic (2008) | 868,017 |
| 28 | Ivory Coast (2008) | 851,267 |
| 29 | Zambia (2008) | 677,014 |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan (2008) | 675,601 |
| 31 | Guatemala (2008) | 649,466 |
| 32 | Cuba (2008) | 637,177 |
| 33 | Malawi (2008) | 636,416 |
| 34 | Senegal (2008) | 558,076 |
| 35 | Mali (2008) | 536,745 |
| 36 | Guinea (2008) | 519,647 |
| 37 | Hong Kong (2008) | 507,357 |
| 38 | Mozambique (2008) | 482,779 |
| 39 | Nicaragua (2008) | 446,868 |
| 40 | Burkina Faso (2009) | 441,781 |
| 41 | El Salvador (2008) | 434,996 |
| 42 | Laos (2008) | 409,868 |
| 43 | Serbia (2008) | 389,271 |
| 44 | Chad (2008) | 365,582 |
| 45 | Lebanon (2008) | 327,716 |
| 46 | Costa Rica (2008) | 321,961 |
| 47 | Moldova (2008) | 308,763 |
| 48 | Oman (2008) | 307,094 |
| 49 | Armenia (2008) | 306,558 |
| 50 | Honduras (2008) | 306,092 |
| 51 | Georgia (2008) | 303,808 |
| 52 | Mongolia (2008) | 297,883 |
| 53 | Republic of the Congo (2008) | 263,449 |
| 54 | Niger (2009) | 250,143 |
| 55 | Kuwait (2008) | 246,005 |
| 56 | Burundi (2008) | 230,572 |
| 57 | Eritrea (2008) | 227,442 |
| 58 | Panama (2008) | 223,917 |
| 59 | Singapore (2008) | 204,146 |
| 60 | Namibia (2008) | 163,873 |
| 61 | Mauritius (2008) | 116,503 |
| 62 | Gambia (2008) | 105,237 |
| 63 | Mauritania (2008) | 96,195 |
| 64 | Fiji (2008) | 95,210 |
| 65 | Trinidad and Tobago (2008) | 92,047 |
| 66 | Timor-Leste (2008) | 72,636 |
| 67 | Guyana (2008) | 69,612 |
| 68 | Bahrain (2008) | 65,849 |
| 69 | Qatar (2008) | 65,480 |
| 70 | Cape Verde (2008) | 60,311 |
| 71 | Bhutan (2009) | 56,543 |
| 72 | Brunei Darussalam (2008) | 43,345 |
| 73 | Macau (2008) | 40,099 |
| 74 | Djibouti (2008) | 38,947 |
| 75 | Maldives (2008) | 30,815 |
| 76 | Belize (2008) | 29,807 |
| 77 | Suriname (2008) | 25,583 |
| 78 | Barbados (2008) | 20,337 |
| 79 | St. Lucia (2008) | 15,774 |
| 80 | Grenada (2008) | 12,469 |
| 81 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008) | 11,641 |
| 82 | Sao Tome and Principe (2009) | 9,506 |
| 83 | Dominica (2008) | 7,162 |
| 84 | Aruba (2008) | 5,921 |
| 85 | St. Kitts and Nevis (2008) | 4,396 |
| 86 | Andorra (2008) | 3,589 |
| 87 | Cayman Islands (2008) | 3,198 |
| 88 | Monaco (2009) | 2,440 |
| 89 | San Marino (2008) | 1,710 |
| 90 | Lesotho (2007) | 56.84 |
| 91 | Libya (2006) | 52.9 |
| 92 | Netherlands Antilles (2003) | 52.14 |
| 93 | Argentina (2006) | 52.11 |
| 94 | Brazil (2007) | 51.74 |
| 95 | Kiribati (2005) | 51.68 |
| 96 | Bermuda (2006) | 51.46 |
| 97 | Philippines (2007) | 51.39 |
| 98 | Mexico (2007) | 51.31 |
| 99 | Latin America & Caribbean (2007) | 51.3 |
| 100 | Malaysia (2005) | 51.26 |
| 101 | Antigua and Barbuda (2007) | 51.14 |
| 102 | Botswana (2006) | 51.11 |
| 103 | South Africa (2007) | 51 |
| 104 | Tunisia (2006) | 50.99 |
| 105 | Samoa (2005) | 50.66 |
| 106 | Portugal (2007) | 50.65 |
| 107 | Ireland (2007) | 50.56 |
| 108 | West Bank and Gaza (2007) | 50.48 |
| 109 | Bahamas (2007) | 50.39 |
| 110 | Jamaica (2007) | 50.35 |
| 111 | Bangladesh (2007) | 50.32 |
| 112 | Upper middle income (2007) | 50.31 |
| 113 | Iceland (2007) | 50.17 |
| 114 | Spain (2007) | 50.16 |
| 115 | Seychelles (2007) | 50.13 |
| 116 | Finland (2007) | 50.09 |
| 117 | Paraguay (2006) | 50.08 |
| 118 | Peru (2007) | 50.01 |
| 119 | Burma (2007) | 49.93 |
| 120 | Luxembourg (2007) | 49.85 |
| 121 | Chile (2007) | 49.77 |
| 122 | Croatia (2007) | 49.72 |
| 123 | Latvia (2007) | 49.61 |
| 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007) | 49.59 |
| 125 | Palau (2007) | 49.55 |
| 126 | Jordan (2007) | 49.53 |
| 127 | Ecuador (2007) | 49.47 |
| 128 | Sri Lanka (2004) | 49.45 |
| 129 | Denmark (2007) | 49.39 |
| 130 | Indonesia (2007) | 49.35 |
| 131 | Micronesia (2005) | 49.32 |
| 132 | New Zealand (2007) | 49.3 |
| 133 | Cyprus (2007) | 49.28 |
| 134 | Estonia (2007) | 49.28 |
| 135 | United Kingdom (2007) | 49.2 |
| 136 | Belarus (2007) | 49.16 |
| 137 | Marshall Islands (2007) | 49.13 |
| 138 | Slovakia (2007) | 49.08 |
| 139 | Czech Republic (2007) | 49.05 |
| 140 | Malta (2007) | 49.02 |
| 141 | United States (2007) | 48.91 |
| 142 | France (2007) | 48.9 |
| 143 | Lithuania (2007) | 48.87 |
| 144 | Japan (2007) | 48.83 |
| 145 | Israel (2007) | 48.83 |
| 146 | Uruguay (2007) | 48.76 |
| 147 | United Arab Emirates (2007) | 48.75 |
| 148 | Hungary (2007) | 48.74 |
| 149 | Uzbekistan (2007) | 48.73 |
| 150 | Romania (2007) | 48.71 |
| 151 | High income: OECD (2007) | 48.66 |
| 152 | High income (2007) | 48.61 |
| 153 | Sweden (2007) | 48.53 |
| 154 | Slovenia (2007) | 48.5 |
| 155 | Poland (2007) | 48.5 |
| 156 | Russia (2007) | 48.38 |
| 157 | Tonga (2006) | 48.38 |
| 158 | East Asia & Pacific (2007) | 48.37 |
| 159 | Netherlands (2007) | 48.36 |
| 160 | Bolivia (2007) | 48.36 |
| 161 | Norway (2007) | 48.34 |
| 162 | Italy (2007) | 48.34 |
| 163 | Canada (2006) | 48.17 |
| 164 | Germany (2007) | 48.16 |
| 165 | Zimbabwe (2006) | 48.07 |
| 166 | Belgium (2007) | 48.03 |
| 167 | High income: nonOECD (2007) | 47.95 |
| 168 | Albania (2004) | 47.94 |
| 169 | Europe & Central Asia (2007) | 47.9 |
| 170 | Macedonia (2007) | 47.84 |
| 171 | Austria (2007) | 47.77 |
| 172 | China (2007) | 47.7 |
| 173 | Bulgaria (2007) | 47.67 |
| 174 | Rwanda (2007) | 47.63 |
| 175 | Australia (2007) | 47.62 |
| 176 | Switzerland (2007) | 47.49 |
| 177 | Middle East & North Africa (2007) | 47.44 |
| 178 | Egypt (2004) | 47.39 |
| 179 | Middle income (2007) | 47.38 |
| 180 | Low & middle income (2007) | 47.15 |
| 181 | Greece (2007) | 47.11 |
| 182 | Swaziland (2007) | 47.08 |
| 183 | North Korea (2007) | 46.84 |
| 184 | South Korea (2007) | 46.84 |
| 185 | Lower middle income (2007) | 46.43 |
| 186 | Gabon (2000) | 46.33 |
| 187 | Liechtenstein (2007) | 45.91 |
| 188 | Angola (2002) | 45.69 |
| 189 | Low income (2007) | 45.68 |
| 190 | Tanzania (1999) | 44.82 |
| 191 | Vanuatu (2004) | 44.7 |
| 192 | Turkey (2007) | 44.38 |
| 193 | South Asia (2007) | 44.35 |
| 194 | India (2007) | 43.97 |
| 195 | Sub-Saharan Africa (2007) | 43.67 |
| 196 | Solomon Islands (2007) | 43.52 |
| 197 | Nigeria (2007) | 42.98 |
| 198 | Comoros (2005) | 42.51 |
| 199 | Liberia (2006) | 41.92 |
| 200 | Sierra Leone (2007) | 40.97 |
| 201 | Iraq (2005) | 38.93 |
| 202 | Equatorial Guinea (2002) | 36.41 |
| 203 | Guinea-Bissau (2000) | 35.44 |
| 204 | Benin (2005) | 35.43 |
| 205 | Togo (2007) | 34.59 |
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