Primary education, pupils (% female) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Break in series between 1997 and 1998 due to due to change from International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED76) to ISCED97. Recent data are provisional. Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Primary education, pupils (% female) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Gambia (2008)51.3
2Rwanda (2007)50.85
3Malawi (2007)50.44
4Mauritania (2007)50
5Uganda (2007)49.86
6Tanzania (2008)49.81
7Senegal (2007)49.62
8Zimbabwe (2006)49.61
9Namibia (2007)49.6
10Lesotho (2006)49.6
11Gabon (2004)49.44
12Kenya (2007)49.36
13Botswana (2005)49.3
14Seychelles (2007)49.27
15Mauritius (2007)49.17
16Madagascar (2007)49.16
17Zambia (2007)49.05
18Sao Tome and Principe (2008)48.97
19South Africa (2007)48.84
20Equatorial Guinea (2007)48.6
21Ghana (2008)48.55
22Cape Verde (2007)48.33
23Burundi (2007)48.18
24Republic of the Congo (2007)47.99
25Swaziland (2007)47.91
26Tunisia (2007)47.74
27Libya (2006)47.66
28Egypt (2007)47.6
29Sierra Leone (2007)47.53
30Sub-Saharan Africa (2007)47.48
31Africa (2007)47.44
32Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2007)47.36
33Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2007)47.36
34North Africa (2007)47.29
35Algeria (2007)47.23
36Liberia (2008)46.92
37Ethiopia (2007)46.53
38Djibouti (2008)46.51
39Morocco (2007)46.46
40Mozambique (2007)46.44
41Togo (2007)46.4
42Comoros (2005)46.16
43Cameroon (2007)45.88
44Burkina Faso (2008)45.6
45Angola (1998)45.58
46Nigeria (2006)45.36
47Sudan (2007)45.31
48Guinea (2007)45.23
49Eritrea (2007)45.13
50Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)44.76
51Benin (2006)44.42
52Mali (2007)44.41
53Ivory Coast (2007)44.14
54Central African Republic (2008)41.86
55Niger (2007)41.49
56Chad (2007)40.89
57Guinea-Bissau (2001)40.24
58Somalia (1999)35.26
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