Secondary 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 secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Secondary education, pupils (% female) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Lesotho (2006)55.97
2Cape Verde (2006)53.5
3Namibia (2006)53.38
4Libya (2006)52.9
5South Africa (2005)51.36
6Sao Tome and Principe (2006)51.17
7Tunisia (2006)50.99
8Botswana (2005)50.9
9Algeria (2005)50.74
10Swaziland (2005)49.94
11Mauritius (2005)49.12
12Madagascar (2006)48.65
13Seychelles (2005)48.19
14Sudan (2006)48.11
15Kenya (2006)48.09
16Zimbabwe (2006)48.07
17North Africa (2004)47.91
18Rwanda (2005)47.63
19Egypt (2004)47.39
20Gambia (2006)46.98
21Gabon (2000)46.33
22Angola (2002)45.69
23Republic of the Congo (2004)45.54
24Malawi (2006)45.48
25Africa (2004)45.3
26Morocco (2005)45.08
27Mauritania (2006)44.96
28Ghana (2006)44.9
29Tanzania (1999)44.82
30Zambia (2005)44.8
31Uganda (2005)44.46
32Nigeria (2006)44.15
33Cameroon (2006)43.95
34Sub-Saharan Africa (2005)42.86
35Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2005)42.86
36Senegal (2006)42.82
37Burundi (2006)42.55
38Comoros (2005)42.51
39Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2004)41.94
40Mozambique (2006)41.8
41Liberia (2000)41.66
42Sierra Leone (2001)41.6
43Burkina Faso (2006)41.27
44Djibouti (2006)39.81
45Niger (2006)38.78
46Ethiopia (2006)38.48
47Mali (2006)37.83
48Eritrea (2006)37.59
49Democratic Republic of the Congo (2003)36.67
50Equatorial Guinea (2002)36.41
51Ivory Coast (2002)35.63
52Guinea-Bissau (2001)35.45
53Benin (2005)35.43
54Togo (2006)35.31
55Guinea (2006)33.99
56Chad (2005)24.75
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