Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - 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. Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary and secondary levels in public and private schools. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Seychelles (2007)105.59
2Libya (2006)105.4
3Lesotho (2006)103.88
4Cape Verde (2007)103.85
5Namibia (2007)103.79
6Tunisia (2006)103.73
7Gambia (2008)103.37
8Mauritania (2007)102.59
9Botswana (2005)100.66
10Rwanda (2007)100.23
11Sao Tome and Principe (2008)99.97
12Malawi (2007)99.8
13South Africa (2007)99.77
14Mauritius (2005)99.56
15Algeria (2005)99.31
16Tanzania (1999)98.9
17Uganda (2007)98.49
18Zimbabwe (2006)97.2
19Madagascar (2007)96.47
20Gabon (2000)95.82
21Zambia (2007)95.56
22Ghana (2008)95.35
23Kenya (2007)95.18
24Egypt (2004)94.69
25Senegal (2007)93.56
26Swaziland (2007)91.65
27Republic of the Congo (2004)90.7
28Burundi (2007)90.03
29Morocco (2007)88.07
30Sub-Saharan Africa (2007)87.67
31Sudan (2007)87.59
32Sierra Leone (2007)86.43
33Mozambique (2007)85.45
34Cameroon (2007)84.51
35Comoros (2005)84.2
36Burkina Faso (2008)83.99
37Nigeria (2006)83.98
38Ethiopia (2007)82.62
39Equatorial Guinea (2002)82.52
40Angola (1998)82.14
41Djibouti (2008)79.99
42Eritrea (2007)77.76
43Guinea (2007)76.15
44Mali (2007)75.96
45Togo (2007)75.22
46Benin (2005)73.45
47Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)73.41
48Liberia (2000)72.7
49Niger (2007)71.49
50Ivory Coast (2002)68.41
51Guinea-Bissau (2001)64.96
52Chad (2007)64.32
53Central African Republic (1991)59.78
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