Gender parity index (GPI), gross enrollment ratio in primary education - Primary - Education Statistics

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Ratio of female to male primary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

Rank	Country	Value
Gender parity index (GPI), gross enrollment ratio in primary education - Primary - Education Statistics (2008)
1	Iran	1.40
2	Mauritania	1.07
3	Bangladesh	1.06
4	Gambia	1.06
5	Dominica	1.06
6	China	1.04
7	Malawi	1.03
8	Senegal	1.02
9	Armenia	1.02
10	Belarus	1.02
11	Ireland	1.01
12	Israel	1.01
13	Jordan	1.01
14	Rwanda	1.01
15	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	1.01
16	Luxembourg	1.01
17	Oman	1.01
18	United States	1.01
19	Uganda	1.01
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.01
21	Japan	1
22	Kazakhstan	1
23	Australia	1
24	Peru	1
25	Bulgaria	1
26	Bahamas	1
27	New Zealand	1
28	Brunei Darussalam	1
29	Bhutan	1
30	Germany	1
31	Iceland	1
32	Liechtenstein	1
33	High income: OECD	1
34	Ukraine	1
35	Sri Lanka	1
36	United Kingdom	1
37	Serbia	1
38	Belgium	1
39	Ecuador	1
40	Norway	1
41	Switzerland	1
42	West Bank and Gaza	1
43	High income	1
44	Honduras	1
45	Russia	1
46	Namibia	0.99
47	Qatar	0.99
48	Romania	0.99
49	Mongolia	0.99
50	Slovenia	0.99
51	Azerbaijan	0.99
52	Sweden	0.99
53	Seychelles	0.99
54	Upper middle income	0.99
55	Austria	0.99
56	Colombia	0.99
57	Costa Rica	0.99
58	Czech Republic	0.99
59	Spain	0.99
60	Cyprus	0.99
61	Finland	0.99
62	Fiji	0.99
63	Hungary	0.99
64	Europe & Central Asia (developing only)	0.99
65	Mauritius	0.99
66	Estonia	0.99
67	Slovakia	0.99
68	France	0.99
69	Tanzania	0.99
70	Ghana	0.99
71	Guyana	0.99
72	Kyrgyzstan	0.99
73	Burma	0.99
74	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	0.99
75	Georgia	0.98
76	South Korea	0.98
77	North Korea	0.98
78	Kenya	0.98
79	Uzbekistan	0.98
80	Tunisia	0.98
81	Moldova	0.98
82	Netherlands	0.98
83	Sao Tome and Principe	0.98
84	Nicaragua	0.98
85	Philippines	0.98
86	Cuba	0.98
87	Zambia	0.98
88	Lithuania	0.98
89	Bahrain	0.98
90	Kuwait	0.98
91	Thailand	0.98
92	Mexico	0.98
93	St. Lucia	0.97
94	Lebanon	0.97
95	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	0.97
96	Turkey	0.97
97	Panama	0.97
98	Trinidad and Tobago	0.97
99	Belize	0.97
100	Venezuela	0.97
101	Middle income	0.97
102	El Salvador	0.97
103	Indonesia	0.97
104	Madagascar	0.97
105	Jamaica	0.97
106	Aruba	0.96
107	Andorra	0.96
108	Tajikistan	0.96
109	Syria	0.96
110	Latvia	0.96
111	Lower middle income	0.96
112	Saudi Arabia	0.96
113	Low & middle income	0.96
114	Burundi	0.95
115	Suriname	0.95
116	Grenada	0.95
117	Cape Verde	0.94
118	Cambodia	0.94
119	Algeria	0.94
120	Maldives	0.94
121	Timor-Leste	0.94
122	Republic of the Congo	0.94
123	Macau	0.94
124	Low income	0.94
125	Guatemala	0.94
126	Dominican Republic	0.93
127	Brazil	0.93
128	Antigua and Barbuda	0.92
129	Comoros	0.92
130	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.92
131	Laos	0.91
132	Morocco	0.91
133	Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	0.91
134	Liberia	0.90
135	Ethiopia	0.89
136	Djibouti	0.88
137	Mozambique	0.88
138	Sudan	0.88
139	Benin	0.87
140	Burkina Faso	0.87
141	Cameroon	0.86
142	Guinea	0.85
143	Cayman Islands	0.84
144	Pakistan	0.83
145	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.83
146	Mali	0.83
147	Eritrea	0.82
148	Angola	0.81
149	Yemen	0.80
150	Ivory Coast	0.79
151	Niger	0.78
152	Central African Republic	0.71
153	Chad	0.70
154	Afghanistan	0.66

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Gender parity index (GPI), gross enrollment ratio in primary education - Primary - Education Statistics

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