Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%) - Millennium Development Goals Indicators

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Target 3.A: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%) - Millennium Development Goals Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Qatar (2008)119.78
2Iran (2008)115.75
3Kiribati (2007)109.34
4Seychelles (2008)108.33
5Suriname (2008)107.41
6Honduras (2008)107.29
7Bangladesh (2007)106.13
8Libya (2006)105.4
9Tuvalu (2001)104.83
10Lesotho (2007)104.68
11Western Samoa (2005)104.53
12Argentina (2007)104.5
13West Bank and Gaza (2008)104.41
14Colombia (2008)104.31
15Mongolia (2008)104.17
16China (2008)104
17Namibia (2008)103.59
18Sri Lanka (2003)103.53
19Armenia (2008)103.52
20New Zealand (2008)103.38
21Tunisia (2008)103.34
22Lebanon (2008)103.32
23Sao Tome and Principe (2009)103.16
24Dominican Republic (2008)102.93
25Andorra (2008)102.92
26Ireland (2008)102.84
27Fiji (2008)102.76
28Mauritania (2007)102.65
29Malaysia (2007)102.63
30Thailand (2008)102.61
31Spain (2008)102.59
32St. Kitts and Nevis (2005)102.55
33Brazil (2008)102.53
34Nicaragua (2008)102.49
35Netherlands Antilles (2003)102.46
36Luxembourg (2008)102.36
37Finland (2008)102.22
38Venezuela (2008)102.2
39Jordan (2008)102.17
40Costa Rica (2008)102.03
41Croatia (2007)102.01
42Micronesia (2005)102.01
43Serbia (2008)101.92
44Iceland (2008)101.88
45East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2007)101.85
46Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2008)101.74
47Moldova (2008)101.7
48Philippines (2008)101.69
49Gambia (2008)101.67
50Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)101.64
51Denmark (2007)101.62
52Mexico (2008)101.51
53Israel (2008)101.37
54United Kingdom (2008)101.28
55Bahrain (2008)101.2
56Bahamas (2008)101.17
57Estonia (2008)101.17
58Kuwait (2008)101.13
59Brunei Darussalam (2008)101.12
60Malta (2007)101.1
61Panama (2008)101.09
62Belarus (2007)101.08
63Belize (2008)101.05
64Upper middle income (2008)100.87
65Trinidad and Tobago (2008)100.79
66Dominica (2008)100.64
67United Arab Emirates (2007)100.63
68Czech Republic (2008)100.62
69Portugal (2007)100.55
70Botswana (2006)100.49
71Kyrgyzstan (2008)100.48
72Mauritius (2008)100.47
73Bhutan (2009)100.45
74Slovakia (2008)100.41
75Ecuador (2008)100.41
76Cape Verde (2004)100.23
77Aruba (2008)100.18
78Rwanda (2008)100.15
79St. Lucia (2008)100.13
80United States (2008)100.09
81Jamaica (2008)100.08
82Cyprus (2008)100.06
83Japan (2008)100.05
84Latvia (2008)100.03
85Tonga (2006)99.89
86St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008)99.76
87High income: OECD (2008)99.63
88Guyana (2008)99.61
89Hong Kong (2005)99.57
90South Africa (2007)99.56
91France (2008)99.56
92Lithuania (2008)99.55
93Turks and Caicos Islands (2005)99.53
94Peru (2008)99.38
95Malawi (2008)99.37
96High income (2008)99.32
97Slovenia (2008)99.31
98Algeria (2005)99.31
99Paraguay (2007)99.29
100Sweden (2008)99.28
101Poland (2007)99.26
102Italy (2007)99.07
103Palau (2007)99.07
104Norway (2008)99.01
105Uganda (2008)98.94
106Romania (2008)98.89
107Marshall Islands (2007)98.89
108Tanzania (1999)98.89
109Burma (2006)98.87
110Oman (2008)98.86
111Ukraine (2008)98.81
112Cuba (2008)98.79
113Bolivia (2007)98.66
114Canada (2006)98.66
115Chile (2007)98.63
116Kazakhstan (2009)98.47
117Macedonia (2007)98.41
118Hungary (2008)98.39
119Uzbekistan (2008)98.29
120El Salvador (2008)98.28
121Belgium (2008)98.25
122Netherlands (2008)98.19
123Maldives (2006)98.18
124Germany (2008)98.14
125Monaco (2009)98.14
126Russia (2008)98.04
127Indonesia (2008)98.04
128Uruguay (2007)97.93
129Azerbaijan (2008)97.81
130Albania (2004)97.67
131Bulgaria (2008)97.41
132Australia (2008)97.3
133Greece (2007)97.29
134Switzerland (2008)97.26
135North Korea (2008)97.18
136South Korea (2008)97.18
137Zimbabwe (2006)97.11
138Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2008)97.06
139Middle income (2008)97.03
140Syria (2008)96.8
141Austria (2008)96.73
142Madagascar (2008)96.52
143Georgia (2008)96.46
144Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2008)96.25
145High income: nonOECD (2008)95.93
146Kenya (2008)95.88
147Senegal (2008)95.88
148Gabon (2000)95.87
149Low & middle income (2008)95.8
150Ghana (2008)95.65
151Lower middle income (2008)95.38
152Macau (2008)95.18
153Egypt (2004)95.11
154Zambia (2008)95.06
155Bermuda (2006)94.77
156Timor-Leste (2005)94.77
157Vanuatu (2004)94.76
158Haiti (1997)94.64
159Solomon Islands (2007)94
160Guatemala (2008)93.78
161Vietnam (2001)93.22
162Grenada (2008)93.19
163Turkey (2008)92.87
164Antigua and Barbuda (2008)92.24
165India (2007)92.18
166Swaziland (2007)92.1
167Republic of the Congo (2004)91.88
168Cayman Islands (2008)91.47
169South Asia (2007)91.41
170Burundi (2008)91.32
171Liechtenstein (2008)91.1
172Low income (2008)91.07
173Saudi Arabia (2008)90.89
174Tajikistan (2008)90.56
175Cambodia (2007)89.65
176Sudan (2009)89.4
177Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2008)88.22
178Morocco (2007)88.07
179Laos (2008)87.22
180Mozambique (2008)86.52
181Liberia (2008)85.95
182Burkina Faso (2009)85.2
183Ethiopia (2008)85.19
184Nigeria (2007)85.11
185Cameroon (2008)84.25
186Comoros (2005)84.19
187Papua New Guinea (1995)84.01
188Sierra Leone (2007)83.98
189Equatorial Guinea (2002)82.52
190Nepal (2002)82.48
191Angola (1998)82.05
192Pakistan (2008)80.21
193Djibouti (2008)79.97
194Iraq (2005)78.91
195Mali (2008)77.62
196Eritrea (2008)77.21
197Guinea (2008)77.07
198Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008)75.82
199Togo (2007)75.28
200Niger (2008)73.94
201Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (1991)73.93
202Benin (2005)73.5
203Central African Republic (2008)68.64
204Ivory Coast (2002)68.63
205Yemen (2005)65.65
206Guinea-Bissau (2000)65.49
207Chad (2007)64.17
208Afghanistan (2007)57.74
209Somalia (2007)53.45
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