Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%) - Participation - Education - World Development Indicators

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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.
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%) - Participation - Education - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Qatar (2008)119.78
2Iran (2008)115.75
3Suriname (2008)107.41
4Honduras (2008)107.29
5Kiribati (2005)106.62
6Bangladesh (2007)106.13
7Seychelles (2007)105.59
8Libya (2006)105.4
9Lesotho (2007)104.68
10Samoa (2005)104.53
11Colombia (2008)104.31
12Mongolia (2008)104.17
13West Bank and Gaza (2007)104.14
14Argentina (2006)104.06
15Armenia (2008)104.06
16Malaysia (2005)103.69
17Mauritania (2008)103.68
18Namibia (2008)103.59
19Sri Lanka (2003)103.53
20Tunisia (2006)103.48
21Lebanon (2008)103.32
22China (2007)103.28
23Sao Tome and Principe (2009)103.16
24Iceland (2007)102.99
25St. Kitts and Nevis (2008)102.96
26Dominican Republic (2008)102.93
27Andorra (2008)102.92
28Spain (2007)102.83
29Fiji (2008)102.76
30Jordan (2007)102.75
31Ireland (2007)102.67
32Nicaragua (2008)102.49
33Brazil (2007)102.49
34Netherlands Antilles (2003)102.46
35Luxembourg (2007)102.35
36Finland (2007)102.21
37Venezuela (2008)102.2
38New Zealand (2007)102.08
39Philippines (2007)102.08
40Costa Rica (2008)102.03
41Croatia (2007)102.01
42Micronesia (2005)102.01
43East Asia & Pacific (2007)101.8
44Latin America & Caribbean (2007)101.78
45Serbia (2008)101.75
46Bahamas (2007)101.71
47Gambia (2008)101.67
48Denmark (2007)101.62
49Moldova (2008)101.61
50United Kingdom (2007)101.6
51Mexico (2007)101.27
52Bahrain (2008)101.2
53Brunei Darussalam (2008)101.12
54Malta (2007)101.1
55Panama (2008)101.09
56Belarus (2007)101.08
57Belize (2008)101.05
58Estonia (2007)101.04
59Peru (2007)100.95
60Israel (2007)100.88
61Trinidad and Tobago (2008)100.79
62Czech Republic (2007)100.65
63Dominica (2008)100.64
64United Arab Emirates (2007)100.63
65Cyprus (2007)100.61
66Portugal (2007)100.55
67Botswana (2006)100.49
68Kyrgyzstan (2008)100.48
69Upper middle income (2007)100.47
70Mauritius (2008)100.47
71Bhutan (2009)100.45
72United States (2007)100.34
73Slovakia (2007)100.32
74Ecuador (2007)100.31
75Jamaica (2007)100.29
76Latvia (2007)100.26
77Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007)100.25
78Cape Verde (2004)100.23
79Aruba (2008)100.18
80Rwanda (2008)100.15
81St. Lucia (2008)100.13
82Japan (2007)100.08
83Kuwait (2007)99.9
84Tonga (2006)99.89
85St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008)99.76
86High income: OECD (2007)99.75
87Lithuania (2007)99.68
88Guyana (2008)99.61
89Hong Kong (2005)99.57
90South Africa (2007)99.56
91France (2007)99.51
92High income (2007)99.45
93Norway (2007)99.42
94Sweden (2007)99.4
95Malawi (2008)99.37
96Paraguay (2006)99.32
97Algeria (2005)99.31
98Slovenia (2007)99.27
99Poland (2007)99.26
100Romania (2007)99.25
101Palau (2007)99.07
102Italy (2007)99.07
103Hungary (2007)98.96
104Uganda (2008)98.94
105Marshall Islands (2007)98.89
106Tanzania (1999)98.89
107Burma (2006)98.87
108Oman (2008)98.86
109Ukraine (2008)98.81
110Cuba (2008)98.79
111Canada (2006)98.66
112Bolivia (2007)98.66
113Chile (2007)98.63
114Kazakhstan (2009)98.47
115Macedonia (2007)98.41
116Russia (2007)98.34
117Germany (2007)98.33
118El Salvador (2008)98.28
119Maldives (2006)98.18
120Monaco (2009)98.14
121Belgium (2007)98.02
122Uzbekistan (2007)97.98
123Netherlands (2007)97.93
124Uruguay (2007)97.93
125Azerbaijan (2008)97.81
126Albania (2004)97.67
127Australia (2007)97.61
128Indonesia (2007)97.58
129Greece (2007)97.29
130Zimbabwe (2006)97.11
131South Korea (2007)96.99
132North Korea (2007)96.99
133Austria (2007)96.95
134Switzerland (2007)96.95
135Middle income (2007)96.87
136Syria (2008)96.8
137Bulgaria (2007)96.68
138Madagascar (2008)96.52
139Europe & Central Asia (2007)96.5
140Georgia (2008)96.46
141High income: nonOECD (2007)96.28
142Kenya (2008)95.88
143Senegal (2008)95.88
144Gabon (2000)95.87
145Middle East & North Africa (2007)95.82
146Lower middle income (2007)95.73
147Ghana (2008)95.59
148Low & middle income (2007)95.59
149Egypt (2004)95.11
150Antigua and Barbuda (2007)95.02
151Zambia (2008)94.84
152Bermuda (2006)94.77
153Timor-Leste (2005)94.77
154Vanuatu (2004)94.76
155Haiti (1991)94.4
156Solomon Islands (2007)94
157Guatemala (2008)93.78
158Nepal (2006)93.31
159Vietnam (2001)93.22
160Grenada (2008)93.19
161India (2007)92.18
162Swaziland (2007)92.1
163Republic of the Congo (2004)91.88
164Liechtenstein (2007)91.86
165Cayman Islands (2008)91.47
166South Asia (2007)91.42
167Burundi (2008)91.32
168Saudi Arabia (2008)90.89
169Low income (2007)90.87
170Tajikistan (2008)90.56
171Cambodia (2007)89.65
172Turkey (2007)89.49
173Sudan (2009)89.4
174Morocco (2007)88.07
175Sub-Saharan Africa (2007)87.6
176Laos (2008)87.22
177Mozambique (2008)86.52
178Liberia (2008)85.95
179Burkina Faso (2009)85.2
180Ethiopia (2008)85.19
181Nigeria (2007)85.11
182Cameroon (2008)84.25
183Comoros (2005)84.19
184Sierra Leone (2007)83.98
185Equatorial Guinea (2002)82.52
186Angola (1998)82.05
187Pakistan (2008)80.21
188Djibouti (2008)79.97
189Papua New Guinea (1991)79.61
190Iraq (2005)78.91
191Mali (2008)77.62
192Eritrea (2008)77.21
193Guinea (2008)77.07
194Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008)75.82
195Togo (2007)75.28
196Niger (2008)73.94
197Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (1991)73.93
198Benin (2005)73.5
199Ivory Coast (2002)68.63
200Yemen (2005)65.65
201Guinea-Bissau (2000)65.49
202Chad (2007)64.17
203Central African Republic (1991)60.55
204Afghanistan (2007)57.74
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