School enrollment, primary, female (% net) - Participation - Education - World Development Indicators
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Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.
| School enrollment, primary, female (% net) - Participation - Education - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 | Micronesia (1991) | 100 |
| 2 |  Japan (1991) | 100 |
| 3 | Seychelles (2004) | 99.98 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka (2007) | 99.87 |
| 5 | Canada (2000) | 99.68 |
| 6 | Greece (2007) | 99.65 |
| 7 | Spain (2007) | 99.57 |
| 8 | New Zealand (2007) | 99.45 |
| 9 | Tanzania (2008) | 99.1 |
| 10 | Cyprus (2007) | 98.94 |
| 11 | Madagascar (2007) | 98.87 |
| 12 | Burundi (2008) | 98.77 |
| 13 | Aruba (2008) | 98.75 |
| 14 | Cuba (2008) | 98.72 |
| 15 | Russia (1991) | 98.67 |
| 16 | France (2007) | 98.58 |
| 17 | Norway (2007) | 98.48 |
| 18 | Portugal (2007) | 98.43 |
| 19 | Austria (2006) | 98.42 |
| 20 | Uganda (2008) | 98.35 |
| 21 | Tunisia (2007) | 98.2 |
| 22 | Italy (2007) | 98.18 |
| 23 | Germany (2007) | 98.15 |
| 24 | Belgium (2007) | 98.01 |
| 25 | Netherlands (2007) | 97.98 |
| 26 | Mexico (2007) | 97.93 |
| 27 | Panama (2008) | 97.84 |
| 28 | Israel (2007) | 97.7 |
| 29 | Georgia (2008) | 97.61 |
| 30 | Uruguay (2007) | 97.59 |
| 31 | United Kingdom (2007) | 97.59 |
| 32 | Belize (2008) | 97.57 |
| 33 | Honduras (2008) | 97.55 |
| 34 | Bahrain (2008) | 97.45 |
| 35 | North Korea (2007) | 97.44 |
| 36 | South Korea (2007) | 97.44 |
| 37 | Sao Tome and Principe (2009) | 97.41 |
| 38 | Ecuador (2007) | 97.41 |
| 39 | Australia (2007) | 97.39 |
| 40 | Malaysia (2006) | 97.34 |
| 41 | Ireland (2007) | 97.32 |
| 42 | Iceland (2007) | 97.17 |
| 43 | Rwanda (2008) | 97.04 |
| 44 | Peru (2007) | 96.87 |
| 45 | Serbia (2008) | 96.86 |
| 46 | Finland (2007) | 96.43 |
| 47 | Vanuatu (2005) | 96.26 |
| 48 | Denmark (2007) | 96.26 |
| 49 | Luxembourg (2007) | 96.16 |
| 50 | Iran (2002) | 96.06 |
| 51 | Zambia (2008) | 95.84 |
| 52 | Poland (2007) | 95.83 |
| 53 | Argentina (1991) | 95.71 |
| 54 | Belarus (2008) | 95.6 |
| 55 | Tonga (2005) | 95.54 |
| 56 | Slovenia (2007) | 95.42 |
| 57 | Tajikistan (2008) | 95.38 |
| 58 | Azerbaijan (2008) | 95.28 |
| 59 | Maldives (2008) | 95.11 |
| 60 | El Salvador (2008) | 94.71 |
| 61 | China (1991) | 94.69 |
| 62 | Guyana (2008) | 94.52 |
| 63 | Bulgaria (2007) | 94.38 |
| 64 | Estonia (2007) | 94.28 |
| 65 | High income: OECD (2007) | 94.28 |
| 66 | Algeria (2008) | 94.17 |
| 67 | Bolivia (2007) | 94.03 |
| 68 | Chile (2007) | 93.99 |
| 69 | Romania (2007) | 93.93 |
| 70 | Burma (1991) | 93.9 |
| 71 | Indonesia (2006) | 93.71 |
| 72 | Czech Republic (2006) | 93.71 |
| 73 | Qatar (2003) | 93.64 |
| 74 | High income (2007) | 93.62 |
| 75 | Sweden (2007) | 93.56 |
| 76 | Mauritius (2008) | 93.53 |
| 77 | Guatemala (2008) | 93.51 |
| 78 | Switzerland (2007) | 93.45 |
| 79 | Malawi (2008) | 93.35 |
| 80 | Upper middle income (2007) | 93.32 |
| 81 | Latin America & Caribbean (2007) | 93.29 |
| 82 | Brunei Darussalam (2008) | 93.25 |
| 83 | East Asia & Pacific (1991) | 93.11 |
| 84 | Hong Kong (2005) | 92.66 |
| 85 | Paraguay (2006) | 92.62 |
| 86 | Grenada (2008) | 92.61 |
| 87 | Brazil (2007) | 92.48 |
| 88 | Slovakia (2005) | 92.32 |
| 89 | Turkey (2007) | 92.28 |
| 90 | United States (2007) | 92.1 |
| 91 | Nicaragua (2008) | 92 |
| 92 | Bahamas (2007) | 91.98 |
| 93 | Malta (2007) | 91.91 |
| 94 | Syria (2002) | 91.9 |
| 95 | Liechtenstein (2007) | 91.79 |
| 96 | Europe & Central Asia (2007) | 91.73 |
| 97 | Latvia (2005) | 91.66 |
| 98 | Egypt (2007) | 91.66 |
| 99 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008) | 91.61 |
| 100 | Philippines (2007) | 91.47 |
| 101 | Trinidad and Tobago (2008) | 91.45 |
| 102 | Vietnam (2001) | 91.44 |
| 103 | United Arab Emirates (2007) | 91.34 |
| 104 | St. Lucia (2008) | 91.17 |
| 105 | Namibia (2008) | 91.11 |
| 106 | Fiji (2006) | 91.08 |
| 107 | Albania (2004) | 91 |
| 108 | Lithuania (2007) | 90.72 |
| 109 | Bangladesh (2006) | 90.69 |
| 110 | Samoa (2004) | 90.64 |
| 111 | Zimbabwe (2006) | 90.54 |
| 112 | Libya (1991) | 90.37 |
| 113 | Venezuela (2008) | 90.18 |
| 114 | Jordan (2007) | 90 |
| 115 | Croatia (2007) | 89.92 |
| 116 | Colombia (2008) | 89.7 |
| 117 | Suriname (2008) | 89.58 |
| 118 | Ukraine (2008) | 89.09 |
| 119 | Kazakhstan (2009) | 89 |
| 120 | Middle East & North Africa (2007) | 88.79 |
| 121 | Uzbekistan (2007) | 88.67 |
| 122 | Bhutan (2009) | 88.48 |
| 123 | Costa Rica (1991) | 88.12 |
| 124 | India (2007) | 88.01 |
| 125 | Lebanon (2008) | 88 |
| 126 | Hungary (2007) | 87.91 |
| 127 | Mongolia (2008) | 87.88 |
| 128 | Middle income (2007) | 87.61 |
| 129 | South Africa (2007) | 87.56 |
| 130 | Morocco (2008) | 87.34 |
| 131 | High income: nonOECD (2007) | 87.29 |
| 132 | Botswana (2006) | 87.12 |
| 133 | Cambodia (2008) | 86.73 |
| 134 | Macedonia (2007) | 86.63 |
| 135 | Kuwait (2008) | 86.62 |
| 136 | Benin (2008) | 86.47 |
| 137 | Lower middle income (2007) | 86.28 |
| 138 | Low & middle income (2007) | 85.36 |
| 139 | Jamaica (2007) | 84.45 |
| 140 | Saudi Arabia (2008) | 83.96 |
| 141 | Cape Verde (2008) | 83.66 |
| 142 | Swaziland (2007) | 83.65 |
| 143 | South Asia (2007) | 83.63 |
| 144 | Kyrgyzstan (2008) | 83.17 |
| 145 | Moldova (2008) | 82.38 |
| 146 | Cameroon (2008) | 82.25 |
| 147 | Mauritania (2007) | 82.11 |
| 148 | Kenya (2008) | 82.04 |
| 149 | Iraq (2005) | 81.37 |
| 150 | Laos (2008) | 80.67 |
| 151 | Dominican Republic (2008) | 80.22 |
| 152 | Gabon (2001) | 80.01 |
| 153 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (1991) | 79.47 |
| 154 | Andorra (2008) | 79.3 |
| 155 | Cayman Islands (2008) | 78.36 |
| 156 | Togo (2007) | 78.14 |
| 157 | Low income (2007) | 78 |
| 158 | Mozambique (2008) | 77.34 |
| 159 | Dominica (2008) | 75.52 |
| 160 | Ethiopia (2008) | 75.35 |
| 161 | Armenia (2008) | 74.72 |
| 162 | Ghana (2008) | 74.4 |
| 163 | Timor-Leste (2008) | 74.35 |
| 164 | Lesotho (2007) | 74.27 |
| 165 | Senegal (2008) | 73.78 |
| 166 | West Bank and Gaza (2007) | 73.46 |
| 167 | Antigua and Barbuda (2007) | 73.43 |
| 168 | Nepal (2004) | 73.42 |
| 169 | St. Kitts and Nevis (2008) | 72.33 |
| 170 | Gambia (2008) | 70.99 |
| 171 | Sub-Saharan Africa (2007) | 70.35 |
| 172 | Oman (2008) | 69.19 |
| 173 | Solomon Islands (2007) | 67.15 |
| 174 | Comoros (2000) | 66.87 |
| 175 | Guinea (2008) | 66.25 |
| 176 | Marshall Islands (2007) | 66.02 |
| 177 | Yemen (2008) | 65.68 |
| 178 | Liberia (2000) | 65.58 |
| 179 | Mali (2008) | 65.4 |
| 180 | Equatorial Guinea (2003) | 63.08 |
| 181 | Papua New Guinea (1991) | 60.75 |
| 182 | Pakistan (2008) | 59.67 |
| 183 | Burkina Faso (2009) | 59.45 |
| 184 | Nigeria (2007) | 58.26 |
| 185 | Republic of the Congo (2006) | 55.98 |
| 186 | Central African Republic (2008) | 50.36 |
| 187 | Chad (2003) | 50.03 |
| 188 | Ivory Coast (2003) | 49.95 |
| 189 | Niger (2009) | 47.62 |
| 190 | Angola (1998) | 47.56 |
| 191 | Guinea-Bissau (2000) | 43.46 |
| 192 | Djibouti (2008) | 42.67 |
| 193 | Eritrea (2008) | 36.12 |
| 194 | Sudan (2000) | 35.51 |
| 195 | Sierra Leone (1991) | 33.5 |
| 196 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1999) | 31.52 |
| 197 | Haiti (1991) | 21.99 |
| 198 | Afghanistan (1991) | 17.5 |
| 199 | Somalia (1991) | 5.47 |
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