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Education > High school > Gender ratio: Countries Compared

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

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Qatar 145.65 2008
2 Lesotho 131.93 2007
3 Suriname 127.61 2008
4 Honduras 126.94 2008
5 Kiribati 119.65 2007
6 Seychelles 118.6 2008
7 Dominican Republic 118.58 2008
8 Libya 117.12 2006
9 Namibia 116.83 2008
10 Nicaragua 113.49 2008
11 Argentina 113.19 2007
12 Samoa 111.72 2005
13 Sao Tome and Principe 111.65 2009
14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 111.43 2008
15 Lebanon 111.25 2008
16 Brazil 110.62 2008
17 Venezuela 110.21 2008
18 Colombia 110.05 2008
19 Cape Verde 109.49 2004
20 Philippines 109.01 2008
21 Netherlands Antilles 108.75 2003
22 Thailand 108.56 2008
23 Tunisia 108.29 2008
24 Panama 108.25 2008
25 Belize 108.22 2008
26 Mongolia 107.8 2008
27 Algeria 107.56 2005
28 Fiji 107.34 2008
29 Portugal 107.15 2007
30 Trinidad and Tobago 106.93 2008
31 Malaysia 106.9 2007
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) 106.54 2007
32 Ireland 106.44 2008
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 106.35 2007
33 Aruba 106.12 2008
34 Mexico 106.1 2008
35 Costa Rica 106.09 2008
36 Spain 105.83 2008
37 Botswana 105.7 2006
38 Bermuda 105.58 2006
39 Maldives 105.46 2006
40 New Zealand 105.44 2008
41 Bangladesh 105.13 2007
42 China 105.08 2008
43 Finland 104.88 2008
44 South Africa 104.66 2007
45 Armenia 104.61 2008
46 Bahrain 104.22 2008
47 Saint Lucia 104.18 2008
48 Jamaica 103.96 2008
49 Jordan 103.89 2008
50 Paraguay 103.79 2007
51 Kuwait 103.54 2008
52 Moldova 103.44 2008
53 Tonga 103.43 2006
54 Iceland 103.33 2008
55 Luxembourg 103.17 2008
56 Croatia 103.1 2007
57 Denmark 103.07 2007
58 Estonia 102.94 2008
59 Serbia and Montenegro 102.73 2008
60 Latvia 102.58 2008
=61 The Bahamas 102.52 2008
=61 Chile 102.52 2007
63 Brunei 102.49 2008
64 United Kingdom 102.39 2008
65 Belarus 102.19 2007
66 Malta 102.17 2007
OPEC countries average (profile) 102.09 2005
67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 101.93 2008
68 Sri Lanka 101.72 2004
69 Marshall Islands 101.7 2007
70 United Arab Emirates 101.56 2007
71 El Salvador 101.54 2008
Catholic countries average (profile) 101.49 2003
72 Mauritius 101.44 2008
=73 Israel 101.37 2008
=73 Ecuador 101.37 2008
75 Czech Republic 101.3 2008
Emerging markets average (profile) 101.28 2007
76 Cayman Islands 101.17 2008
Eurozone average (profile) 101.14 2007
=77 Cyprus 101.11 2008
=77 Kyrgyzstan 101.11 2008
79 Slovakia 100.88 2008
European Union average (profile) 100.82 2007
80 Guyana 100.78 2008
High income OECD countries average (profile) 100.71 2007
81 Monaco 100.67 2009
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 100.57 2003
82 Burma 100.57 2007
83 East Timor 100.48 2005
Former British colonies average (profile) 100.47 2002
84 France 100.25 2008
85 Lithuania 100.24 2008
86 Japan 100.09 2008
NATO countries average (profile) 100.07 2007
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 99.99 2007
Europe average (profile) 99.92 2007
87 United States 99.5 2008
88 Cuba 99.49 2008
89 Slovenia 99.37 2008
Cold countries average (profile) 99.27 2006
90 Sweden 99.24 2008
91 Indonesia 99.23 2008
92 Bhutan 99.08 2009
=93 Peru 99.03 2008
=93 Italy 99.03 2007
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 99 2008
95 Romania 98.98 2008
96 Poland 98.96 2007
97 Uruguay 98.85 2007
98 Uzbekistan 98.47 2008
99 Hungary 98.34 2008
100 Saint Kitts and Nevis 98.24 2005
101 Netherlands 98.2 2008
102 Ukraine 98.06 2008
103 Canada 97.9 2006
104 Norway 97.81 2008
105 Syria 97.78 2008
106 Azerbaijan 97.55 2008
107 Germany 97.54 2008
108 Kazakhstan 97.52 2009
Non-religious countries average (profile) 97.31 2006
109 Palau 97.14 2007
110 Bolivia 97.11 2007
111 Russia 97.02 2008
112 Belgium 96.83 2008
113 Albania 96.68 2004
114 Oman 96.67 2008
115 Bulgaria 96.5 2008
116 Austria 95.95 2008
117 Georgia 95.77 2008
118 Switzerland 95.36 2008
119 Australia 95.35 2008
120 Greece 94.67 2007
121 Madagascar 94.49 2008
122 The Gambia 94.12 2008
123 Turks and Caicos Islands 93.76 2005
124 Guatemala 93.49 2008
125 Tuvalu 93.19 2001
126 Dominica 92.88 2008
127 Antigua and Barbuda 92.8 2008
128 Zimbabwe 92.38 2006
129 Haiti 92.37 1997
Religious countries average (profile) 92.25 2005
130 Kenya 91.67 2008
131 Vietnam 91.66 2001
132 Grenada 91.61 2008
133 Rwanda 90.08 2008
134 Swaziland 90.05 2007
135 Ghana 88.98 2008
136 Mauritania 88.64 2007
137 Nepal 88.58 2006
138 Turkey 88.57 2008
139 Sudan 88.07 2009
South and Central Asia average (profile) 87.9 2006
140 Tajikistan 87.04 2008
Muslim countries average (profile) 87.03 2003
141 Vanuatu 86.49 2004
142 Congo, Republic of the 86.43 2004
143 Gabon 86.06 2000
144 Liechtenstein 85.8 2008
145 India 85.75 2007
146 Morocco 85.54 2007
147 Saudi Arabia 85.37 2008
148 Uganda 85.33 2008
149 Malawi 84.82 2008
150 Solomon Islands 84.46 2007
151 Zambia 83.26 2008
152 Angola 83.18 2002
153 Tanzania 81.59 1999
154 Cambodia 81.55 2007
155 Laos 80.6 2008
156 Senegal 80.51 2008
157 Cameroon 79.96 2008
158 Nigeria 77.23 2007
South Asia average (profile) 76.2 2007
159 Pakistan 75.79 2008
160 Comoros 75.57 2005
161 Liberia 75.39 2008
162 Mozambique 74.77 2008
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 74.73 1980
163 Burkina Faso 74.4 2009
164 Ethiopia 72.31 2008
165 Eritrea 70.92 2008
166 Burundi 70.6 2008
167 Djibouti 69.64 2008
168 Iraq 67.19 2005
169 Papua New Guinea 66.97 1995
170 Sierra Leone 66.29 2007
171 Mali 63.92 2008
172 Niger 59.89 2008
173 Guinea 58.84 2008
174 Equatorial Guinea 57.19 2002
175 Central African Republic 57.15 2008
176 Benin 56.69 2005
177 Cote d'Ivoire 55.52 2002
178 Democratic Republic of the Congo 55.25 2008
179 Guinea-Bissau 54.93 2000
180 Togo 52.63 2007
181 Somalia 45.87 2007
182 Chad 44.67 2007
183 Afghanistan 38.02 2007

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Education > High school > Gender ratio: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Education > High school > Gender ratio

  • 7 of the top 8 countries by high school > gender ratio are Hot countries.
  • All of the top 2 countries by high school > gender ratio are Former British Colonies'.
  • 7 of the top 11 countries by high school > gender ratio are Christian.
  • Qatar has had the highest high school > gender ratio since 2005.
  • Lesotho has ranked in the top 3 for high school > gender ratio since 1980.
  • Suriname has ranked in the top 2 for high school > gender ratio since 2002.
  • 24 of the bottom 28 countries by high school > gender ratio are Sub-Saharan African.
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