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Primary education, pupils (% female)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2019. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

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Key Insights

Global Average
48.3value
Median: 48.5value
Countries Covered
210
with available data
Highest
Senegal
52.5value
Lowest
Somalia
35.5value
Top 5 Countries
1Senegal52.5value
2Republic of The Gambia51.8value
3Republic of the Congo51.5value
4India50.9value
5Sierra Leone50.9value
By Region
North America48.7value(4 countries)
Oceania48.6value(2 countries)
Europe48.6value(32 countries)
South America48.6value(7 countries)
Other48.3value(130 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (35.5value)High (52.5value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 48.3value)

North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
Other (130)
Africa (9)
Asia (26)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2019. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Senegal52.5value
2Republic of The Gambia51.8value
3Republic of the Congo51.5value
4India50.9value
5Sierra Leone50.9value
6Kiribati50.8value
7Bangladesh50.7value
8Mauritania50.7value
9Nepal50.6value
10San Marino50.5value
11Uganda50.3value
12Zambia50.2value
13Oman50.2value
14Seychelles50.1value
15Islamic Republic of Iran50.1value
16Burundi50.1value
17United Republic of Tanzania50.1value
18Malawi49.9value
19Madagascar49.8value
20Mauritius49.7value
21Rwanda49.7value
22Kenya49.7value
23Saint Lucia49.6value
24Monaco49.6value
25Bahamas49.6value
26Zimbabwe49.5value
27Saudi Arabia49.5value
28Democratic Republic of the Congo49.5value
29Bahrain49.4value
30Saint Vincent and the Grenadines49.3value
31Ecuador49.3value
32Ghana49.3value
33Saint Kitts and Nevis49.3value
34Bhutan49.3value
35Sri Lanka49.2value
36Namibia49.2value
37Antigua and Barbuda49.2value
38Guyana49.2value
39Sint Maarten (Dutch part)49.2value
40Gibraltar49.2value
41Peru49.1value
42Equatorial Guinea49.1value
43Comoros49.1value
44Costa Rica49.1value
45Argentina49.0value
46Mexico49.0value
47United Arab Emirates49.0value
48Kazakhstan49.0value
49Kuwait49.0value
50Sweden49.0value
51Honduras49.0value
52State of Palestine49.0value
53Togo49.0value
54Jordan48.9value
55Turkmenistan48.9value
56Latvia48.9value
57Malaysia48.9value
58North Korea48.9value
59Ukraine48.9value
60Qatar48.9value
61Singapore48.9value
62Lesotho48.9value
63Belgium48.9value
64Botswana48.9value
65Israel48.9value
66Liberia48.9value
67Marshall Islands48.8value
68Luxembourg48.8value
69Mongolia48.8value
70Lithuania48.8value
71Gabon48.8value
72Czech Republic48.8value
73Kyrgyzstan48.8value
74United Kingdom48.8value
75Ireland48.8value
76Spain48.8value
77Maldives48.8value
78Turks and Caicos Islands48.8value
79Finland48.8value
80Cyprus48.8value
81United States of America48.8value
82Norway48.8value
83Croatia48.8value
84Japan48.8value
85Canada48.7value
86Haiti48.7value
87France48.7value
88Burkina Faso48.7value
89Poland48.7value
90Türkiye48.7value
91Russian Federation48.7value
92Bolivia48.7value
93Sao Tome and Principe48.7value
94Australia48.7value
95Slovakia48.7value
96South Africa48.7value
97Bermuda48.6value
98Netherlands48.6value
99New Zealand48.6value
100Egypt48.6value
101Iceland48.6value
102Hungary48.6value
103Brunei Darussalam48.6value
104Myanmar48.6value
105Switzerland48.5value
106Germany48.5value
107Slovenia48.5value
108Bosnia and Herzegovina48.5value
109Greece48.5value
110Thailand48.5value
111Estonia48.5value
112Belarus48.5value
113Nauru48.5value
114Austria48.5value
115Denmark48.5value
116Nicaragua48.5value
117Bulgaria48.5value
118Trinidad and Tobago48.5value
119Uruguay48.5value
120Serbia48.4value
121Dominica48.4value
122Chile48.4value
123Panama48.4value
124Cayman Islands48.4value
125South Korea48.4value
126Guinea-Bissau48.3value
127Puerto Rico48.3value
128Barbados48.3value
129The Republic of North Macedonia48.3value
130Uzbekistan48.3value
131Moldova, Republic of48.3value
132Solomon Islands48.3value
133New Caledonia48.3value
134Venezuela48.3value
135Tajikistan48.3value
136Romania48.3value
137Guatemala48.3value
138Timor-Leste48.3value
139Micronesia, Federated States of48.2value
140Malta48.2value
141Grenada48.2value
142Lebanon48.2value
143Macao48.2value
144Fiji48.2value
145Aruba48.2value
146Paraguay48.2value
147Cambodia48.1value
148Suriname48.1value
149Colombia48.1value
150El Salvador48.1value
151Lao People's Democratic Republic48.1value
152Portugal48.1value
153Mozambique48.1value
154Syrian Arab Republic48.1value
155Jamaica48.1value
156Tunisia48.0value
157Samoa48.0value
158Curaçao48.0value
159Guam48.0value
160Brazil47.9value
161Cote d'Ivoire47.9value
162Philippines47.9value
163Vietnam47.8value
164Andorra47.8value
165Algeria47.8value
166American Samoa47.8value
167Cape Verde47.8value
168Hong Kong47.8value
169French Polynesia47.8value
170Sudan47.8value
171Italy47.8value
172Indonesia47.8value
173Belize47.7value
174Georgia47.7value
175Benin47.7value
176Libya47.7value
177Eswatini47.6value
178Morocco47.6value
179Dominican Republic47.6value
180Nigeria47.5value
181Cuba47.5value
182Albania47.4value
183Tonga47.4value
184Vanuatu47.3value
185Ethiopia47.1value
186Cameroon47.0value
187Virgin Islands, British46.9value
188Angola46.9value
189Armenia46.7value
190Virgin Islands, U.S.46.6value
191Mali46.6value
192Liechtenstein46.5value
193Tuvalu46.5value
194Montenegro46.5value
195People's Republic of China46.5value
196Djibouti46.4value
197Azerbaijan46.3value
198Papua New Guinea46.2value
199Palau45.7value
200Yemen45.6value
201Niger45.6value
202Eritrea45.1value
203Guinea44.7value
204Iraq44.4value
205Pakistan44.0value
206Central African Republic43.6value
207Chad43.4value
208South Sudan40.9value
209Afghanistan39.0value
210Somalia35.5value
Showing 210 of 210 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2019).

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