Percentage of female students. Total secondary. All programmes is the number of female students enrolled in all secondary education programmes expressed as a percentage of the total number of students (male and female) enrolled at the secondary education level in a given school year.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sao Tome and Principe | 51.1 | 50.1 | 52.9 | 52.6 | 52.1 | 51.9 | 52.2 | 52.8 | |||
| Saudi Arabia | 48.0 | 44.5 | 42.9 | ||||||||
| Senegal | 33.5 | 39.2 | 42.5 | 46.3 | 47.4 | 49.1 | |||||
| Seychelles | 55.4 | 51.3 | 50.3 | 49.4 | 49.3 | 48.2 | 50.7 | 50.0 | 50.6 | ||
| Sierra Leone | 34.7 | 42.9 | 46.3 | 46.7 | 46.7 | ||||||
| South Africa | 53.8 | 52.4 | 51.4 | 51.1 | 51.0 | 51.1 | 51.9 | ||||
| South Sudan | 33.5 | 34.5 | |||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 51.1 | 49.9 | 50.1 | 50.8 | 50.9 | ||||||
| Sudan | 47.6 | 45.8 | 47.2 | 47.1 | 48.0 | ||||||
| इस्वातिनी | 43.6 | 50.2 | 50.0 | 49.6 | 49.0 | 48.8 | 49.3 | 49.6 | |||
| Syrian Arab Republic | 41.2 | 46.9 | 47.4 | 48.7 | 48.6 | 48.7 | 48.6 | ||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 28.8 | 44.8 | 46.5 | 47.7 | |||||||
| Togo | 25.5 | 30.9 | 34.7 | ||||||||
| Tunisia | 42.5 | 50.3 | 51.1 | 50.4 | 49.8 | ||||||
| Uganda | 36.4 | 47.4 | |||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 50.1 | ||||||||||
| United States of America | 48.7 | 49.0 | 49.2 | 49.0 | 48.9 | 48.9 | 48.9 | 49.1 | |||
| फिलिस्तीन | 50.1 | 50.1 | 50.9 | 51.4 | 51.3 | 51.3 | 51.3 | 51.3 | |||
| Yemen | 32.1 | 37.5 | 37.9 | 38.7 | 39.8 | ||||||
| Zambia | 32.6 | ||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 39.4 | 46.7 | 46.8 | 49.3 | 49.6 | ||||||
| Algeria | 42.6 | 50.2 | 51.2 | 49.9 | 50.0 | ||||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 50.2 | 51.2 | 50.1 | 53.4 | 49.7 | 50.0 | |||||
| Cambodia | 34.9 | ||||||||||
| China | 41.0 | 47.1 | 47.1 | 47.2 | 47.3 | 47.4 | 47.3 | ||||
| Croatia | 49.4 | 49.7 | 50.5 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 49.6 | 49.6 | 49.9 | |||
| Cyprus | 49.1 | 49.4 | 49.2 | 49.1 | 49.1 | 49.3 | 48.8 | 48.9 | 48.9 | ||
| Czech Republic | 46.6 | 49.3 | 49.2 | 48.8 | 48.8 | 48.7 | 48.8 | 48.8 | 48.9 | ||
| Denmark | 49.4 | 50.1 | 49.5 | 48.9 | 49.1 | 49.0 | 49.3 | 49.6 | 49.7 | ||
| Estonia | 49.9 | 49.1 | 48.6 | 48.3 | 48.3 | 48.4 | 48.5 | 48.5 | |||
| Afghanistan | 13.1 | 23.4 | 32.0 | 34.5 | 34.6 | 34.4 | 34.6 | 34.7 | |||
| Angola | 45.3 | 40.8 | 39.4 | ||||||||
| Bangladesh | 32.9 | 49.7 | 50.6 | 51.9 | 52.5 | 52.2 | 50.9 | 51.9 | |||
| Benin | 31.2 | 37.9 | 39.6 | 40.2 | 41.0 | ||||||
| Bhutan | 3.4 | 43.8 | 47.1 | 49.9 | 50.4 | 50.7 | 51.0 | 51.0 | |||
| Botswana | 45.5 | 52.5 | 51.4 | 50.5 | |||||||
| Burkina Faso | 39.0 | 40.7 | 42.5 | 43.0 | 43.9 | 45.0 | 45.7 | 47.1 | |||
| Burundi | 38.3 | 42.5 | 41.9 | 42.5 | 43.4 | 44.9 | 46.7 | 48.4 | |||
| केप वर्दे | 50.4 | 52.5 | 54.2 | 53.9 | 53.9 | 53.1 | 52.7 | 52.2 | |||
| Cameroon | 40.5 | 43.8 | 45.5 | 45.8 | 45.8 | 45.7 | 45.8 | ||||
| Canada | 48.9 | 49.1 | 48.1 | 48.2 | 48.3 | 48.7 | 48.7 | ||||
| Central African Republic | 28.7 | 35.9 | 34.3 | ||||||||
| Chad | 18.1 | 22.1 | 25.5 | 29.5 | 30.2 | 31.1 | |||||
| Comoros | 50.1 | 50.8 | |||||||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 36.4 | 36.8 | 37.0 | 38.1 | 38.2 | ||||||
| Congo | 43.0 | 46.2 | |||||||||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 41.0 | 41.4 | |||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 30.5 | 41.7 | |||||||||
| Eritrea | 41.1 | 37.2 | 43.1 | 43.7 | 43.7 | 43.7 | 44.2 | 45.2 | |||
| Ethiopia | 40.0 | 37.3 | 44.9 | 46.3 | 46.9 | 48.5 | |||||
| Gambia | 32.2 | 48.8 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 39.1 | 44.0 | 44.5 | 46.3 | 46.3 | 46.6 | 47.4 | 47.6 | 48.1 | ||
| Guinea | 24.5 | 32.9 | 38.2 | 39.1 | |||||||
| Guinea Bissau | 35.5 | ||||||||||
| India | 39.6 | 43.0 | 45.6 | 46.0 | 46.1 | 47.6 | 47.6 | 47.6 | |||
| Kenya | 31.4 | 48.5 | 48.6 | ||||||||
| Lesotho | 58.1 | 59.7 | 56.8 | 55.8 | 58.1 | 58.0 | 57.8 | 57.2 | 57.3 | 57.1 | |
| Liberia | 23.0 | 41.7 | 44.3 | 43.0 | 42.9 | ||||||
| Madagascar | 48.5 | 49.0 | 48.8 | 48.9 | 49.5 | ||||||
| Malawi | 36.5 | 42.8 | 44.7 | 47.3 | 47.4 | 47.0 | 47.2 | 47.5 | 47.2 | ||
| Maldives | 36.4 | 51.3 | |||||||||
| Mali | 32.9 | 35.2 | 37.5 | 40.2 | 40.6 | 43.3 | 42.0 | 43.6 | |||
| Mauritania | 30.6 | 41.7 | 45.9 | 45.2 | 45.1 | 45.1 | 47.6 | 47.1 | 47.5 | ||
| Mauritius | 49.7 | 48.5 | 48.9 | 50.6 | 50.5 | 50.5 | 50.0 | 49.7 | 50.3 | ||
| Mozambique | 36.5 | 38.4 | 40.8 | 45.0 | 46.4 | 47.2 | 47.5 | 47.6 | 47.9 | ||
| Namibia | 55.7 | 52.8 | 53.1 | ||||||||
| Nepal | 29.0 | 40.1 | 44.7 | 48.8 | 49.4 | 50.1 | 50.3 | 50.4 | 50.6 | 50.6 | |
| Niger | 29.3 | 38.7 | 39.1 | 40.3 | 39.1 | 40.1 | 40.4 | 41.3 | 41.5 | ||
| Nigeria | 32.0 | 42.9 | 44.9 | 44.6 | 45.8 | 45.2 | 46.9 | 46.8 | |||
| Oman | 41.3 | 49.1 | 47.7 | 48.6 | 48.5 | 49.0 | 48.8 | ||||
| Pakistan | 28.3 | 42.0 | 41.3 | 40.7 | 40.5 | 42.3 | 42.3 | ||||
| Qatar | 50.6 | 49.1 | 49.4 | 49.1 | 48.8 | 49.0 | 49.0 | 48.1 | 48.4 | ||
| Rwanda | 45.4 | 49.1 | 47.2 | 50.7 | 51.5 | 52.2 | 52.1 | 52.5 | 52.2 | ||
| Thailand | 50.3 | 50.5 | 50.8 | 50.8 | 50.7 | 51.1 | 50.1 | 47.8 | |||
| Timor-Leste | 48.7 | 49.0 | 49.5 | 49.7 | 50.1 | 50.7 | 50.6 | ||||
| Tonga | 47.9 | 48.0 | 49.4 | 49.7 | 47.0 | 48.9 | 48.6 | 49.8 | |||
| Tuvalu | 46.6 | 53.0 | 53.5 | ||||||||
| Vanuatu | 42.2 | 51.8 | 48.8 | 49.0 | |||||||
| North Macedonia | 47.8 | 48.0 | 48.1 | 48.3 | 48.0 | 47.9 | 48.2 | ||||
| Malaysia | 41.0 | 50.8 | 51.2 | 51.3 | 50.5 | 50.6 | 49.7 | 50.1 | 50.2 | 50.5 | |
| Marshall Islands | 48.9 | 50.3 | |||||||||
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 49.3 | ||||||||||
| Republic of Moldova | 51.7 | 49.8 | 50.1 | 49.6 | 49.5 | 49.3 | 49.1 | 49.0 | 48.8 | ||
| Mongolia | 54.7 | 52.4 | 51.3 | 50.1 | |||||||
| Myanmar | 48.3 | 51.2 | 49.1 | 51.1 | 50.4 | ||||||
| Nauru | 54.4 | 50.7 | 46.6 | 49.0 | |||||||
| New Zealand | 48.5 | 49.4 | 50.3 | 50.2 | 49.9 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.2 | 50.1 | 50.1 | |
| Iraq | 37.0 | ||||||||||
| Israel | 50.3 | 48.7 | 48.8 | 49.3 | 49.1 | 49.1 | 49.1 | 49.0 | 48.9 | ||
| Jamaica | 50.6 | 50.1 | 50.8 | 50.8 | 50.7 | 50.7 | 50.6 | ||||
| Jordan | 47.8 | 49.5 | 49.2 | 50.0 | 50.1 | 50.0 | 49.9 | 50.3 | |||
| Kuwait | 48.3 | 49.5 | 50.6 | 49.2 | 48.4 | 50.3 | 49.9 | 49.8 | 50.4 | ||
| Lebanon | 51.5 | 51.6 | 52.0 | 51.8 | 51.7 | 51.5 | 51.4 | 51.0 | |||
| Libya | 53.3 | ||||||||||
| Malta | 46.8 | 48.0 | 47.5 | 45.8 | 48.8 | 49.3 | 49.4 | 49.6 | 50.1 | ||
| Mexico | 49.4 | 50.2 | 51.2 | 51.3 | 51.1 | 51.0 | 50.8 | 50.8 | |||
| Monaco | 50.9 | 49.3 | 48.7 | 48.8 | 48.2 | 48.8 | 49.2 | ||||
| Montenegro | 49.1 | 48.6 | 48.3 | 48.5 | 48.3 | ||||||
| Morocco | 40.8 | 43.7 | 45.2 | 45.6 | 45.3 | 45.0 | |||||
| Netherlands | 47.0 | 47.9 | 48.4 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 48.3 | 49.1 | ||||
| Nicaragua | 47.4 | 53.4 | 52.7 | 51.7 | |||||||
| Norway | 49.9 | 49.4 | 48.9 | 48.1 | 48.2 | 48.1 | 47.7 | 47.7 | 47.8 | ||
| Panama | 52.0 | 50.9 | 50.5 | 50.8 | 50.6 | 50.9 | 50.3 | 50.7 | 50.9 | ||
| Paraguay | 49.9 | 50.2 | 50.1 | 49.9 | 50.4 | 50.4 | 50.6 | ||||
| Peru | 42.8 | 47.5 | 48.6 | 48.9 | 48.8 | 48.3 | 48.6 | 48.7 | 48.8 | ||
| Poland | 50.0 | 48.4 | 48.6 | 48.6 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 47.9 | 47.9 | |||
| Portugal | 49.3 | 50.6 | 51.2 | 49.5 | 49.3 | 49.1 | 49.0 | 48.8 | 48.6 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 50.5 | 49.7 | 50.3 | 49.8 | 49.6 | ||||||
| Romania | 48.1 | 49.4 | 49.2 | 48.5 | 48.3 | 48.4 | 48.3 | 48.4 | 48.5 | ||
| Russian Federation | 48.7 | 48.3 | 48.3 | 48.4 | 48.2 | 48.2 | |||||
| San Marino | 48.8 | 49.3 | 48.2 | 47.9 | 48.1 | ||||||
| Serbia | 49.4 | 49.5 | 49.2 | 49.1 | 49.2 | 49.2 | 49.1 | 48.9 | |||
| Slovakia | 49.4 | 49.2 | 49.0 | 48.9 | 48.9 | 49.2 | 49.0 | 49.0 | |||
| Slovenia | 49.6 | 48.7 | 48.3 | 48.3 | 48.4 | 48.5 | 48.4 | ||||
| Spain | 50.2 | 50.2 | 50.1 | 49.1 | 48.9 | 48.8 | 48.8 | 48.8 | 48.6 | ||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50.5 | 50.7 | 49.2 | 50.4 | 50.7 | 53.5 | 50.1 | 50.7 | |||
| Argentina | 52.5 | 50.8 | 51.5 | 51.5 | 51.6 | 51.3 | 51.0 | 50.8 | |||
| Bahamas | 49.7 | 50.8 | |||||||||
| Bahrain | 49.7 | 50.6 | 50.0 | 49.6 | 49.3 | 49.1 | 48.7 | 48.9 | 48.9 | ||
| Barbados | 46.9 | 50.3 | 49.4 | 49.6 | 50.2 | 49.5 | |||||
| Belize | 50.9 | 50.4 | 51.7 | 51.5 | 50.7 | 51.0 | 51.1 | 50.5 | |||
| Bolivia | 47.3 | 47.8 | 49.0 | 49.1 | 49.1 | 49.1 | 49.0 | 48.8 | |||
| Brazil | 50.5 | 51.6 | 51.5 | 51.4 | 51.2 | 50.7 | 50.5 | 50.2 | |||
| Chile | 51.6 | 50.7 | 49.7 | 49.5 | 49.9 | 49.9 | 50.0 | 49.4 | 49.3 | 49.3 | |
| Colombia | 48.8 | 51.5 | 51.6 | 51.4 | 51.2 | 51.1 | 51.0 | 50.9 | 50.7 | ||
| Costa Rica | 51.0 | 50.2 | 50.8 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 49.9 | 49.9 | 50.3 | 50.2 | 49.9 | |
| Cuba | 51.9 | 49.9 | 49.1 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 48.8 | 48.6 | 49.0 | 49.3 | ||
| Djibouti | 39.3 | 39.5 | 44.0 | 42.9 | 42.9 | 44.2 | 43.9 | 44.5 | |||
| Dominica | 53.3 | 52.8 | 50.0 | 50.6 | 50.5 | 49.2 | |||||
| Dominican Republic | 54.8 | 53.9 | 52.4 | 52.4 | 52.2 | 52.1 | 51.9 | 51.8 | |||
| Ecuador | 49.7 | 49.4 | 50.4 | 50.2 | 50.2 | 50.3 | 50.1 | 50.0 | 50.0 | ||
| Egypt | 42.5 | 47.1 | 48.1 | 48.5 | 48.3 | 48.2 | 48.6 | ||||
| El Salvador | 46.8 | 49.2 | 50.0 | 49.6 | 49.3 | 49.3 | 49.6 | 49.8 | 49.7 | ||
| Grenada | 52.1 | 50.1 | 50.3 | 48.6 | 48.8 | 48.8 | |||||
| Guatemala | 41.1 | 46.9 | 47.6 | 47.8 | 47.6 | 47.6 | 47.6 | 47.8 | 47.6 | ||
| Guyana | 50.0 | 50.6 | 50.3 | 50.0 | |||||||
| Honduras | 46.9 | 54.3 | 54.1 | 54.0 | 53.9 | 53.1 | 53.5 | ||||
| Iran | 40.3 | 47.3 | 48.1 | 47.8 | 47.7 | 47.6 | 47.6 | 47.5 | 47.6 | ||
| Saint Lucia | 60.1 | 57.2 | 54.3 | 49.4 | 49.1 | 49.5 | 50.0 | 49.8 | 49.7 | ||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 56.9 | 55.2 | 50.1 | 47.7 | 48.5 | 48.3 | 48.7 | 48.7 | |||
| Suriname | 54.8 | 55.8 | 55.1 | 56.3 | 56.2 | 56.0 | 56.3 | 55.2 | |||
| Sweden | 49.9 | 54.6 | 48.6 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 48.3 | 51.7 | 51.6 | 51.6 | ||
| Switzerland | 47.1 | 47.0 | 47.3 | 47.9 | 48.0 | 47.9 | 48.1 | 47.9 | 47.8 | ||
| Tajikistan | 45.6 | 44.8 | 45.6 | 45.8 | 46.2 | 46.2 | |||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 50.2 | ||||||||||
| Turkey | 37.0 | 41.5 | 44.7 | 47.0 | 47.0 | 47.8 | 48.3 | 48.4 | 48.4 | ||
| Turkmenistan | 48.4 | ||||||||||
| Ukraine | 49.1 | 46.8 | 48.2 | 48.0 | 48.3 | 48.0 | 48.2 | 48.3 | |||
| United Kingdom | 49.6 | 49.2 | 49.3 | 48.9 | 49.0 | 48.8 | 49.9 | 49.8 | |||
| Uruguay | 53.0 | 52.2 | 52.6 | 52.3 | 51.6 | ||||||
| Uzbekistan | 48.6 | 48.4 | 48.8 | 48.6 | 48.6 | 48.6 | 48.6 | 48.6 | 48.6 | ||
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 53.6 | 52.1 | 51.3 | 51.2 | 51.2 | 51.2 | 50.8 | 50.8 | |||
| Albania | 46.1 | 48.5 | 47.9 | 47.8 | 47.3 | 47.2 | 46.9 | 46.6 | 46.9 | ||
| Andorra | 50.3 | 48.3 | 47.9 | 48.0 | 48.0 | 48.0 | 47.7 | ||||
| Armenia | 52.0 | 47.9 | 47.8 | 48.1 | 48.0 | 47.6 | |||||
| Australia | 48.9 | 47.6 | 47.4 | 47.4 | 47.4 | 46.9 | 47.0 | ||||
| Austria | 46.7 | 47.7 | 47.5 | 47.8 | 47.8 | 47.8 | 47.9 | 47.8 | 47.8 | ||
| Belarus | 50.4 | 47.8 | 47.7 | 47.7 | 48.0 | 48.2 | 48.3 | ||||
| Belgium | 49.1 | 51.2 | 48.0 | 48.2 | 48.1 | 48.3 | 52.2 | 52.1 | 52.1 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.0 | 49.0 | 49.0 | 49.1 | 49.2 | 49.3 | |||||
| Brunei Darussalam | 44.8 | 49.9 | 48.8 | 48.6 | 48.2 | 48.5 | 48.6 | 48.1 | 48.3 | ||
| Bulgaria | 48.7 | 48.1 | 47.7 | 47.5 | 47.4 | 47.5 | 47.4 | 47.6 | 47.7 | ||
| Palau | 47.9 | 49.0 | 49.5 | 47.1 | |||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 26.6 | 38.0 | 41.5 | ||||||||
| Philippines | 49.9 | 51.7 | 50.6 | ||||||||
| Samoa | 50.6 | 50.4 | 50.6 | 50.8 | 50.9 | 50.3 | 50.9 | 50.7 | |||
| Singapore | 47.6 | 46.7 | |||||||||
| Solomon Islands | 25.6 | 36.7 | 42.1 | 43.5 | 44.5 | 45.9 | 46.7 | ||||
| Fiji | 45.4 | 50.7 | 50.5 | 51.0 | |||||||
| Finland | 53.0 | 51.1 | 50.0 | 50.2 | 50.1 | 50.2 | 51.2 | 51.2 | 51.2 | ||
| France | 50.5 | 48.9 | 49.0 | 49.0 | 49.0 | 48.9 | 49.1 | 49.2 | |||
| Georgia | 48.8 | 48.8 | 47.8 | 47.8 | 47.6 | ||||||
| Germany | 48.4 | 48.2 | 47.5 | 47.4 | 47.4 | 47.4 | 47.4 | 47.3 | |||
| Greece | 47.9 | 49.4 | 47.7 | 47.4 | 47.9 | 47.9 | 48.0 | 47.5 | |||
| हांगकांग | 48.9 | 48.5 | 48.4 | 48.3 | 47.8 | 47.5 | 47.5 | ||||
| Hungary | 48.9 | 49.1 | 48.7 | 48.4 | 48.3 | 48.3 | 48.8 | 48.8 | 48.8 | ||
| Iceland | 50.7 | 49.3 | 49.2 | 49.0 | 48.6 | 49.7 | |||||
| Indonesia | 34.2 | 44.9 | 48.5 | 49.0 | 49.3 | 49.1 | 49.6 | 48.1 | 48.6 | 48.8 | |
| Ireland | 51.1 | 50.6 | 51.0 | 49.9 | 49.5 | 49.3 | 49.3 | 49.5 | |||
| Italy | 49.0 | 47.8 | 48.4 | 48.3 | 48.2 | 48.2 | 48.2 | 48.1 | 48.1 | ||
| Japan | 49.4 | 49.1 | 48.8 | 48.8 | 48.9 | 48.9 | 48.9 | 48.9 | |||
| Kazakhstan | 50.3 | 49.3 | 49.2 | 49.2 | 49.3 | 49.4 | 49.6 | 49.4 | |||
| Kiribati | 38.5 | 48.7 | 55.0 | 51.8 | |||||||
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 49.1 | ||||||||||
| Republic of Korea | 47.5 | 47.8 | 47.2 | 47.1 | 47.2 | 47.4 | 47.6 | 47.7 | 47.7 | ||
| Kyrgyzstan | 49.6 | 50.2 | 49.5 | 49.2 | 49.2 | 49.0 | 49.2 | 49.2 | 49.4 | ||
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 39.9 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 44.7 | 45.2 | 45.8 | 46.3 | 47.0 | 47.3 | ||
| Latvia | 49.7 | 49.0 | 48.5 | 48.0 | 48.0 | 47.8 | 47.9 | 48.3 | |||
| Liechtenstein | 45.6 | 45.6 | 45.9 | 46.5 | 44.7 | 44.1 | |||||
| Lithuania | 48.9 | 48.8 | 48.3 | 48.1 | 47.7 | 47.5 | 47.6 | 47.6 | |||
| Luxembourg | 50.2 | 50.4 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 49.3 | 49.2 | ||||
| मकाउ | 52.5 | 50.5 | 49.4 | 48.7 | 48.3 | 48.3 | 48.1 | 47.9 | 48.0 |