Indicators / Female secondary education attainment
Female secondary education attainment
Share of women aged 25+ who have completed at least some secondary education.
193 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked highest to lowest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.
1CubaHigh55.7%2RwandaMedium54.7%3NicaraguaHigh51.6%4MexicoHigh50.1%5AndorraVery High50%6United Arab EmiratesVery High50%7Bolivia (Plurinational State of)High48.2%8IcelandVery High47.6%9Costa RicaVery High47.4%10SwedenVery High46.4%11NorwayVery High46.2%12SenegalLow46.1%13FinlandVery High46%14MonacoOther Countries or Territories45.8%15South AfricaHigh45.7%16AustraliaVery High44.5%17New ZealandVery High44.3%18ArgentinaVery High43.8%19SpainVery High43.7%20DenmarkVery High43.6%21BelgiumVery High43.5%22MozambiqueLow43.2%23EcuadorHigh43.1%24AustriaVery High42.8%25North MacedoniaVery High42.5%26Cabo VerdeMedium41.7%27NetherlandsVery High39.1%28AngolaMedium39.1%29BurundiLow38.9%30EthiopiaLow38.8%31PeruHigh38.8%32Moldova (Republic of)High38.6%33SwitzerlandVery High37.8%34DominicaHigh37.5%35Tanzania (United Republic of)Medium37.4%36FranceVery High37.2%37Timor-LesteMedium36.9%38GuyanaHigh36.6%39PortugalVery High36.1%40CanadaVery High35.8%41AlbaniaVery High35.7%42NamibiaMedium35.6%43ArmeniaVery High35.5%44GermanyVery High35.3%45SerbiaVery High34.8%46BelarusVery High34.7%47ZimbabweMedium34%48UgandaMedium33.8%49Trinidad and TobagoVery High33.8%50ItalyVery High33.6%51LuxembourgVery High33.3%52San MarinoVery High33.3%53NepalMedium33.2%54CameroonMedium32.9%55ChileVery High32.7%56BarbadosVery High32.7%57South SudanLow32.3%58LatviaVery High32%59CroatiaVery High31.8%60SloveniaVery High31.5%61United KingdomVery High31.5%62Saint Kitts and NevisVery High31.3%63SudanLow31%64GrenadaHigh31%65JamaicaHigh31%66Viet NamHigh30.3%67UzbekistanHigh30%68GuineaLow29.6%69SurinameHigh29.4%70ColombiaHigh29.4%71SingaporeVery High29.1%72IraqMedium29.1%73EstoniaVery High28.7%74MaliLow28.6%75LithuaniaVery High28.4%76United StatesVery High28.2%77Sierra LeoneLow28.2%78LiechtensteinVery High28%79MaltaVery High27.8%80PolandVery High27.5%81PhilippinesHigh27.5%82IrelandVery High27.4%83El SalvadorMedium27.4%84HondurasMedium27.3%85AfghanistanLow27.2%86Equatorial GuineaMedium27%87UruguayVery High26.9%88BeninLow26.6%89TajikistanMedium26.6%90ChinaHigh26.5%91DjiboutiLow26.2%92LesothoMedium26%93NigerLow25.9%94ChadLow25.9%95Dominican RepublicHigh25.7%96TurkmenistanHigh25.6%97Eswatini (Kingdom of)Medium25%98KenyaMedium24.6%99BulgariaVery High24.2%100IsraelVery High24.2%101Saint LuciaHigh24.1%102BelizeHigh23.9%103CzechiaVery High23.8%104GabonHigh23.8%105MauritaniaMedium23.3%106ParaguayHigh23.2%107GreeceVery High23%108EgyptHigh22.9%109Antigua and BarbudaVery High22.9%110PanamaVery High22.9%111SeychellesVery High22.9%112BahrainVery High22.5%113Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)High22.2%114EritreaLow22%115SlovakiaVery High22%116Lao People's Democratic RepublicMedium22%117IndonesiaHigh21.6%118MoroccoHigh21.4%119MontenegroVery High21%120BangladeshMedium20.9%121SomaliaLow20.7%122MalawiLow20.7%123UkraineHigh20.4%124CongoMedium20.2%125PakistanLow20.1%126BahamasVery High20%127GuatemalaMedium20%128KyrgyzstanHigh20%129MauritiusVery High20%130Saudi ArabiaVery High19.9%131TürkiyeVery High19.8%132TogoMedium19.8%133KazakhstanVery High19.6%134Korea (Republic of)Very High19.1%135RomaniaVery High18.9%136AzerbaijanHigh18.6%137GeorgiaVery High18.4%138Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHigh18.2%139Russian FederationVery High17.8%140BrazilHigh17.7%141Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of)Other Countries or Territories17.6%142Bosnia and HerzegovinaVery High17.5%143MadagascarLow17.2%144MongoliaHigh17.1%145Burkina FasoLow16.9%146Côte d'IvoireMedium16.8%147ComorosMedium16.7%148LibyaHigh16.5%149TunisiaHigh16.2%150ThailandHigh16%151JapanVery High15.7%152BhutanMedium15.5%153MyanmarMedium15%154ZambiaMedium15%155IndiaMedium14.8%156Congo (Democratic Republic of the)Low14.8%157MalaysiaVery High14.7%158GhanaMedium14.5%159Sao Tome and PrincipeMedium14.5%160CambodiaMedium14.4%161CyprusVery High14.3%162Micronesia (Federated States of)Medium14.3%163HungaryVery High14.1%164JordanHigh13.3%165SamoaHigh13%166Central African RepublicLow12.9%167Marshall IslandsHigh12.1%168Brunei DarussalamVery High11.8%169BotswanaHigh11.1%170FijiHigh10.9%171Syrian Arab RepublicMedium10.8%172LiberiaLow10.7%173NauruHigh10.5%174OmanVery High10.2%175Guinea-BissauLow9.8%176GambiaLow8.6%177Solomon IslandsMedium8%178TongaHigh7.1%179PalauHigh6.9%180AlgeriaHigh6.8%181KiribatiMedium6.7%182LebanonHigh6.3%183TuvaluMedium6.3%184Iran (Islamic Republic of)High5.6%185Sri LankaHigh5.3%186MaldivesHigh4.6%187QatarVery High4.4%188NigeriaMedium3.6%189KuwaitVery High3.1%190HaitiMedium2.7%191Papua New GuineaMedium2.7%192VanuatuMedium1.9%193YemenLow0.3%