Education
School age population, secondary education, female (number)
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2025
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League table
171 shown- 1India79.93M
- 2China48.7M
- 3Pakistan20.18M
- 4Nigeria16.72M
- 5Indonesia13.95M
- 6United States12.82M
- 7Bangladesh11.1M
- 8Ethiopia8.82M
- 9Congo, Dem. Rep.7.72M
- 10Philippines6.91M
- 11Egypt, Arab Rep.6.86M
- 12Russian Federation6.1M
- 13Viet Nam5.64M
- 14Turkiye5.19M
- 15Tanzania4.56M
- 16Kenya4.07M
- 17Iran, Islamic Rep.3.94M
- 18Uganda3.65M
- 19Sudan3.44M
- 20Japan3.14M
- 21Iraq3.11M
- 22Algeria2.94M
- 23Afghanistan2.93M
- 24Angola2.71M
- 25South Africa2.71M
- 26Yemen, Rep.2.61M
- 27Myanmar2.56M
- 28Madagascar2.54M
- 29Cameroon2.35M
- 30Thailand2.26M
- 31Cote d'Ivoire2.26M
- 32Ghana2.23M
- 33Niger2.23M
- 34Uzbekistan2.15M
- 35Argentina2.13M
- 36Mozambique2.08M
- 37Burkina Faso2.01M
- 38Nepal1.95M
- 39Morocco1.95M
- 40Somalia, Fed. Rep.1.84M
- 41Mali1.77M
- 42Syrian Arab Republic1.71M
- 43Chad1.66M
- 44Malawi1.65M
- 45Malaysia1.59M
- 46Ukraine1.52M
- 47Saudi Arabia1.51M
- 48Senegal1.45M
- 49Sri Lanka1.41M
- 50Peru1.4M
- 51Venezuela, RB1.34M
- 52Canada1.32M
- 53Kazakhstan1.29M
- 54Burundi1.27M
- 55Zambia1.26M
- 56Zimbabwe1.22M
- 57Guinea1.15M
- 58Benin1.14M
- 59Guatemala1.13M
- 60Cambodia978,577
- 61South Sudan973,504
- 62Korea, Dem. People's Rep.950,052
- 63Ecuador948,187
- 64Rwanda935,963
- 65Haiti829,574
- 66Tajikistan779,282
- 67Chile762,915
- 68Togo754,430
- 69Bolivia710,514
- 70Sierra Leone690,583
- 71Tunisia648,809
- 72Papua New Guinea615,193
- 73Jordan561,812
- 74Azerbaijan559,154
- 75Dominican Republic556,290
- 76Turkmenistan548,479
- 77Congo, Rep.524,238
- 78Honduras521,301
- 79Lao PDR517,757
- 80Central African Republic506,405
- 81West Bank and Gaza505,666
- 82Kyrgyz Republic481,729
- 83Israel477,395
- 84United Arab Emirates431,602
- 85Mauritania424,600
- 86Libya407,288
- 87Liberia405,444
- 88Belarus381,594
- 89Paraguay357,241
- 90Cuba356,998
- 91Nicaragua328,297
- 92El Salvador324,217
- 93Lebanon323,876
- 94Eritrea304,011
- 95Oman296,871
- 96Serbia263,349
- 97Mongolia235,775
- 98Panama220,720
- 99Kuwait213,192
- 100Gambia, The192,943
- 101Gabon186,618
- 102Costa Rica185,452
- 103Hong Kong SAR, China164,100
- 104Armenia153,589
- 105Guinea-Bissau153,500
- 106Georgia152,645
- 107Namibia149,359
- 108Uruguay137,599
- 109Lesotho127,108
- 110Botswana120,992
- 111Bosnia and Herzegovina118,924
- 112Equatorial Guinea115,786
- 113Jamaica99,733
- 114Puerto Rico (US)99,087
- 115Albania90,364
- 116Timor-Leste90,133
- 117Singapore87,075
- 118North Macedonia84,127
- 119Qatar75,395
- 120Eswatini65,943
- 121Comoros65,756
- 122Solomon Islands60,468
- 123Fiji58,405
- 124Bahrain55,478
- 125Mauritius52,604
- 126Trinidad and Tobago46,756
- 127Guyana37,850
- 128Suriname37,839
- 129Bhutan37,140
- 130Montenegro31,248
- 131Cabo Verde28,455
- 132Vanuatu23,968
- 133Belize21,560
- 134Brunei Darussalam21,221
- 135Maldives20,917
- 136Samoa17,606
- 137Iceland17,104
- 138Sao Tome and Principe16,871
- 139Macao SAR, China16,700
- 140Bahamas, The16,327
- 141New Caledonia14,551
- 142French Polynesia14,538
- 143Kiribati9,816
- 144Barbados8,386
- 145Tonga8,222
- 146Micronesia, Fed. Sts.7,008
- 147Curacao6,331
- 148Seychelles5,738
- 149St. Lucia5,609
- 150Grenada4,279
- 151St. Vincent and the Grenadines3,847
- 152Aruba3,382
- 153Antigua and Barbuda3,173
- 154Virgin Islands (U.S.)2,883
- 155American Samoa2,777
- 156Marshall Islands2,715
- 157Andorra2,531
- 158Cayman Islands2,337
- 159Bermuda2,225
- 160Dominica2,206
- 161Gibraltar1,630
- 162British Virgin Islands1,454
- 163St. Kitts and Nevis1,415
- 164San Marino1,358
- 165Turks and Caicos Islands1,332
- 166Sint Maarten (Dutch part)1,295
- 167Liechtenstein1,291
- 168Monaco1,087
- 169Naoero835
- 170Palau708
- 171Tuvalu597
School age population, secondary education, female (number)