Ratio of girls to boys in primary education

scale 0-1, 1990–2014

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    1990 Ranking
    1. Lesotho 1.25
    2. Colombia 1.15
    3. Suriname 1.10
    4. Namibia 1.09
    5. Botswana 1.07
    6. Nicaragua 1.07
    7. Latvia 1.07
    8. Kazakhstan 1.05
    9. Netherlands 1.03
    10. Israel 1.03
    11. Bahrain 1.03
    12. Kyrgyzstan 1.02
    13. Trinidad and Tobago 1.02
    14. Switzerland 1.01
    15. South Korea 1.01
    16. Kiribati 1.01
    17. Mauritius 1.01
    18. Ireland 1.01
    19. Honduras 1.01
    20. American Samoa 1.01
    21. Belgium 1.01
    22. Sweden 1.00
    23. Jordan 1.00
    24. Hungary 1.00
    25. Italy 1.00
    26. Denmark 1.00
    27. Japan 1.00
    28. Czech Republic 1.00
    29. Cyprus 1.00
    30. United Kingdom 1.00
    31. Swaziland 1.00
    32. Russia 1.00
    33. Australia 1.00
    34. Austria 1.00
    35. Norway 1.00
    36. Malaysia 1.00
    37. Greece 1.00
    38. Romania 0.99
    39. Moldova 0.99
    40. Jamaica 0.99
    41. Rwanda 0.99
    42. Tonga 0.99
    43. Zimbabwe 0.99
    44. South Africa 0.99
    45. Costa Rica 0.99
    46. Uruguay 0.99
    47. Argentina 0.99
    48. Finland 0.99
    49. United States 0.99
    50. Canada 0.99
    51. Uzbekistan 0.99
    52. Tanzania 0.99
    53. Chile 0.98
    54. Bulgaria 0.98
    55. Kuwait 0.98
    56. New Zealand 0.98
    57. Vanuatu 0.98
    58. Barbados 0.98
    59. Spain 0.98
    60. Philippines 0.98
    61. Poland 0.98
    62. France 0.98
    63. Cape Verde 0.97
    64. Sri Lanka 0.97
    65. Kenya 0.97
    66. Albania 0.97
    67. Estonia 0.97
    68. Mexico 0.97
    69. Malta 0.97
    70. Panama 0.96
    71. Paraguay 0.96
    72. Portugal 0.96
    73. French Polynesia 0.96
    74. Indonesia 0.96
    75. Madagascar 0.96
    76. Cuba 0.96
    77. Martinique 0.96
    78. Saint Lucia 0.95
    79. Macau 0.95
    80. United Arab Emirates 0.95
    81. Dominica 0.94
    82. Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.94
    83. Congo (Brazzaville) 0.94
    84. Qatar 0.94
    85. Burma (Myanmar) 0.93
    86. Bolivia 0.93
    87. Angola 0.92
    88. Saint Thomas and Principe 0.91
    89. Turkey 0.91
    90. Syria 0.90
    91. China 0.90
    92. Oman 0.90
    93. Iran 0.89
    94. Tunisia 0.87
    95. Malawi 0.87
    96. Cameroon 0.86
    97. Solomon Islands 0.85
    98. Papua New Guinea 0.84
    99. Egypt 0.84
    100. Bangladesh 0.84
    101. Algeria 0.84
    102. Ghana 0.84
    103. Uganda 0.80
    104. Burundi 0.80
    105. Laos 0.79
    106. Nigeria 0.79
    107. Mozambique 0.76
    108. India 0.74
    109. Djibouti 0.74
    110. Senegal 0.73
    111. Mauritania 0.73
    112. Ivory Coast 0.71
    113. Congo (Kinshasa) 0.71
    114. Comoros 0.70
    115. Sierra Leone 0.68
    116. Morocco 0.68
    117. Ethiopia 0.66
    118. Togo 0.64
    119. Central African Republic 0.63
    120. Burkina Faso 0.63
    121. Mali 0.61
    122. Niger 0.60
    123. Nepal 0.59
    124. Afghanistan 0.55
    125. Pakistan 0.53
    126. Benin 0.50
    127. Guinea 0.45
    128. Chad 0.44
    2014 Ranking
    1. Nepal 1.09
    2. Senegal 1.09
    3. Saudi Arabia 1.05
    4. Ghana 1.00
    5. South Korea 0.99
    6. Micronesia 0.99
    7. Tajikistan 0.99
    8. Turkmenistan 0.98
    9. Palau 0.96
    10. Saint Thomas and Principe 0.96
    11. Morocco 0.95
    12. Liberia 0.92
    13. Cameroon 0.89
    14. Djibouti 0.87

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    The ratio of girls to boys in primary education is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

    Source: UN