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28Gender-related development index
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education, female (%) Excel

HDI Rank Country 2005 1
1 Iceland 101 2
2 Norway 103 2
3 Australia 114 2
4 Canada 101 3 2
5 Ireland 102 2
6 Sweden 100 2
7 Switzerland 83
8 Japan 85
9 Netherlands 98
10 France 99
11 Finland 105 2
12 United States 98
13 Spain 101 2
14 Denmark 107 2
15 Austria 93
16 United Kingdom 96
17 Belgium 97
18 Luxembourg 85 4
19 New Zealand 115 2
20 Italy 93
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 73
22 Germany 87
23 Israel 92
24 Greece 101 2
25 Singapore ..
26 Korea (Republic of) 89 2
27 Slovenia 99
28 Cyprus 78
29 Portugal 93
30 Brunei Darussalam 79
31 Barbados 94 3
32 Czech Republic 84
33 Kuwait 79
34 Malta 81
35 Qatar 85
36 Hungary 93
37 Poland 91
38 Argentina 94 3
39 United Arab Emirates 68 3
40 Chile 82
41 Bahrain 90
42 Slovakia 80
43 Lithuania 97
44 Estonia 99
45 Latvia 97
46 Uruguay 95 3
47 Croatia 75 3
48 Costa Rica 74
49 Bahamas 71
50 Seychelles 84
51 Cuba 92
52 Mexico 76
53 Bulgaria 81
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 74
55 Tonga 81
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 97 3
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman 67
59 Trinidad and Tobago 66
60 Romania 79
61 Saudi Arabia 76
62 Panama 83
63 Malaysia 77 3
64 Belarus 91
65 Mauritius 75
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
67 Russian Federation 93
68 Albania 68 3
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 71
70 Brazil 89 3
71 Dominica 84
72 Saint Lucia 78
73 Kazakhstan 97
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 76 3
75 Colombia 77
76 Ukraine 87
77 Samoa 76
78 Thailand 72
79 Dominican Republic 78 3
80 Belize 81
81 China 69
82 Grenada 74
83 Armenia 74
84 Turkey 64
85 Suriname 82
86 Jordan 79
87 Peru 87
88 Lebanon 86
89 Ecuador ..
90 Philippines 83
91 Tunisia 79
92 Fiji 76
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 73
95 Paraguay 70 3
96 Georgia 77
97 Guyana 87
98 Azerbaijan 66
99 Sri Lanka 64 3
100 Maldives 66
101 Jamaica 82
102 Cape Verde 66
103 El Salvador 70
104 Algeria 74
105 Viet Nam 62
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 84
107 Indonesia 67
108 Syrian Arab Republic 63
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Nicaragua 72
111 Moldova 73
112 Egypt ..
113 Uzbekistan 72 3
114 Mongolia 83
115 Honduras 74
116 Kyrgyzstan 80
117 Bolivia 84 3
118 Guatemala 64
119 Gabon 68 3
120 Vanuatu 61
121 South Africa 77 3
122 Tajikistan 64
123 Sao Tome and Principe 65
124 Botswana 70
125 Namibia 66
126 Morocco 55
127 Equatorial Guinea 52 3
128 India 60
129 Solomon Islands 46
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 56
131 Cambodia 56
132 Myanmar 51
133 Bhutan ..
134 Comoros 42
135 Ghana 48
136 Pakistan 34
137 Mauritania 45
138 Lesotho 67
139 Congo 48
140 Bangladesh 56 3
141 Swaziland 58
142 Nepal 54
143 Madagascar 58
144 Cameroon 57
145 Papua New Guinea 38 3
146 Haiti ..
147 Sudan 35
148 Kenya 59
149 Djibouti 22
150 Timor-Leste 71
151 Zimbabwe 51 3
152 Togo 46
153 Yemen 43
154 Uganda 62
155 Gambia 49 3
156 Senegal 37
157 Eritrea 29
158 Nigeria 51
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 49
160 Guinea 38
161 Rwanda 51
162 Angola 24 3
163 Benin 42
164 Malawi 62
165 Zambia 58
166 Côte d'Ivoire 32 3
167 Burundi 34
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 28 3
169 Ethiopia 36
170 Chad 28
171 Central African Republic 23 3
172 Mozambique 48
173 Mali 31
174 Niger 19
175 Guinea-Bissau 29 3
176 Burkina Faso 25
177 Sierra Leone 38 3

Notes :
1 - Data for some countries may refer to national or UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimates. For details, see http://www.uis.unesco.org/.
2 - For the purpose of calculating the GDI, the female and male values appearing in this table were scaled downward to reflect the maximum values for adult literacy (99%), gross enrolment ratios (100%), and GDP per capita (40,000 (PPP US$)). For more details, see Technical note 1.
3 - Data refer to an earlier year than that specified.
4 - Statec. 2006. Correspondence on gross enrolment ratio for Luxembourg. May. Luxembourg. Data refer to nationals enrolled both in the country and abroad and thus differ from the standard definition.

Source :
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Institute for Statistics. 2007c. Correspondence on gross and net enrolment ratios, children reaching grade 5 and tertiary education. April. Montreal.