Ratio Of Female To Male Pupils In Primary School

Africa Ranking

ratio of girls to boysSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Senegal	1.15	2020	1	1.14
2	Gambia	1.12	2020	2	1.11
3 ↑	Mauritania	1.06	2019	4	1.06
4 ↑	Seychelles	1.04	2020	5	1.05
5 ↑	Sierra Leone	1.03	2020	6	1.03
5 ↑	Tanzania	1.03	2020	9	1.02
5 ↑	Uganda	1.03	2017	6	1.03
5 ↑	Malawi	1.03	2019	11	1.01
9 ↑	Ghana	1.02	2020	11	1.01
9 ↓	Mauritius	1.02	2021	6	1.03
9	Zambia	1.02	2017	9	1.02
9 ↑	Madagascar	1.02	2019	11	1.01
13 ↓	Burundi	1.01	2021	11	1.01
13 ↑	Egypt	1.01	2019	15	1
13 ↑	Zimbabwe	1.01	2020	15	1
13 ↑	Burkina Faso	1.01	2020	17	0.99
13 ↑	Kenya	1.01	2014	24	0.98
18 ↑	Comoros	1	2018	29	0.96
19 ↓	Equatorial Guinea	0.99	2015	17	0.99
19 ↓	Liberia	0.99	2017	17	0.99
21 ↓	Tunisia	0.98	2020	17	0.99
21 ↓	Rwanda	0.98	2019	17	0.99
21 ↑	Nigeria	0.98	2018	36	0.94
21 ↑	Botswana	0.98	2015	25	0.97
25 ↓	Gabon	0.97	2011	17	0.99
25 ↓	Republic of the Congo	0.97	2018	3	1.07
25	Morocco	0.97	2020	25	0.97
25	Togo	0.97	2020	25	0.97
25 ↑	Algeria	0.97	2020	29	0.96
25 ↑	South Africa	0.97	2019	29	0.96
25 ↑	Sao Tome and Principe	0.97	2017	29	0.96
25 ↑	Namibia	0.97	2018	29	0.96
33 ↓	Libya	0.96	2006	25	0.97
34 ↑	Lesotho	0.95	2017	35	0.95
35 ↑	Mozambique	0.94	2020	38	0.93
35 ↑	Cape Verde	0.94	2019	38	0.93
35 ↑	Ivory Coast	0.94	2020	36	0.94
35 ↓	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.94	2018	17	0.99
39 ↑	Guinea-Bissau	0.93	2010	51	0.67
39 ↓	Benin	0.93	2020	38	0.93
39 ↓	Sudan	0.93	2018	38	0.93
42	Swaziland	0.92	2019	42	0.92
42 ↓	Djibouti	0.92	2021	29	0.96
44 ↓	Ethiopia	0.91	2020	43	0.91
45	Mali	0.9	2018	45	0.89
45 ↓	Cameroon	0.9	2019	44	0.9
47 ↓	Niger	0.88	2019	46	0.86
48 ↓	Eritrea	0.86	2018	46	0.86
49 ↓	Guinea	0.85	2020	48	0.82
50 ↓	Chad	0.76	2017	49	0.77
51 ↓	Central African Republic	0.74	2011	50	0.73
52	Somalia	0.55	2007	52	0.5

Definition of Ratio Of Female To Male Pupils In Primary School

Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in primary education is the ratio of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.