Ratio Of Female To Male Students In Secondary School

Africa Ranking

ratio of girls to boysSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Lesotho	1.35	2017	1	1.35
2 ↑	Burundi	1.21	2021	3	1.15
3 ↓	Libya	1.18	2006	2	1.19
4	Sao Tome and Principe	1.16	2017	4	1.14
4 ↑	Senegal	1.16	2020	5	1.13
6	Rwanda	1.13	2019	6	1.12
6 ↑	Namibia	1.13	2006	7	1.11
8 ↑	Tanzania	1.1	2020	10	1.08
9 ↑	Botswana	1.09	2008	12	1.06
9 ↓	Cape Verde	1.09	2019	8	1.1
9 ↑	Seychelles	1.09	2020	12	1.06
12 ↓	Tunisia	1.08	2011	8	1.1
13 ↓	Comoros	1.07	2018	12	1.06
14 ↓	South Africa	1.06	2019	11	1.07
14 ↑	Burkina Faso	1.06	2020	17	1.03
16 ↑	Mauritania	1.05	2019	19	1.02
17 ↓	Algeria	1.04	2011	16	1.04
17 ↑	Madagascar	1.04	2019	20	1.01
19 ↑	Sudan	1.02	2018	24	0.98
19 ↓	Mauritius	1.02	2019	12	1.06
21 ↓	Djibouti	1.01	2021	17	1.03
22 ↓	Ghana	1	2020	21	1
23 ↓	Swaziland	0.99	2016	21	1
23	Egypt	0.99	2019	23	0.99
25 ↑	Ethiopia	0.96	2015	33	0.88
25	Gambia	0.96	2010	25	0.97
25 ↑	Zimbabwe	0.96	2013	26	0.95
28 ↑	Nigeria	0.95	2018	31	0.9
28 ↓	Morocco	0.95	2020	27	0.93
30 ↑	Eritrea	0.91	2018	31	0.9
31 ↓	Kenya	0.9	2009	28	0.91
32 ↓	Mozambique	0.89	2017	28	0.91
33 ↑	Sierra Leone	0.88	2015	35	0.87
33	Gabon	0.88	1999	33	0.88
35 ↑	Republic of the Congo	0.87	2012	37	0.84
36	Cameroon	0.86	2016	36	0.86
37 ↓	Malawi	0.83	2019	28	0.91
38 ↑	Mali	0.82	2018	42	0.74
39 ↑	Benin	0.81	2020	40	0.76
40 ↓	Uganda	0.79	2007	38	0.79
41 ↓	Liberia	0.77	2015	39	0.77
41 ↑	Ivory Coast	0.77	2018	42	0.74
43 ↓	Niger	0.75	2017	41	0.75
44 ↑	Equatorial Guinea	0.74	2005	48	0.59
45 ↑	Togo	0.73	2017	50	0.53
46 ↓	Central African Republic	0.67	2017	44	0.65
47 ↓	Guinea	0.65	2014	45	0.63
48 ↓	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.64	2015	46	0.62
49 ↓	Zambia	0.6	1988	47	0.6
50 ↓	Somalia	0.55	1985	49	0.56
51 ↑	Guinea-Bissau	0.54	2000	52	0.46
52 ↓	Chad	0.53	2019	51	0.52

Definition of Ratio Of Female To Male Students In Secondary School

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