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Africa Rankings

Ratio Of Female To Male Students In Secondary School

ratio of girls to boys

Rank
Country
ratio of girls to boys
Current
Previous
1
1
Lesotho flag
Lesotho
1.24
2
2
Burundi flag
Burundi
1.21
3
4
Senegal flag
Senegal
1.2
4
27
Gambia flag
Gambia
1.18
5
3
Libya flag
Libya
1.18
6
5
Sao Tome and Principe flag
Sao Tome and Principe
1.16
7
6
Rwanda flag
Rwanda
1.15
8
12
Tunisia flag
Tunisia
1.14
9
7
Namibia flag
Namibia
1.14
10
10
Botswana flag
Botswana
1.11
11
15
Burkina Faso flag
Burkina Faso
1.11
12
37
Cameroon flag
Cameroon
1.1
13
13
South Africa flag
South Africa
1.09
14
11
Seychelles flag
Seychelles
1.09
15
8
Cape Verde flag
Cape Verde
1.09
16
9
Tanzania flag
Tanzania
1.08
17
36
Gabon flag
Gabon
1.08
18
14
Comoros flag
Comoros
1.07
19
16
Mauritania flag
Mauritania
1.07
20
20
Mauritius flag
Mauritius
1.05
21
17
Algeria flag
Algeria
1.04
22
19
Madagascar flag
Madagascar
1.04
23
21
Sudan flag
Sudan
1.02
24
18
Djibouti flag
Djibouti
1.01
25
23
Ghana flag
Ghana
1
26
22
Swaziland flag
Swaziland
0.99
27
24
Egypt flag
Egypt
0.99
28
42
Liberia flag
Liberia
0.98
29
28
Morocco flag
Morocco
0.97
30
31
Sierra Leone flag
Sierra Leone
0.97
31
29
Ethiopia flag
Ethiopia
0.96
32
30
Zimbabwe flag
Zimbabwe
0.96
33
34
Nigeria flag
Nigeria
0.95
34
26
Mozambique flag
Mozambique
0.93
35
38
Republic of the Congo flag
Republic of the Congo
0.92
36
32
Eritrea flag
Eritrea
0.92
37
35
Uganda flag
Uganda
0.9
38
33
Kenya flag
Kenya
0.9
39
40
Mali flag
Mali
0.88
40
39
Ivory Coast flag
Ivory Coast
0.86
41
41
Benin flag
Benin
0.83
42
25
Malawi flag
Malawi
0.83
43
44
Togo flag
Togo
0.81
44
43
Niger flag
Niger
0.75
45
49
Equatorial Guinea flag
Equatorial Guinea
0.74
46
45
Guinea flag
Guinea
0.72
47
46
Central African Republic flag
Central African Republic
0.67
48
47
Democratic Republic of the Congo flag
Democratic Republic of the Congo
0.64
49
48
Zambia flag
Zambia
0.6
50
51
Chad flag
Chad
0.58
51
52
Guinea-Bissau flag
Guinea-Bissau
0.54
52
50
Somalia flag
Somalia
0.46