Education Gap
The Education Gap is estimated from the gender gap in the following indicators:
- literacy rate
- primary school enrolment
- secondary school enrolment
- tertiary education enrolment
Warning! Step backwards
The Gender gap in education around the world could be closed very soon. Education is the GEI dimension with the largest number of countries reaching acceptable equity levels. However, alarming situations persist and forty percent of countries experience regression trends, among them many that are already in a very bad situation.
Where are we heading in education? The balance between countries that progress and those that regress is worrisome.
Regressions outnumber progresses by more than two!!
Education gap
| Finland |
100.0 |
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| Norway |
100.0 |
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| Germany |
100.0 |
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| Bahamas |
100.0 |
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| Denmark |
100.0 |
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| Barbados |
100.0 |
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| Australia |
100.0 |
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| Philippines |
100.0 |
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| Canada |
100.0 |
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| United States of America |
100.0 |
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| United Kingdom |
100.0 |
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| Uruguay |
100.0 |
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| Slovakia |
100.0 |
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| Belgium |
100.0 |
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| Austria |
100.0 |
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| France |
100.0 |
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| Israel |
100.0 |
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| Poland |
100.0 |
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| Ireland |
100.0 |
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| Brazil |
100.0 |
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| Honduras |
100.0 |
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| Czech Republic |
100.0 |
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| Costa Rica |
100.0 |
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| Dominican Republic |
100.0 |
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| Georgia |
100.0 |
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| Lesotho |
100.0 |
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| Belize |
100.0 |
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| Maldives |
100.0 |
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| Luxembourg |
100.0 |
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| Jamaica |
100.0 |
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| Cuba |
100.0 |
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| Latvia |
100.0 |
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| Colombia |
99.9 |
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| Lithuania |
99.9 |
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| Guyana |
99.9 |
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| New Zealand |
99.9 |
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| Trinidad and Tobago |
99.9 |
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| Botswana |
99.9 |
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| Sweden |
99.9 |
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| Mongolia |
99.9 |
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| Slovenia |
99.9 |
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| Venezuela |
99.9 |
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| Estonia |
99.8 |
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| Russian Federation |
99.8 |
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| Argentina |
99.8 |
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| United Arab Emirates |
99.8 |
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| Ukraine |
99.8 |
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| Lebanon |
99.7 |
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| Kazakhstan |
99.7 |
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| Qatar |
99.7 |
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| Moldova |
99.6 |
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| Italy |
99.6 |
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| Nicaragua |
99.6 |
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| Netherlands |
99.6 |
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| Panama |
99.5 |
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| St Lucia |
99.5 |
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| Hungary |
99.4 |
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| Kyrgyzstan |
99.4 |
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| Romania |
99.3 |
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| Swaziland |
99.2 |
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| Croatia |
99.2 |
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| Spain |
99.1 |
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| Iceland |
99.1 |
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| Cyprus |
99.1 |
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| Belarus |
99.1 |
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| Paraguay |
99.1 |
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| Ecuador |
99.1 |
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| Bulgaria |
99.0 |
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| South Africa |
99.0 |
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| Albania |
99.0 |
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| Greece |
99.0 |
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| Thailand |
98.7 |
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| Suriname |
98.7 |
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| Brunei Darussalam |
98.7 |
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| Bahrain |
98.6 |
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| St Vincent and Grenadines |
98.5 |
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| Hong Kong |
98.5 |
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| Chile |
98.5 |
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| Malta |
98.3 |
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| Macedonia |
98.3 |
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| Malaysia |
98.1 |
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| El Salvador |
98.0 |
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| Portugal |
97.9 |
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| Timor-Leste |
97.9 |
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| Jordan |
97.9 |
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| Mauritius |
97.8 |
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| West Bank and Gaza |
97.8 |
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| Samoa |
97.8 |
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| Mexico |
97.3 |
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| Peru |
96.8 |
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| Saudi Arabia |
96.8 |
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| Azerbaijan |
96.4 |
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| Japan |
96.3 |
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| Oman |
96.0 |
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| Namibia |
96.0 |
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| Sao Tome and Principe |
95.7 |
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| Iran |
95.4 |
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| Bolivia |
95.1 |
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| China |
95.1 |
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| Tunisia |
94.6 |
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| Switzerland |
94.0 |
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| Madagascar |
93.5 |
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| Algeria |
93.3 |
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| Cape Verde |
92.3 |
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| Indonesia |
91.7 |
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| Singapore |
89.6 |
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| Uzbekistan |
89.2 |
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| Viet Nam |
88.6 |
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| Kenya |
87.7 |
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| Guatemala |
86.2 |
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| Zimbabwe |
86.1 |
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| Turkey |
84.4 |
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| Syria |
84.4 |
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| Korea, Rep. |
84.2 |
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| Sri Lanka |
83.7 |
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| Sudan |
82.6 |
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| Bangladesh |
82.3 |
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| Vanuatu |
81.7 |
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| Morocco |
79.8 |
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| Rwanda |
79.7 |
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| Ghana |
79.7 |
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| Tajikistan |
79.2 |
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| Malawi |
78.9 |
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| Gabon |
78.4 |
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| Egypt |
78.3 |
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| India |
77.5 |
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| Cameroon |
76.6 |
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| Cambodia |
76.3 |
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| Senegal |
76.2 |
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| Zambia |
76.2 |
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| Uganda |
75.8 |
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| Tanzania |
75.6 |
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| Angola |
75.4 |
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| Mauritania |
74.1 |
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| Equatorial Guinea |
73.2 |
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| Djibouti |
73.2 |
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| Pakistan |
73.2 |
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| Nigeria |
72.1 |
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| Gambia |
69.2 |
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| Burundi |
68.7 |
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| Mozambique |
66.0 |
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| Burkina Faso |
62.2 |
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| Ethiopia |
61.6 |
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| Nepal |
61.1 |
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| Congo, Rep. |
59.3 |
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| Côte d'Ivoire |
59.2 |
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| Mali |
55.7 |
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| Eritrea |
55.6 |
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| Sierra Leone |
55.0 |
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| Togo |
52.5 |
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| Niger |
52.0 |
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| Benin |
51.1 |
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| Guinea |
51.0 |
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| Guinea-Bissau |
48.2 |
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| Yemen |
46.4 |
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| Central African Republic |
45.6 |
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| Chad |
37.2 |
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