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Countries by Gender gap in education (2020)

Gender gap in education in 2020: highest in Senegal (1.15%), lowest in Benin (0.89%), median 1.01% across the 115 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Gender gap in education (measured in %) across 248 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %248 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1970–2022

Highest Gender gap in education, 2020

  1. 1.Senegal1.15%
  2. 2.Bangladesh1.15%
  3. 3.Curacao1.08%
  4. 4.Belgium1.08%
  5. 5.Sweden1.07%
  6. 6.Mauritania1.07%
  7. 7.Seychelles1.06%
  8. 8.West Bank and Gaza1.06%
  9. 9.Burundi1.06%
  10. 10.Finland1.06%

Lowest Gender gap in education, 2020

  1. 106.Germany0.97%
  2. 107.Switzerland0.97%
  3. 108.Morocco0.96%
  4. 109.Lao PDR0.96%
  5. 110.Peru0.95%
  6. 111.Mozambique0.94%
  7. 112.Cote d'Ivoire0.9%
  8. 113.Mali0.9%
  9. 114.Liechtenstein0.9%
  10. 115.Benin0.89%

All 115 ranked countries, 2020— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Gender gap in education trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

SenegalRank 1 of 115BangladeshRank 2 of 115CuracaoRank 3 of 115BelgiumRank 4 of 115SwedenRank 5 of 115MauritaniaRank 6 of 115SeychellesRank 7 of 115West Bank and GazaRank 8 of 115BurundiRank 9 of 115FinlandRank 10 of 115MexicoRank 11 of 115UruguayRank 12 of 115TongaRank 13 of 115Costa RicaRank 14 of 115IrelandRank 15 of 115TanzaniaRank 16 of 115GibraltarRank 17 of 115MalaysiaRank 18 of 115CroatiaRank 19 of 115PalauRank 20 of 115Timor-LesteRank 21 of 115ArmeniaRank 22 of 115IranRank 23 of 115New ZealandRank 24 of 115Turks and Caicos IslandsRank 25 of 115Marshall IslandsRank 26 of 115VanuatuRank 27 of 115Burkina FasoRank 28 of 115ArgentinaRank 29 of 115EstoniaRank 30 of 115AlbaniaRank 31 of 115PhilippinesRank 32 of 115EcuadorRank 33 of 115SpainRank 34 of 115Brunei DarussalamRank 35 of 115FijiRank 36 of 115Hong KongRank 37 of 115IsraelRank 38 of 115ChinaRank 39 of 115United KingdomRank 40 of 115GhanaRank 41 of 115NepalRank 42 of 115TuvaluRank 43 of 115MontenegroRank 44 of 115United Arab EmiratesRank 45 of 115SerbiaRank 46 of 115South AfricaRank 47 of 115Dominican RepublicRank 48 of 115NetherlandsRank 49 of 115IndiaRank 50 of 115SloveniaRank 51 of 115GeorgiaRank 52 of 115Czech RepublicRank 53 of 115ColombiaRank 54 of 115SlovakiaRank 55 of 115BrazilRank 56 of 115St. LuciaRank 57 of 115JordanRank 58 of 115AzerbaijanRank 59 of 115MaltaRank 60 of 115LatviaRank 61 of 115DjiboutiRank 62 of 115CanadaRank 63 of 115CambodiaRank 64 of 115BarbadosRank 65 of 115KazakhstanRank 66 of 115MongoliaRank 67 of 115RomaniaRank 68 of 115Kyrgyz RepublicRank 69 of 115PortugalRank 70 of 115FranceRank 71 of 115DenmarkRank 72 of 115South KoreaRank 73 of 115SingaporeRank 74 of 115ThailandRank 75 of 115BoliviaRank 76 of 115UzbekistanRank 77 of 115LuxembourgRank 78 of 115North MacedoniaRank 79 of 115BelarusRank 80 of 115BelizeRank 81 of 115ItalyRank 82 of 115HungaryRank 83 of 115MoldovaRank 84 of 115CubaRank 85 of 115LiberiaRank 86 of 115United StatesRank 87 of 115MacaoRank 88 of 115AustriaRank 89 of 115IcelandRank 90 of 115BulgariaRank 91 of 115LithuaniaRank 92 of 115TurkmenistanRank 93 of 115CyprusRank 94 of 115GuatemalaRank 95 of 115PolandRank 96 of 115GreeceRank 97 of 115ChileRank 98 of 115AustraliaRank 99 of 115NorwayRank 100 of 115TurkeyRank 101 of 115OmanRank 102 of 115Saudi ArabiaRank 103 of 115DominicaRank 104 of 115San MarinoRank 105 of 115GermanyRank 106 of 115SwitzerlandRank 107 of 115MoroccoRank 108 of 115Lao PDRRank 109 of 115PeruRank 110 of 115MozambiqueRank 111 of 115Cote d'IvoireRank 112 of 115MaliRank 113 of 115LiechtensteinRank 114 of 115BeninRank 115 of 115

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Gender gap in education Data Coverage

This page lists 248 countries with available Gender gap in education data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.