Sao Tome and Principe is the top country by female students in pre-primary education in the world. As of 2016, female students in pre-primary education in Sao Tome and Principe was 51.7 %. The top 5 countries also includes Bhutan, Ecuador, Ghana, and Djibouti.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Percentage of female students. Pre-primary is the number of female students at the pre-primary level expressed as a percentage of the total number of students (male and female) at the pre-primary level in a given school year.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
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| Cambodia | 50.4 | 51.2 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.1 | 49.9 | 48.4 | 50.1 | |||
| China | 46.4 | 46.1 | 45.1 | 45.4 | 46.1 | 46.3 | 46.2 | 46.3 | |||
| Croatia | 47.4 | 48.0 | 48.2 | 48.2 | 47.9 | 48.0 | 48.1 | 48.0 | 47.6 | ||
| Cyprus | 48.0 | 48.6 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 48.1 | 47.9 | 48.5 | 49.0 | 48.9 | ||
| Czech Republic | 50.3 | 48.7 | 47.8 | 47.9 | 48.0 | 47.9 | 48.1 | 48.1 | 48.0 | ||
| Denmark | 49.0 | 48.7 | 48.9 | 48.1 | 48.1 | 48.0 | 48.0 | 48.7 | 48.6 | ||
| Estonia | 48.4 | 48.6 | 48.2 | 48.0 | 47.9 | ||||||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 50.6 | 50.5 | 51.7 | 50.8 | 50.5 | 51.6 | 52.5 | 52.0 | 51.7 | ||
| Senegal | 50.5 | 50.9 | 52.1 | 52.2 | 52.8 | 52.2 | 52.2 | 52.4 | 52.2 | ||
| Seychelles | 49.5 | 48.3 | 50.8 | 48.3 | 48.2 | 50.6 | 50.4 | 48.7 | 50.1 | ||
| Sierra Leone | 51.1 | 51.8 | 52.4 | 52.6 | |||||||
| South Africa | 49.9 | 50.0 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 49.6 | 49.8 | ||||
| South Sudan | 47.8 | 48.0 | |||||||||
| Sudan | 49.4 | 50.4 | 50.5 | 47.9 | 56.6 | ||||||
| Swaziland | 64.6 | 50.4 | 50.2 | ||||||||
| Tanzania | 50.1 | 50.1 | 48.7 | 48.7 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | ||||
| Togo | 47.8 | 51.2 | 50.6 | 50.5 | 50.8 | 50.9 | 50.7 | 50.6 | |||
| Uganda | 50.7 | 50.4 | 50.4 | 50.4 | 50.5 | ||||||
| Zimbabwe | 50.5 | 50.3 | 50.4 | ||||||||
| Afghanistan | 46.1 | ||||||||||
| Algeria | 48.6 | 47.9 | 47.9 | 49.4 | |||||||
| Angola | 46.2 | 50.3 | 59.3 | ||||||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 48.8 | 51.1 | 48.6 | 47.9 | 49.3 | ||||||
| Chad | 47.5 | 46.4 | 48.0 | 46.9 | |||||||
| Comoros | 50.4 | 50.8 | |||||||||
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 51.4 | 51.1 | 51.2 | 51.5 | 51.4 | ||||||
| Congo, Rep. | 49.7 | 59.5 | 50.6 | 51.3 | 49.3 | 49.4 | |||||
| Cote d'Ivoire | 48.5 | 48.9 | 49.9 | 49.8 | 49.6 | 49.8 | 50.0 | ||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 50.9 | 45.1 | 49.7 | 49.9 | 49.8 | ||||||
| Eritrea | 48.0 | 50.2 | 48.2 | 48.7 | 49.1 | 48.8 | 48.8 | 48.4 | |||
| Ethiopia | 48.1 | 48.5 | 48.6 | 48.4 | 47.9 | 48.0 | 48.0 | ||||
| Gabon | 50.4 | ||||||||||
| Gambia, The | 50.6 | 51.2 | 50.6 | 50.7 | |||||||
| Ghana | 48.3 | 49.4 | 49.5 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 49.6 | 49.6 | 49.5 | ||
| Guinea | 48.9 | 48.9 | 48.6 | ||||||||
| Guinea-Bissau | 51.3 | 51.3 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 52.9 | 49.9 | 49.4 | 50.2 | 48.9 | 49.3 | |||||
| Lesotho | 50.2 | 51.2 | 50.8 | 50.8 | 50.8 | 50.8 | 50.8 | 50.6 | |||
| Liberia | 38.4 | 47.0 | 49.1 | 48.0 | |||||||
| Madagascar | 50.5 | 50.5 | 50.3 | 50.8 | 51.1 | 51.4 | |||||
| Malawi | 49.9 | ||||||||||
| Mali | 50.2 | 49.4 | 50.8 | 50.1 | 50.3 | 50.3 | 50.5 | ||||
| Mauritania | 55.8 | 55.0 | |||||||||
| Mauritius | 48.6 | 49.1 | 49.8 | 49.3 | 48.8 | 49.1 | 49.4 | 49.4 | 49.7 | 49.7 | |
| Namibia | 52.9 | 50.3 | 50.7 | ||||||||
| Niger | 47.6 | 49.8 | 49.8 | 49.7 | 50.4 | 50.2 | 50.4 | 50.4 | 50.4 | ||
| Nigeria | 48.7 | 48.6 | |||||||||
| Rwanda | 51.5 | 51.4 | 51.6 | 51.3 | 51.1 | 50.9 | |||||
| Argentina | 50.6 | 49.6 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 49.5 | |||
| Bahamas, The | 51.1 | ||||||||||
| Bahrain | 48.2 | 48.0 | 48.8 | 49.6 | 48.7 | 48.7 | 48.5 | 49.1 | |||
| Bangladesh | 49.5 | 49.4 | 48.6 | 48.3 | 49.0 | 49.4 | |||||
| Barbados | 50.2 | 49.0 | 50.1 | 49.5 | 50.0 | ||||||
| Belize | 53.0 | 48.5 | 51.5 | 51.1 | 49.7 | 49.3 | 49.1 | 49.5 | 49.6 | ||
| Benin | 45.2 | 48.4 | 49.6 | 50.6 | 50.3 | 50.4 | 50.1 | 49.8 | 50.0 | ||
| Bhutan | 48.6 | 47.4 | 47.5 | 51.3 | 48.1 | 48.9 | 51.1 | 50.8 | |||
| Bolivia | 49.3 | 49.3 | 49.2 | 49.2 | 48.9 | 47.4 | 48.7 | 49.2 | 49.2 | ||
| Botswana | 49.5 | 49.6 | 49.2 | ||||||||
| Brazil | 50.3 | 48.9 | 48.9 | 48.9 | |||||||
| Burkina Faso | 50.7 | 48.6 | 49.3 | 49.4 | 49.4 | 50.6 | 49.6 | ||||
| Burundi | 48.6 | 49.4 | 49.9 | 50.5 | 50.3 | 50.9 | 50.1 | 50.5 | |||
| Cabo Verde | 49.7 | 49.8 | 49.8 | 49.9 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 49.3 | ||||
| Cameroon | 49.6 | 49.4 | 49.8 | 50.2 | 50.3 | 50.3 | 50.1 | 50.0 | |||
| Canada | 48.5 | 48.6 | 48.7 | 48.5 | 48.6 | 48.6 | 48.5 | ||||
| Central African Republic | 51.0 | 50.6 | |||||||||
| Chile | 52.2 | 49.4 | 49.1 | 49.3 | 48.2 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 48.5 | 48.5 | |
| Colombia | 49.4 | 48.6 | 48.9 | 48.9 | 48.8 | ||||||
| Costa Rica | 51.8 | 49.1 | 49.0 | 48.9 | 49.1 | 49.0 | 49.0 | 48.8 | 49.0 | 48.6 | |
| Cuba | 43.8 | 49.4 | 48.4 | 48.3 | 48.4 | 48.3 | 47.7 | 48.8 | 48.9 | ||
| Djibouti | 58.2 | 55.1 | 48.8 | 49.8 | 45.9 | 49.3 | |||||
| Dominica | 52.4 | 55.9 | 50.3 | 49.5 | 51.4 | 50.2 | 47.4 | 47.5 | 49.7 | ||
| Dominican Republic | 49.4 | 49.0 | 48.9 | 49.7 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.1 | 50.2 | |||
| Ecuador | 49.8 | 49.6 | 49.6 | 49.4 | 49.7 | 49.8 | 49.5 | 49.7 | 49.9 | ||
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 48.5 | 47.6 | 47.6 | 45.1 | 47.6 | 47.7 | 47.7 | 48.0 | |||
| El Salvador | 52.8 | 49.9 | 49.9 | 49.4 | 49.6 | 49.4 | 49.5 | 49.6 | 49.5 | ||
| Grenada | 51.6 | 50.5 | 48.1 | 47.1 | 47.0 | ||||||
| Guatemala | 49.2 | 49.4 | 49.7 | 49.6 | 49.6 | 49.5 | 49.6 | 49.2 | |||
| Guyana | 49.2 | 48.8 | 49.4 | 49.2 | 49.1 | ||||||
| Honduras | 51.2 | 49.9 | 50.3 | 50.0 | 49.7 | 49.6 | 49.7 | 49.6 | 49.6 | 50.0 | |
| India | 45.9 | 47.6 | 47.1 | 46.4 | 46.2 | 45.1 | 45.7 | 45.7 | |||
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 47.5 | 50.0 | 51.4 | 50.6 | 51.3 | 49.5 | 49.2 | 48.7 | 48.8 | ||
| Iraq | 48.9 | ||||||||||
| Israel | 48.6 | 48.5 | 48.3 | 48.6 | 48.7 | 48.5 | 48.7 | 48.6 | |||
| Jamaica | 50.3 | 50.3 | 49.6 | 49.3 | 50.8 | 50.8 | |||||
| Jordan | 45.0 | 46.5 | 47.1 | 47.3 | 47.6 | 47.7 | 47.7 | 48.4 | 48.0 | ||
| Kuwait | 49.0 | 48.7 | 50.0 | 48.6 | 49.2 | 48.8 | 48.6 | 48.7 | 48.3 | ||
| Lebanon | 48.3 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 48.4 | 48.3 | 48.2 | 48.2 | |||
| Maldives | 45.0 | 49.0 | 49.0 | 49.0 | 49.5 | 49.1 | 49.5 | 48.9 | 48.0 | ||
| Malta | 47.6 | 47.8 | 49.8 | 47.9 | 47.6 | 47.6 | 48.3 | 48.8 | 48.4 | ||
| Mexico | 49.1 | 49.6 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 49.4 | |||
| Morocco | 30.6 | 34.6 | 38.8 | 42.2 | 42.5 | 42.8 | 43.7 | 43.4 | |||
| Nepal | 41.4 | 46.0 | 47.6 | 48.0 | 48.1 | 48.1 | 47.9 | 48.2 | 48.1 | ||
| Nicaragua | 52.6 | 51.4 | 50.0 | 49.4 | 49.6 | ||||||
| Oman | 41.9 | 49.1 | 49.1 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 49.3 | |||||
| Pakistan | 40.0 | 46.0 | 45.1 | 45.1 | 45.2 | 44.9 | |||||
| Panama | 51.0 | 48.9 | 49.3 | 49.2 | 49.1 | 49.3 | 49.0 | 49.2 | 49.3 | ||
| Paraguay | 51.1 | 50.0 | 49.7 | 49.3 | 49.3 | 49.3 | 49.1 | ||||
| Peru | 51.9 | 49.6 | 49.3 | 49.1 | 49.1 | 48.8 | 49.2 | 49.4 | 49.3 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 49.1 | 49.1 | 49.3 | 49.2 | |||||||
| Qatar | 45.5 | 47.0 | 48.0 | 49.0 | 48.7 | 48.9 | 49.0 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | 47.8 | 60.6 | 55.2 | 50.2 | |||||||
| Sri Lanka | 49.5 | 49.4 | 49.3 | 49.3 | 49.3 | 49.2 | |||||
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 49.3 | 52.1 | 48.2 | 53.2 | 47.5 | 48.0 | 46.4 | ||||
| Sweden | 48.6 | 48.3 | 48.6 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 48.5 | |||
| Switzerland | 48.5 | 48.5 | 48.6 | 48.7 | 48.7 | 48.6 | 48.3 | 48.2 | 48.3 | ||
| Tajikistan | 45.1 | 46.8 | 44.5 | 44.1 | 43.7 | 45.6 | 44.5 | ||||
| Thailand | 48.4 | 45.1 | |||||||||
| Timor-Leste | 50.9 | 49.8 | 50.0 | 50.6 | |||||||
| Tonga | 48.0 | 48.3 | |||||||||
| Tuvalu | 48.4 | 47.9 | 47.4 | ||||||||
| Vanuatu | 66.1 | 48.7 | 47.9 | 47.5 | |||||||
| Vietnam | 48.2 | 46.8 | 47.4 | 46.2 | 46.7 | 45.8 | 46.7 | 46.8 | |||
| Macedonia, FYR | 48.6 | 48.8 | 49.3 | 49.4 | 49.3 | 48.9 | 49.2 | 48.6 | |||
| Malaysia | 49.2 | 50.9 | 50.5 | 49.5 | 49.4 | 49.2 | 49.4 | ||||
| Marshall Islands | 49.9 | 49.1 | |||||||||
| Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 46.2 | ||||||||||
| Moldova | 48.0 | 48.0 | 47.9 | 48.2 | 48.4 | 48.2 | 47.9 | 47.9 | 48.1 | ||
| Monaco | 50.3 | 50.1 | 48.2 | 48.4 | 47.2 | 47.1 | 48.1 | ||||
| Mongolia | 49.8 | 51.7 | 50.3 | 50.5 | 49.7 | ||||||
| Montenegro | 48.2 | 47.2 | 47.7 | 47.1 | 46.6 | ||||||
| Myanmar | 51.0 | 50.5 | |||||||||
| Nauru | 45.0 | 48.8 | 43.2 | 47.8 | |||||||
| Netherlands | 49.1 | 48.7 | 48.8 | 48.8 | 48.8 | 49.1 | |||||
| New Zealand | 49.5 | 49.3 | 48.8 | ||||||||
| Norway | 50.0 | 48.8 | 48.8 | 48.8 | 48.7 | 48.7 | 48.7 | ||||
| St. Lucia | 50.0 | 50.0 | 48.2 | 48.7 | 50.0 | 50.9 | 51.0 | 50.9 | |||
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 50.2 | 50.1 | 49.6 | ||||||||
| Suriname | 49.2 | 48.8 | 48.8 | 48.9 | 49.9 | 49.6 | 49.1 | 49.6 | |||
| Syrian Arab Republic | 45.3 | 46.8 | 46.7 | 47.4 | 47.4 | 47.5 | 48.1 | ||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 49.5 | 48.6 | |||||||||
| Tunisia | 48.1 | 50.4 | 49.3 | 48.9 | |||||||
| Turkey | 46.9 | 47.6 | 47.8 | 47.9 | 48.0 | 48.1 | 47.8 | 47.6 | 47.5 | ||
| Turkmenistan | 48.5 | ||||||||||
| Ukraine | 47.0 | 48.1 | 47.6 | 47.9 | 47.9 | 48.0 | 47.9 | 47.9 | |||
| United Arab Emirates | 47.3 | 48.1 | 48.2 | 48.7 | 48.7 | 48.4 | 48.7 | 48.6 | 48.9 | ||
| United Kingdom | 49.0 | 48.8 | 49.5 | 49.8 | 48.9 | 49.0 | 47.7 | 48.8 | |||
| United States | 48.1 | 49.1 | 48.1 | 49.4 | 49.0 | 48.2 | 48.9 | 49.1 | 48.5 | ||
| Uruguay | 49.5 | 49.2 | 48.9 | 49.0 | 49.1 | ||||||
| Uzbekistan | 47.7 | 48.2 | 48.8 | 49.0 | 48.6 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 48.1 | 48.0 | ||
| Venezuela, RB | 49.7 | 49.4 | 49.2 | 50.7 | 50.6 | 49.2 | 49.1 | 49.2 | 49.1 | ||
| West Bank and Gaza | 47.5 | 47.9 | 48.4 | 48.5 | 48.6 | 48.7 | 49.5 | 48.5 | |||
| Yemen, Rep. | 45.0 | 46.2 | 45.9 | 45.8 | |||||||
| Albania | 48.1 | 47.2 | 47.2 | 47.4 | 47.6 | 47.6 | 47.6 | ||||
| Andorra | 48.6 | 46.6 | 46.8 | 48.2 | 49.8 | 50.6 | 49.8 | ||||
| Armenia | 49.8 | 49.7 | 49.5 | 49.4 | 49.7 | 48.5 | 48.6 | ||||
| Australia | 48.8 | 48.7 | 48.3 | 48.0 | 47.9 | 47.8 | |||||
| Austria | 48.7 | 48.7 | 48.5 | 48.6 | 48.7 | 48.5 | 48.6 | 48.5 | 49.1 | ||
| Azerbaijan | 49.6 | 48.4 | 45.8 | 46.0 | 46.2 | 46.6 | 47.0 | 46.5 | |||
| Belarus | 47.3 | 48.0 | 48.1 | 48.0 | 47.9 | 47.7 | 47.6 | 47.4 | |||
| Belgium | 48.8 | 48.7 | 48.8 | 48.7 | 48.7 | 48.7 | 48.7 | 48.7 | 48.8 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47.5 | 48.1 | 47.4 | 47.5 | 47.5 | 47.0 | 47.6 | ||||
| Brunei Darussalam | 49.4 | 48.6 | 48.6 | 49.3 | 48.7 | 49.2 | 48.6 | 48.8 | |||
| Bulgaria | 48.7 | 48.6 | 48.4 | 48.3 | 48.4 | 48.3 | 48.4 | 48.5 | 48.4 | ||
| Fiji | 50.1 | 49.2 | |||||||||
| Finland | 48.9 | 48.7 | 48.8 | 48.7 | 48.8 | 48.8 | 48.7 | 48.8 | |||
| France | 48.7 | 48.8 | 48.7 | 48.7 | 48.7 | 48.8 | 48.8 | 48.9 | |||
| Georgia | 48.5 | 50.5 | |||||||||
| Germany | 47.6 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 48.5 | 48.4 | 48.5 | 48.5 | |||
| Greece | 48.9 | 48.9 | 49.1 | 48.7 | 48.6 | 48.6 | 48.4 | 48.6 | |||
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 48.5 | 47.7 | 47.7 | 47.8 | 47.9 | 47.8 | 47.8 | ||||
| Hungary | 48.3 | 48.4 | 48.3 | 48.1 | 48.3 | 48.3 | 48.3 | 48.3 | 48.0 | ||
| Iceland | 48.6 | 49.2 | 48.5 | 48.3 | 48.3 | 48.4 | |||||
| Indonesia | 50.1 | 49.9 | 49.7 | 50.1 | 49.4 | 49.4 | 49.4 | ||||
| Ireland | 48.2 | 49.0 | 49.1 | 49.1 | 49.2 | ||||||
| Italy | 48.9 | 48.6 | 47.9 | 48.1 | 48.1 | 48.1 | 48.1 | 48.0 | 47.9 | ||
| Japan | 49.1 | ||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 46.7 | 47.4 | 48.5 | 48.4 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 51.1 | 48.7 | ||
| Korea, Dem. People’s Rep. | 49.1 | ||||||||||
| Korea, Rep. | 47.7 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 48.5 | |||||||
| Kyrgyz Republic | 50.0 | 48.6 | 49.0 | 49.5 | 49.1 | 49.6 | 49.5 | 49.1 | 49.1 | ||
| Lao PDR | 49.7 | 51.5 | 50.4 | 50.0 | 50.4 | 50.0 | 49.8 | 49.8 | 50.0 | ||
| Latvia | 49.1 | 47.6 | 48.2 | 48.0 | 48.2 | 48.6 | 48.7 | 48.6 | 48.5 | ||
| Liechtenstein | 52.2 | 49.2 | 49.2 | 48.6 | 44.2 | 45.1 | |||||
| Lithuania | 47.8 | 47.7 | 48.3 | 48.5 | 48.4 | 48.7 | 48.8 | 48.6 | |||
| Luxembourg | 48.7 | 48.1 | 48.3 | 49.2 | 48.9 | 48.7 | |||||
| Macao SAR, China | 48.3 | 47.5 | 48.7 | 48.2 | 48.6 | 48.2 | 48.2 | 47.8 | 48.5 | ||
| Palau | 50.9 | 50.4 | 51.9 | ||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 46.5 | ||||||||||
| Philippines | 49.7 | ||||||||||
| Poland | 49.0 | 48.7 | 48.9 | 48.8 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 48.5 | ||||
| Portugal | 48.7 | 49.2 | 48.1 | 48.0 | 47.8 | 47.9 | 48.3 | 48.6 | |||
| Romania | 49.5 | 49.5 | 49.1 | 48.8 | 48.8 | 48.9 | 48.8 | 48.7 | 48.7 | ||
| Russian Federation | 48.5 | 48.6 | 48.5 | 48.4 | 48.4 | ||||||
| Samoa | 48.8 | 53.7 | 52.4 | 51.0 | 50.5 | 50.6 | 49.6 | ||||
| San Marino | 49.7 | 47.3 | 45.8 | 47.8 | 50.0 | ||||||
| Serbia | 48.4 | 48.7 | 48.7 | 48.6 | 48.5 | 48.6 | 48.6 | 48.1 | |||
| Singapore | 46.8 | ||||||||||
| Slovak Republic | 46.1 | 48.1 | 48.1 | 48.1 | 48.3 | 48.3 | 48.4 | 48.3 | |||
| Slovenia | 47.5 | 44.9 | 47.7 | 48.0 | 47.8 | 48.2 | 48.0 | 48.0 | |||
| Solomon Islands | 44.0 | 46.5 | 48.2 | 48.3 | 48.1 | 48.5 | 48.6 | 48.5 | 48.5 | ||
| Spain | 49.0 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 48.4 |