Comoros: Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 0.69 percentage points from 50.09% in 2013. Since 1971 it is up 25.49 percentage points from 25.29% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 35 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2018, Comoros had the 16th highest value of the 71 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Comoros in the 2018 ranking

• Lebanon — 12th of 71: 51.2%
• Sri Lanka — 13th of 71: 51.12%
• Tanzania — 14th of 71: 50.83%
• Costa Rica — 16th of 71: 50.68%
• Seychelles — 17th of 71: 50.64%
• Madagascar — 18th of 71: 50.61%

What this measures

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.

Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 13 values

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in nearby economies

• Angola — 39.52% (2016)
• Benin — 42.41% (2016)
• Burkina Faso — 49.07% (2018)
• Burundi — 52.69% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 52.22% (2018)
• Cameroon — 45.9% (2016)
• Central African Republic — 40.13% (2017)
• Chad — 31.27% (2016)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 38.8% (2015)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 43.48% (2018)
• Eritrea

More education data for Comoros

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 102,152 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 97% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 96.33% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 97.66% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers — 3,952 (2024)
• Compulsory education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Comoros's secondary education, pupils (% female)?

50.78% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is up 25.49 percentage points from 25.29% in 1971. The highest value was 50.82% in 2014 and the lowest 22.38% in 1973.

How does Comoros rank?

16th highest of 71 economies with data for 2018.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.ENRL.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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