| # | Flag | Country | Primary education, pupils (% female)Primary education, pupils (% female) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal | 53.07% | 2017 | |
| 2 | Gambia | 51.81% | 2018 | |
| 3 | Republic of the Congo | 51.5% | 2012 | |
| 4 | India | 51.11% | 2016 | |
| 5 | Kiribati | 50.81% | 2017 | |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 50.68% | 2017 | |
| 7 | Mauritania | 50.62% | 2017 | |
| 8 | Malawi | 50.54% | 2017 | |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 50.48% | 2017 | |
| 10 | Nepal | 50.45% | 2017 | |
| 11 | Tanzania | 50.32% | 2017 | |
| 12 | Uganda | 50.28% | 2017 | |
| 13 | Zambia | 50.25% | 2017 | |
| 14 | Burundi | 50.2% | 2017 | |
| 15 | The Bahamas | 50.17% | 2016 | |
| 16 | Iran | 50.13% | 2017 | |
| 17 | Seychelles | 50.04% | 2017 | |
| 18 | Rwanda | 49.9% | 2017 | |
| 19 | Oman | 49.84% | 2017 | |
| 20 | Madagascar | 49.72% | 2016 | |
| 21 | Kenya | 49.67% | 2016 | |
| 22 | Monaco | 49.5% | 2017 | |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | 49.5% | 2013 | |
| 24 | Mauritius | 49.49% | 2017 | |
| 25 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 49.46% | 2015 | |
| 26 | Bahrain | 49.41% | 2017 | |
| 27 | Sweden | 49.31% | 2016 | |
| 28 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 49.3% | 2016 | |
| 29 | Ghana | 49.28% | 2018 | |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 49.23% | 2017 | |
| 31 | Bhutan | 49.22% | 2017 | |
| 32 | Guyana | 49.19% | 2012 | |
| 33 | Sint Maarten | 49.17% | 2014 | |
| 34 | Ecuador | 49.14% | 2016 | |
| 35 | Namibia | 49.13% | 2017 | |
| 36 | Saint Lucia | 49.11% | 2017 | |
| 37 | Peru | 49.1% | 2018 | |
| 38 | Equatorial Guinea | 49.1% | 2015 | |
| 39 | Mexico | 49.04% | 2017 | |
| 40 | Argentina | 49.03% | 2016 | |
| 41 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.03% | 2017 | |
| 42 | Antigua and Barbuda | 49.01% | 2017 | |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 48.99% | 2016 | |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 48.97% | 2018 | |
| 45 | Honduras | 48.97% | 2017 | |
| 46 | Russia | 48.95% | 2016 | |
| 47 | Jordan | 48.95% | 2017 | |
| 48 | Singapore | 48.95% | 2016 | |
| 49 | Poland | 48.92% | 2016 | |
| 50 | United States | 48.92% | 2016 | |
| 51 | Ukraine | 48.91% | 2017 | |
| 52 | Turkmenistan | 48.91% | 2014 | |
| 53 | Latvia | 48.9% | 2017 | |
| 54 | Malaysia | 48.9% | 2017 | |
| 55 | North Korea | 48.9% | 2018 | |
| 56 | Qatar | 48.89% | 2017 | |
| 57 | Mongolia | 48.88% | 2017 | |
| 58 | Lesotho | 48.88% | 2017 | |
| 59 | Belgium | 48.87% | 2016 | |
| 60 | Israel | 48.86% | 2017 | |
| 61 | Marshall Islands | 48.85% | 2016 | |
| 62 | Lithuania | 48.84% | 2016 | |
| 63 | Gabon | 48.83% | 2011 | |
| 64 | Turkey | 48.82% | 2016 | |
| 65 | Malta | 48.82% | 2016 | |
| 66 | Czech Republic | 48.82% | 2016 | |
| 67 | United Kingdom | 48.81% | 2016 | |
| 68 | Finland | 48.81% | 2016 | |
| 69 | Jamaica | 48.8% | 2017 | |
| 70 | Croatia | 48.8% | 2016 | |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 48.79% | 2017 | |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 48.79% | 2016 | |
| 73 | Spain | 48.79% | 2016 | |
| 74 | Maldives | 48.78% | 2017 | |
| 75 | Luxembourg | 48.77% | 2016 | |
| 76 | Canada | 48.77% | 2016 | |
| 77 | Norway | 48.76% | 2017 | |
| 78 | Japan | 48.75% | 2016 | |
| 79 | Burkina Faso | 48.75% | 2017 | |
| 80 | Iceland | 48.74% | 2016 | |
| 81 | Haiti | 48.73% | 1998 | |
| 82 | Republic of Ireland | 48.72% | 2016 | |
| 83 | Botswana | 48.72% | 2014 | |
| 84 | South Africa | 48.71% | 2016 | |
| 85 | France | 48.7% | 2016 | |
| 86 | Togo | 48.69% | 2017 | |
| 87 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 48.67% | 2017 | |
| 88 | Australia | 48.67% | 2017 | |
| 89 | Slovenia | 48.65% | 2016 | |
| 90 | Cyprus | 48.65% | 2015 | |
| 91 | Bermuda | 48.64% | 2015 | |
| 92 | Hungary | 48.62% | 2016 | |
| 93 | Netherlands | 48.62% | 2016 | |
| 94 | Bolivia | 48.61% | 2017 | |
| 95 | New Zealand | 48.6% | 2017 | |
| 96 | Estonia | 48.6% | 2016 | |
| 97 | Egypt | 48.57% | 2017 | |
| 98 | Germany | 48.57% | 2016 | |
| 99 | Republic of Macedonia | 48.54% | 2015 | |
| 100 | Thailand | 48.53% | 2017 | |
| 101 | Switzerland | 48.53% | 2016 | |
| 102 | Panama | 48.53% | 2016 | |
| 103 | Slovakia | 48.51% | 2016 | |
| 104 | Nauru | 48.51% | 2016 | |
| 105 | Austria | 48.51% | 2017 | |
| 106 | Turks And Caicos Islands | 48.51% | 2015 | |
| 107 | Italy | 48.51% | 2016 | |
| 108 | Greece | 48.49% | 2016 | |
| 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48.48% | 2017 | |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 48.47% | 2010 | |
| 111 | Serbia | 48.47% | 2017 | |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 48.46% | 2010 | |
| 113 | Belarus | 48.45% | 2017 | |
| 114 | Denmark | 48.44% | 2016 | |
| 115 | Dominica | 48.41% | 2016 | |
| 116 | Brunei | 48.4% | 2017 | |
| 117 | Chile | 48.4% | 2017 | |
| 118 | Cayman Islands | 48.38% | 2018 | |
| 119 | Guinea-Bissau | 48.34% | 2010 | |
| 120 | Bulgaria | 48.33% | 2016 | |
| 121 | Puerto Rico | 48.33% | 2016 | |
| 122 | Uzbekistan | 48.33% | 2017 | |
| 123 | Romania | 48.33% | 2016 | |
| 124 | Myanmar | 48.33% | 2017 | |
| 125 | Uruguay | 48.32% | 2016 | |
| 126 | South Korea | 48.32% | 2016 | |
| 127 | Barbados | 48.29% | 2017 | |
| 128 | East Timor | 48.29% | 2017 | |
| 129 | New Caledonia | 48.29% | 1991 | |
| 130 | Venezuela | 48.28% | 2017 | |
| 131 | Tajikistan | 48.28% | 2017 | |
| 132 | Suriname | 48.28% | 2017 | |
| 133 | Lebanon | 48.24% | 2017 | |
| 134 | Moldova | 48.24% | 2017 | |
| 135 | Federated States of Micronesia | 48.23% | 2015 | |
| 136 | Cambodia | 48.22% | 2017 | |
| 137 | Tunisia | 48.22% | 2016 | |
| 138 | Solomon Islands | 48.2% | 2017 | |
| 139 | Fiji | 48.17% | 2016 | |
| 140 | Aruba | 48.17% | 2014 | |
| 141 | Guatemala | 48.16% | 2017 | |
| 142 | Paraguay | 48.16% | 2016 | |
| 143 | Laos | 48.14% | 2017 | |
| 144 | United Arab Emirates | 48.11% | 2016 | |
| 145 | Kuwait | 48.1% | 2017 | |
| 146 | Colombia | 48.1% | 2017 | |
| 147 | Samoa | 48.09% | 2017 | |
| 148 | El Salvador | 48.09% | 2017 | |
| 149 | Syria | 48.09% | 2013 | |
| 150 | Andorra | 48.06% | 2017 | |
| 151 | Mozambique | 48.06% | 2017 | |
| 152 | Comoros | 48.03% | 2017 | |
| 153 | Macao | 48% | 2017 | |
| 154 | Curacao | 47.99% | 2013 | |
| 155 | Guam | 47.97% | 1971 | |
| 156 | Portugal | 47.96% | 2016 | |
| 157 | Brazil | 47.94% | 2016 | |
| 158 | Hong Kong | 47.86% | 2017 | |
| 159 | Vietnam | 47.85% | 2017 | |
| 160 | Cape Verde | 47.85% | 2017 | |
| 161 | Philippines | 47.83% | 2016 | |
| 162 | American Samoa | 47.81% | 1992 | |
| 163 | Belize | 47.8% | 2017 | |
| 164 | French Polynesia | 47.79% | 1996 | |
| 165 | Sudan | 47.79% | 2017 | |
| 166 | Indonesia | 47.78% | 2017 | |
| 167 | Algeria | 47.72% | 2017 | |
| 168 | Swaziland | 47.66% | 2016 | |
| 169 | Libya | 47.66% | 2006 | |
| 170 | Benin | 47.61% | 2017 | |
| 171 | Montenegro | 47.61% | 2017 | |
| 172 | Georgia | 47.57% | 2017 | |
| 173 | Ivory Coast | 47.54% | 2017 | |
| 174 | Nigeria | 47.5% | 2016 | |
| 175 | Liechtenstein | 47.5% | 2016 | |
| 176 | Morocco | 47.49% | 2017 | |
| 177 | Tonga | 47.41% | 2015 | |
| 178 | Grenada | 47.4% | 2017 | |
| 179 | Dominican Republic | 47.35% | 2017 | |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 47.33% | 2015 | |
| 181 | Cuba | 47.29% | 2017 | |
| 182 | Albania | 47.16% | 2017 | |
| 183 | Ethiopia | 47.11% | 2015 | |
| 184 | Cameroon | 47% | 2017 | |
| 185 | Tuvalu | 46.98% | 2016 | |
| 186 | Virgin Islands (British) | 46.91% | 2017 | |
| 187 | Angola | 46.86% | 2015 | |
| 188 | Liberia | 46.83% | 2016 | |
| 189 | Armenia | 46.73% | 2017 | |
| 190 | Azerbaijan | 46.65% | 2017 | |
| 191 | Virgin Islands (US) | 46.6% | 1993 | |
| 192 | China | 46.42% | 2017 | |
| 193 | Mali | 46.42% | 2017 | |
| 194 | Papua New Guinea | 46.16% | 2016 | |
| 195 | Djibouti | 46.14% | 2018 | |
| 196 | Palau | 45.7% | 2014 | |
| 197 | San Marino | 45.62% | 2012 | |
| 198 | Yemen | 45.6% | 2016 | |
| 199 | Niger | 45.56% | 2017 | |
| 200 | Eritrea | 45.18% | 2017 | |
| 201 | Guinea | 44.67% | 2016 | |
| 202 | Pakistan | 44.54% | 2017 | |
| 203 | Iraq | 44.35% | 2007 | |
| 204 | Central African Republic | 43.61% | 2016 | |
| 205 | Chad | 43.36% | 2016 | |
| 206 | South Sudan | 40.88% | 2015 | |
| 207 | Afghanistan | 39.49% | 2017 |