Progression to secondary school, female (%) - Country Ranking

Definition: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 China 100.00 2008
1 Cyprus 100.00 2016
1 Ecuador 100.00 2017
1 Grenada 100.00 2017
1 Kenya 100.00 2015
1 Sri Lanka 100.00 2017
1 Macao SAR, China 100.00 2017
1 Oman 100.00 2017
1 Russia 100.00 2015
1 São Tomé and Principe 100.00 2016
1 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 100.00 2017
1 Bhutan 100.00 2016
1 Cayman Islands 100.00 2012
1 Spain 100.00 2016
1 St. Kitts and Nevis 100.00 2015
1 New Caledonia 100.00 1989
1 San Marino 100.00 2011
18 Japan 99.99 2016
19 Estonia 99.97 2016
20 United Kingdom 99.96 2016
21 Slovenia 99.93 2016
22 Italy 99.90 2016
23 Czech Republic 99.89 2016
24 Denmark 99.88 2016
25 United Arab Emirates 99.86 2013
26 Hong Kong SAR, China 99.86 2017
27 Serbia 99.85 2017
28 Switzerland 99.83 2016
29 Finland 99.79 2016
30 Kyrgyz Republic 99.77 2017
31 Mongolia 99.76 2017
32 Georgia 99.74 2017
33 North Macedonia 99.72 2014
34 Argentina 99.70 2016
35 Montenegro 99.68 2017
36 Vietnam 99.66 2015
37 Ukraine 99.66 2017
38 Israel 99.61 2016
39 Brunei 99.59 2017
40 Bahrain 99.57 2017
41 Kazakhstan 99.53 2018
42 Poland 99.53 2016
43 Turkey 99.53 2015
44 Austria 99.52 2016
45 Korea 99.50 2016
46 Uzbekistan 99.40 2017
47 Lithuania 99.35 2016
48 Norway 99.33 2016
49 Iceland 99.33 2011
50 Thailand 99.25 2017
51 Tajikistan 99.23 2016
52 Latvia 99.20 2016
53 Slovak Republic 99.16 2016
54 Sweden 99.12 2016
55 St. Lucia 99.10 2017
56 Romania 99.07 2016
57 Kuwait 98.99 2017
58 Germany 98.98 2016
59 Hungary 98.98 2016
60 Cuba 98.92 2017
61 Bulgaria 98.84 2016
62 Greece 98.83 2016
63 Mauritius 98.80 2017
64 Armenia 98.79 2017
65 The Bahamas 98.72 2009
66 Belarus 98.71 2017
67 Moldova 98.69 2017
68 Qatar 98.66 2016
69 Antigua and Barbuda 98.55 2017
70 Venezuela 98.55 2016
71 Albania 98.47 2017
72 United States 98.44 2016
73 Chile 98.44 2016
74 Croatia 98.40 2016
75 Algeria 98.38 2017
76 Azerbaijan 98.36 2017
77 Panama 98.35 2016
78 Jordan 98.23 2017
79 Fiji 98.21 2015
80 Singapore 98.21 2016
81 South Africa 98.19 2015
82 Egypt 98.12 2017
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98.07 2017
84 Barbados 98.00 2008
85 Eswatini 97.99 2016
86 Samoa 97.75 2017
87 Malta 97.74 2016
88 Nicaragua 97.71 1999
89 Jamaica 97.64 2017
90 Botswana 97.56 2012
91 Tunisia 97.54 2016
92 Belize 97.28 2017
93 Seychelles 97.24 2017
94 Bolivia 97.12 2017
95 Lebanon 97.11 2017
96 Philippines 96.97 2016
97 Guyana 96.88 2009
98 Namibia 96.75 2012
99 Kiribati 96.52 2015
100 Mexico 96.37 2016
101 Luxembourg 96.14 1978
102 Saudi Arabia 96.10 2017
103 Puerto Rico 95.99 2014
104 Liechtenstein 95.60 2016
105 Palau 95.16 2013
106 Peru 95.10 2017
107 El Salvador 95.08 2017
108 The Gambia 94.92 2013
109 Dominican Republic 94.85 2017
110 Ghana 94.81 2017
111 Colombia 94.77 2012
112 Cabo Verde 94.63 2017
113 Iran 94.49 2016
114 Trinidad and Tobago 94.44 2009
115 Paraguay 94.37 2011
116 Timor-Leste 94.28 2017
117 Sudan 94.28 2016
118 Portugal 93.97 1975
119 Eritrea 92.98 2017
120 Dominica 92.52 2014
121 Côte d'Ivoire 92.50 2016
122 Tonga 92.42 1984
123 Equatorial Guinea 92.34 2011
124 Cambodia 92.26 2017
125 Tuvalu 92.24 2015
126 Sierra Leone 91.60 2017
127 India 91.56 2017
128 Ethiopia 90.92 2014
129 Malaysia 90.42 2016
130 Costa Rica 90.31 2017
131 Yemen 89.32 2012
132 Vanuatu 89.09 2009
133 Lesotho 88.48 2015
134 Morocco 88.28 2017
135 Pakistan 88.17 2017
136 Solomon Islands 87.74 2017
137 Indonesia 87.36 2016
138 Uruguay 87.04 2009
139 Brazil 86.19 1973
140 Belgium 86.15 1976
141 Guatemala 85.65 2017
142 Afghanistan 85.55 2017
143 Comoros 85.23 2013
144 Benin 85.18 2015
145 Lao PDR 84.74 2017
146 Malawi 84.39 2011
147 Djibouti 84.38 2017
148 Libya 83.78 1980
149 Liberia 81.36 2016
150 Nepal 80.77 2016
151 Togo 79.58 2017
152 Mali 79.58 2016
153 Burkina Faso 79.47 2017
154 Zimbabwe 79.06 2012
155 Netherlands 77.47 1984
156 Haiti 76.98 1986
157 Burundi 76.97 2017
158 Mozambique 75.53 2015
159 Congo 74.79 2011
160 Guinea-Bissau 74.65 1983
161 Honduras 72.72 2015
162 Madagascar 72.62 2015
163 Suriname 72.44 2017
164 Rwanda 72.04 2017
165 Dem. Rep. Congo 71.08 2012
166 Senegal 71.02 2016
167 Myanmar 70.30 2006
168 Cameroon 69.36 2015
169 Tanzania 69.17 2017
170 Central African Republic 67.58 2011
171 Iraq 66.79 1999
172 Papua New Guinea 65.57 1997
173 Chad 65.19 2015
174 Mauritania 63.63 2017
175 Guinea 62.44 2013
176 Zambia 62.22 2012
177 Nigeria 61.00 2009
178 Syrian Arab Republic 57.32 2012
179 Uganda 57.26 2016
180 Niger 56.04 2015
181 Angola 53.36 2008
182 Gabon 40.97 1972

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Development Relevance: The effective transition rate from primary to secondary education conveys the degree of access or transition between the two levels. As completing primary education is a prerequisite for participating in lower secondary education, growing numbers of primary completers will inevitably create pressure for more available places at the secondary level. A low effective transition rate can signal such problems as an inadequate examination and promotion system or insufficient secondary education capacity.

Limitations and Exceptions: The quality of data on the transition rate is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished. Students who interrupt their studies after completing primary education could also affect data quality.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Effective transition rate is calculated by dividing the number of new entrants in the first grade of secondary education in a given year (t) by the number of students who enrolled in the final grade of primary education in the previous school year (t-1) minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year (t), and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual