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Secondary school enrolment and attendance ratios

Countries and Territories	Net enrolment rate (%) (2007-2010*)			Net attendance rate (%) (2007-2010*)
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Countries and Territories	Total	Male	Female	Total		Male		Female
Afghanistan	27	38	15	12	x	18	x	6	x
Albania		–	–	83		84		82
Algeria		–	–	61		57		65
Andorra	70	68	72			–		–
Angola		–	–	18		21		17
Antigua and Barbuda	88	89	87			–		–
Argentina	80	76	85			–		–
Armenia	87	86	89	94		93		95
Australia	88	87	88			–		–
Austria		–	–			–		–
Azerbaijan	93	91	94	82		83		82
Bahamas	85	83	87			–		–
Bahrain	89	87	91	81	x	77	x	85	x
Bangladesh	41	40	43			–		–
Barbados		–	–			–		–
Belarus	87	–	–	96		95		97
Belgium		–	–			–		–
Belize	65	62	68	59		58		60
Benin		–	–	29		34		23
Bhutan	47	46	49	55		54		56
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	69	69	69	77		78		75
Bosnia and Herzegovina		–	–	89		89		89
Botswana	60	56	64	40	x	36	x	44	x
Brazil	82	78	85	77		74		80
Brunei Darussalam	89	88	91			–		–
Bulgaria	82	84	81			–		–
Burkina Faso	15	18	13	16		17		15
Burundi	9	10	8	7		8		6
Cambodia	34	36	32	28		29		26
Cameroon		–	–	38		39		37
Canada		–	–			–		–
Cape Verde	63	–	–			–		–
Central African Republic	10	13	8	10		12		9
Chad		–	–			20		12
Chile	85	83	86			–		–
China		–	–			–		–
Colombia	74	71	77	76		73		79
Comoros		–	–	11	x	10	x	11	x
Congo		–	–	39		39		40
Cook Islands	79	76	82			–		–
Costa Rica		–	–	62	y	59	y	65	y
Côte d'Ivoire		–	–	27		32		22
Croatia	92	91	94			–		–
Cuba	83	82	83			–		–
Cyprus	96	95	96			–		–
Czech Republic		–	–			–		–
Democratic People's Republic of Korea		–	–	98		98		98
Democratic Republic of the Congo		–	–	32		35		28
Denmark	90	89	92			–		–
Djibouti	24	28	20	41		45		37
Dominica	89	88	91			–		–
Dominican Republic	58	52	63	62		56		68
Ecuador	59	59	60	72	y	71	y	73	y
Egypt	65	66	64	70		70		70
El Salvador	55	54	56			–		–
Equatorial Guinea		–	–	22	x	23	x	22	x
Eritrea	27	32	23	22	x	23	x	21	x
Estonia	89	88	91			–		–
Ethiopia		–	–	27		30		23
Fiji		–	–			–		–
Finland	96	95	96			–		–
France	99	98	100			–		–
Gabon		–	–	35	x	34	X	36	X
Gambia		–	–	37		39		34
Georgia	81	–	–	88		89		88
Germany		–	–			–		–
Ghana	46	48	44	42		42		42
Greece	91	91	91			–		–
Grenada	89	93	85			–		–
Guatemala	40	41	39	23		–		–
Guinea	29	35	22	22		27		17
Guinea-Bissau		–	–	24		27		20
Guyana		–	–	74		70		79
Haiti		–	–	20		18		21
Holy See	a	–	–			–		–
Honduras		–	–	39		35		43
Hungary	92	92	91			–		–
Iceland	89	88	89			–		–
India		–	–	54		59		49
Indonesia	69	69	68	58	y	57	y	59	y
Iran (Islamic Republic of)		–	–			–		–
Iraq	43	48	38	40		46		34
Ireland	89	88	91			–		–
Israel	86	85	87			–		–
Italy	95	94	95			–		–
Jamaica	77	75	79	91		89		93
Japan	98	98	99			–		–
Jordan	82	80	83	87		85		89
Kazakhstan	87	87	87	95		95		95
Kenya	50	51	48	41		40		42
Kiribati		–	–			–		–
Kuwait	79	–	–			–		–
Kyrgyzstan	79	79	80	89		88		91
Lao People's Democratic Republic	36	39	33	36		39		32
Latvia	84	82	85			–		–
Lebanon	75	71	79	64	x	61	x	68	x
Lesotho	29	22	36	33		26		40
Liberia		–	–	14		14		14
Libya		–	–			–		–
Liechtenstein	83	87	80			–		–
Lithuania	92	91	93			–		–
Luxembourg	84	82	85			–		–
Madagascar	24	23	24	27		27		28
Malawi	25	26	24	20		19		20
Malaysia	68	66	71			–		–
Maldives	69	–	–	58		52		63
Mali	30	37	23	31		38		24
Malta	80	79	82			–		–
Marshall Islands	52	51	54			–		–
Mauritania	16	17	15	19		21		17
Mauritius		–	–			–		–
Mexico	73	72	74			–		–
Micronesia (Federated States of)		–	–			–		–
Monaco		–	–			–		–
Mongolia	82	79	85	85		83		88
Montenegro		–	–	84		84		85
Morocco		–	–	37	x	39	x	36	x
Mozambique	15	16	14	20		21		20
Myanmar	50	49	50			58		59
Namibia	54	49	60	54		47		62
Nauru		–	–			–		–
Nepal		–	–	42		46		38
Netherlands	88	87	88			–		–
New Zealand	96	95	97			–		–
Nicaragua		–	–	41	x	35	x	47	x
Niger	10	13	8	11		13		9
Nigeria	26	29	22	44		45		43
Niue		–	–			–		–
Norway	95	95	95			–		–
Occupied Palestinian Territory	85	82	87			–		–
Oman	82	83	81			–		–
Pakistan	33	36	29	32		35		29
Palau		–	–			–		–
Panama	66	63	69			–		–
Papua New Guinea		–	–			–		–
Paraguay	60	58	62	80	x	81	x	80	x
Peru	71	–	–	74		74		73
Philippines	61	55	66	63	x	55	x	70	x
Poland	93	92	94			–		–
Portugal		–	–			–		–
Qatar	77	65	96			–		–
Republic of Korea	96	98	94			–		–
Republic of Moldova	80	79	80	84		82		85
Romania	81	80	82			–		–
Russian Federation		–	–			–		–
Rwanda		–	–	5		5		5
Saint Kitts and Nevis	88	85	92			–		–
Saint Lucia		–	–			–		–
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	90	85	95			–		–
Samoa		–	–	59	y	51	y	70	y
San Marino		–	–			–		–
Sao Tome and Principe	32	30	35	30		30		31
Saudi Arabia	73	70	76			–		–
Senegal		–	–	40		20		16
Serbia	90	89	91	84		81		87
Seychelles	97	95	99			–		–
Sierra Leone		–	–	28		31		35
Singapore		–	–			–		–
Slovakia		–	–			–		–
Slovenia	92	91	92			–		–
Solomon Islands	30	32	29	29	y	29	y	30	y
Somalia		–	–	10		12		8
South Africa		–	–	44	x	41	x	48	x
South Sudan^		–	–			–		–
Spain	96	94	97			–		–
Sri Lanka		–	–			–		–
Sudan^		–	–			–		–
Suriname		–	–	61		56		67
Swaziland	29	31	26	36		31		41
Sweden	98	98	98			–		–
Switzerland	84	86	82			–		–
Syrian Arab Republic	69	70	69	63		63		63
Tajikistan	83	88	77	82		89		74
Thailand	72	68	77	80		77		84
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia		–	–	78		79		78
Timor-Leste		–	–	45		43		48
Togo		–	–	46		52		41
Tonga		–	–			–		–
Trinidad and Tobago		–	–	87		84		90
Tunisia		–	–			–		–
Turkey	74	77	70			65	y	57	y
Turkmenistan		–	–	84		84		84
Tuvalu		–	–			–		–
Uganda	21	22	21	17		17		17
Ukraine	85	85	85	85		85		85
United Arab Emirates	83	82	84			–		–
United Kingdom	93	92	95			–		–
United Republic of Tanzania		–	–	25		26		24
United States	88	87	89			–		–
Uruguay	70	66	73			–		–
Uzbekistan	92	93	91	90		91		90
Vanuatu		–	–	37		38		36
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	71	67	75	36	x	30	x	43	x
Viet Nam		–	–	79		78		80
Yemen		–	–	38		48		27
Zambia		–	–	37		38		36
Zimbabwe		–	–	45		45		45
MEMORANDUM
Sudan and South Sudan^		–	–	19	y	17	y	22	y

SUMMARY INDICATORS
Africa	33	36	30	35		35		33
Sub-Saharan Africa	27	30	24	30		31		28
Eastern and Southern Africa	30	32	28	25		26		24
West and Central Africa	25	29	20	35		36		32
Middle East and North Africa	62	65	58	52		53		51
Asia	56	63	48	53	**	57	**	50	**
South Asia		–	–	50		55		46
East Asia and Pacific	67	66	68	66	**	65	**	66	**
Latin America and Caribbean	73	71	76	70		70		75
CEE/CIS	81	82	81	-		82		78
Industrialized countries	91	90	92	-		-		-
Developing countries	55	61	49	50	**	53	**	48	**
Least developed countries	28	31	25	26		29		25
World	60	65	55	51	**	53	**	49	**
Secondary school net enrolment ratio – Number of children enrolled in secondary school who are of official secondary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official secondary school age. Secondary net enrolment ratio does not include secondary-school-aged children enrolled in tertiary education owing to challenges in age reporting and recording at that level. Secondary school net attendance ratio – Number of children attending secondary or tertiary school who are of official secondary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official secondary school age. Because of the inclusion of secondary-school-aged children attending tertiary school, this indicator can also be referred to as a secondary adjusted net attendance ratio. All data refer to official International Standard Classifications of Education (ISCED) for the primary and secondary education levels and thus may not directly correspond to a country-specific school system. Notes ^ Due to the cession in July 2011 of the Republic of South Sudan from the Republic of the Sudan, and its subsequent admission to the UN on 14 July 2011, disaggregated data for Sudan and South Sudan as separate States are not yet available for most indicators. Aggregated data presented are for Sudan pre-cession (see Memorandum item). – Data not available. x Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages. y Data differ from the standard definition and are included in the calculation of regional and global averages. * Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading. ** Excludes China.