Gender gap in the completion rate, lower secondary, rural — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — Rural by country
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and...
What the numbers show
Gender gap in the completion rate, lower secondary, rural — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — Rural is currently reported for 72 countries. The highest value is 11.52 % in Mali; the lowest is -14.79 % in China, mainland.
The median across all reporting countries is -1.1 %, and the mean is -1.49 %.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 1,427.5%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 1,779.3%).
Gender gap in the completion rate, lower secondary, rural — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 11.52 % | 2020 | up 105.0% | rising |
| 2 | Togo | 11.26 % | 2022 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 3 | Sierra Leone | 10.6 % | 2019 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | -5.2 % | 2021 | down 94.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Cameroon | 10.34 % | 2018 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 5 | Mozambique | 10.06 % | 2022 | up 209.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Benin | 9.59 % | 2022 | down 53.9% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 6.77 % | 2022 | up 1,427.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Uganda | 4.72 % | 2016 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 9 | Guatemala | 4.2 % | 2024 | up 35.5% | falling |
| 10 | Cyprus | 2.91 % | 2021 | up 139.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 2.7 % | 2021 | up 469.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Senegal | 2.62 % | 2023 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Portugal | 2.28 % | 2021 | up 130.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Malawi | 2.22 % | 2020 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 15 | Nepal | 2.2 % | 2021 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 16 | India | 1.67 % | 2019 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Liberia | 1.34 % | 2019 | down 41.0% | flat |
| 18 | Peru | 1.2 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 0.51 % | 2015 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 20 | France | 0.2 % | 2021 | up 110.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Chile | 0.2 % | 2022 | up 105.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Slovenia | 0.11 % | 2021 | up 105.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Norway | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Latvia | 0 % | 2021 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Armenia | 0 % | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 23 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 % | 2019 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Finland | 0 % | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Italy | -0.17 % | 2021 | up 76.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Hungary | -0.2 % | 2021 | up 68.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Jordan | -0.21 % | 2023 | down 113.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Austria | -0.26 % | 2021 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Denmark | -0.31 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Germany | -0.39 % | 2021 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Lithuania | -0.48 % | 2021 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Egypt | -0.66 % | 2022 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Croatia | -0.8 % | 2021 | down 219.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Ghana | -1.4 % | 2022 | down 300.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Estonia | -1.44 % | 2021 | up 67.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Greece | -1.47 % | 2021 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Nigeria | -1.95 % | 2024 | down 110.6% | volatile |
| 42 | El Salvador | -2.1 % | 2023 | up 67.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Poland | -2.18 % | 2021 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Costa Rica | -2.2 % | 2023 | up 85.8% | rising |
| 45 | Spain | -2.32 % | 2021 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 46 | Switzerland | -2.51 % | 2021 | down 139.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Sweden | -2.73 % | 2021 | down 237.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Mexico | -2.9 % | 2022 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Ecuador | -3.1 % | 2023 | down 138.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Indonesia | -3.13 % | 2022 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Romania | -4.11 % | 2021 | down 705.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Bulgaria | -4.14 % | 2021 | down 554.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Mongolia | -4.24 % | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Uruguay | -4.38 % | 2024 | up 75.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Rwanda | -4.87 % | 2022 | down 1,779.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Gambia | -4.97 % | 2023 | down 178.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Kenya | -5.16 % | 2024 | up 41.0% | falling |
| 58 | Paraguay | -5.46 % | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Cambodia | -5.72 % | 2021 | down 191.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Colombia | -6.11 % | 2024 | up 59.0% | falling |
| 61 | Belgium | -6.23 % | 2021 | down 105.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Panama | -6.8 % | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Thailand | -7.25 % | 2022 | up 57.4% | falling |
| 64 | Haiti | -7.44 % | 2017 | down 413.9% | volatile |
| 65 | South Africa | -8.27 % | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 66 | Brazil | -10.2 % | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | -10.3 % | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 68 | Bangladesh | -10.71 % | 2022 | down 265.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Honduras | -10.8 % | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 70 | Lesotho | -12.52 % | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 71 | Philippines | -13.85 % | 2022 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 72 | China, mainland | -14.79 % | 2018 | down 615.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4.28 %
- United Republic of Tanzania -1.25 %
About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.