Gender gap in the completion rate, lower secondary, urban — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — Urban 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, urban — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — Urban is currently reported for 74 countries. The highest value is 10.6 % in Mali; the lowest is -11.87 % in Gambia.
The median across all reporting countries is -0.88 %, and the mean is -1.25 %.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Finland (up 165.0%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 5,116.7%).
Gender gap in the completion rate, lower secondary, urban — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 10.6 % | 2020 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 2 | Togo | 8.98 % | 2022 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 3 | Benin | 7.44 % | 2022 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 3 | Viet Nam | -5.11 % | 2021 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Cameroon | 6.97 % | 2018 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 5.44 % | 2019 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Uganda | 3.22 % | 2016 | up 145.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Nepal | 3.11 % | 2021 | up 135.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 3.06 % | 2022 | down 73.2% | falling |
| 9 | Mozambique | 1.46 % | 2022 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Belgium | 1.28 % | 2021 | up 129.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 1.08 % | 2015 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Finland | 1.02 % | 2021 | up 165.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 0.91 % | 2021 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Ghana | 0.67 % | 2022 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Guatemala | 0.48 % | 2024 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Croatia | 0.33 % | 2021 | down 87.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Slovenia | 0.32 % | 2021 | up 147.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Chile | 0.3 % | 2022 | up 110.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Panama | 0.1 % | 2023 | up 101.2% | rising |
| 20 | Armenia | 0.09 % | 2023 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Romania | 0.08 % | 2021 | up 107.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Switzerland | 0.02 % | 2021 | up 102.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Norway | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Russian Federation | 0 % | 2022 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Lithuania | -0.14 % | 2021 | down 120.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Hungary | -0.25 % | 2021 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Italy | -0.25 % | 2021 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Poland | -0.32 % | 2021 | up 69.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Sweden | -0.37 % | 2021 | down 223.3% | volatile |
| 30 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | -0.38 % | 2019 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Mongolia | -0.68 % | 2023 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Liberia | -0.7 % | 2019 | down 114.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Rwanda | -0.72 % | 2022 | down 350.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Estonia | -0.75 % | 2021 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Ecuador | -0.8 % | 2023 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Austria | -0.88 % | 2021 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Nigeria | -0.88 % | 2024 | down 113.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Denmark | -0.88 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Portugal | -1.1 % | 2021 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Peru | -1.3 % | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 41 | France | -1.32 % | 2021 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Spain | -1.32 % | 2021 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 43 | India | -1.48 % | 2019 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Cyprus | -1.56 % | 2021 | up 68.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Cambodia | -1.61 % | 2021 | down 118.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Latvia | -1.77 % | 2021 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Germany | -1.84 % | 2021 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Greece | -1.89 % | 2021 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Indonesia | -2.41 % | 2022 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Haiti | -2.52 % | 2017 | down 129.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Paraguay | -2.69 % | 2024 | down 198.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Mexico | -2.7 % | 2022 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 53 | China, mainland | -2.84 % | 2018 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 54 | Jordan | -2.85 % | 2023 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 55 | Honduras | -3 % | 2024 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 56 | Uruguay | -3.16 % | 2024 | up 74.5% | rising |
| 57 | Brazil | -3.2 % | 2023 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 58 | Egypt | -3.28 % | 2022 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Luxembourg | -3.43 % | 2021 | down 535.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Argentina | -3.5 % | 2023 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 61 | Kenya | -3.89 % | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 62 | El Salvador | -4.2 % | 2023 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 63 | South Africa | -4.24 % | 2024 | down 216.4% | falling |
| 64 | Costa Rica | -4.4 % | 2023 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Thailand | -4.5 % | 2022 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 66 | Lesotho | -5.71 % | 2024 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Senegal | -6.34 % | 2023 | down 175.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Malawi | -6.69 % | 2020 | down 427.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | -6.8 % | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 70 | Philippines | -8.63 % | 2022 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 71 | Colombia | -8.88 % | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 72 | Bangladesh | -9.39 % | 2022 | down 5,116.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Gambia | -11.87 % | 2023 | down 229.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United Republic of Tanzania 4.66 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) -1.11 %
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.