Gender gap in the completion rate, primary education, 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, primary education, rural — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — Rural is currently reported for 68 countries. The highest value is 10.89 % in Mali; the lowest is -17.14 % in Lesotho.
The median across all reporting countries is -0.515 %, and the mean is -1.77 %.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Cameroon (up 829.6%), and the largest decrease in Gambia (down 32,175.0%).
Gender gap in the completion rate, primary education, rural — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 10.89 % | 2020 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 2 | Togo | 9.61 % | 2022 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 2 | Viet Nam | -0.6 % | 2021 | down 300.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Cameroon | 6.6 % | 2018 | up 829.6% | rising |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 5.03 % | 2022 | up 426.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Benin | 4.61 % | 2022 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 6 | Panama | 2.5 % | 2023 | up 177.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 1.93 % | 2019 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 7 | China, mainland | 1.93 % | 2018 | up 364.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 1 % | 2023 | up 131.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Cyprus | 0.92 % | 2020 | up 370.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Peru | 0.9 % | 2023 | up 169.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Chile | 0.7 % | 2022 | up 135.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Mozambique | 0.65 % | 2022 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Uruguay | 0.57 % | 2024 | up 113.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Egypt | 0.52 % | 2022 | up 533.3% | volatile |
| 16 | France | 0.1 % | 2021 | up 110.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1 % | 2023 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Slovenia | 0.05 % | 2021 | up 104.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Nepal | 0.01 % | 2021 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Finland | 0 % | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Norway | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 20 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 % | 2019 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Latvia | 0 % | 2021 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Armenia | 0 % | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Poland | -0.04 % | 2020 | up 94.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Italy | -0.09 % | 2021 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Ecuador | -0.1 % | 2023 | down 150.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Hungary | -0.1 % | 2021 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Austria | -0.13 % | 2021 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Denmark | -0.16 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Lithuania | -0.24 % | 2021 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 33 | India | -0.27 % | 2019 | down 114.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Croatia | -0.4 % | 2021 | down 217.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Mongolia | -0.48 % | 2020 | up 94.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Indonesia | -0.55 % | 2022 | up 72.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Mexico | -0.6 % | 2022 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Germany | -0.72 % | 2020 | down 153.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Estonia | -0.72 % | 2021 | down 357.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Greece | -0.73 % | 2021 | down 292.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Jordan | -1.19 % | 2023 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Switzerland | -1.25 % | 2021 | down 135.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Russian Federation | -1.35 % | 2022 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Sweden | -1.37 % | 2021 | down 234.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Uganda | -1.51 % | 2016 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Nigeria | -1.75 % | 2024 | down 118.0% | volatile |
| 47 | South Africa | -1.98 % | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Thailand | -2.45 % | 2022 | down 315.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Paraguay | -2.89 % | 2024 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Colombia | -2.89 % | 2024 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 51 | Brazil | -3.1 % | 2023 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 52 | Honduras | -3.89 % | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 53 | Guatemala | -3.96 % | 2024 | down 199.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Ghana | -4.05 % | 2022 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | -4.5 % | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 56 | Kenya | -4.99 % | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 57 | Zimbabwe | -5.46 % | 2019 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 58 | Philippines | -5.98 % | 2022 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 59 | El Salvador | -6.6 % | 2023 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Liberia | -6.82 % | 2019 | down 1,200.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Malawi | -8.67 % | 2020 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 62 | Bangladesh | -9.05 % | 2022 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 63 | Senegal | -9.91 % | 2023 | down 7,723.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Cambodia | -10.68 % | 2021 | down 292.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Haiti | -11.52 % | 2017 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 66 | Gambia | -12.83 % | 2023 | down 32,175.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Rwanda | -15.54 % | 2022 | down 123.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Lesotho | -17.14 % | 2024 | up 40.8% | rising |
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) -0.44 %
- United Republic of Tanzania -11.28 %
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.