Gender gap in the completion rate, upper 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, upper secondary, rural — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — Rural is currently reported for 73 countries. The highest value is 9.13 % in Ghana; the lowest is -25.1 % in Dominican Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is -2.7 %, and the mean is -3.71 %.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 986.4%), and the largest decrease in Sweden (down 4,715.1%).
Gender gap in the completion rate, upper secondary, rural — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana | 9.13 % | 2022 | up 986.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Togo | 9.05 % | 2022 | up 290.1% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 8.23 % | 2019 | up 67.6% | flat |
| 4 | Egypt | 7.46 % | 2022 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 6.4 % | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 6.4 % | 2022 | up 235.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Finland | 5.41 % | 2020 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 5.36 % | 2022 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 9 | Mozambique | 4.84 % | 2022 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Benin | 4.62 % | 2022 | down 41.7% | rising |
| 11 | Cyprus | 4.5 % | 2021 | up 247.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Senegal | 4.44 % | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 13 | Liberia | 4.37 % | 2019 | up 286.7% | rising |
| 14 | Uganda | 3.59 % | 2016 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 15 | Mali | 3.58 % | 2020 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Cameroon | 3.35 % | 2018 | up 213.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 2.47 % | 2019 | up 91.5% | rising |
| 18 | Peru | 1.8 % | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Belgium | 1.58 % | 2021 | up 126.6% | rising |
| 20 | Gambia | 1.49 % | 2023 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Malawi | 1.32 % | 2020 | down 70.5% | falling |
| 22 | Nepal | 0.96 % | 2021 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Armenia | 0.89 % | 2023 | up 107.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.79 % | 2023 | up 120.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Nigeria | 0.29 % | 2024 | down 98.4% | falling |
| 26 | Kenya | 0.22 % | 2024 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Romania | 0.05 % | 2021 | up 103.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Indonesia | -0.12 % | 2022 | up 92.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Croatia | -0.45 % | 2021 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Mexico | -0.7 % | 2022 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Cambodia | -0.95 % | 2021 | down 137.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Guatemala | -1.1 % | 2024 | down 136.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Estonia | -1.19 % | 2021 | up 92.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Switzerland | -1.22 % | 2021 | up 85.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Rwanda | -1.78 % | 2022 | down 272.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Haiti | -1.86 % | 2017 | down 176.2% | volatile |
| 37 | France | -2.7 % | 2021 | down 196.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Greece | -2.88 % | 2021 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Slovenia | -2.97 % | 2021 | up 74.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Poland | -3.28 % | 2021 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 41 | Hungary | -3.46 % | 2021 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Ecuador | -3.8 % | 2023 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 43 | El Salvador | -3.9 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 44 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | -4.61 % | 2019 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 45 | Luxembourg | -4.71 % | 2021 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Portugal | -4.76 % | 2021 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 47 | Ethiopia | -4.95 % | 2022 | down 610.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Colombia | -4.98 % | 2024 | up 42.8% | falling |
| 49 | Chile | -5.6 % | 2022 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 50 | Bulgaria | -5.93 % | 2021 | down 186.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Latvia | -6.18 % | 2019 | down 291.1% | falling |
| 52 | Italy | -6.35 % | 2021 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 53 | Honduras | -6.89 % | 2024 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Paraguay | -6.9 % | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 55 | Austria | -6.91 % | 2021 | down 366.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Germany | -7.42 % | 2021 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Denmark | -8.31 % | 2021 | down 60.1% | rising |
| 58 | Costa Rica | -9.3 % | 2023 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 59 | China, mainland | -9.5 % | 2018 | down 705.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Lithuania | -9.68 % | 2021 | down 74.4% | falling |
| 61 | Panama | -11.1 % | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 62 | Norway | -12.24 % | 2021 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Lesotho | -14.05 % | 2024 | down 407.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Philippines | -14.86 % | 2022 | up 19.3% | flat |
| 65 | Sweden | -15.89 % | 2021 | down 4,715.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Brazil | -15.9 % | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 67 | Thailand | -16.31 % | 2022 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 68 | Mongolia | -16.75 % | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 69 | South Africa | -19.41 % | 2024 | down 190.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Spain | -21.12 % | 2021 | down 120.7% | rising |
| 71 | Uruguay | -22.5 % | 2024 | down 127.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Jordan | -23.12 % | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | -25.1 % | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
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 2.38 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.39 %
- Viet Nam -12.98 %
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.