Here the 19 countries with the highest ratio of women to men in higher education

The World Economic Forum released its annual Global Gender Gap index on Wednesday.

One of the crucial factors in ensuring that the gap between the genders closes as fast as possible is education.

So we took a look at the countries where women are more likely to go into tertiary education and are better educated than men.

Tertiary education is anything taken on after school. This includes university, vocational training, and military service.

There are more than 100 countries in the world where women outnumber men in tertiary education, but we've decided to take a look at the states where women enjoy the biggest advantage over their male classmates. The ranking is calculated by looking at the nations surveyed by WEF who have the highest female to male ratio.