Early-demographic dividend | Primary education, pupils (% female)

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools. Development relevance: The share of girls allows an assessment on gender composition in school enrollment. A value greater than 50% indicates participation of more girls at a specific level or programme of education. Limitations and exceptions: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity. Statistical concept and methodology: Percentage of female enrollment is calculated by dividing the total number of female students at a given level of education by the total enrollment at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source
Early-demographic dividend | Primary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 41.01896
1971 40.98385
1972 41.1317
1973 41.19371
1974 41.16893
1975 41.39593
1976 41.66244
1977 41.87597
1978 42.00588
1979 42.30214
1980 42.43888
1981 42.67587
1982 42.84106
1983 42.92051
1984 43.17805
1985 43.48499
1986 43.73086
1987 43.91459
1988 44.13991
1989 44.01964
1990 44.17599
1991 44.5697
1992 44.7981
1993 45.12416
1994 45.22045
1995 45.23408
1996 45.23303
1997 45.46226
1998 45.50294
1999 45.67033
2000 45.73915
2001 45.91821
2002 46.1247
2003 47.21788
2004 47.26846
2005 47.33785
2006 47.44952
2007 47.55301
2008 47.88156
2009 48.00522
2010 48.10022
2011 48.17779
2012 48.18248
2013 48.93784
2014 48.85471
2015 48.89737
2016 49.3457
2017 49.24976
2018 49.19061
2019
2020
2021
2022

Early-demographic dividend | Primary education, pupils (% female)

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools. Development relevance: The share of girls allows an assessment on gender composition in school enrollment. A value greater than 50% indicates participation of more girls at a specific level or programme of education. Limitations and exceptions: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity. Statistical concept and methodology: Percentage of female enrollment is calculated by dividing the total number of female students at a given level of education by the total enrollment at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source