European Union | 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
European Union
Records
63
Source
European Union | Primary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 48.699
1971 48.70655
1972 48.74035
1973 48.95916
1974 48.68031
1975 48.69502
1976 48.93195
1977 48.647
1978 48.64371
1979 48.58671
1980 48.61811
1981 48.61733
1982 48.63316
1983 48.63543
1984 48.59744
1985 48.57064
1986 48.54517
1987 48.59953
1988 48.53332
1989 48.59815
1990 48.63407
1991 48.68106
1992 48.69052
1993 48.65056
1994 48.60678
1995 48.52467
1996 48.50928
1997 48.51994
1998 48.49756
1999 48.51088
2000 48.54444
2001 48.54757
2002 48.50929
2003 48.52755
2004 48.52764
2005 48.50377
2006 48.53013
2007 48.53146
2008 48.49365
2009 48.53098
2010 48.53975
2011 48.58345
2012 48.6259
2013 48.67525
2014 48.6753
2015 48.67611
2016 48.67612
2017 48.59824
2018 48.59998
2019
2020
2021
2022
European Union | 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
European Union
Records
63
Source