IDA blend | 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
IDA blend
Records
63
Source
IDA blend | Primary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 37.12734
1971 37.6153
1972 38.13106
1973 38.72836
1974 39.09554
1975 39.35799
1976 39.62047
1977 40.18479
1978 41.83187
1979 42.04578
1980 42.51449
1981 42.84705
1982 42.87371
1983 42.53239
1984 42.57989
1985 43.02019
1986 43.1494
1987 43.03312
1988 42.35601
1989 43.2576
1990 42.57076
1991 42.87514
1992 43.18211
1993 43.13838
1994 43.31158
1995 43.48993
1996 43.82774
1997 43.8483
1998 43.71888
1999 43.6034
2000 43.87315
2001 44.09599
2002 43.91726
2003 44.46458
2004 44.47211
2005 44.815
2006 45.25229
2007 45.92671
2008 46.03655
2009 46.20758
2010 46.32793
2011 46.71158
2012 47.33629
2013 47.3633
2014 47.3039
2015 47.21372
2016 46.84979
2017 46.95678
2018 46.74869
2019
2020
2021
2022

IDA blend | 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
IDA blend
Records
63
Source