IDA only | 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 only
Records
63
Source
IDA only | Primary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 38.60424
1971 38.59944
1972 39.26058
1973 39.12919
1974 39.03379
1975 39.24302
1976 39.46147
1977 40.32089
1978 40.73506
1979 40.91032
1980 41.25
1981 41.95582
1982 42.59897
1983 42.03588
1984 42.71683
1985 42.55111
1986 42.7322
1987 43.03637
1988 43.49024
1989 43.67958
1990 43.91648
1991 44.24207
1992 44.40697
1993 44.53409
1994 44.68337
1995 44.46717
1996 44.47666
1997 44.6614
1998 44.8229
1999 45.33316
2000 45.56635
2001 45.76938
2002 45.87406
2003 46.13622
2004 46.11252
2005 46.71675
2006 47.06556
2007 47.22808
2008 47.39929
2009 47.61636
2010 47.84414
2011 47.95214
2012 48.02806
2013 48.10278
2014 48.1426
2015 48.32526
2016 48.38676
2017 48.38548
2018 48.37032
2019
2020
2021
2022

IDA only | 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 only
Records
63
Source