Korea, Rep. | 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
Republic of Korea
Records
63
Source
Korea, Rep. | Primary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971 47.91275
1972 48.0489
1973 48.14047
1974 48.25011
1975 48.33063
1976 48.38538
1977 48.45624
1978 48.46436
1979 48.52735
1980 48.54802
1981 48.52211
1982 48.54685
1983 48.52918
1984 48.5123
1985 48.53814
1986 48.53095
1987 48.53404
1988 48.51947
1989 48.53876
1990 48.55924
1991 48.5168
1992 48.46629
1993 48.34577
1994 48.21204
1995 48.05905
1996 47.83309
1997 47.42322
1998 47.3476
1999 47.21046
2000 46.9967
2001 46.88362
2002 46.91623
2003 46.95477
2004 47.07631
2005 47.19542
2006 47.39819
2007 47.56226
2008 47.70546
2009 47.7495
2010 47.71846
2011 47.78156
2012 47.84701
2013 47.95209
2014 48.06778
2015 48.22667
2016 48.31583
2017 48.37146
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Korea, Rep. | 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
Republic of Korea
Records
63
Source