Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | 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
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Primary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 48.74706
1971 48.70197
1972 48.4976
1973 48.6498
1974 48.76884
1975 48.62519
1976 48.5886
1977 48.7607
1978 48.69404
1979 48.76166
1980 48.87814
1981 48.83291
1982 48.81796
1983 48.74499
1984 48.74646
1985 48.85526
1986 48.88136
1987 48.87724
1988 48.99995
1989 48.95727
1990 49.01422
1991 48.79202
1992 48.78785
1993 48.66774
1994 48.53416
1995 48.49332
1996 48.43936
1997 48.41112
1998 48.34458
1999 48.39519
2000 48.39908
2001 48.44526
2002 48.44761
2003 48.44101
2004 48.40134
2005 48.34564
2006 48.30359
2007 48.29389
2008 48.29207
2009 48.26666
2010 48.26098
2011 48.28173
2012 48.32048
2013 48.41183
2014 48.42877
2015 48.45561
2016 48.49141
2017 48.5035
2018 48.50424
2019
2020
2021
2022

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | 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
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source