Latin America & Caribbean | 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
Records
63
Source
Latin America & Caribbean | Primary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
48.76923 1970
48.73091 1971
48.53633 1972
48.68002 1973
48.77737 1974
48.63829 1975
48.61018 1976
48.76603 1977
48.71195 1978
48.75922 1979
48.8675 1980
48.82501 1981
48.79962 1982
48.73569 1983
48.73408 1984
48.83781 1985
48.86329 1986
48.86102 1987
48.98169 1988
48.94387 1989
48.99961 1990
48.78607 1991
48.77918 1992
48.66656 1993
48.53747 1994
48.4962 1995
48.44349 1996
48.41691 1997
48.35171 1998
48.40018 1999
48.40621 2000
48.44939 2001
48.45173 2002
48.44314 2003
48.39167 2004
48.33949 2005
48.29901 2006
48.28685 2007
48.28238 2008
48.2601 2009
48.26571 2010
48.28479 2011
48.323 2012
48.40848 2013
48.42534 2014
48.45123 2015
48.48824 2016
48.49925 2017
48.50008 2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Latin America & Caribbean | 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
Records
63
Source