Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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).
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The World Bank
Origin
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
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63
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Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | Primary education, pupils (% female)
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1967
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1969
48.76119 1970
48.72079 1971
48.52396 1972
48.68154 1973
48.79099 1974
48.65177 1975
48.62689 1976
48.79591 1977
48.74928 1978
48.79612 1979
48.90978 1980
48.85682 1981
48.82769 1982
48.76314 1983
48.75641 1984
48.86915 1985
48.88985 1986
48.88796 1987
49.00958 1988
48.96614 1989
49.01745 1990
48.79502 1991
48.78188 1992
48.66503 1993
48.5318 1994
48.49001 1995
48.44618 1996
48.42178 1997
48.35726 1998
48.40622 1999
48.41321 2000
48.45667 2001
48.45837 2002
48.44972 2003
48.39831 2004
48.34348 2005
48.30051 2006
48.2877 2007
48.28173 2008
48.25798 2009
48.26441 2010
48.28413 2011
48.32143 2012
48.41056 2013
48.43878 2014
48.4672 2015
48.50167 2016
48.51354 2017
48.51194 2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source