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)
1960
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1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 48.76119
1971 48.72079
1972 48.52396
1973 48.68154
1974 48.79099
1975 48.65177
1976 48.62689
1977 48.79591
1978 48.74928
1979 48.79612
1980 48.90978
1981 48.85682
1982 48.82769
1983 48.76314
1984 48.75641
1985 48.86915
1986 48.88985
1987 48.88796
1988 49.00958
1989 48.96614
1990 49.01745
1991 48.79502
1992 48.78188
1993 48.66503
1994 48.5318
1995 48.49001
1996 48.44618
1997 48.42178
1998 48.35726
1999 48.40622
2000 48.41321
2001 48.45667
2002 48.45837
2003 48.44972
2004 48.39831
2005 48.34348
2006 48.30051
2007 48.2877
2008 48.28173
2009 48.25798
2010 48.26441
2011 48.28413
2012 48.32143
2013 48.41056
2014 48.43878
2015 48.4672
2016 48.50167
2017 48.51354
2018 48.51194
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