Lesotho | 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
Kingdom of Lesotho
Records
63
Source
Lesotho | Primary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 59.87459
1971
1972 59.87052
1973 59.64451
1974 59.61392
1975 59.03606
1976 58.93723
1977 59.19635
1978 59.3949
1979 59.06521
1980 58.59875
1981 57.88084
1982 57.04978
1983 56.52474
1984 55.92839
1985 55.63673
1986 55.49811
1987 55.52331
1988 55.33653
1989 54.99372
1990 54.72568
1991 54.74714
1992 54.08913
1993 53.50956
1994 52.92981
1995 52.53921
1996 52.35781
1997 51.90664
1998 51.78914
1999 51.67433
2000 50.63604
2001 50.20204
2002 50.07404
2003 50.02653
2004 49.70551
2005 49.63436
2006 49.60092
2007 49.43995
2008 49.41635
2009 49.58734
2010 49.08112
2011 48.8552
2012 48.95098
2013 49.10263
2014 49.02144
2015 48.91784
2016 48.90813
2017 48.8771
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Lesotho | 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
Kingdom of Lesotho
Records
63
Source