Low 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
Low income
Records
63
Source
Low income | Primary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 37.34908
1971 37.18441
1972 37.74083
1973 37.91722
1974 38.27155
1975 38.5071
1976 38.86031
1977 39.41194
1978 40.01974
1979 40.22628
1980 40.67024
1981 40.7856
1982 41.68881
1983 41.77759
1984 42.02362
1985 41.67196
1986 41.91119
1987 42.48367
1988 42.13361
1989 42.3856
1990 42.52055
1991 42.87296
1992 42.915
1993 43.01653
1994 43.15364
1995 42.74227
1996 42.59243
1997 42.88258
1998 43.00808
1999 43.73529
2000 44.06218
2001 44.36155
2002 44.58345
2003 44.87498
2004 44.80392
2005 45.65104
2006 46.14977
2007 46.38179
2008 46.67939
2009 47.01192
2010 47.22963
2011 47.3782
2012 47.47297
2013 47.58623
2014 47.60969
2015 47.8523
2016 47.90368
2017 47.89668
2018 47.87914
2019
2020
2021
2022
Low 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
Low income
Records
63
Source