Low & middle 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 & middle income
Records
63
Source
Low & middle income | Primary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 42.03917
1971 42.02518
1972 42.05968
1973 42.04449
1974 42.01474
1975 43.17608
1976 43.824
1977 44.0331
1978 44.02408
1979 44.04295
1980 44.10238
1981 44.11446
1982 44.04301
1983 43.95292
1984 44.10267
1985 44.26922
1986 44.71365
1987 44.90897
1988 45.01548
1989 45.06974
1990 45.21401
1991 45.47319
1992 45.66006
1993 45.82492
1994 45.93158
1995 45.98974
1996 46.04857
1997 46.1843
1998 46.21845
1999 46.30483
2000 46.34561
2001 46.43293
2002 46.44814
2003 47.01755
2004 46.97941
2005 47.04443
2006 47.12565
2007 47.19094
2008 47.38291
2009 47.4806
2010 47.54687
2011 47.58328
2012 47.68228
2013 48.16702
2014 48.17512
2015 48.22386
2016 48.4765
2017 48.42362
2018 48.39303
2019
2020
2021
2022

Low & middle 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 & middle income
Records
63
Source