Middle East & North Africa (excluding high 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
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income) | Primary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
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1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 36.54289
1971 36.50568
1972 36.83311
1973 37.18786
1974 37.43216
1975 37.91219
1976 38.388
1977 38.91544
1978 39.39726
1979 40.35313
1980 40.84555
1981 41.31461
1982 41.63601
1983 41.96696
1984 42.42155
1985 42.84746
1986 43.26494
1987 43.57139
1988 43.66045
1989 44.13388
1990 44.46405
1991 44.6024
1992 44.96752
1993 45.14281
1994 45.17352
1995 45.39602
1996 44.59004
1997 45.37732
1998 45.54603
1999 45.75798
2000 45.96417
2001 46.1922
2002 46.38304
2003 46.50949
2004 46.59021
2005 46.59977
2006 46.669
2007 46.81903
2008 46.93704
2009 46.99936
2010 47.04634
2011 46.92314
2012 47.21358
2013 47.49158
2014 47.6926
2015 47.76535
2016 47.84623
2017 47.80798
2018 47.83834
2019
2020
2021
2022
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high 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
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source