Middle East & North Africa | 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
Records
63
Source
Middle East & North Africa | Primary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 36.93688
1971 36.89947
1972 37.2019
1973 37.52334
1974 37.73881
1975 38.18135
1976 38.6315
1977 39.13517
1978 39.58814
1979 40.4898
1980 40.96338
1981 41.41912
1982 41.73224
1983 42.06239
1984 42.51103
1985 42.93031
1986 43.33733
1987 43.63393
1988 43.74136
1989 44.18357
1990 44.50845
1991 44.64385
1992 44.99044
1993 45.17659
1994 45.22874
1995 45.46099
1996 44.7607
1997 45.49606
1998 45.67317
1999 45.89349
2000 46.11088
2001 46.35268
2002 46.55465
2003 46.70846
2004 46.82009
2005 46.85894
2006 46.91803
2007 47.0442
2008 47.14302
2009 47.19419
2010 47.27571
2011 47.17871
2012 47.45646
2013 47.65378
2014 47.8235
2015 47.96047
2016 47.9655
2017 47.97977
2018 48.00201
2019
2020
2021
2022
Middle East & North Africa | 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
Records
63
Source