Dem. Rep. Congo - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 49.46 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 49.46 in 2015, while its lowest value was 36.77 in 1971.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 36.77
1972 37.84
1973 38.33
1974 39.35
1975 39.30
1976 39.66
1977 40.24
1978 40.40
1979 40.79
1980 41.19
1981 41.60
1982 41.89
1983 42.32
1984 42.77
1985 39.28
1986 39.29
1987 43.86
1988 42.34
1990 41.30
1991 42.63
1992 43.00
1993 43.58
1994 42.58
1995 40.58
1998 42.49
1999 47.38
2002 43.86
2007 44.76
2008 45.46
2009 45.95
2010 46.28
2011 46.26
2012 46.57
2013 47.22
2014 47.28
2015 49.46

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.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

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).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation