Ethiopia - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Ethiopia was 47.11 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 47.62 in 2012, while its lowest value was 31.38 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 31.38
1972 31.73
1973 31.77
1974 31.89
1975 32.02
1976 32.19
1977 32.28
1978 32.78
1979 32.14
1980 34.20
1981 34.92
1982 35.68
1983 36.79
1984 37.51
1985 38.81
1986 39.10
1987 38.52
1988 38.04
1989 38.97
1990 39.48
1991 39.76
1992 41.83
1993 40.79
1994 38.23
1995 37.02
1996 36.04
1997 35.67
1998 36.66
1999 37.61
2000 39.20
2001 40.57
2002 41.37
2003 41.93
2004 43.48
2005 45.07
2006 46.10
2007 46.53
2008 46.92
2009 47.54
2010 47.47
2011 47.40
2012 47.62
2014 47.37
2015 47.11

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