Malawi - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Malawi was 49.95 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 50.54 in 2017, while its lowest value was 38.33 in 1972.

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
1972 38.33
1973 38.80
1974 39.85
1975 40.20
1976 40.85
1977 41.60
1978 42.10
1979 42.29
1980 42.56
1981 43.20
1982 43.70
1983 44.20
1984 44.44
1985 44.46
1986 45.13
1987 45.64
1988 46.01
1989 45.99
1990 46.01
1991 46.28
1992 46.42
1993 48.42
1994 48.94
1995 47.68
1996 47.73
1999 48.73
2000 48.86
2001 48.90
2002 48.90
2004 50.28
2005 50.24
2006 50.47
2007 50.44
2008 50.22
2009 50.25
2010 50.44
2011 50.51
2012 50.44
2013 50.33
2014 50.31
2015 50.33
2016 50.45
2017 50.54
2018 49.95

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