Mali - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Mali was 46.59 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 46.59 in 2018, while its lowest value was 35.66 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
1971 35.67
1972 35.66
1973 37.92
1974 36.41
1975 36.22
1976 35.67
1977 36.19
1978 35.94
1979 36.26
1980 36.02
1981 36.10
1982 36.62
1983 36.62
1984 36.59
1985 37.14
1986 37.24
1987 37.17
1988 37.19
1989 37.31
1990 36.97
1991 36.92
1992 36.97
1993 37.62
1994 38.35
1995 40.03
1996 39.36
1997 39.29
1998 40.62
1999 41.00
2000 42.02
2001 41.66
2002 42.34
2003 42.68
2004 43.12
2005 43.41
2006 44.01
2007 44.41
2008 44.84
2009 45.13
2010 45.49
2011 45.84
2012 45.95
2014 46.27
2015 46.54
2016 46.10
2017 46.42
2018 46.59

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