Niger - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Niger was 45.56 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 45.56 in 2017, while its lowest value was 34.50 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 34.50
1972 34.62
1973 34.92
1974 35.54
1975 35.56
1976 35.19
1977 35.31
1978 35.28
1979 36.86
1980 35.53
1981 35.30
1982 35.78
1983 36.36
1984 35.58
1985 35.83
1986 35.97
1987 35.83
1988 35.46
1989 35.99
1990 36.16
1991 36.14
1992 36.62
1993 36.85
1994 35.65
1995 37.47
1996 37.52
1997 38.15
1998 38.69
1999 39.18
2000 39.35
2001 39.56
2002 39.76
2003 40.15
2004 40.34
2005 40.78
2006 41.05
2007 41.49
2008 42.67
2009 43.14
2010 43.80
2011 44.16
2012 44.59
2013 44.72
2014 45.04
2015 45.02
2016 45.22
2017 45.56

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