Upper middle income - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Upper middle income was 47.49 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 47.87 in 2001, while its lowest value was 43.23 in 1974.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 43.53
1971 43.50
1972 43.40
1973 43.31
1974 43.23
1975 45.02
1976 45.94
1977 46.18
1978 46.16
1979 46.02
1980 46.04
1981 45.91
1982 45.61
1983 45.47
1984 45.59
1985 45.69
1986 46.32
1987 46.50
1988 46.71
1989 46.87
1990 47.08
1991 47.21
1992 47.40
1993 47.43
1994 47.51
1995 47.65
1996 47.74
1997 47.80
1998 47.84
1999 47.84
2000 47.83
2001 47.87
2002 47.81
2003 47.75
2004 47.65
2005 47.55
2006 47.48
2007 47.40
2008 47.33
2009 47.28
2010 47.23
2011 47.21
2012 47.22
2013 47.37
2014 47.44
2015 47.37
2016 47.45
2017 47.46
2018 47.49

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