World - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in World was 48.43 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 48.51 in 2016, 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/)

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Year Value
1970 43.44
1971 43.41
1972 43.39
1973 43.33
1974 43.23
1975 44.13
1976 44.66
1977 44.79
1978 44.77
1979 44.76
1980 44.81
1981 44.80
1982 44.72
1983 44.61
1984 44.74
1985 44.88
1986 45.24
1987 45.40
1988 45.49
1989 45.53
1990 45.66
1991 45.87
1992 46.03
1993 46.17
1994 46.26
1995 46.30
1996 46.35
1997 46.48
1998 46.52
1999 46.60
2000 46.59
2001 46.69
2002 46.71
2003 47.20
2004 47.16
2005 47.21
2006 47.30
2007 47.35
2008 47.52
2009 47.61
2010 47.66
2011 47.71
2012 47.78
2013 48.22
2014 48.23
2015 48.29
2016 48.51
2017 48.45
2018 48.43

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