Zambia - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Zambia was 50.25 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 50.25 in 2017, while its lowest value was 44.48 in 1970.

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 44.48
1971 44.87
1972 44.89
1973 45.08
1974 45.21
1975 45.44
1976 45.71
1977 46.13
1978 46.46
1979 46.68
1980 46.78
1981 47.08
1982 47.08
1983 47.07
1984 46.95
1985 47.14
1986 47.37
1988 47.56
1994 47.76
1995 47.84
1996 47.71
1998 47.93
1999 47.79
2000 48.08
2001 48.18
2002 48.08
2004 48.67
2005 48.67
2006 49.34
2007 49.05
2008 49.25
2009 49.53
2010 50.11
2011 49.64
2012 49.97
2013 49.90
2014 49.85
2015 49.80
2016 50.18
2017 50.25

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