Pakistan - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Pakistan was 44.01 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 44.54 in 2017, while its lowest value was 26.59 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 26.59
1972 27.03
1973 28.37
1974 28.41
1975 28.67
1976 29.53
1977 28.74
1978 31.87
1979 31.76
1980 32.16
1981 32.56
1982 33.02
1983 32.53
1984 32.63
1985 32.98
1986 33.34
1987 33.14
1988 33.59
1989 33.30
1990 33.51
2000 39.13
2001 39.13
2002 39.13
2003 40.63
2004 40.76
2005 41.83
2006 42.45
2007 43.64
2008 43.84
2009 44.10
2010 44.00
2011 44.14
2012 44.47
2013 44.46
2014 44.07
2015 44.23
2016 44.24
2017 44.54
2018 44.01

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