Afghanistan - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Afghanistan was 38.96 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 40.72 in 2012, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2000.

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 14.08
1971 13.74
1972 14.00
1973 14.55
1974 14.45
1975 15.02
1976 15.43
1977 16.05
1978 16.46
1980 18.07
1981 18.47
1982 32.38
1984 30.98
1985 31.40
1986 33.86
1988 32.14
1989 33.26
1990 34.00
1991 33.84
1993 24.53
1994 31.67
1995 32.03
1999 7.32
2000 0.00
2001 0.00
2002 30.18
2003 34.76
2004 29.13
2005 35.69
2006 37.23
2007 36.89
2008 37.78
2009 38.57
2010 39.34
2011 40.48
2012 40.72
2013 40.11
2014 39.96
2015 39.39
2016 39.35
2017 39.27
2018 38.96

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