Burkina Faso - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Burkina Faso was 48.72 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 48.75 in 2017, while its lowest value was 36.38 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 36.38
1972 36.90
1973 37.06
1974 37.25
1975 37.41
1976 37.03
1977 36.82
1978 36.79
1979 36.87
1980 37.05
1981 36.89
1982 36.84
1983 36.86
1984 36.77
1985 36.79
1986 36.91
1987 36.96
1988 37.21
1989 37.62
1990 37.98
1991 38.39
1992 38.73
1993 38.82
1994 38.97
1995 39.11
1996 39.21
1998 39.93
1999 40.43
2000 40.82
2001 41.28
2002 41.79
2003 42.15
2004 43.22
2005 43.71
2006 44.21
2007 44.83
2008 45.60
2009 46.15
2010 46.77
2011 47.23
2012 47.74
2013 48.25
2014 48.43
2015 48.45
2016 48.56
2017 48.75
2018 48.72

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