China - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in China was 46.48 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 47.63 in 1998, while its lowest value was 40.73 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
1974 40.73
1975 43.72
1976 45.21
1977 45.47
1978 45.37
1979 44.93
1980 44.86
1981 44.56
1982 43.96
1983 43.66
1984 43.73
1985 43.80
1986 44.77
1987 45.14
1988 45.36
1989 45.59
1990 45.88
1991 46.20
1992 46.49
1993 46.60
1994 46.82
1995 47.07
1996 47.30
1997 47.50
1998 47.63
2001 47.60
2006 46.79
2007 46.63
2008 46.47
2009 46.35
2010 46.24
2011 46.19
2012 46.20
2013 46.33
2014 46.34
2015 46.32
2016 46.34
2017 46.42
2018 46.48

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