Egypt - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Egypt was 48.60 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 48.60 in 2018, while its lowest value was 37.76 in 1972.

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 37.77
1972 37.76
1973 37.76
1974 37.92
1975 37.98
1976 38.31
1977 38.63
1978 39.02
1979 39.43
1980 39.75
1981 40.23
1982 40.68
1983 41.26
1984 41.98
1985 42.64
1986 43.20
1987 43.65
1988 42.77
1989 44.18
1990 44.61
1991 44.35
1992 44.98
1993 45.20
1994 44.80
1995 45.74
1996 41.99
1997 45.44
1999 46.69
2000 46.91
2001 47.16
2002 47.37
2003 47.61
2004 47.87
2005 47.34
2006 47.41
2007 47.60
2009 47.79
2010 47.85
2011 47.40
2012 48.19
2013 48.28
2014 48.42
2016 48.52
2017 48.57
2018 48.60

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