IDA blend - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in IDA blend was 46.75 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 47.36 in 2013, while its lowest value was 37.13 in 1970.

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 37.13
1971 37.62
1972 38.13
1973 38.73
1974 39.10
1975 39.36
1976 39.62
1977 40.18
1978 41.83
1979 42.05
1980 42.51
1981 42.85
1982 42.87
1983 42.53
1984 42.58
1985 43.02
1986 43.15
1987 43.03
1988 42.36
1989 43.26
1990 42.57
1991 42.88
1992 43.18
1993 43.14
1994 43.31
1995 43.49
1996 43.83
1997 43.85
1998 43.72
1999 43.60
2000 43.87
2001 44.10
2002 43.92
2003 44.46
2004 44.47
2005 44.82
2006 45.25
2007 45.93
2008 46.04
2009 46.21
2010 46.33
2011 46.71
2012 47.34
2013 47.36
2014 47.30
2015 47.21
2016 46.85
2017 46.96
2018 46.75

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