Lesotho - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Lesotho was 48.88 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 59.87 in 1970, while its lowest value was 48.86 in 2011.

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 59.87
1972 59.87
1973 59.64
1974 59.61
1975 59.04
1976 58.94
1977 59.20
1978 59.39
1979 59.07
1980 58.60
1981 57.88
1982 57.05
1983 56.52
1984 55.93
1985 55.64
1986 55.50
1987 55.52
1988 55.34
1989 54.99
1990 54.73
1991 54.75
1992 54.09
1993 53.51
1994 52.93
1995 52.54
1996 52.36
1997 51.91
1998 51.79
1999 51.67
2000 50.64
2001 50.20
2002 50.07
2003 50.03
2004 49.71
2005 49.63
2006 49.60
2007 49.44
2008 49.42
2009 49.59
2010 49.08
2011 48.86
2012 48.95
2013 49.10
2014 49.02
2015 48.92
2016 48.91
2017 48.88

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