Low income - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Low income was 47.88 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 47.90 in 2016, while its lowest value was 37.18 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
1970 37.35
1971 37.18
1972 37.74
1973 37.92
1974 38.27
1975 38.51
1976 38.86
1977 39.41
1978 40.02
1979 40.23
1980 40.67
1981 40.79
1982 41.69
1983 41.78
1984 42.02
1985 41.67
1986 41.91
1987 42.48
1988 42.13
1989 42.39
1990 42.52
1991 42.87
1992 42.92
1993 43.02
1994 43.15
1995 42.74
1996 42.59
1997 42.88
1998 43.01
1999 43.74
2000 44.06
2001 44.36
2002 44.58
2003 44.87
2004 44.80
2005 45.65
2006 46.15
2007 46.38
2008 46.68
2009 47.01
2010 47.23
2011 47.38
2012 47.47
2013 47.59
2014 47.61
2015 47.85
2016 47.90
2017 47.90
2018 47.88

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