Nepal - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Nepal was 50.61 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 50.78 in 2015, while its lowest value was 14.00 in 1973.

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 14.90
1972 17.06
1973 14.00
1974 14.74
1975 15.48
1976 20.08
1977 22.06
1978 23.77
1979 26.74
1980 28.05
1981 26.93
1982 27.59
1983 28.00
1984 29.21
1985 29.89
1986 30.12
1987 30.54
1988 31.84
1989 34.65
1990 36.00
1991 37.21
1992 38.28
1993 38.68
1994 39.43
1995 39.89
1996 40.65
1999 41.91
2000 42.62
2001 44.09
2002 44.80
2003 45.39
2004 45.40
2005 46.28
2006 47.41
2007 48.31
2008 48.88
2009 49.46
2010 50.07
2011 50.37
2012 50.43
2013 50.47
2014 50.66
2015 50.78
2016 50.77
2017 50.45
2019 50.61

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