Nicaragua - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Nicaragua was 48.47 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 51.99 in 1988, while its lowest value was 48.40 in 2006.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 50.26
1971 50.49
1972 50.56
1973 50.55
1975 51.00
1976 50.81
1977 50.93
1978 51.62
1979 50.94
1980 50.82
1982 50.71
1983 50.76
1984 50.59
1985 51.94
1986 51.71
1987 51.76
1988 51.99
1989 51.76
1990 51.01
1991 50.77
1992 50.46
1993 50.26
1994 49.98
1995 50.07
1996 49.98
1997 49.92
1998 49.86
1999 49.36
2000 49.44
2001 49.35
2002 48.92
2003 48.73
2004 48.59
2005 48.42
2006 48.40
2007 48.49
2008 48.44
2010 48.47

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