Nigeria - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Nigeria was 47.50 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 48.62 in 2014, while its lowest value was 36.96 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 36.96
1971 38.40
1972 39.09
1973 39.97
1976 40.17
1977 42.58
1978 43.35
1979 43.15
1980 43.49
1981 43.70
1982 43.39
1983 42.98
1984 43.04
1985 44.02
1986 44.29
1987 44.39
1988 42.41
1989 44.99
1990 43.19
1991 43.81
1992 44.12
1993 43.73
1994 44.07
1995 44.54
1996 45.29
1999 43.83
2000 43.93
2001 44.42
2002 44.39
2003 44.57
2004 44.73
2005 44.88
2006 45.36
2007 45.99
2008 46.14
2009 46.35
2010 46.66
2011 47.30
2012 48.37
2013 48.37
2014 48.62
2016 47.50

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