Senegal - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Senegal was 52.52 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 53.07 in 2017, while its lowest value was 38.69 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
1971 38.69
1972 39.03
1973 39.18
1974 41.81
1975 42.14
1976 42.10
1977 39.61
1978 39.61
1979 39.78
1980 39.79
1981 39.77
1982 39.67
1983 39.86
1984 39.97
1985 40.19
1986 40.30
1987 40.63
1988 40.94
1989 41.39
1990 41.77
1991 41.98
1992 42.36
1993 42.52
1994 42.55
1995 42.89
1996 43.90
1997 44.53
1998 45.16
1999 44.77
2000 46.00
2001 46.55
2002 47.08
2003 47.52
2004 48.26
2005 48.64
2006 49.20
2007 49.62
2008 50.18
2009 50.61
2010 50.91
2011 52.33
2012 52.15
2013 52.27
2014 52.28
2015 52.25
2016 52.28
2017 53.07
2018 52.52

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