South Asia - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in South Asia was 49.66 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 49.93 in 2016, while its lowest value was 36.25 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 36.25
1971 36.28
1972 36.55
1973 36.82
1974 36.63
1975 36.76
1976 36.97
1977 37.28
1978 37.23
1979 37.62
1980 37.78
1981 38.24
1982 38.49
1983 38.33
1984 38.72
1985 39.14
1986 39.74
1987 40.01
1988 40.53
1989 40.15
1990 40.56
1991 41.22
1992 41.53
1993 42.30
1994 42.60
1995 42.69
1996 42.93
1997 43.15
1998 43.30
1999 43.40
2000 43.54
2001 43.74
2002 44.08
2003 46.25
2004 46.10
2005 46.41
2006 46.58
2007 46.74
2008 47.26
2009 47.52
2010 47.48
2011 47.69
2012 47.80
2013 49.17
2014 49.06
2015 49.15
2016 49.93
2017 49.76
2018 49.66

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