The Gambia - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in The Gambia was 51.81 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 51.81 in 2018, while its lowest value was 30.64 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 30.64
1972 30.89
1973 31.25
1974 31.88
1975 33.11
1976 33.18
1977 32.28
1978 32.41
1979 32.53
1980 33.29
1981 34.50
1982 35.25
1983 36.09
1984 37.47
1985 37.95
1986 38.48
1987 38.82
1989 38.74
1992 40.68
1993 41.45
1994 42.07
1995 42.63
1996 43.64
1997 44.29
1998 45.03
1999 45.73
2000 46.42
2001 47.30
2002 47.31
2003 49.15
2004 49.89
2005 50.41
2006 50.79
2007 50.82
2008 51.15
2009 50.70
2010 50.29
2011 50.56
2012 50.72
2013 50.68
2014 50.95
2015 51.22
2016 51.38
2017 51.56
2018 51.81

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