School enrollment, primary, female in Cambodia
Cambodia: School enrollment, primary, female was 90.2% in 2018. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, primary, female in Cambodia, 1997–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % net.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 90.2% for school enrollment, primary, female in 2018.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, primary, female in Cambodia peaked at 96.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 76.3%, in 1997.
Cambodia ranks 97th of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 78.6% | 76.3% | 81.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 91.9% | 87.1% | 94.0% | 4 |
| 2010s | 92.7% | 90.2% | 96.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More education data for Cambodia
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.5% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.1% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 109.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 46,016 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 106.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 111.1% (2024)
- Labor force, female 48.7% (2025)
- Labor force, total 10.37 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, primary, female in Cambodia?
- School enrollment, primary, female in Cambodia was 90.2% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.3% in 1997.
- How does Cambodia rank for school enrollment, primary, female?
- Cambodia ranks 97th out of 167 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school enrollment, primary, female rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, primary, female (% net). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.