School enrollment, primary, female in Djibouti
Djibouti: School enrollment, primary, female was 66.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, primary, female in Djibouti, 1985–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % net.
Analysis
In 2019, school enrollment, primary, female in Djibouti stood at 66.5%. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.2% on the previous year and up 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, primary, female in Djibouti peaked at 66.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 21.5%, in 1985.
That places Djibouti 154th out of 167 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 22.4% | 21.5% | 22.8% | 5 |
| 1990s | 23.8% | 22.6% | 24.9% | 8 |
| 2000s | 34.3% | 23.3% | 48.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 62.3% | 59.5% | 66.5% | 8 |
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More education data for Djibouti
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.8% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.2% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 2,739 (2023)
- Labor force, total 267,610 (2025)
- Labor force, female 31.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9175 GPI (2021)
- Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 9.5 per 1,000 (2024)
- Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 6.5 per 1,000 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, primary, female in Djibouti?
- School enrollment, primary, female in Djibouti was 66.5% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Djibouti?
- The highest recorded value was 66.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Djibouti?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.5% in 1985.
- How does Djibouti rank for school enrollment, primary, female?
- Djibouti ranks 154th out of 167 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school enrollment, primary, female rising or falling in Djibouti?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Djibouti 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.