School enrollment, primary, female in Late-demographic dividend
Late-demographic dividend: School enrollment, primary, female was 96.1% in 2015. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, primary, female in Late-demographic dividend, 1986–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % net.
Analysis
Late-demographic dividend recorded 96.1% for school enrollment, primary, female in 2015. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, primary, female in Late-demographic dividend peaked at 96.1% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 85.4%, in 1986.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 88.8% | 85.4% | 91.1% | 4 |
| 1990s | 91.2% | 89.0% | 94.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 95.1% | 94.5% | 96.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 96.0% | 95.8% | 96.1% | 6 |
More education data for Late-demographic dividend
- Population ages 0-14 17.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.9% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 10.38 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 99.9% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.24 billion (2025)
- Labor force, female 44.7% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI (2020)
- School enrollment, secondary 94.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, primary, female in Late-demographic dividend?
- School enrollment, primary, female in Late-demographic dividend was 96.1% in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 96.1% in 2015.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.4% in 1986.
- Is school enrollment, primary, female rising or falling in Late-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Late-demographic dividend 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.