School enrollment, primary, female in Moldova
Moldova: School enrollment, primary, female was 86.2% in 2018. ▼ Falling
School enrollment, primary, female in Moldova, 2000–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % net.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school enrollment, primary, female in Moldova is 86.2%, measured in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, primary, female in Moldova peaked at 92.2% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 86.0%, in 2017.
That places Moldova 124th out of 167 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89.4% | 86.8% | 92.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.8% | 86.0% | 87.6% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More education data for Moldova
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 107.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 7,408 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 107.0% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 108.2% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.37 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 55.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, primary, female in Moldova?
- School enrollment, primary, female in Moldova was 86.2% 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 Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 92.2% in 2003.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.0% in 2017.
- How does Moldova rank for school enrollment, primary, female?
- Moldova ranks 124th out of 167 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school enrollment, primary, female rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Moldova 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.