Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118): Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female was 97.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) stood at 97.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) peaked at 99.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 36.1%, in 1971.
That places ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 129th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 39.1% | — |
| 1971 | 36.1% | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 36.9% | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 38.0% | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 39.3% | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 41.3% | +5.1% |
| 1976 | 43.8% | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 46.8% | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 49.7% | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 51.4% | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 53.9% | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 55.2% | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 55.6% | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 55.3% | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 55.1% | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 52.9% | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 53.0% | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 52.5% | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 52.2% | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 51.3% | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 50.0% | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 51.8% | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 50.8% | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 52.3% | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 52.9% | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 54.7% | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 55.1% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 59.2% | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 60.4% | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 61.3% | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 64.1% | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 67.3% | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 70.8% | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 74.0% | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 77.1% | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 81.1% | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 84.5% | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 87.5% | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 92.1% | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 92.9% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 92.7% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 92.5% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 93.4% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 93.6% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 94.6% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 94.1% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 94.9% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 95.8% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 96.9% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 98.1% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 99.1% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 98.5% | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 96.2% | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 96.5% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 97.1% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 42.2% | 36.1% | 51.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 53.7% | 51.3% | 55.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.8% | 50.0% | 61.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.1% | 64.1% | 92.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.7% | 92.5% | 98.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.5% | 96.2% | 99.1% | 5 |
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More education data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.1% (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 20.57 million (2023)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 23.44 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 16.21 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 64.75 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 48.88 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 24.59 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) was 97.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary, female recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The highest recorded value was 99.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary, female recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.1% in 1971.
- How does ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary, female?
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 129th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary, female rising or falling in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release