Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439): Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female was 95.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) stood at 95.2%.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) peaked at 96.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 39.3%, in 1971.
That places ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 168th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 42.1% | — |
| 1971 | 39.3% | -6.8% |
| 1972 | 40.0% | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 41.0% | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 42.0% | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 43.0% | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 44.4% | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 46.5% | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 47.2% | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 48.2% | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 50.1% | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 51.6% | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 52.3% | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 52.2% | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 52.7% | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 51.9% | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 52.2% | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 52.2% | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 52.2% | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 51.3% | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 50.0% | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 52.0% | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 51.0% | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 52.0% | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 52.9% | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 54.5% | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 54.3% | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 57.7% | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 58.4% | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 58.8% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 61.1% | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 63.9% | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 68.2% | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 71.9% | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 74.2% | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 78.6% | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 81.9% | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 84.3% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 89.0% | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 90.0% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 90.3% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 90.8% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 92.0% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 91.5% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 92.4% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 91.5% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 92.5% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 93.2% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 94.2% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 95.6% | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 96.9% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 96.3% | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 94.0% | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 94.5% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 95.2% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 43.4% | 39.3% | 48.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 51.9% | 50.1% | 52.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.1% | 50.0% | 58.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.3% | 61.1% | 90.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 92.4% | 90.3% | 95.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.4% | 94.0% | 96.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.65 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.13 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.22 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.53 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.86 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45.48 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) was 95.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The highest recorded value was 96.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.3% in 1971.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary, female?
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 168th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 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