School enrollment, preprimary, female in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: School enrollment, preprimary, female was 57.4% in 2020. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, preprimary, female in Low & middle income, 1974–2020
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % gross.
Analysis
Low & middle income recorded 57.4% for school enrollment, preprimary, female in 2020.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 37.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, preprimary, female in Low & middle income peaked at 57.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 9.3%, in 1974.
That places Low & middle income 26th out of 43 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
School enrollment, preprimary, female in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % gross | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 9.3% | — |
| 1975 | 9.7% | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 11.4% | +17.7% |
| 1977 | 14.9% | +30.0% |
| 1978 | 13.6% | -8.5% |
| 1979 | 13.8% | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 14.9% | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 16.3% | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 16.7% | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 17.6% | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 18.5% | +4.9% |
| 1985 | 19.4% | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 20.9% | +7.3% |
| 1987 | 22.4% | +7.2% |
| 1988 | 23.1% | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 23.0% | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 22.9% | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 23.0% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 23.2% | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 23.3% | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 23.2% | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 23.7% | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 24.2% | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 22.7% | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 25.5% | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 26.1% | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 27.1% | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 27.8% | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 27.7% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 28.8% | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 30.3% | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 32.0% | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 34.6% | +7.9% |
| 2007 | 36.1% | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 37.9% | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 39.7% | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 41.7% | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 44.7% | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 48.1% | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 50.3% | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 50.5% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 52.3% | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 54.0% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 55.9% | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 56.9% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 57.6% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 57.4% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.1% | 9.3% | 14.9% | 6 |
| 1980s | 19.3% | 14.9% | 23.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.8% | 22.7% | 26.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 32.2% | 27.1% | 39.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.2% | 41.7% | 57.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.4% | 57.4% | 57.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More education data for Low & middle income
- Population ages 0-14 26.3% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 27.98 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 27.98 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.0% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4422 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, preprimary, female in Low & middle income?
- School enrollment, preprimary, female in Low & middle income was 57.4% in 2020, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, preprimary, female recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 57.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, preprimary, female recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3% in 1974.
- How does Low & middle income rank for school enrollment, preprimary, female?
- Low & middle income ranks 26th out of 43 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school enrollment, preprimary, female rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, preprimary, female (% gross). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school.