School enrollment, preprimary, female in Low income
Low income: School enrollment, preprimary, female was 20.2% in 2020. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, preprimary, female in Low income, 1972–2020
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % gross.
Analysis
In 2020, school enrollment, preprimary, female in Low income stood at 20.2%. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 75.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, preprimary, female in Low income peaked at 20.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 1972.
That places Low income 43rd out of 43 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
School enrollment, preprimary, female in Low income, year by year
| Year | % gross | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 7.3% | — |
| 1973 | 7.4% | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 7.5% | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 7.6% | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 7.7% | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 7.8% | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 7.8% | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 8.0% | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 8.0% | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 8.0% | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 8.0% | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 7.9% | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 7.8% | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 7.9% | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 7.9% | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 8.2% | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 8.2% | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 8.1% | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 8.0% | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 7.8% | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 7.7% | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 7.7% | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 7.6% | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 7.9% | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 8.0% | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 8.2% | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 8.4% | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 8.6% | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 9.0% | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 9.2% | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 9.5% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 9.9% | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 10.2% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 10.9% | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 11.6% | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 11.5% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 11.9% | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 14.2% | +18.5% |
| 2013 | 15.5% | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 16.2% | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 17.3% | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 18.0% | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 18.9% | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 19.4% | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 19.8% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 20.2% | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.6% | 7.3% | 8.0% | 8 |
| 1980s | 7.9% | 7.8% | 8.0% | 7 |
| 1990s | 7.9% | 7.6% | 8.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.5% | 8.2% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.3% | 11.5% | 19.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.2% | 20.2% | 20.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More education data for Low income
- Population ages 15-64 55.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.9% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.88 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 94.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.3481 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, preprimary, female in Low income?
- School enrollment, preprimary, female in Low income was 20.2% 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 income?
- The highest recorded value was 20.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, preprimary, female recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 1972.
- How does Low income rank for school enrollment, preprimary, female?
- Low income ranks 43rd out of 43 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school enrollment, preprimary, female rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 46 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.