School enrollment, primary, female in Low income
Low income: School enrollment, primary, female was 78.3% in 2016. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, primary, female in Low income, 1972–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % net.
Analysis
Low income recorded 78.3% for school enrollment, primary, female in 2016. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, primary, female in Low income peaked at 78.3% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 26.0%, in 1972.
That places Low income 34th out of 41 groups with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
School enrollment, primary, female in Low income, year by year
| Year | % net | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 26.0% | — |
| 1973 | 27.5% | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 28.9% | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 31.3% | +8.1% |
| 1976 | 33.6% | +7.6% |
| 1977 | 35.7% | +6.3% |
| 1978 | 37.4% | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 38.6% | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 40.7% | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 42.0% | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 41.0% | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 41.8% | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 41.7% | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 41.3% | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 41.5% | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 40.7% | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 41.2% | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 40.9% | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 40.2% | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 41.8% | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 41.3% | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 41.3% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 42.5% | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 44.5% | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 44.5% | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 47.5% | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 48.0% | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 48.3% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 50.7% | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 53.0% | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 57.3% | +8.0% |
| 2009 | 74.9% | +30.8% |
| 2015 | 78.1% | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 78.3% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 32.4% | 26.0% | 38.6% | 8 |
| 1980s | 41.3% | 40.7% | 42.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 44.0% | 40.2% | 48.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 59.0% | 50.7% | 74.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 78.2% | 78.1% | 78.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More education data for Low income
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 40.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.8% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.88 million (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 267.17 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, primary, female in Low income?
- School enrollment, primary, female in Low income was 78.3% in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 78.3% in 2016.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.0% in 1972.
- How does Low income rank for school enrollment, primary, female?
- Low income ranks 34th out of 41 groups with data for 2016.
- Is school enrollment, primary, female rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low income 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.
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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.