Angola: Primary education, pupils (% female)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 2.13 percentage points from 44.74% in 2010. Since 1971 it is up 11.2 percentage points from 35.67% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 28 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.33 percentage points in 1990 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.83 percentage points in 2011. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Angola in the 2015 ranking

• Tonga — 6th of 9: 47.41%
• Vanuatu — 7th of 9: 47.33%
• Ethiopia — 8th of 9: 47.11%

What this measures

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.

Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 17 values

Primary education, pupils (% female) in nearby economies

• Benin — 47.67% (2018)
• Botswana — 48.86% (2015)
• Burkina Faso — 48.72% (2018)
• Burundi — 50.12% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 47.8% (2018)
• Cameroon — 47.01% (2018)
• Central African Republic — 43.61% (2016)
• Chad — 43.36% (2016)
• Comoros — 49.08% (2018)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 49.46% (2015)
• Côte d'Ivoire

More education data for Angola

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Secondary education, general pupils — 1.75 million (2016)
• Secondary education, pupils — 2.59 million (2023)
• School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 51.48% (2023)
• Compulsory education, duration (years) — 10 (2025)
• Preprimary education, duration (years) — 3 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 5.38 million (2023)

Reading data like this

• Where to find free public data, and how to check it before you trust it — 2 min read
• Data analysis examples: 6 worked from one dataset — 3 min read
• Real change or random noise? A plain guide to reading your numbers — 2 min read

Questions people ask

What is Angola's primary education, pupils (% female)?

46.86% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is up 11.2 percentage points from 35.67% in 1971. The highest value was 48.02% in 1990 and the lowest 35.67% in 1971.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.ENRL.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

Want to ask your own questions of data like this? Try AnalyzeIt: upload a file or ask about public data in plain words, and every figure comes with its working.