Chad's primary education, pupils (% female) was 43.36% in 2016, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 3.11 percentage points from 40.25% in 2006.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 43.36% | 2016 |
| Five years earlier | 42.59% | 2011 |
| Ten years earlier | 40.25% | 2006 |
| Highest | 43.36% | 2016 |
| Lowest | 25.1% | 1972 |
| Average since 2007 | 42.32% | 2007–2016 |
| First recorded | 25.21% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2016, Chad's primary education, pupils (% female) rose 0.07 percentage points on 2015 (from 43.29% to 43.36%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1986 to 2015), the average change was +0.53 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.44 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.39 percentage points in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.74 percentage points in 1974. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2007 to 2016 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.3 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 91% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2016, Chad had the 13th highest value of the 13 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Chad | 43.36% | 2016 |
| World | 48.43% | 2018 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 48.37% | 2018 |
| Low income | 47.88% | 2018 |
Closest to Chad in the 2016 ranking
- Yemen, Rep. — 10th of 13: 45.6%
- Guinea — 11th of 13: 44.67%
- Central African Republic — 12th of 13: 43.61%
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 39 values
| Year | Primary education, pupils (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 43.36 |
| 2015 | 43.29 |
| 2014 | 42.89 |
| 2013 | 43.01 |
| 2012 | 42.85 |
| 2011 | 42.59 |
| 2010 | 42.02 |
| 2009 | 41.19 |
| 2008 | 41.09 |
| 2007 | 40.89 |
| 2006 |
Primary education, pupils (% female) in nearby economies
- Angola — 46.86% (2015)
- 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)
- Comoros — 49.08% (2018)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 49.46% (2015)
- Côte d'Ivoire
More education data for Chad
- 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) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 3.05 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 88.46% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 81.83% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 94.93% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.8 (2021)
- Secondary education, pupils — 764,990 (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Chad's primary education, pupils (% female)?
- 43.36% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 18.16 percentage points from 25.21% in 1971. The highest value was 43.36% in 2016 and the lowest 25.1% in 1972.
- How does Chad rank?
- 13th highest of 13 economies with data for 2016.
- Is the latest change in primary education, pupils (% female) unusual for Chad?
- In 2016, Chad's primary education, pupils (% female) rose 0.07 percentage points on 2015 (from 43.29% to 43.36%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1986 to 2015), the average change was +0.53 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.44 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
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.
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