Equatorial Guinea: Primary education, pupils (% female)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.89 percentage points in 2001 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.45 percentage points in 2002. 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 Equatorial Guinea in the 2015 ranking

• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 1st of 9: 49.46%
• Botswana — 3rd of 9: 48.86%
• Bermuda — 4th of 9: 48.64%
• Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 5th of 9: 48.23%

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 15 values

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)
• Chad — 43.36% (2016)
• Comoros — 49.08% (2018)
• Congo, Dem. Rep.

More education data for Equatorial Guinea

• Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 13 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Compulsory education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Preprimary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 93,396 (2015)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 47.55% (2015)
• Primary education, teachers — 4,021 (2015)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

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Questions people ask

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

49.1% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is up 5.14 percentage points from 43.96% in 1971. The highest value was 49.3% in 2011 and the lowest 43.96% 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.

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