Madagascar's primary education, pupils (% female) was 49.79% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.57 percentage points from 49.22% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 49.79% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 49.58% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 49.22% | 2008 |
| Highest | 50.83% | 1995 |
| Lowest | 43.46% | 1976 |
| Average since 2009 | 49.57% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 46.17% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.28 percentage points in 1978 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.42 percentage points in 1976. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.05 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 94% of the movement over 9 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 2018, Madagascar had the 13th highest value of the 88 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 49.79% | 2018 |
| World | 48.43% | 2018 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 48.37% | 2018 |
| Low income | 47.88% | 2018 |
Closest to Madagascar in the 2018 ranking
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 43 values
| Year | Primary education, pupils (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 49.79 |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | 49.72 |
| 2015 | 49.7 |
| 2014 | 49.67 |
| 2013 | 49.58 |
| 2012 | 49.49 |
| 2011 | 49.37 |
| 2010 | 49.43 |
| 2009 | 49.36 |
| 2008 |
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 Madagascar
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 5.29 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 132.74% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers — 138,648 (2024)
- School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 6.15% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 135.63% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Madagascar's primary education, pupils (% female)?
- 49.79% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 3.62 percentage points from 46.17% in 1971. The highest value was 50.83% in 1995 and the lowest 43.46% in 1976.
- How does Madagascar rank?
- 13th highest of 88 economies with data for 2018.
- 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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