Papua New Guinea's primary education, pupils (% female) was 46.16% in 2016, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.82 percentage points from 44.34% in 2006.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 46.16% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 44.34% | 2006 |
| Highest | 46.16% | 2016 |
| Lowest | 35.28% | 1973 |
| Average since 2008 | 45.69% | 2008–2016 |
| First recorded | 36.5% | 1970 |
Since 1970 it is up 9.66 percentage points from 36.5% in 1970. The World Bank has no value for 11 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 1.49 percentage points in 1975 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.75 percentage points in 1972. 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
In 2016, Papua New Guinea had the 10th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 46.16% | 2016 |
| World | 48.43% | 2018 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 47.2% | 2018 |
| Lower middle income | 49.13% | 2018 |
Closest to Papua New Guinea in the 2016 ranking
- Fiji — 6th of 13: 48.17%
- Paraguay — 7th of 13: 48.16%
- Nigeria — 8th of 13: 47.5%
- 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 36 values
| Year | Primary education, pupils (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 46.16 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | 45.47 |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2008 | 45.43 |
| 2007 | no data |
| 2006 |
Primary education, pupils (% female) in nearby economies
- Australia — 48.67% (2017)
- Brunei Darussalam — 48.57% (2018)
- Cambodia — 48.14% (2018)
- China — 46.48% (2018)
- Fiji — 48.17% (2016)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 47.8% (2018)
- Indonesia — 47.77% (2018)
- Kiribati — 50.81% (2017)
- Korea, Rep. — 48.37% (2017)
- Lao PDR — 48.11% (2018)
- Macao SAR, China
More education data for Papua New 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)
- Primary education, pupils — 1.65 million (2023)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 121.09% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 118.92% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 123.09% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.93 (2018)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Papua New Guinea's primary education, pupils (% female)?
- 46.16% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 9.66 percentage points from 36.5% in 1970. The highest value was 46.16% in 2016 and the lowest 35.28% in 1973.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank?
- 10th highest of 13 economies with data for 2016.
- 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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