Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female was 22.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) is 22.8%, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 23.5% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 11.9%, in 1999.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 30th out of 34 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 12.1% | — |
| 1999 | 11.9% | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 12.8% | +7.8% |
| 2001 | 13.3% | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 14.0% | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 14.9% | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 15.8% | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 23.5% | +49.1% |
| 2013 | 18.5% | -21.2% |
| 2014 | 20.8% | +12.1% |
| 2015 | 21.3% | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 21.6% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 21.9% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 22.0% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 22.8% | +3.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +49.1% | 15.8% | 23.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.0% | 11.9% | 12.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 14.1% | 12.8% | 15.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 21.6% | 18.5% | 23.5% | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 22.8% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 23.5% in 2012.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.9% in 1999.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 30th out of 34 groups with data for 2019.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total female enrollment in early childhood education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of official early childhood education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.