EdStats, short for Education Statistics, is a comprehensive education statistics database developed by the World Bank’s Education Group of the Human Development Network in collaboration with Development Data Group in the Development Economics Vice-Presidency. It compiles data from a variety of national and international sources and provides information on key education topics.
The following indicators on girls' education are available through EdStats and are useful for a wide array of research needs.
- Gender-disaggregated Education Profiles
It provides multi-level education data differentiated by gender, including primary, secondary and tertiary levels of education as well as overall literacy of the population. Additionally, information on educational access trends for individual countries and comparative graphs for countries within the same income group is available through this site.
- Girls as percentage of total enrollment, primary
- Girls as percentage of total enrollment, secondary
- Adult female as percentage of total enrollment, tertiary
- Gender parity index (GPI)
- Primary school entry age
- Primary school age
- Secondary school entry age
- Secondary school age
- Returns to education by level of education and gender
What other data resources on girls' education are available through the World Bank?
Millennium Development Goals (MDG)
Promote gender equality and empower women - Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and to all levels of education no later than 2015. Access data and charts on
Regional charts on girls' enrollment at school
Gender disparity in school enrollment
Gender disparity in labor market
Gender disparity in decision-making positions
Map on ratio of girls to boys schooling
Achieve universal primary education - Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling. Access information on
Regional charts on primary completion rates
Charts on primary school enrollments
Map on primary school completion
GenderStats
GenderStats is an electronic database of gender statistics and indicators compiled by the World Bank. Data sources for GenderStats include national statistics, United Nations databases, and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys. The data in each module is presented in ready-to-use format. The database coverage has been expanded to include themes that range from health and education to political participation and poverty.

