Arab World - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Arab World was 48.24 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 48.24 in 2018, while its lowest value was 34.50 in 1971.

Definition: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 34.54
1971 34.50
1972 34.76
1973 35.08
1974 35.56
1975 35.42
1976 35.99
1977 36.45
1978 36.76
1979 37.16
1980 37.40
1981 38.06
1982 38.60
1983 39.14
1984 39.54
1985 39.93
1986 40.33
1987 40.72
1988 41.21
1989 41.60
1990 42.20
1991 42.73
1992 43.39
1993 43.68
1994 43.69
1995 44.36
1996 44.53
1997 45.01
1998 45.52
1999 46.06
2000 46.37
2001 46.53
2002 46.98
2003 47.23
2004 47.41
2005 47.68
2006 47.86
2007 47.94
2008 47.99
2009 47.89
2010 47.89
2011 48.01
2012 48.04
2013 48.03
2014 47.84
2015 48.00
2016 48.06
2017 48.14
2018 48.24

Development Relevance: The share of girls allows an assessment on gender composition in school enrollment. A value greater than 50% indicates participation of more girls at a specific level or programme of education.

Limitations and Exceptions: 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.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Percentage of female enrollment is calculated by dividing the total number of female students at a given level of education by the total enrollment at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation