Arab World - Progression to secondary school, female (%)

Progression to secondary school, female (%) in Arab World was 90.06 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 91.56 in 2003, while its lowest value was 72.48 in 1978.

Definition: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).

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

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Year Value
1973 74.03
1974 75.78
1975 79.00
1976 76.50
1977 78.72
1978 72.48
1979 77.92
1980 79.23
1981 80.22
1982 82.31
1983 82.92
1984 81.33
1985 83.56
1986 83.44
1987 83.54
1988 83.67
1989 85.28
1990 84.14
1991 86.72
1992 87.14
1993 87.70
1994 87.91
1995 88.05
1996 88.71
1997 88.92
1998 89.13
1999 90.27
2000 90.40
2001 91.00
2002 91.40
2003 91.56
2004 91.01
2005 90.16
2006 90.18
2007 90.03
2008 89.86
2009 89.77
2010 89.44
2011 88.98
2012 85.67
2013 85.73
2014 87.34
2015 87.87
2016 89.40
2017 90.06

Development Relevance: The effective transition rate from primary to secondary education conveys the degree of access or transition between the two levels. As completing primary education is a prerequisite for participating in lower secondary education, growing numbers of primary completers will inevitably create pressure for more available places at the secondary level. A low effective transition rate can signal such problems as an inadequate examination and promotion system or insufficient secondary education capacity.

Limitations and Exceptions: The quality of data on the transition rate is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished. Students who interrupt their studies after completing primary education could also affect data quality.

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: Effective transition rate is calculated by dividing the number of new entrants in the first grade of secondary education in a given year (t) by the number of students who enrolled in the final grade of primary education in the previous school year (t-1) minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year (t), 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: Efficiency