British Virgin Islands - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in British Virgin Islands was 51.80 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 58.85 in 1979, while its lowest value was 46.79 in 1999.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.

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

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Year Value
1971 54.91
1972 52.24
1973 53.56
1974 53.42
1975 54.02
1976 55.54
1979 58.85
1981 56.64
1984 57.60
1985 55.01
1990 53.02
1991 53.02
1992 55.11
1994 51.03
1999 46.79
2000 50.76
2001 51.54
2002 50.47
2003 53.70
2004 52.14
2005 54.20
2006 53.04
2007 53.77
2009 51.60
2010 50.47
2011 49.77
2012 50.03
2013 51.29
2014 51.94
2015 51.36
2016 51.92
2017 51.80

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