IDA blend - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in IDA blend was 46.20 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 46.20 in 2018, while its lowest value was 36.20 in 1984.

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 38.14
1971 38.28
1972 38.65
1973 39.34
1974 39.35
1975 39.34
1976 39.27
1977 39.37
1978 39.62
1979 40.26
1980 39.47
1981 39.57
1982 39.40
1983 37.26
1984 36.20
1985 38.45
1986 40.98
1987 41.40
1988 41.37
1989 41.21
1990 41.21
1991 41.59
1992 41.69
1993 42.08
1994 42.49
1995 42.94
1996 43.41
1997 43.87
1998 44.17
1999 44.70
2000 44.49
2001 44.69
2002 44.16
2003 45.04
2004 44.98
2005 45.48
2006 45.33
2007 44.57
2008 45.20
2009 45.81
2010 45.53
2011 45.02
2012 45.27
2013 45.23
2014 45.48
2015 45.69
2016 45.70
2017 45.76
2018 46.20

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