Secondary education, pupils (% female) - Country Ranking - Central America & the Caribbean

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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Rank Country Value Year
1 Honduras 52.46 2017
2 The Bahamas 51.74 2018
3 Nicaragua 51.71 2010
4 St. Kitts and Nevis 51.40 2016
5 Dominican Republic 51.26 2018
6 Trinidad and Tobago 51.07 2004
7 Costa Rica 50.68 2018
8 Belize 50.59 2018
9 Panama 50.46 2017
10 Grenada 49.78 2018
11 St. Lucia 49.77 2018
12 Jamaica 49.72 2018
13 Cayman Islands 49.68 2018
14 Barbados 49.59 2018
15 Puerto Rico 49.53 2016
16 El Salvador 49.36 2018
17 Dominica 49.16 2015
18 Cuba 49.00 2018
19 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 48.92 2018
20 Antigua and Barbuda 48.52 2018
21 Guatemala 47.83 2018

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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