Secondary education, pupils (% female) - Country Ranking - Middle East

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 Lebanon 51.20 2018
2 Jordan 50.35 2018
3 Kuwait 49.70 2015
4 Israel 49.05 2017
5 Kyrgyz Republic 49.03 2018
6 Qatar 48.95 2018
7 Bahrain 48.81 2018
8 Oman 48.60 2018
9 Uzbekistan 48.57 2017
10 Syrian Arab Republic 48.56 2013
11 Turkmenistan 48.38 2014
12 Iran 48.03 2017
13 Turkey 47.79 2017
14 Saudi Arabia 47.59 2018
15 United Arab Emirates 46.65 2017
16 Tajikistan 46.22 2013
17 Pakistan 44.01 2018
18 Iraq 41.45 2007
19 Yemen 41.16 2016
20 Afghanistan 35.12 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