Korea - Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in Korea was 41.35 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 53.57 in 1995, while its lowest value was 28.87 in 1971.

Definition: Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.

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

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Year Value
1971 28.87
1972 30.65
1973 31.88
1974 34.56
1975 34.08
1976 32.57
1977 33.00
1978 34.50
1979 35.86
1980 41.60
1981 43.95
1982 43.38
1983 43.97
1984 46.36
1985 47.74
1986 49.57
1987 52.21
1988 50.52
1989 51.45
1990 52.08
1991 53.09
1992 53.40
1993 53.42
1994 51.93
1995 53.57
1996 53.50
1997 51.37
1998 50.60
1999 49.13
2000 48.99
2001 48.87
2002 48.19
2003 47.62
2004 46.89
2005 46.41
2006 45.93
2007 45.99
2008 45.56
2009 45.34
2010 45.16
2011 44.47
2012 43.78
2013 43.26
2014 42.92
2015 42.43
2016 41.62
2017 41.35

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