Lesotho - Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in Lesotho was 66.59 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 86.22 in 1994, while its lowest value was 44.86 in 2002.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 61.04
1971 65.27
1972 72.55
1973 57.10
1975 70.40
1976 66.88
1977 62.16
1978 64.44
1979 66.41
1980 67.99
1981 69.48
1982 66.94
1983 67.03
1984 64.15
1985 63.70
1986 62.53
1987 62.06
1988 63.21
1989 59.96
1990 57.50
1991 55.46
1992 74.96
1993 77.38
1994 86.22
1996 64.45
1997 73.38
1998 49.23
1999 57.40
2000 55.03
2001 49.96
2002 44.86
2003 60.31
2004 49.88
2005 51.57
2006 52.62
2010 79.09
2012 69.62
2013 62.68
2014 59.59
2015 55.23
2017 66.59

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