Lower middle income - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in Lower middle income was 47.95 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 47.95 in 2018, while its lowest value was 35.49 in 1970.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 35.49
1971 35.57
1972 35.68
1973 35.95
1974 36.25
1975 36.58
1976 36.81
1977 36.76
1978 36.96
1979 37.08
1980 37.11
1981 37.19
1982 37.05
1983 37.99
1984 37.09
1985 37.69
1986 38.38
1987 38.72
1988 39.04
1989 39.37
1990 39.65
1991 39.91
1992 40.22
1993 40.48
1994 41.03
1995 41.30
1996 41.59
1997 42.22
1998 42.88
1999 43.51
2000 43.68
2001 43.88
2002 44.27
2003 45.22
2004 45.07
2005 45.33
2006 45.53
2007 45.77
2008 46.13
2009 46.66
2010 46.72
2011 46.86
2012 47.00
2013 47.51
2014 47.70
2015 47.77
2016 47.87
2017 47.87
2018 47.95

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