Mauritius - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in Mauritius was 50.42 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 50.79 in 2017, while its lowest value was 41.29 in 1972.

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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Year Value
1971 41.44
1972 41.29
1973 42.50
1974 43.65
1975 44.34
1976 45.25
1977 46.25
1978 47.29
1979 47.24
1980 48.34
1981 47.63
1982 47.31
1983 47.03
1984 46.38
1985 47.18
1986 47.28
1987 47.66
1988 49.10
1989 49.21
1990 49.67
1996 50.36
1998 49.63
1999 48.92
2000 48.52
2001 48.76
2002 49.40
2003 49.21
2004 48.98
2005 48.85
2006 50.22
2007 50.21
2008 50.33
2009 50.51
2010 50.55
2011 50.51
2012 50.51
2013 49.99
2014 49.70
2015 50.26
2016 50.27
2017 50.79
2018 50.42

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