OECD members - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in OECD members was 48.82 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 48.96 in 2015, while its lowest value was 43.50 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/)

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Year Value
1970 43.50
1971 43.82
1972 43.89
1973 44.65
1974 45.27
1975 46.06
1976 46.67
1977 47.45
1978 48.13
1979 48.13
1980 48.27
1981 48.57
1982 48.49
1983 48.56
1984 48.53
1985 48.45
1986 48.62
1987 48.69
1988 48.63
1989 48.58
1990 48.56
1991 48.68
1992 48.64
1993 48.59
1994 48.48
1995 48.61
1996 48.57
1997 48.65
1998 48.77
1999 48.69
2000 48.66
2001 48.64
2002 48.48
2003 48.59
2004 48.77
2005 48.84
2006 48.68
2007 48.77
2008 48.78
2009 48.87
2010 48.81
2011 48.73
2012 48.80
2013 48.89
2014 48.96
2015 48.96
2016 48.90
2017 48.82
2018 48.82

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