Pakistan - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in Pakistan was 44.01 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 44.01 in 2018, while its lowest value was 19.90 in 1971.

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 19.90
1972 20.74
1973 22.27
1974 22.58
1975 23.57
1976 23.33
1977 23.91
1978 24.17
1979 26.13
1980 25.70
1981 25.77
1982 25.86
1983 24.93
1984 25.00
1985 25.54
1986 27.05
1987 27.52
1988 27.98
1989 28.27
1990 28.26
1991 31.07
1992 32.12
2006 42.35
2007 41.80
2008 41.78
2009 42.77
2010 42.03
2011 41.32
2012 40.67
2013 40.48
2014 42.31
2015 42.31
2016 42.82
2017 42.84
2018 44.01

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