Portugal - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in Portugal was 48.64 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 53.25 in 1979, while its lowest value was 41.52 in 1980.

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 43.44
1972 44.56
1973 45.06
1974 46.15
1975 48.10
1976 48.63
1977 49.46
1978 49.98
1979 53.25
1980 41.52
1986 52.66
1988 52.46
1990 49.34
1991 52.91
1993 52.40
1994 51.22
1995 50.93
1996 51.16
1998 50.85
1999 50.93
2000 50.55
2001 50.29
2002 50.09
2003 51.04
2004 51.37
2005 51.23
2006 51.02
2007 50.65
2008 50.25
2009 49.88
2010 49.52
2011 49.32
2012 49.11
2013 48.96
2014 48.84
2015 48.65
2016 48.61
2017 48.64

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