Portugal - Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in Portugal was 42.34 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 46.03 in 1996, while its lowest value was 30.79 in 1980.

Definition: Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 37.65
1972 38.28
1973 37.78
1974 39.05
1975 40.81
1976 40.23
1977 39.75
1978 40.22
1979 30.96
1980 30.79
1986 36.59
1988 35.25
1990 33.09
1991 36.49
1993 45.91
1994 45.15
1995 45.81
1996 46.03
1998 44.44
1999 44.60
2000 44.51
2001 44.36
2002 44.08
2003 45.84
2004 42.95
2005 42.12
2006 41.54
2007 42.22
2008 42.40
2009 42.60
2010 42.13
2011 41.87
2012 41.38
2013 42.69
2014 42.06
2015 42.08
2016 41.98
2017 42.34

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