Senegal - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in Senegal was 51.87 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 51.87 in 2018, while its lowest value was 28.49 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 28.49
1972 29.08
1978 31.59
1979 32.18
1980 32.45
1981 32.75
1982 33.69
1983 33.07
1984 32.76
1985 33.04
1986 32.94
1988 33.40
1989 33.03
1990 33.51
1992 34.56
1996 37.47
1997 37.34
1998 38.03
1999 38.96
2000 39.25
2001 39.52
2002 39.92
2004 41.62
2005 42.46
2006 42.82
2008 43.88
2010 46.30
2011 47.53
2012 48.20
2013 48.92
2014 49.61
2017 51.75
2018 51.87

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