Sweden - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Sweden was 49.69 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 54.91 in 1998, while its lowest value was 47.78 in 1971.

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

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

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Year Value
1971 47.78
1976 51.23
1977 51.02
1978 51.12
1979 51.01
1980 51.06
1981 51.12
1982 51.35
1983 51.47
1984 51.68
1985 51.49
1987 51.23
1988 50.99
1989 51.58
1990 51.89
1991 52.12
1992 52.39
1993 53.63
1994 52.98
1995 53.81
1996 54.29
1997 54.66
1998 54.91
1999 53.42
2000 53.54
2001 53.34
2002 52.79
2003 52.69
2004 47.92
2005 50.41
2006 50.36
2007 50.35
2008 50.45
2009 50.51
2010 50.55
2011 50.50
2012 50.17
2013 52.28
2014 52.26
2015 51.73
2016 51.07
2017 49.69

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