Tanzania - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in Tanzania was 50.83 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 50.83 in 2018, while its lowest value was 27.51 in 1972.

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
1970 28.78
1971 29.01
1972 27.51
1973 28.64
1974 30.37
1975 31.34
1976 34.31
1977 33.98
1978 34.00
1979 34.90
1981 34.88
1982 34.70
1983 35.24
1985 37.19
1986 38.42
1987 39.53
1988 40.95
1989 42.28
1991 43.00
1992 43.50
1993 43.59
1994 44.10
1995 44.45
1996 45.85
1997 44.36
2010 44.77
2014 48.77
2015 49.47
2016 49.86
2017 50.26
2018 50.83

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