United Arab Emirates - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in United Arab Emirates was 46.65 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 50.71 in 1993, while its lowest value was 25.63 in 1973.

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
1973 25.63
1974 35.81
1975 38.14
1976 37.10
1977 38.95
1978 42.26
1979 42.71
1980 44.13
1981 44.65
1982 45.78
1983 45.97
1984 46.51
1985 47.60
1986 48.13
1987 48.71
1988 49.27
1989 49.73
1990 50.12
1991 50.37
1992 50.63
1993 50.71
1994 50.57
1995 50.29
1997 49.90
1998 50.05
2016 48.61
2017 46.65

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