World - Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in World was 42.48 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 45.46 in 1981, while its lowest value was 42.48 in 2018.

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
1970 42.49
1971 42.56
1972 42.82
1973 42.98
1974 42.82
1975 42.78
1976 43.50
1977 43.41
1978 43.69
1979 44.30
1980 44.52
1981 45.46
1982 44.90
1983 45.28
1984 45.04
1985 44.47
1986 44.69
1987 45.43
1988 45.37
1989 45.33
1990 44.46
1991 44.27
1992 44.04
1993 43.94
1994 44.79
1995 44.94
1996 45.20
1997 44.67
1998 44.69
1999 44.91
2000 44.88
2001 44.81
2002 44.40
2003 44.49
2004 44.48
2005 45.17
2006 45.40
2007 45.46
2008 45.42
2009 45.34
2010 43.61
2011 43.47
2012 43.40
2013 43.46
2014 43.42
2015 43.52
2016 43.37
2017 42.81
2018 42.48

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