Zambia - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Zambia was 48.47 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 48.47 in 2017, while its lowest value was 32.91 in 1970.

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
1970 32.91
1971 32.99
1972 33.48
1973 34.24
1974 33.76
1975 34.31
1976 34.18
1977 33.84
1978 33.99
1979 34.42
1980 34.78
1981 35.27
1982 35.51
1983 36.06
1984 36.16
1985 36.78
1986 37.37
1988 37.28
1994 38.36
1998 42.80
1999 43.40
2000 44.52
2001 43.45
2002 45.19
2004 44.10
2005 44.62
2007 46.89
2008 45.37
2009 48.26
2010 45.35
2011 46.82
2012 46.31
2013 46.83
2014 47.41
2015 47.37
2016 47.65
2017 48.47

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