Colombia - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in Colombia was 50.22 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 53.70 in 1992, while its lowest value was 48.75 in 1970.

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 48.75
1971 48.98
1972 49.30
1973 49.59
1974 49.87
1975 49.88
1976 49.90
1977 49.92
1978 50.05
1979 50.10
1980 50.21
1981 50.36
1982 50.36
1983 53.05
1984 49.90
1985 49.90
1986 49.98
1987 49.90
1988 49.90
1989 49.90
1991 53.60
1992 53.70
1993 52.97
1995 52.77
1996 50.43
1998 51.85
1999 51.72
2000 51.52
2002 51.58
2004 51.65
2005 51.57
2006 51.75
2007 51.69
2008 51.44
2009 51.47
2010 51.36
2011 51.17
2012 51.15
2013 50.97
2014 50.90
2015 50.70
2016 50.53
2017 50.33
2018 50.22

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