Colombia - Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in Colombia was 53.25 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 70.34 in 1972, while its lowest value was 48.86 in 1977.

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 65.69
1971 65.28
1972 70.34
1975 50.47
1977 48.86
1978 51.11
1979 49.48
1980 49.92
1981 51.40
1982 51.40
1983 61.63
1984 49.90
1985 50.22
1986 50.38
1987 49.90
1988 50.06
1989 49.81
1991 60.90
1996 55.52
2002 54.88
2004 55.25
2005 54.33
2006 54.07
2007 54.59
2008 53.60
2009 54.25
2010 54.28
2011 54.48
2012 54.33
2013 53.76
2014 53.68
2015 53.57
2016 53.59
2017 53.47
2018 53.25

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