Egypt - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Egypt was 50.26 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 50.26 in 2018, while its lowest value was 32.26 in 1971.

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
1971 32.26
1972 32.68
1973 33.08
1974 33.64
1975 32.92
1976 34.18
1977 34.58
1978 34.97
1979 35.51
1980 35.31
1981 36.32
1982 36.92
1983 37.42
1984 37.94
1985 38.36
1986 38.83
1987 39.55
1988 40.36
1989 40.97
1990 42.42
1991 43.21
1992 44.87
1993 44.70
1994 44.07
1995 45.75
1996 46.15
1997 45.87
1998 46.76
2001 48.24
2003 48.29
2004 48.66
2009 49.00
2011 49.22
2012 49.84
2013 49.86
2014 50.16
2016 50.03
2017 50.15
2018 50.26

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