Ghana - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in Ghana was 48.88 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 48.88 in 2019, while its lowest value was 37.38 in 1984.

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
1971 37.85
1973 39.02
1974 38.60
1975 38.66
1976 38.25
1977 38.00
1978 38.39
1979 38.14
1980 38.63
1981 37.96
1982 38.30
1983 37.54
1984 37.38
1985 37.63
1987 40.23
1988 39.15
1989 39.14
1990 39.05
1995 41.17
1999 43.64
2000 44.00
2001 44.67
2002 44.90
2003 45.01
2004 44.51
2005 44.52
2006 44.90
2007 45.71
2008 45.94
2009 45.83
2011 46.31
2012 46.30
2013 46.62
2014 47.35
2015 47.61
2016 48.08
2017 48.24
2018 48.55
2019 48.88

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