Ghana - Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in Ghana was 26.72 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 49.90 in 2006, while its lowest value was 8.65 in 2000.

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
1971 30.53
1973 32.07
1974 23.55
1975 24.90
1976 23.24
1977 24.19
1978 23.57
1979 23.34
1980 30.55
1981 29.53
1982 23.19
1983 22.87
1984 22.73
1985 24.80
1987 29.54
1988 31.18
1989 28.48
1990 28.18
1999 22.01
2000 8.65
2001 12.45
2002 12.49
2003 13.74
2004 14.90
2005 13.93
2006 49.90
2007 44.91
2008 46.31
2009 38.02
2011 43.68
2012 37.38
2013 31.41
2014 29.10
2015 24.72
2016 25.68
2017 23.56
2018 25.14
2019 26.72

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