India - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in India was 48.06 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 48.06 in 2018, while its lowest value was 27.93 in 1971.

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 27.93
1972 28.27
1973 28.74
1975 29.87
1976 30.05
1977 30.36
1978 30.68
1980 31.09
1981 31.73
1982 31.55
1983 33.91
1984 32.35
1986 33.30
1987 33.51
1988 34.02
1989 34.59
1993 36.66
1994 37.26
1995 37.23
1996 37.42
1997 38.14
1999 39.33
2000 39.58
2001 39.79
2002 40.65
2003 42.56
2004 42.58
2005 43.02
2006 43.30
2007 43.97
2008 44.58
2009 45.49
2010 45.62
2011 45.98
2012 46.15
2013 47.57
2014 47.65
2015 47.60
2016 47.68
2017 47.48
2018 48.06

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