Ireland - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in Ireland was 48.58 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 51.88 in 1980, while its lowest value was 48.58 in 2017.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1971 50.96
1972 50.60
1973 51.21
1974 51.10
1975 51.32
1976 51.24
1977 51.36
1978 51.54
1979 51.66
1980 51.88
1981 51.66
1982 51.61
1983 51.38
1984 51.31
1985 51.18
1986 51.19
1987 51.14
1988 51.07
1989 51.05
1990 51.08
1991 50.97
1992 50.87
1993 49.76
1994 49.91
1995 50.13
1996 50.45
1997 50.70
1998 50.19
1999 50.21
2000 50.64
2001 50.77
2002 50.95
2003 50.87
2004 50.67
2005 50.97
2006 50.64
2007 50.56
2008 50.38
2009 50.16
2010 49.88
2011 49.46
2012 49.30
2014 49.33
2015 49.48
2016 49.49
2017 48.58

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