Ireland - Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in Ireland was 33.08 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 84.88 in 1975, while its lowest value was 33.08 in 2017.

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 38.46
1972 35.72
1973 38.02
1974 38.01
1975 84.88
1976 82.86
1977 83.27
1978 75.04
1979 71.59
1980 73.00
1981 71.58
1982 71.91
1983 69.97
1984 68.26
1985 64.18
1986 64.29
1987 64.20
1988 63.07
1989 62.84
1990 63.83
1991 63.98
1992 62.01
1993 48.18
1994 49.21
1995 50.58
1996 53.53
1997 55.20
2004 54.72
2005 54.86
2006 53.87
2007 53.97
2008 53.92
2009 54.04
2010 52.60
2011 50.91
2012 51.64
2017 33.08

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