Lesotho - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in Lesotho was 57.38 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 61.14 in 1983, while its lowest value was 52.97 in 1973.

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
1970 58.05
1971 54.74
1972 55.25
1973 52.97
1975 55.60
1976 56.80
1977 57.82
1978 58.04
1979 60.09
1980 60.25
1981 60.75
1982 60.28
1983 61.14
1984 60.23
1985 59.65
1986 60.09
1987 60.60
1988 60.50
1989 59.55
1990 59.68
1991 59.06
1992 59.54
1993 59.42
1994 59.73
1996 58.93
1997 58.68
1998 59.76
1999 57.43
2000 56.76
2001 55.97
2002 56.13
2003 55.99
2004 55.74
2005 55.80
2006 55.91
2007 56.84
2008 57.32
2009 57.98
2010 58.14
2011 57.99
2012 57.79
2013 57.16
2014 57.32
2015 57.12
2016 57.27
2017 57.38

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