Mozambique - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in Mozambique was 47.52 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 47.93 in 2015, while its lowest value was 27.31 in 1980.

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
1973 40.00
1977 31.95
1978 28.86
1979 27.85
1980 27.31
1981 27.36
1982 28.38
1983 30.29
1985 31.21
1986 32.82
1987 33.09
1990 36.49
1991 36.67
1992 38.44
1993 39.01
1994 38.42
1995 39.08
1999 38.52
2000 38.41
2001 38.80
2002 39.60
2004 41.10
2005 40.85
2006 41.78
2007 42.19
2008 42.84
2009 44.08
2010 45.00
2011 46.44
2012 47.16
2013 47.48
2014 47.62
2015 47.93
2017 47.52

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