Netherlands - Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in Netherlands was 49.07 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 49.22 in 2016, while its lowest value was 40.83 in 1971.

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 40.83
1972 41.85
1973 42.32
1974 42.04
1975 41.67
1976 42.58
1977 42.19
1978 42.42
1979 42.29
1980 41.78
1981 41.47
1982 41.37
1983 41.50
1984 41.66
1985 42.12
1986 42.79
1987 42.93
1988 42.16
1989 42.31
1990 41.98
1991 41.98
1992 42.35
1993 43.33
1994 41.50
1995 42.87
1996 42.82
1997 43.89
1998 44.45
1999 44.52
2000 44.94
2001 45.82
2002 46.00
2003 47.01
2004 46.54
2005 46.35
2006 45.94
2007 45.89
2008 45.95
2009 46.03
2010 46.14
2011 46.39
2012 46.12
2015 49.21
2016 49.22
2017 49.07

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