Nicaragua - Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in Nicaragua was 59.68 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 76.09 in 1985, while its lowest value was 44.35 in 1977.

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
1970 49.92
1971 52.86
1972 48.75
1973 50.12
1974 47.81
1975 57.07
1977 44.35
1978 47.13
1980 58.94
1982 60.81
1983 61.66
1984 63.78
1985 76.09
1986 71.22
1987 66.02
1988 64.38
1989 61.48
1999 56.34
2000 56.31
2001 57.20
2002 56.10
2004 54.18
2005 54.81
2006 54.12
2007 54.57
2008 55.34
2010 59.68

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