United Kingdom - Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in United Kingdom was 50.35 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 57.32 in 1986, while its lowest value was 45.67 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 45.67
1972 47.60
1973 48.57
1974 50.81
1975 52.35
1976 54.14
1977 54.67
1978 54.80
1979 55.43
1980 56.17
1981 57.16
1982 55.96
1983 54.55
1984 54.37
1985 54.86
1986 57.32
1987 54.31
1988 54.27
1989 53.77
1990 53.88
1991 54.31
1992 53.29
1993 46.98
1994 47.91
1995 48.40
1996 48.42
1997 48.98
1998 46.88
1999 48.96
2000 48.82
2001 48.45
2002 48.77
2003 50.69
2004 49.36
2005 49.23
2006 48.66
2007 48.02
2008 48.44
2009 47.92
2010 47.31
2011 47.54
2012 47.24
2013 50.61
2014 50.09
2015 49.40
2017 50.35

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