World - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in World was 48.61 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 48.61 in 2018, while its lowest value was 41.98 in 1970.

Definition: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 41.98
1971 42.12
1972 42.09
1973 42.38
1974 42.84
1975 43.29
1976 43.38
1977 43.58
1978 44.00
1979 44.15
1980 44.04
1981 43.78
1982 43.75
1983 44.02
1984 43.74
1985 43.62
1986 44.13
1987 44.28
1988 44.37
1989 44.52
1990 44.68
1991 44.87
1992 45.07
1993 45.19
1994 45.44
1995 45.69
1996 45.82
1997 46.12
1998 46.51
1999 46.77
2000 46.82
2001 46.88
2002 46.99
2003 47.33
2004 47.36
2005 47.45
2006 47.47
2007 47.58
2008 47.72
2009 47.99
2010 48.02
2011 48.08
2012 48.16
2013 48.49
2014 48.55
2015 48.50
2016 48.53
2017 48.55
2018 48.61

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