Afghanistan - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Afghanistan was 35.28 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 35.40 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2001.

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 13.69
1971 12.62
1972 11.44
1973 12.13
1974 11.83
1975 12.03
1976 12.98
1977 14.41
1978 14.95
1980 18.29
1981 20.09
1982 29.81
1984 30.27
1985 29.96
1986 31.87
1988 31.55
1991 32.16
1993 25.80
1994 20.35
1995 25.38
2001 0.00
2002 24.63
2003 24.54
2004 16.33
2005 23.55
2007 26.17
2008 28.77
2009 31.25
2010 32.15
2011 34.69
2012 34.85
2013 34.76
2014 34.88
2015 34.95
2016 35.40
2017 35.22
2018 35.28

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