Belgium - Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in Belgium was 50.55 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 53.16 in 2012, while its lowest value was 43.47 in 1991.

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 49.84
1972 49.60
1973 50.03
1974 50.12
1975 51.24
1976 51.60
1977 52.62
1984 48.16
1985 47.72
1986 47.41
1987 47.28
1988 46.93
1991 43.47
1993 50.57
1994 50.47
1995 50.99
1996 50.71
1999 50.47
2000 51.57
2001 51.82
2002 51.75
2003 51.14
2004 51.05
2005 51.88
2006 52.19
2007 52.56
2008 53.04
2009 53.15
2010 52.95
2011 52.97
2012 53.16
2013 51.38
2014 51.25
2015 51.01
2016 50.72
2017 50.55

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