Bulgaria - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Bulgaria was 50.42 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 52.83 in 1993, while its lowest value was 50.42 in 2017.

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
1971 51.11
1972 51.35
1973 51.36
1974 51.44
1975 51.62
1976 50.93
1977 51.83
1978 51.83
1979 51.84
1980 51.71
1981 51.75
1982 51.68
1983 51.61
1984 51.84
1985 51.88
1986 52.05
1987 51.94
1988 51.98
1989 51.97
1990 52.34
1991 52.34
1992 52.74
1993 52.83
1994 52.69
1995 52.81
1996 52.74
1997 52.76
1998 52.48
1999 52.35
2000 52.09
2001 51.78
2002 51.56
2003 51.75
2004 51.71
2005 51.72
2006 51.77
2007 51.77
2008 51.71
2009 51.47
2010 51.11
2011 51.09
2012 50.82
2013 50.72
2014 50.56
2015 50.53
2016 50.46
2017 50.42

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