Burkina Faso - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in Burkina Faso was 49.07 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 49.07 in 2018, while its lowest value was 27.67 in 1972.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.

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

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Year Value
1971 27.99
1972 27.67
1973 29.40
1974 30.02
1975 30.74
1976 31.57
1977 29.24
1979 32.74
1980 36.16
1981 33.49
1982 35.17
1983 33.65
1984 34.30
1985 35.00
1986 33.59
1994 35.16
1999 37.54
2000 38.95
2001 39.15
2003 39.93
2004 40.33
2005 40.73
2006 41.27
2007 41.56
2008 41.85
2009 41.93
2010 42.50
2011 42.99
2012 43.95
2013 44.98
2014 45.74
2015 47.05
2016 47.80
2017 48.36
2018 49.07

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