Burkina Faso - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Burkina Faso was 49.30 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 49.30 in 2018, while its lowest value was 25.01 in 1971.

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 25.01
1972 25.53
1973 27.39
1974 29.14
1975 29.36
1976 30.66
1977 30.61
1978 31.14
1979 31.79
1980 34.81
1981 32.59
1982 32.10
1983 32.29
1984 32.58
1985 33.04
1986 32.01
1987 31.44
1988 31.65
1989 32.29
1990 32.70
1991 33.24
1992 33.55
1993 33.92
1994 34.09
1999 36.30
2000 37.80
2001 38.05
2003 39.06
2004 39.55
2005 40.04
2006 40.63
2007 40.97
2008 41.42
2009 41.54
2010 42.24
2011 42.86
2012 43.85
2013 44.91
2014 45.79
2015 47.15
2016 47.94
2017 48.55
2018 49.30

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