Cameroon - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Cameroon was 48.46 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 48.46 in 2016, while its lowest value was 26.44 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 26.44
1972 28.09
1973 29.10
1974 30.28
1975 30.42
1976 31.43
1977 32.20
1978 32.77
1979 33.73
1980 33.68
1981 33.93
1982 34.63
1983 34.99
1984 36.04
1985 37.09
1986 37.44
1987 38.21
1988 38.92
1989 39.95
1990 40.51
1991 41.45
1992 41.22
1994 40.39
1995 40.30
1997 45.45
1998 42.42
1999 46.66
2000 46.66
2001 46.13
2003 46.51
2004 44.70
2005 44.70
2006 44.89
2007 44.01
2008 45.46
2009 47.17
2011 47.81
2012 47.98
2013 48.12
2014 48.16
2015 48.28
2016 48.46

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