China - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in China was 47.92 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 47.92 in 2018, while its lowest value was 32.99 in 1974.

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
1974 32.99
1975 38.14
1976 39.27
1977 40.38
1978 41.67
1979 41.47
1980 40.82
1981 39.58
1982 39.00
1983 39.25
1984 39.45
1985 40.00
1986 40.23
1987 40.65
1988 40.80
1989 40.98
1990 41.44
1991 41.87
1992 42.65
1993 43.11
1994 43.71
1995 44.30
1996 44.82
1997 45.29
1999 46.10
2003 46.68
2006 47.06
2007 47.13
2008 47.29
2009 47.46
2010 47.58
2011 47.64
2012 47.71
2013 47.86
2014 47.90
2015 47.83
2016 47.78
2017 47.84
2018 47.92

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