Congo - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Congo was 46.27 as of 2012. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 46.42 in 2011, while its lowest value was 29.85 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 29.85
1972 31.40
1973 34.12
1974 35.25
1975 35.48
1976 35.77
1977 36.60
1978 37.41
1979 37.95
1980 38.51
1981 40.06
1982 40.02
1983 40.74
1984 41.51
1985 41.68
1986 42.47
1987 42.76
1988 43.13
1989 43.22
1990 41.87
1991 41.78
1992 42.79
1993 42.24
1994 41.34
1996 42.41
1999 37.82
2001 37.37
2002 40.51
2003 37.45
2004 44.91
2005 43.73
2006 42.80
2007 43.39
2008 44.13
2009 43.51
2010 44.07
2011 46.42
2012 46.27

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