Costa Rica - Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in Costa Rica was 52.26 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 52.26 in 2018, while its lowest value was 35.55 in 1970.

Definition: Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.

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

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Year Value
1970 35.55
1971 39.90
1972 39.92
1973 47.13
1974 44.30
1975 44.44
1976 45.89
1977 47.48
1978 48.00
1979 49.82
1980 50.40
1981 49.53
1982 50.00
1983 51.24
1984 50.10
1985 49.87
1986 49.43
1987 48.92
1988 48.71
1989 48.19
1990 48.07
1991 48.27
1992 48.20
1993 49.00
1994 48.44
1995 48.83
1996 49.11
1997 50.25
1998 49.83
1999 49.82
2000 50.07
2001 48.97
2002 49.82
2004 50.43
2005 50.88
2006 50.27
2007 50.52
2008 50.71
2009 50.73
2010 50.32
2011 50.42
2012 50.57
2013 51.45
2014 51.67
2015 51.12
2016 51.24
2017 51.43
2018 52.26

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