Dem. Rep. Congo - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 38.80 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 38.80 in 2015, while its lowest value was 21.48 in 1971.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.

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

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Year Value
1971 21.48
1972 22.45
1973 25.22
1974 27.05
1975 26.60
1976 26.46
1977 26.42
1978 26.45
1979 26.53
1980 26.93
1981 27.34
1982 27.77
1983 28.21
1984 28.68
1985 29.16
1986 29.66
1987 30.18
1988 32.11
1992 32.46
1993 31.93
1994 30.80
1995 37.72
2007 34.62
2008 35.54
2009 35.79
2010 36.40
2011 36.82
2012 37.01
2013 38.10
2014 38.15
2015 38.80

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