El Salvador - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in El Salvador was 49.31 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 51.78 in 1988, while its lowest value was 43.02 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
1970 43.45
1971 43.02
1972 43.92
1973 44.44
1974 44.66
1975 45.38
1976 46.16
1977 45.54
1978 46.02
1979 45.81
1980 46.16
1983 49.29
1984 50.05
1988 51.78
1989 50.61
1991 51.61
1992 50.75
1993 50.75
1995 51.28
1998 48.78
2000 48.45
2001 48.88
2002 48.85
2003 49.26
2004 49.26
2005 49.31
2006 49.60
2007 49.62
2008 49.41
2009 49.14
2010 49.06
2011 48.95
2012 48.86
2013 49.14
2014 49.41
2015 49.45
2016 49.23
2017 49.16
2018 49.31

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