Eritrea - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Eritrea was 46.72 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 48.81 in 1992, while its lowest value was 36.22 in 2004.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1989 47.89
1990 48.37
1991 48.65
1992 48.81
1993 46.31
1994 42.69
1995 42.27
1996 42.56
1997 42.08
1999 41.07
2000 41.34
2001 41.78
2002 39.53
2003 39.44
2004 36.22
2005 37.21
2006 37.54
2007 41.35
2008 41.48
2009 41.46
2010 43.05
2011 43.72
2012 43.72
2013 43.80
2014 44.16
2015 45.14
2017 46.47
2018 46.72

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