Ethiopia - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Ethiopia was 46.90 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 48.17 in 2015, while its lowest value was 24.23 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 24.23
1972 24.89
1973 25.77
1974 27.19
1975 29.70
1976 29.84
1977 30.55
1978 34.54
1979 36.03
1980 35.50
1981 35.55
1982 35.22
1983 35.59
1984 35.79
1985 37.95
1986 39.01
1987 39.02
1988 38.78
1989 40.20
1990 41.65
1991 43.11
1992 45.42
1993 46.57
1994 45.80
1995 44.35
1996 43.10
1997 42.05
1999 40.31
2000 40.12
2001 39.84
2002 38.12
2003 35.92
2004 35.86
2005 36.65
2006 37.97
2007 39.73
2008 41.45
2009 43.20
2010 44.92
2011 46.38
2012 46.88
2014 48.15
2015 48.17
2017 46.90

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