France - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in France was 50.29 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 53.30 in 1983, while its lowest value was 49.33 in 1981.

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 51.59
1972 51.62
1973 51.90
1974 50.07
1975 51.50
1977 52.08
1978 52.56
1979 52.65
1980 52.74
1981 49.33
1982 52.95
1983 53.30
1985 52.48
1986 52.35
1987 52.29
1988 51.97
1989 51.86
1990 51.74
1991 51.38
1992 51.52
1993 51.45
1994 51.32
1995 51.34
1996 51.44
1997 51.14
1998 50.44
1999 50.53
2000 50.54
2001 50.57
2002 50.58
2003 50.57
2004 50.87
2005 50.83
2006 50.57
2007 50.56
2008 50.51
2009 50.44
2010 50.39
2011 50.38
2012 50.40
2013 50.37
2014 50.30
2015 50.28
2016 50.29
2017 50.29

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