Guatemala - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Guatemala was 46.55 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 47.10 in 2009, while its lowest value was 39.44 in 1970.

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 39.44
1971 42.40
1972 42.95
1973 42.60
1974 43.38
1975 43.80
1976 43.78
1977 44.06
1978 41.62
1979 42.12
1980 42.79
1981 43.50
1982 43.83
1983 43.80
1999 44.03
2000 45.27
2001 45.44
2002 45.36
2004 45.64
2005 45.99
2006 46.29
2007 46.59
2008 46.95
2009 47.10
2010 46.65
2011 46.29
2012 46.34
2013 46.20
2014 46.45
2015 46.35
2016 46.39
2017 46.50
2018 46.55

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