Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 45.89 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 45.89 in 2018, while its lowest value was 35.34 in 1979.

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 36.39
1971 36.16
1972 36.01
1973 36.02
1974 36.10
1975 35.67
1976 35.42
1977 35.41
1978 35.36
1979 35.34
1980 35.71
1981 36.01
1982 37.00
1983 37.27
1984 37.58
1985 37.89
1986 38.43
1987 38.91
1988 39.19
1989 39.54
1990 39.79
1991 40.07
1992 40.14
1993 40.05
1994 39.52
1995 40.78
1996 40.71
1997 40.69
1998 40.58
1999 40.76
2000 40.63
2001 40.68
2002 40.74
2003 41.15
2004 40.65
2005 41.04
2006 41.01
2007 41.44
2008 41.87
2009 42.34
2010 42.98
2011 43.74
2012 44.16
2013 44.67
2014 44.86
2015 45.26
2016 45.48
2017 45.68
2018 45.89

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