IBRD only - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in IBRD only was 48.10 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 48.29 in 2014, while its lowest value was 41.74 in 1973.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 41.79
1971 41.76
1972 41.75
1973 41.74
1974 42.01
1975 42.22
1976 42.15
1977 42.24
1978 42.65
1979 43.06
1980 42.82
1981 42.55
1982 42.41
1983 43.00
1984 42.69
1985 42.29
1986 42.89
1987 43.24
1988 43.41
1989 43.66
1990 43.76
1991 43.94
1992 44.17
1993 44.31
1994 44.82
1995 45.04
1996 45.24
1997 45.50
1998 45.92
1999 46.28
2000 46.37
2001 46.44
2002 46.62
2003 47.02
2004 47.13
2005 47.28
2006 47.43
2007 47.59
2008 47.70
2009 48.00
2010 47.75
2011 47.80
2012 47.86
2013 48.25
2014 48.29
2015 48.19
2016 48.24
2017 48.11
2018 48.10

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