Iceland - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Iceland was 51.98 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 54.49 in 2000, while its lowest value was 47.29 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 47.29
1972 48.04
1973 48.40
1974 49.06
1975 49.31
1976 49.72
1977 49.79
1983 50.48
1986 50.65
1988 51.04
1989 51.10
1991 51.71
1992 51.82
1993 52.15
1994 52.49
1995 52.00
1996 51.65
1997 52.36
1998 53.54
1999 54.35
2000 54.49
2001 54.04
2002 53.30
2003 53.69
2004 51.90
2005 51.91
2006 51.81
2007 52.11
2008 51.58
2009 51.68
2010 51.31
2011 50.93
2012 50.89
2013 51.65
2014 51.92
2015 51.44
2016 51.86
2017 51.98

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