Iceland - Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in Iceland was 36.20 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 42.61 in 2007, while its lowest value was 26.03 in 1974.

Definition: Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.

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

See also:

Year Value
1971 32.13
1973 28.00
1974 26.03
1975 26.49
1976 26.56
1977 31.73
1983 38.28
1986 37.28
1988 38.25
1989 37.96
1991 34.23
1992 33.66
1993 33.78
1994 34.83
1995 34.08
1996 34.86
1998 32.87
1999 34.38
2000 35.89
2001 37.66
2002 40.26
2003 38.27
2004 41.36
2005 39.91
2006 40.95
2007 42.61
2008 42.40
2009 41.62
2010 41.71
2011 41.97
2012 40.50
2013 42.56
2014 41.42
2015 40.75
2016 38.73
2017 36.20

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