Secondary education, general pupils (% female) - Country Ranking - Asia

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/)

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Bangladesh 53.89 2018
2 Lebanon 53.07 2018
3 Bhutan 52.38 2018
4 Timor-Leste 52.26 2018
5 Myanmar 51.96 2018
6 Cambodia 51.80 2018
7 Mongolia 51.75 2010
8 Bahrain 51.68 2018
9 Nepal 51.43 2019
10 Sri Lanka 51.37 2018
11 Malaysia 51.28 2018
12 Philippines 51.20 2017
13 Indonesia 50.72 2018
14 Jordan 50.67 2018
15 Vietnam 50.26 2018
16 Iran 50.21 2017
17 Kyrgyz Republic 49.74 2018
18 Kazakhstan 49.69 2019
19 Japan 49.61 2017
20 Russia 49.48 2017
21 Thailand 49.25 2018
22 Turkmenistan 49.22 2014
23 Brunei 49.21 2018
24 Qatar 49.19 2018
25 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 49.15 2015
26 Syrian Arab Republic 49.03 2013
27 Israel 49.02 2017
28 Macao SAR, China 48.80 2018
29 Oman 48.71 2018
30 Turkey 48.68 2017
31 Kuwait 48.59 2018
32 Singapore 48.58 2017
33 Korea 48.46 2017
34 Uzbekistan 48.32 2018
35 Hong Kong SAR, China 48.27 2018
36 India 48.04 2017
37 China 47.92 2018
38 Saudi Arabia 47.91 2018
39 Armenia 47.77 2018
40 Lao PDR 47.60 2018
41 Georgia 47.50 2018
42 Tajikistan 47.41 2017
43 United Arab Emirates 46.79 2017
44 Azerbaijan 46.08 2018
45 Pakistan 44.38 2018
46 Iraq 42.51 2007
47 Yemen 41.23 2016
48 Afghanistan 35.28 2018

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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