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

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 Italy 53.41 2017
2 Belgium 52.58 2017
3 Slovenia 52.43 2017
4 Iceland 51.98 2017
5 Estonia 51.90 2017
6 Croatia 51.85 2017
7 Finland 51.83 2017
8 Poland 51.83 2017
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51.45 2018
10 Switzerland 51.21 2017
11 Cyprus 51.19 2017
12 Norway 51.10 2017
13 Czech Republic 51.07 2017
14 Romania 50.91 2017
15 Denmark 50.81 2017
16 Monaco 50.80 2019
17 Portugal 50.73 2017
18 Slovak Republic 50.69 2017
19 Latvia 50.49 2017
20 Bulgaria 50.42 2017
21 Serbia 50.34 2018
22 France 50.29 2017
23 Malta 50.09 2017
24 Hungary 50.01 2017
25 Greece 49.94 2017
26 Belarus 49.88 2018
27 Austria 49.86 2017
28 Moldova 49.83 2018
29 Montenegro 49.77 2018
30 Albania 49.71 2018
31 Sweden 49.69 2017
32 Spain 49.59 2017
33 North Macedonia 49.48 2017
34 Ukraine 49.47 2018
35 Luxembourg 49.47 2017
36 Andorra 49.39 2018
37 Ireland 49.38 2017
38 Germany 49.32 2017
39 United Kingdom 49.21 2017
40 Lithuania 49.09 2017
41 Netherlands 48.98 2017
42 Turkey 48.68 2017
43 Liechtenstein 48.54 2017
44 San Marino 44.14 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