Iran - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Iran was 50.21 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 50.54 in 2007, while its lowest value was 33.05 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 33.05
1972 34.24
1973 35.06
1974 35.53
1975 36.22
1976 36.58
1977 37.30
1978 38.17
1981 39.12
1982 39.72
1983 40.67
1984 41.02
1985 40.85
1986 40.49
1987 40.17
1988 40.46
1989 40.89
1990 41.37
1991 42.46
1992 42.87
1993 43.69
1994 44.42
1995 45.44
1999 47.70
2000 47.95
2001 48.13
2002 48.39
2003 48.35
2004 49.07
2005 49.16
2006 49.42
2007 50.54
2008 49.71
2009 49.43
2010 49.44
2011 49.45
2012 49.31
2013 50.07
2014 49.86
2015 49.78
2016 49.98
2017 50.21

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