Ireland - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Ireland was 49.38 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 55.95 in 1973, while its lowest value was 48.85 in 2012.

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 55.34
1972 55.53
1973 55.95
1974 55.73
1975 50.09
1976 50.04
1977 50.06
1978 50.34
1979 50.60
1980 50.85
1981 50.69
1982 50.61
1983 50.46
1984 50.43
1985 50.34
1986 50.25
1987 50.21
1988 50.18
1989 50.20
1990 50.13
1991 49.98
1992 50.04
1993 49.97
1994 50.00
1995 50.09
1996 50.13
1997 50.24
1998 50.19
1999 50.21
2000 50.64
2001 50.77
2002 50.95
2003 50.87
2004 49.92
2005 50.24
2006 50.02
2007 49.90
2008 49.67
2009 49.35
2010 49.26
2011 49.19
2012 48.85
2014 49.33
2015 49.48
2016 49.49
2017 49.38

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