Lao PDR - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Lao PDR was 47.60 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 47.60 in 2018, while its lowest value was 26.52 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 26.52
1972 28.67
1973 34.70
1977 30.75
1978 34.47
1979 35.98
1980 37.99
1981 38.40
1982 38.79
1983 35.32
1984 39.74
1985 40.43
1986 42.22
1988 42.10
1990 39.80
1991 38.23
1992 38.93
1993 38.37
1994 38.94
1995 39.45
1996 39.49
1997 39.50
1998 40.18
1999 40.32
2000 40.62
2001 41.10
2002 41.52
2003 41.89
2004 42.33
2005 42.55
2006 43.15
2007 43.43
2008 43.89
2009 44.27
2010 44.68
2011 45.20
2012 45.74
2013 46.23
2014 46.85
2015 47.19
2016 47.29
2017 47.42
2018 47.60

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