Mauritania - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Mauritania was 49.75 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 49.75 in 2018, while its lowest value was 11.21 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 11.21
1972 11.75
1979 18.08
1980 21.02
1981 21.19
1982 22.39
1983 24.27
1984 26.03
1985 27.00
1986 28.35
1987 29.32
1988 30.51
1989 30.82
1990 31.34
1991 32.54
1992 34.19
1993 33.87
1994 35.72
1995 36.32
1996 33.75
1997 34.41
1998 41.32
1999 41.38
2000 41.92
2001 43.04
2002 43.34
2003 44.45
2004 45.43
2005 46.18
2006 45.34
2007 45.98
2008 46.23
2009 44.97
2010 45.40
2011 45.19
2012 45.20
2013 47.79
2014 47.09
2015 47.51
2016 48.62
2017 49.53
2018 49.75

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