Mexico - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Mexico was 50.18 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 50.62 in 2008, while its lowest value was 34.06 in 1976.

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:

Year Value
1971 36.71
1974 36.48
1975 36.26
1976 34.06
1977 40.44
1978 41.73
1979 41.27
1980 41.40
1981 43.31
1982 44.18
1983 44.25
1984 45.26
1985 45.14
1986 46.27
1987 46.69
1988 46.94
1989 47.19
1990 47.47
1991 47.83
1992 48.17
1993 48.32
1994 48.36
1995 48.54
1996 48.38
1997 48.46
1998 48.66
1999 48.96
2000 49.18
2001 49.55
2002 49.81
2003 50.01
2004 50.11
2005 50.29
2006 50.45
2007 50.55
2008 50.62
2009 50.57
2010 50.34
2011 50.19
2012 49.97
2013 50.12
2014 50.02
2015 50.02
2016 50.05
2017 50.18

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