Myanmar - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Myanmar was 51.96 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 52.14 in 2016, while its lowest value was 39.28 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 39.28
1972 39.45
1973 40.31
1974 41.47
1976 44.26
1977 44.24
1978 44.83
1982 44.69
1983 45.12
1984 45.22
1985 45.84
1986 46.72
1987 46.91
1988 47.37
1989 47.75
1990 48.35
1991 49.21
1992 49.83
1993 49.90
1994 49.87
1995 50.11
1999 49.56
2000 51.19
2001 48.42
2002 48.09
2003 48.15
2004 47.97
2005 49.13
2006 49.33
2007 49.93
2009 50.33
2010 51.12
2014 50.44
2016 52.14
2017 52.08
2018 51.96

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