Nepal - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in Nepal was 51.43 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 51.43 in 2019, while its lowest value was 13.90 in 1973.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1972 16.62
1973 13.90
1974 14.24
1975 14.36
1976 17.48
1977 17.94
1978 17.88
1979 19.24
1980 20.00
1981 19.63
1982 20.54
1983 21.78
1984 22.95
1985 22.77
1986 24.23
1987 25.24
1988 26.79
1989 27.77
1990 28.97
1991 30.08
1992 31.84
1993 33.01
1994 34.43
1995 35.92
1996 37.45
1999 39.61
2000 40.06
2001 40.21
2002 40.98
2003 41.87
2005 44.71
2006 45.46
2007 46.22
2008 46.88
2009 46.50
2010 48.78
2011 49.45
2012 50.15
2013 50.31
2014 50.45
2015 50.58
2016 50.56
2017 51.25
2019 51.43

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