Nicaragua - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Nicaragua was 51.59 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 64.64 in 1985, while its lowest value was 45.76 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
1970 47.04
1971 45.76
1972 47.04
1973 47.86
1974 49.99
1975 49.10
1977 49.02
1980 52.27
1982 52.46
1983 52.85
1984 56.79
1985 64.64
1986 63.22
1987 62.74
1988 63.16
1989 61.77
1990 57.92
1991 53.85
1992 53.21
1993 52.54
1994 52.70
1995 53.70
1996 53.56
1997 53.70
1999 53.59
2000 53.26
2001 53.28
2002 53.15
2004 52.58
2005 52.54
2006 52.50
2007 52.38
2008 52.46
2010 51.59

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