Niger - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in Niger was 41.92 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 42.07 in 2016, while its lowest value was 25.69 in 1972.

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
1971 26.80
1972 25.69
1973 26.62
1974 26.42
1975 26.77
1976 27.54
1977 28.28
1978 28.48
1979 27.32
1980 28.10
1981 29.17
1988 29.17
1989 29.77
1990 29.25
1991 29.47
1992 30.31
1993 32.50
1996 34.15
1997 35.31
1998 36.59
1999 37.97
2000 38.69
2001 38.87
2002 38.46
2003 38.92
2004 38.53
2005 39.08
2006 38.78
2007 38.23
2008 37.92
2009 37.76
2010 40.35
2011 39.14
2012 40.05
2013 40.44
2014 41.32
2015 41.48
2016 42.07
2017 41.92

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