South Asia - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in South Asia was 47.61 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 47.61 in 2018, while its lowest value was 27.92 in 1970.

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
1970 27.92
1971 27.95
1972 28.34
1973 28.74
1974 29.17
1975 29.62
1976 29.75
1977 29.81
1978 30.04
1979 30.35
1980 30.72
1981 31.06
1982 31.17
1983 33.28
1984 32.18
1985 32.56
1986 33.27
1987 33.53
1988 34.04
1989 34.56
1990 35.03
1991 35.69
1992 36.27
1993 36.87
1994 37.52
1995 37.75
1996 38.14
1997 38.95
1998 39.74
1999 40.47
2000 40.80
2001 41.15
2002 41.94
2003 43.48
2004 43.21
2005 43.70
2006 43.89
2007 44.37
2008 44.93
2009 45.67
2010 45.83
2011 46.15
2012 46.24
2013 47.26
2014 47.50
2015 47.49
2016 47.58
2017 47.54
2018 47.61

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