St. Lucia - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in St. Lucia was 49.77 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 62.53 in 1993, while its lowest value was 49.14 in 2011.

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 53.55
1973 53.73
1977 56.27
1981 54.87
1982 55.88
1983 54.86
1984 56.48
1985 61.41
1986 61.26
1987 60.87
1990 60.13
1991 59.10
1992 60.65
1993 62.53
1997 56.20
1999 56.48
2000 57.24
2001 56.48
2002 56.93
2003 55.73
2004 49.73
2005 54.31
2006 53.88
2007 52.46
2008 50.86
2009 50.46
2010 49.42
2011 49.14
2012 49.55
2013 49.95
2014 49.82
2015 49.73
2016 50.13
2017 49.97
2018 49.77

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