Suriname - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in Suriname was 55.18 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 57.23 in 2002, while its lowest value was 51.72 in 1977.

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 54.39
1972 54.91
1973 56.49
1974 54.87
1975 55.77
1976 54.65
1977 51.72
1978 52.45
1979 52.16
1986 53.37
1987 54.02
1988 54.96
1989 54.04
1990 54.80
1991 53.02
1992 53.32
1993 53.30
2001 53.09
2002 57.23
2005 55.77
2006 56.30
2007 56.55
2008 55.53
2009 54.44
2010 55.11
2011 56.32
2012 56.20
2013 55.97
2014 56.28
2015 55.18

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