The Gambia - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in The Gambia was 53.16 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 53.16 in 2018, while its lowest value was 24.42 in 1972.

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
1971 24.94
1972 24.42
1973 25.35
1974 26.10
1975 27.01
1976 27.36
1977 30.13
1978 33.09
1979 30.44
1980 30.05
1981 30.17
1982 30.37
1983 29.73
1984 30.04
1985 29.75
1986 29.70
1999 39.52
2000 40.02
2001 41.02
2002 41.40
2003 42.91
2004 44.96
2005 45.07
2006 45.95
2007 47.03
2008 48.41
2009 49.14
2010 49.04
2011 49.70
2012 49.53
2013 49.45
2014 49.93
2015 50.37
2016 51.20
2017 52.49
2018 53.16

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