Uruguay - Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in Uruguay was 40.48 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 58.76 in 1998, while its lowest value was 26.68 in 1980.

Definition: Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 41.12
1971 39.05
1972 36.45
1973 37.72
1974 35.95
1975 38.30
1978 45.87
1979 46.37
1980 26.68
1981 47.52
1982 47.52
1983 44.81
1984 42.68
1985 43.53
1986 38.27
1987 43.86
1988 47.08
1989 46.67
1990 48.00
1991 48.93
1992 47.68
1994 47.01
1995 46.40
1996 44.70
1998 58.76
1999 43.37
2000 41.85
2001 42.79
2002 44.92
2004 45.34
2005 45.77
2006 45.87
2007 42.88
2008 43.92
2009 45.72
2010 45.83
2011 42.25
2012 42.38
2013 42.71
2014 42.32
2015 41.53
2016 40.68
2017 40.48

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