Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Secondary education, pupils (% female)
Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools. 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. 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).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Secondary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 47.89036
1971 48.55476
1972 49.00553
1973 49.0168
1974 49.41871
1975 50.62288
1976 50.63358
1977 49.98407
1978 50.16631
1979 50.64619
1980 50.56922
1981 50.80649
1982 50.77505
1983 50.87922
1984 50.81271
1985 50.32538
1986 50.92983
1987 50.93772
1988 50.99147
1989 51.05974
1990 51.20762
1991 51.36988
1992 51.26018
1993 51.27559
1994 51.27433
1995 51.26998
1996 51.04225
1997 51.05767
1998 51.04589
1999 51.03544
2000 51.00988
2001 51.02612
2002 51.03779
2003 51.22677
2004 51.13983
2005 51.19728
2006 51.30059
2007 51.33475
2008 51.33813
2009 51.2619
2010 51.12304
2011 51.01918
2012 50.8698
2013 50.6255
2014 50.49931
2015 50.41137
2016 50.28362
2017 50.15203
2018 50.1499
2019
2020
2021
2022
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Secondary education, pupils (% female)
Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools. 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. 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).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source