Latin America & Caribbean | Secondary education, general pupils (% female)
Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training. 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
Records
63
Source
Latin America & Caribbean | Secondary education, general pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
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1968
1969
1970 47.76449
1971 48.38229
1972 48.39615
1973 48.41968
1974 49.00778
1975 51.1547
1976 50.3297
1977 49.60456
1978 49.5387
1979 49.92399
1980 49.84859
1981 49.99174
1982 50.00518
1983 50.00967
1984 50.08448
1985 49.66802
1986 50.27253
1987 50.35805
1988 50.44558
1989 50.52448
1990 50.6359
1991 50.72565
1992 50.82843
1993 50.84131
1994 50.83774
1995 50.87588
1996 50.70522
1997 50.74021
1998 50.71424
1999 50.7536
2000 50.80545
2001 50.86283
2002 50.90198
2003 50.82676
2004 51.02731
2005 51.07638
2006 51.13779
2007 51.09368
2008 51.10384
2009 51.00241
2010 50.85601
2011 50.75366
2012 50.5929
2013 50.45275
2014 50.3145
2015 50.16136
2016 49.99302
2017 49.90708
2018 49.90016
2019
2020
2021
2022
Latin America & Caribbean | Secondary education, general pupils (% female)
Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training. 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
Records
63
Source