Latin America & Caribbean | 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
Records
63
Source
Latin America & Caribbean | Secondary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 48.29491
1971 48.84874
1972 49.22396
1973 49.24721
1974 49.61728
1975 50.69682
1976 50.71599
1977 50.08943
1978 50.24653
1979 50.68716
1980 50.61221
1981 50.84207
1982 50.79001
1983 50.88554
1984 50.81813
1985 50.36912
1986 50.92895
1987 50.93365
1988 50.98273
1989 51.0469
1990 51.18983
1991 51.31333
1992 51.21788
1993 51.25581
1994 51.25308
1995 51.24869
1996 51.03503
1997 51.05962
1998 51.04312
1999 51.01436
2000 50.97543
2001 50.98963
2002 50.99769
2003 51.17597
2004 51.0941
2005 51.14648
2006 51.25271
2007 51.2679
2008 51.29038
2009 51.22126
2010 51.09589
2011 50.99436
2012 50.85658
2013 50.60179
2014 50.47885
2015 50.38875
2016 50.26348
2017 50.13873
2018 50.13663
2019
2020
2021
2022
Latin America & Caribbean | 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
Records
63
Source