South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 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
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
Records
63
Source
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | Secondary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 27.91821
1971 27.94613
1972 28.34014
1973 28.74049
1974 29.16903
1975 29.61611
1976 29.7475
1977 29.80566
1978 30.04494
1979 30.35083
1980 30.72379
1981 31.05984
1982 31.17428
1983 33.27619
1984 32.18332
1985 32.56013
1986 33.26737
1987 33.53054
1988 34.04124
1989 34.56396
1990 35.02791
1991 35.68787
1992 36.26604
1993 36.86622
1994 37.52104
1995 37.75359
1996 38.14046
1997 38.95087
1998 39.74454
1999 40.47149
2000 40.79577
2001 41.14869
2002 41.94101
2003 43.47914
2004 43.21182
2005 43.69514
2006 43.89354
2007 44.36852
2008 44.92835
2009 45.67242
2010 45.8277
2011 46.1543
2012 46.23951
2013 47.25645
2014 47.49713
2015 47.49095
2016 47.57811
2017 47.54081
2018 47.60807
2019
2020
2021
2022

South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 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
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
Records
63
Source