Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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).
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The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
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63
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Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Secondary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 40.63133
1971 40.55214
1972 40.46733
1973 40.64145
1974 40.62244
1975 40.26245
1976 39.98573
1977 39.76631
1978 39.75112
1979 39.38675
1980 39.04579
1981 39.18542
1982 39.39562
1983 37.95779
1984 37.09329
1985 39.20387
1986 41.3866
1987 42.12206
1988 42.28223
1989 42.53382
1990 42.9371
1991 43.25949
1992 43.57624
1993 43.75736
1994 43.81686
1995 44.38055
1996 44.58254
1997 44.69555
1998 44.70001
1999 44.75009
2000 44.29587
2001 44.12813
2002 43.51379
2003 43.71545
2004 43.62007
2005 43.82145
2006 43.76986
2007 43.5034
2008 44.10007
2009 44.4817
2010 44.81407
2011 44.99027
2012 45.55822
2013 45.93708
2014 45.94482
2015 46.08285
2016 46.27311
2017 46.40897
2018 46.5188
2019
2020
2021
2022

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source