World | 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
World
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63
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World | Secondary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 42.0387
1971 42.16679
1972 42.17234
1973 42.44701
1974 42.83877
1975 43.23618
1976 43.39232
1977 43.56202
1978 43.9688
1979 44.16658
1980 44.09702
1981 43.96556
1982 43.88296
1983 44.16835
1984 43.89552
1985 43.72156
1986 44.19882
1987 44.42382
1988 44.49026
1989 44.62324
1990 44.65405
1991 44.796
1992 44.94851
1993 45.04479
1994 45.36358
1995 45.60105
1996 45.74962
1997 45.95535
1998 46.31247
1999 46.57634
2000 46.62152
2001 46.67399
2002 46.74654
2003 47.06287
2004 47.07361
2005 47.22272
2006 47.2656
2007 47.3611
2008 47.4763
2009 47.70206
2010 47.54244
2011 47.58279
2012 47.64525
2013 47.91619
2014 47.99342
2015 47.96893
2016 47.99251
2017 47.94622
2018 47.9647
2019
2020
2021
2022

World | 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
World
Records
63
Source