North America vs Portugal: Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in

North America
0.9%
in 2018
Portugal
35.4%
in 2017
North America rank
45th
Portugal rank
43rd

Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in over time

  • North America
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 35.4% against 0.9% in North America, a difference of 34.5%.

That makes Portugal's figure about 39.9 times North America's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.

North America ranks 45th and Portugal ranks 43rd of 45 groups.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade North America Portugal Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0% 21.4% 21.4% Portugal
2000s 0.2% 26.5% 26.3% Portugal
2010s 0.8% 37.5% 36.7% Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in, North America or Portugal?
Portugal, at 35.4% against 0.9% in North America as of 2017.
What is the difference in share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in between North America and Portugal?
34.5%, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North America and Portugal?
20 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2017.
How do North America and Portugal rank globally for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
North America ranks 45th and Portugal ranks 43rd of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020, published as Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
200 places, 3,299 data points, 1997–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of female students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of female students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.