Share of female students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Least developed countries

Least developed countries: Share of female students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 0.3% in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.3%
Change on year
down 6.9%
Rank
34th
of 43 groups
All-time high
1.0%
in 2010
All-time low
0.3%
in 2018
Years of data
22
1997–2018

Share of female students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Least developed countries, 1997–2018

0.20.40.60.811997200720181997: 0.362 %1998: 0.505 %1999: 0.504 %2000: 0.577 %2001: 0.544 %2002: 0.521 %2003: 0.562 %2004: 0.647 %2005: 0.703 %2006: 0.73 %2007: 0.723 %2008: 0.795 %2009: 0.91 %2010: 1 %2011: 0.959 %2012: 0.922 %2013: 0.854 %2014: 0.77 %2015: 0.539 %2016: 0.327 %2017: 0.304 %2018: 0.283 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2018, share of female students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Least developed countries stood at 0.3%. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.

The figure is down 6.9% on the previous year and down 64.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of female students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Least developed countries peaked at 1.0% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2018.

That places Least developed countries 34th out of 43 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Share of female students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Least developed countries, year by year

Annual values for Share of female students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%) in Least developed countries, 1997 to 2018.
Year % Change
1997 0.4%
1998 0.5% +39.8%
1999 0.5% -0.2%
2000 0.6% +14.4%
2001 0.5% -5.6%
2002 0.5% -4.3%
2003 0.6% +8.0%
2004 0.6% +15.0%
2005 0.7% +8.7%
2006 0.7% +3.8%
2007 0.7% -1.0%
2008 0.8% +10.0%
2009 0.9% +14.5%
2010 1.0% +13.5%
2011 1.0% -7.2%
2012 0.9% -3.9%
2013 0.9% -7.3%
2014 0.8% -9.9%
2015 0.5% -30.0%
2016 0.3% -39.4%
2017 0.3% -6.8%
2018 0.3% -6.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 3
2000s 0.7% 0.5% 0.9% 10
2010s 0.7% 0.3% 1.0% 9

Countries ranked near Least developed countries

  1. 31 Chile 2.1% compare
  2. 32 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.0% compare
  3. 33 Egypt 1.6% compare
  4. 34 Senegal 1.6% compare
  5. 35 Angola 1.4% compare
  6. 36 Mozambique 1.3% compare
  7. 37 Niger 1.3% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of female students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Least developed countries?
Share of female students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Least developed countries was 0.3% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020.
What is the highest share of female students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Least developed countries?
The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2010.
What is the lowest share of female students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Least developed countries?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2018.
How does Least developed countries rank for share of female students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
Least developed countries ranks 34th out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
Is share of female students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Least developed countries?
Over the last ten years it is down 64.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Least developed countries data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020, published as part of Share of female students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Share of female students in lower 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
122 places, 1,963 data points, 1997–2018
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Total number of female students enrolled in vocational programmes at the lower secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of female students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the lower 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.