Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 32.2% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific, 1998–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific recorded 32.2% for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 43.5% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 32.2%, in 2018.
That places East Asia & Pacific 8th out of 43 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 43.5% | — |
| 1999 | 43.1% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 41.1% | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 41.3% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 38.6% | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 34.8% | -9.9% |
| 2004 | 34.6% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 34.0% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 34.8% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 35.9% | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 37.5% | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 38.1% | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 37.1% | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 36.8% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 36.1% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 36.9% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 35.0% | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 33.5% | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 32.6% | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 33.0% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 32.2% | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 43.3% | 43.1% | 43.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 37.1% | 34.0% | 41.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.8% | 32.2% | 37.1% | 9 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
More reference data data for East Asia & Pacific
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 14.94 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.12 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 16.52 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 31.45 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.11 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.13 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 84.3% (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 2.16 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.15 GPIA (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male 3.26 million number (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific?
- Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific was 32.2% 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 upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The highest recorded value was 43.5% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.2% in 2018.
- How does East Asia & Pacific rank for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 8th out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific 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 upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.