Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Euro area
Euro area: Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 41.5% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Euro area, 1997–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Euro area is 41.5%, measured in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Euro area peaked at 55.7% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 41.4%, in 2017.
That places Euro area 5th out of 43 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 55.7% | — |
| 1998 | 47.0% | -15.7% |
| 1999 | 50.1% | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 44.7% | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 45.2% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 45.6% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 45.2% | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 50.9% | +12.8% |
| 2005 | 51.1% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 47.8% | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 47.5% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 48.1% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 46.8% | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 47.1% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 46.6% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 46.3% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 43.8% | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 42.8% | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 42.3% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 41.7% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 41.4% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 41.5% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 50.9% | 47.0% | 55.7% | 3 |
| 2000s | 47.3% | 44.7% | 51.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.7% | 41.4% | 47.1% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
- 2 Uzbekistan 93.7% compare
- 3 Guatemala 84.4% compare
- 4 Honduras 72.2% compare
- 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 70.0% compare
- 6 Serbia 69.1% compare
- 7 Finland 69.1% compare
- 8 Netherlands 67.2% compare
More reference data data for Euro area
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 3.39 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 1.65 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 1.74 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.24 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 5.25 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.23 years (2019)
- 08_Multilateral loans, other institutions 0 (2016)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 75.5% (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 3.01 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.15 GPIA (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Euro area?
- Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Euro area was 41.5% 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 Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 55.7% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.4% in 2017.
- How does Euro area rank for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Euro area ranks 5th out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Euro area 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.