Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany

Germany: Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 36.6% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
36.6%
Change on year
down 2.9%
World rank
40th
of 155 countries
All-time high
59.4%
in 1998
All-time low
36.6%
in 2017
Years of data
20
1998–2017

Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany, 1998–2017

02040601998200720171998: 59.4 %1999: 59.4 %2000: 57.2 %2001: 57.3 %2002: 57.1 %2003: 55.9 %2004: 54.9 %2005: 54.4 %2006: 53.2 %2007: 51.2 %2008: 51.2 %2009: 44.5 %2010: 43.1 %2011: 40 %2012: 39.6 %2013: 39.1 %2014: 39.5 %2015: 38.4 %2016: 37.7 %2017: 36.6 %

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

Analysis

In 2017, share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany stood at 36.6%. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 28.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany peaked at 59.4% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 36.6%, in 2017.

Germany ranks 40th of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.

Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany, year by year

Annual values for Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%) in Germany, 1998 to 2017.
Year % Change
1998 59.4%
1999 59.4% -0.0%
2000 57.2% -3.7%
2001 57.3% +0.2%
2002 57.1% -0.5%
2003 55.9% -2.0%
2004 54.9% -1.8%
2005 54.4% -0.9%
2006 53.2% -2.2%
2007 51.2% -3.9%
2008 51.2% +0.0%
2009 44.5% -13.0%
2010 43.1% -3.2%
2011 40.0% -7.2%
2012 39.6% -1.1%
2013 39.1% -1.2%
2014 39.5% +1.0%
2015 38.4% -2.8%
2016 37.7% -1.6%
2017 36.6% -2.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 59.4% 59.4% 59.4% 2
2000s 53.7% 44.5% 57.3% 10
2010s 39.2% 36.6% 43.1% 8

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 37 Indonesia 37.9% compare
  2. 38 Mali 37.4% compare
  3. 39 Republic of Moldova 37.3% compare
  4. 41 Kazakhstan 36.3% compare
  5. 42 China 36.0% compare
  6. 43 Portugal 35.4% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany?
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany was 36.6% in 2017, 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 Germany?
The highest recorded value was 59.4% in 1998.
What is the lowest share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 36.6% in 2017.
How does Germany rank for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
Germany ranks 40th out of 155 countries with data for 2017.
Is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Germany?
Over the last ten years it is down 28.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Germany 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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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.