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

Norway: Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 41.0% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
41.0%
Change on year
down 1.8%
World rank
33rd
of 155 countries
All-time high
55.3%
in 2004
All-time low
41.0%
in 2017
Years of data
20
1998–2017

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

02040601998200720171998: 46 %1999: 47.4 %2000: 51.3 %2001: 51.7 %2002: 52.2 %2003: 53.7 %2004: 55.3 %2005: 54.9 %2006: 53.4 %2007: 50 %2008: 47 %2009: 45.7 %2010: 46.5 %2011: 45.7 %2012: 44.3 %2013: 44.2 %2014: 42.3 %2015: 41.2 %2016: 41.7 %2017: 41 %

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

Analysis

Norway recorded 41.0% for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.

The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 18.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway peaked at 55.3% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 41.0%, in 2017.

Norway ranks 33rd of 155 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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 Norway, year by year

Annual values for Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%) in Norway, 1998 to 2017.
Year % Change
1998 46.0%
1999 47.4% +3.0%
2000 51.3% +8.3%
2001 51.7% +0.8%
2002 52.2% +0.9%
2003 53.7% +2.9%
2004 55.3% +2.9%
2005 54.9% -0.7%
2006 53.4% -2.6%
2007 50.0% -6.3%
2008 47.0% -6.1%
2009 45.7% -2.7%
2010 46.5% +1.6%
2011 45.7% -1.7%
2012 44.3% -3.0%
2013 44.2% -0.4%
2014 42.3% -4.1%
2015 41.2% -2.6%
2016 41.7% +1.2%
2017 41.0% -1.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 46.7% 46.0% 47.4% 2
2000s 51.5% 45.7% 55.3% 10
2010s 43.4% 41.0% 46.5% 8

Countries ranked near Norway

  1. 30 El Salvador 42.4% compare
  2. 31 Egypt 42.0% compare
  3. 32 Poland 41.7% compare
  4. 34 Israel 40.7% compare
  5. 35 Panama 40.3% compare
  6. 36 Cuba 38.1% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway?
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway was 41.0% 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 Norway?
The highest recorded value was 55.3% in 2004.
What is the lowest share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Norway?
The lowest recorded value was 41.0% in 2017.
How does Norway rank for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
Norway ranks 33rd out of 155 countries with data for 2017.
Is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Norway?
Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Norway 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.