Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in OECD members
OECD members: Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 29.1% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in OECD members, 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 OECD members is 29.1%, measured in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in OECD members peaked at 36.2% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 25.3%, in 2012.
That places OECD members 10th out of 43 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
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 OECD members, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 36.2% | — |
| 1998 | 30.4% | -15.9% |
| 1999 | 31.1% | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 29.2% | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 28.7% | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 28.3% | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 27.2% | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 28.6% | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 28.1% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 26.5% | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 26.2% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 25.9% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 25.5% | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 25.9% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 25.4% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 25.3% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 29.6% | +16.8% |
| 2014 | 29.3% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 29.2% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 28.9% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 28.7% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 29.1% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32.6% | 30.4% | 36.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 27.4% | 25.5% | 29.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.9% | 25.3% | 29.6% | 9 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
More reference data data for OECD members
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 16.23 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 7.92 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 8.31 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.73 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 5.74 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.72 years (2019)
- 08_Multilateral loans, other institutions 0 (2016)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 82.5% (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 2.3 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 OECD members?
- Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in OECD members was 29.1% 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 OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 36.2% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.3% in 2012.
- How does OECD members rank for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- OECD members ranks 10th out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD members 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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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.