Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 12.0% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1997–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) recorded 12.0% for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 13.4% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 10.0%, in 2013.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 31st out of 45 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 13.4% | — |
| 1998 | 13.4% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 12.7% | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 13.1% | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 12.6% | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 12.9% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 12.5% | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 12.2% | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 11.8% | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 12.3% | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 12.6% | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 12.3% | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 12.0% | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 11.6% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 11.1% | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 10.7% | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 10.0% | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 11.6% | +16.8% |
| 2015 | 11.6% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 12.2% | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 11.9% | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 12.0% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.2% | 12.7% | 13.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 12.4% | 11.8% | 13.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.4% | 10.0% | 12.2% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
More reference data data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 16.21 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 32.02 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 15.80 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.33 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.02 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.2% (2018)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.7795 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.7648 GPIA (2018)
- Teachers in primary education, male 2.57 million number (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 12.0% 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 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 13.4% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.0% in 2013.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 31st out of 45 groups with data for 2018.
- Is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 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.