Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: 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, 1997–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded 12.0% for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2018.
That represents a change of 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 peaked at 13.4% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 10.0%, in 2013.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 30th of 43 groups on this measure, 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, 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
More reference data data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 15.81 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 32.03 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 16.22 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.02 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.33 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.2% (2018)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.78 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.767 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?
- Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa 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?
- 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?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.0% in 2013.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 30th out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 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 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.