Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in World
World: Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 19.6% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in World, 1998–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in World stood at 19.6%.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in World peaked at 27.4% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 19.6%, in 2016.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in World, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 27.4% | — |
| 1999 | 26.1% | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 24.6% | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 24.3% | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 23.1% | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 21.8% | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 22.4% | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 22.2% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 22.2% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 22.6% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 22.7% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 22.8% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 22.2% | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 21.7% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 21.2% | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 21.9% | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 20.7% | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 20.1% | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 19.6% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 19.9% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 19.6% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.8% | 26.1% | 27.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 22.9% | 21.8% | 24.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.8% | 19.6% | 22.2% | 9 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 100.0% compare
- 2 Uzbekistan 93.7% compare
- 3 Guatemala 84.4% compare
- 4 Honduras 72.2% compare
- 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 70.0% compare
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- Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change -41.07 Millimetres per year (2023)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.73 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 68.68 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 64.37 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 133.05 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 5.79 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.67 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.7% (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 1.61 years (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in World?
- Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in World was 19.6% 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 27.4% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.6% in 2016.
- How does World rank for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- World ranks 2nd out of 2 groups with data for 2018.
- Is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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.