Enrolment in upper secondary education, female in Low income

Low income: Enrolment in upper secondary education, female was 5.54 million number in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
5.54 million number
Change on year
up 3.2%
Rank
38th
of 43 groups
All-time high
5.54 million number
in 2018
All-time low
1.68 million number
in 1998
Years of data
22
1997–2018

Enrolment in upper secondary education, female in Low income, 1997–2018

2.0M3.0M4.0M5.0M6.0M1997200720181997: 1.8M number1998: 1.7M number1999: 1.7M number2000: 1.9M number2001: 2.0M number2002: 2.1M number2003: 2.2M number2004: 2.3M number2005: 2.5M number2006: 2.7M number2007: 2.8M number2008: 3.1M number2009: 3.4M number2010: 3.6M number2011: 3.9M number2012: 4.2M number2013: 4.5M number2014: 4.7M number2015: 5.0M number2016: 5.2M number2017: 5.4M number2018: 5.5M number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Low income recorded 5.54 million number for enrolment in upper secondary education, female in 2018. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 77.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enrolment in upper secondary education, female in Low income peaked at 5.54 million number in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1.68 million number, in 1998.

That places Low income 38th out of 43 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Enrolment in upper secondary education, female in Low income, year by year

Annual values for Enrolment in upper secondary education, female (number) in Low income, 1997 to 2018.
Year number Change
1997 1.81 million number
1998 1.68 million number -6.9%
1999 1.74 million number +3.5%
2000 1.86 million number +6.7%
2001 2.01 million number +8.5%
2002 2.14 million number +6.0%
2003 2.17 million number +1.6%
2004 2.35 million number +8.1%
2005 2.51 million number +7.0%
2006 2.65 million number +5.6%
2007 2.78 million number +5.0%
2008 3.13 million number +12.3%
2009 3.37 million number +7.7%
2010 3.61 million number +7.1%
2011 3.93 million number +8.9%
2012 4.25 million number +8.1%
2013 4.54 million number +6.9%
2014 4.73 million number +4.1%
2015 4.99 million number +5.6%
2016 5.15 million number +3.2%
2017 5.37 million number +4.2%
2018 5.54 million number +3.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.74 million number 1.68 million number 1.81 million number 3
2000s 2.50 million number 1.86 million number 3.37 million number 10
2010s 4.68 million number 3.61 million number 5.54 million number 9

Countries ranked near Low income

  1. 35 Poland 617,867 number compare
  2. 36 Myanmar 612,039 number compare
  3. 37 Ghana 562,747 number compare
  4. 38 Sudan 543,315 number compare
  5. 39 Morocco 542,396 number compare
  6. 40 Peru 520,867 number compare
  7. 41 Chile 505,436 number compare

See the full ranking of 233 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enrolment in upper secondary education, female in Low income?
Enrolment in upper secondary education, female in Low income was 5.54 million number in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest enrolment in upper secondary education, female recorded in Low income?
The highest recorded value was 5.54 million number in 2018.
What is the lowest enrolment in upper secondary education, female recorded in Low income?
The lowest recorded value was 1.68 million number in 1998.
How does Low income rank for enrolment in upper secondary education, female?
Low income ranks 38th out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
Is enrolment in upper secondary education, female rising or falling in Low income?
Over the last ten years it is up 77.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Low income data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Enrolment in upper secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Enrolment in upper secondary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,401 data points, 1980–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of female students enrolled in public and private upper secondary education institutions regardless of age.