Antigua and Barbuda: Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Key figures

Since 1972 it is up 18.89 percentage points from 17.99% in 1972. The World Bank has no value for 32 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 13.38 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.92 percentage points in 2018. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2009 to 2018 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2018, Antigua and Barbuda had the 43rd highest value of the 61 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Antigua and Barbuda in the 2018 ranking

• Ukraine — 40th of 61: 38.5%
• Mongolia — 41st of 61: 38.38%
• Belarus — 42nd of 61: 37.4%
• Mauritius — 44th of 61: 35.56%
• Bhutan — 45th of 61: 34.87%
• Macao SAR, China — 46th of 61: 34.51%

What this measures

Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.

Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 15 values

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in nearby economies

• Belize — 47.17% (2018)
• Bolivia — 49% (2018)
• Brazil — 54.56% (2017)
• British Virgin Islands — 54.43% (2017)
• Chile — 45.93% (2017)
• Colombia — 53.25% (2018)
• Costa Rica — 52.26% (2018)
• Cuba — 40.39% (2018)
• Dominican Republic — 61.52% (2018)
• Ecuador

More education data for Antigua and Barbuda

• Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Compulsory education, duration (years) — 11 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 8,720 (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 112.26% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 108.73% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 115.68% (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is Antigua and Barbuda's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)?

36.88% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1972?

It is up 18.89 percentage points from 17.99% in 1972. The highest value was 58.52% in 1975 and the lowest 17.99% in 1972.

How does Antigua and Barbuda rank?

43rd highest of 61 economies with data for 2018.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.ENRL.VO.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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