Bhutan: Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Key figures

Since 1970 it is up 30.51 percentage points from 4.36% in 1970. 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

In 2018, Bhutan's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) fell 0.03 percentage points on 2017 (from 34.9% to 34.87%).

Across the 9 yearly changes before that (1971 to 2017), the average change was −0.42 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.76 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.18 percentage points in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.14 percentage points in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

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

How it compares

In 2018, Bhutan had the 45th 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 Bhutan in the 2018 ranking

• Belarus — 42nd of 61: 37.4%
• Antigua and Barbuda — 43rd of 61: 36.88%
• Mauritius — 44th of 61: 35.56%
• Macao SAR, China — 46th of 61: 34.51%
• Morocco — 47th of 61: 34.29%
• Madagascar — 48th of 61: 34.18%

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 17 values

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

• Bangladesh — 27.64% (2018)
• India — 16.59% (2017)

More education data for Bhutan

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 91,759 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 114.88% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 119.29% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 110.82% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.04 (2021)
• Primary education, pupils (% female)

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Questions people ask

What is Bhutan's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)?

34.87% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is up 30.51 percentage points from 4.36% in 1970. The highest value was 38.79% in 2014 and the lowest 1.23% in 1974.

How does Bhutan rank?

45th highest of 61 economies with data for 2018.

Is the latest change in secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) unusual for Bhutan?

In 2018, Bhutan's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) fell 0.03 percentage points on 2017 (from 34.9% to 34.87%). Across the 9 yearly changes before that (1971 to 2017), the average change was −0.42 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.76 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

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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