Central African Republic: Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 4.87 percentage points from 37.27% in 2012. Since 1971 it is up 8.89 percentage points from 33.25% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 21 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2017, Central African Republic's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) fell 2.07 percentage points on 2016 (from 44.22% to 42.14%).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2016), the average change was −0.2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.09 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below 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 16.17 percentage points in 1978 and the biggest yearly fall was 12.38 percentage points in 1982. 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 2017, Central African Republic had the 33rd highest value of the 59 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 Central African Republic in the 2017 ranking

• Romania — 30th of 59: 42.71%
• Portugal — 31st of 59: 42.34%
• Denmark — 32nd of 59: 42.27%
• Switzerland — 34th of 59: 41.72%
• Bulgaria — 35th of 59: 41.42%
• Malta — 36th of 59: 41.36%

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 26 values

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

• Angola — 42.35% (2016)
• Benin — 33.83% (2016)
• Burkina Faso — 39.14% (2018)
• Burundi — 47.71% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 39.11% (2018)
• Cameroon — 36.6% (2016)
• Chad — 37.2% (2016)
• Comoros — 8.29% (2017)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 35.35% (2015)
• Côte d'Ivoire

More education data for Central African Republic

• 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) — 7 (2025)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.77 (2017)
• Primary education, pupils — 813,767 (2016)
• Primary education, pupils (% female) — 43.61% (2016)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 96.81% (2016)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross)

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Questions people ask

What is Central African Republic's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)?

42.14% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is up 8.89 percentage points from 33.25% in 1971. The highest value was 47.69% in 1991 and the lowest 21.17% in 1977.

How does Central African Republic rank?

33rd highest of 59 economies with data for 2017.

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

In 2017, Central African Republic's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) fell 2.07 percentage points on 2016 (from 44.22% to 42.14%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2016), the average change was −0.2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.09 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below 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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