Croatia: Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2017, Croatia's secondary education, pupils (% female) rose 0.08 percentage points on 2016 (from 49.79% to 49.87%).

Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2016), the average change was −0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.25 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 0.74 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.75 percentage points in 2011. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2008 to 2017 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 10 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 2017, Croatia had the 17th highest value of the 63 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 Croatia in the 2017 ranking

• New Zealand — 13th of 63: 50.37%
• Argentina — 14th of 63: 50.18%
• Sweden — 15th of 63: 50.05%
• Sudan — 17th of 63: 49.74%
• Brazil — 18th of 63: 49.73%
• United Kingdom — 19th of 63: 49.61%

What this measures

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.

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 24 values

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in nearby economies

• Albania — 47.09% (2018)
• Andorra — 48.35% (2018)
• Armenia — 47.27% (2018)
• Austria — 47.66% (2017)
• Azerbaijan — 46.74% (2018)
• Belarus — 48.29% (2018)
• Belgium — 51.68% (2017)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 49.39% (2018)
• Bulgaria — 47.8% (2017)
• Cyprus — 48.76% (2017)
• Czechia

More education data for Croatia

• Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 8 (2025)
• School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) — 70.91% (2020)
• School enrollment, preprimary, female (% gross) — 70.81% (2020)
• School enrollment, preprimary, male (% gross) — 71.01% (2020)
• Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary — 12.94 (2016)
• Primary education, pupils — 147,483 (2023)
• Secondary education, pupils — 325,996 (2023)

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Questions people ask

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

49.87% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1993?

It is up 0.13 percentage points from 49.74% in 1993. The highest value was 50.5% in 2010 and the lowest 49.23% in 1998.

How does Croatia rank?

17th highest of 63 economies with data for 2017.

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

In 2017, Croatia's secondary education, pupils (% female) rose 0.08 percentage points on 2016 (from 49.79% to 49.87%). Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2016), the average change was −0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.25 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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.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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