Cyprus: Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2017, Cyprus' secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) rose 0.26 percentage points on 2016 (from 23.09% to 23.35%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1985 to 2016), the average change was +0.65 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.81 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 3.43 percentage points in 1978 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.41 percentage points in 1984. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.99 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 94% of the movement over 10 observed 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, Cyprus had the 57th 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 Cyprus in the 2017 ranking

• Ireland — 54th of 59: 33.08%
• Mozambique — 55th of 59: 32.62%
• Sudan — 56th of 59: 24.28%
• India — 58th of 59: 16.59%
• Comoros — 59th of 59: 8.29%

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 46 values

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

• Albania — 15.6% (2018)
• Andorra — 39.75% (2018)
• Armenia — 41.74% (2018)
• Austria — 43.5% (2017)
• Azerbaijan — 50.13% (2018)
• Belarus — 37.4% (2018)
• Belgium — 50.55% (2017)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 46.06% (2018)
• Bulgaria — 41.42% (2017)
• Croatia

More education data for Cyprus

• 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 — 60,596 (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 61,230 (2024)
• Primary education, teachers — 5,389 (2023)
• Primary education, teachers (% female) — 84.32% (2023)
• Secondary education, teachers — 8,083 (2023)
• Secondary education, teachers, female — 5,479 (2023)
• Secondary education, teachers (% female)

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Questions people ask

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

23.35% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is up 10.62 percentage points from 12.73% in 1971. The highest value was 23.35% in 2017 and the lowest 5.84% in 1973.

How does Cyprus rank?

57th highest of 59 economies with data for 2017.

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

In 2017, Cyprus' secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) rose 0.26 percentage points on 2016 (from 23.09% to 23.35%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1985 to 2016), the average change was +0.65 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.81 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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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