Djibouti: Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2019, Djibouti's secondary education, general pupils (% female) rose 1.04 percentage points on 2018 (from 45.27% to 46.31%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2018), the average change was +0.36 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.94 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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 4.68 percentage points in 1972 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.62 percentage points in 1974. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2011 to 2019 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.35 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 78% of the movement over 9 observed years.

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

How it compares

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Closest to Djibouti in the 2019 ranking

• Monaco — 2nd of 5: 50.8%
• Kazakhstan — 3rd of 5: 49.69%
• Ghana — 4th of 5: 49.5%

What this measures

Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general 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 41 values

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

• Afghanistan — 35.28% (2018)
• Algeria — 50.72% (2018)
• Bahrain — 51.68% (2018)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 50.26% (2018)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 50.21% (2017)
• Israel — 49.02% (2017)
• Jordan — 50.67% (2018)
• Kuwait — 48.59% (2018)
• Lebanon — 53.07% (2018)
• Malta — 50.09% (2017)

More education data for Djibouti

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 69,705 (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) — 13.69% (2023)
• Secondary education, pupils — 69,362 (2023)
• Secondary education, general pupils — 60,822 (2019)
• Secondary education, vocational pupils — 4,677 (2019)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

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Questions people ask

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

46.31% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is up 13.59 percentage points from 32.72% in 1971. The highest value was 46.31% in 2019 and the lowest 30.37% in 1982.

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

In 2019, Djibouti's secondary education, general pupils (% female) rose 1.04 percentage points on 2018 (from 45.27% to 46.31%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2018), the average change was +0.36 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.94 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.ENRL.GC.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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