Egypt, Arab Rep.'s secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) was 41.03% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.26 percentage points from 42.3% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 41.03% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 42.3% | 2013 |
| Highest | 46.48% | 2009 |
| Lowest | 31.83% | 1971 |
| Average since 2009 | 42.9% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 31.83% | 1971 |
Over five years it is down 1.26 percentage points from 42.3% in 2013. Since 1971 it is up 9.2 percentage points from 31.83% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 13 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2018, Egypt, Arab Rep.'s secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) rose 0.07 percentage points on 2017 (from 40.97% to 41.03%).
Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2017), the average change was +0.35 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.87 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 2.5 percentage points in 1977 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.49 percentage points in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.62 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 87% of the movement over 8 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 2018, Egypt, Arab Rep. had the 29th 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 41.03% | 2018 |
| World | 42.48% | 2018 |
| Lower middle income | 38.21% | 2018 |
Closest to Egypt, Arab Rep. in the 2018 ranking
- Georgia — 26th of 61: 41.76%
- Armenia — 27th of 61: 41.74%
- Mauritania — 28th of 61: 41.27%
- Kyrgyz Republic — 30th of 61: 41.03%
- Lebanon — 31st of 61: 41.01%
- Mali — 32nd of 61: 40.81%
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 35 values
| Year | Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 41.03 |
| 2017 | 40.97 |
| 2016 | 41.31 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | 42.57 |
| 2013 | 42.3 |
| 2012 | 43.02 |
| 2011 | 45.51 |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 | 46.48 |
| 2008 |
Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 13.15% (2018)
- Bahrain — 8.13% (2018)
- Djibouti — 38.87% (2019)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 33.95% (2017)
- Israel — 49.18% (2017)
- Jordan — 39.72% (2018)
- Kuwait — 58.41% (2015)
- Lebanon — 41.01% (2018)
- Malta — 41.36% (2017)
- Morocco
More education data for Egypt, Arab Rep.
- 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 — 15.4 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 96.71% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 96.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 96.71% (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils — 11.56 million (2024)
- School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
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Questions people ask
- What is Egypt, Arab Rep.'s secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)?
- 41.03% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 9.2 percentage points from 31.83% in 1971. The highest value was 46.48% in 2009 and the lowest 31.83% in 1971.
- How does Egypt, Arab Rep. rank?
- 29th highest of 61 economies with data for 2018.
- Is the latest change in secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) unusual for Egypt, Arab Rep.?
- In 2018, Egypt, Arab Rep.'s secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) rose 0.07 percentage points on 2017 (from 40.97% to 41.03%). Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2017), the average change was +0.35 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.87 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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