Eritrea's secondary education, general pupils (% female) was 46.72% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 5.24 percentage points from 41.48% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 46.72% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 43.8% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 41.48% | 2008 |
| Highest | 48.81% | 1992 |
| Lowest | 36.22% | 2004 |
| Average since 2009 | 44.25% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 47.89% | 1989 |
What the numbers say
In 2018, Eritrea's secondary education, general pupils (% female) rose 0.26 percentage points on 2017 (from 46.47% to 46.72%).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2017), the average change was −0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.55 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 3.8 percentage points in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.62 percentage points in 1994. 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 upward, about 0.52 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 94% 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.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 48.22% for 2021. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2015 to 2018 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 1.47%, against 1.95% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2018, Eritrea had the 76th highest value of the 84 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | 46.72% | 2018 |
| World | 48.61% | 2018 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 46.86% | 2018 |
| Low income | 45.62% | 2018 |
Closest to Eritrea in the 2018 ranking
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 28 values
| Year | Secondary education, general pupils (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 46.72 |
| 2017 | 46.47 |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | 45.14 |
| 2014 | 44.16 |
| 2013 | 43.8 |
| 2012 | 43.72 |
| 2011 | 43.72 |
| 2010 | 43.05 |
| 2009 | 41.46 |
| 2008 |
Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in nearby economies
- Angola — 39.06% (2016)
- Benin — 42.66% (2016)
- Botswana — 51.54% (2015)
- Burkina Faso — 49.3% (2018)
- Burundi — 53.26% (2018)
- Cabo Verde — 52.53% (2018)
- Cameroon — 48.46% (2016)
- Central African Republic — 40.05% (2017)
- Chad — 31.18% (2016)
- Comoros — 50.79% (2018)
More education data for Eritrea
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.86 (2019)
- Primary education, teachers — 12,025 (2022)
- Primary education, teachers (% female) — 44.08% (2022)
- Primary education, pupils — 398,090 (2022)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 89.73% (2022)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross)
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Questions people ask
- What is Eritrea's secondary education, general pupils (% female)?
- 46.72% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1989?
- It is down 1.16 percentage points from 47.89% in 1989. The highest value was 48.81% in 1992 and the lowest 36.22% in 2004.
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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