Iceland's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) was 36.2% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 6.41 percentage points from 42.61% in 2007.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 36.2% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 40.5% | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | 42.61% | 2007 |
| Highest | 42.61% | 2007 |
| Lowest | 26.03% | 1974 |
| Average since 2008 | 40.79% | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 32.13% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2017, Iceland's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) fell 2.53 percentage points on 2016 (from 38.73% to 36.2%).
Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2016), the average change was +0.35 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.69 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.17 percentage points in 1977 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.53 percentage points in 2017. 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 downward, about 0.49 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 57% 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, Iceland had the 50th 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 36.2% | 2017 |
| World | 42.48% | 2018 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 43.75% | 2018 |
| High income | 43.08% | 2018 |
Closest to Iceland in the 2017 ranking
- United Arab Emirates — 46th of 59: 37.92%
- Liechtenstein — 47th of 59: 37.77%
- Italy — 48th of 59: 37.55%
- Germany — 50th of 59: 35.87%
- Greece — 51st of 59: 34.45%
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 52nd of 59: 33.95%
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 36 values
| Year | Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 36.2 |
| 2016 | 38.73 |
| 2015 | 40.75 |
| 2014 | 41.42 |
| 2013 | 42.56 |
| 2012 | 40.5 |
| 2011 | 41.97 |
| 2010 | 41.71 |
| 2009 | 41.62 |
| 2008 | 42.4 |
| 2007 |
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 Iceland
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 13 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 32,314 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 98.22% (2023)
- School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 76.52% (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils — 37,056 (2023)
- School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 108.91% (2023)
- School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.52 (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Iceland's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)?
- 36.2% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 4.07 percentage points from 32.13% in 1971. The highest value was 42.61% in 2007 and the lowest 26.03% in 1974.
- How does Iceland rank?
- 50th highest of 59 economies with data for 2017.
- Is the latest change in secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) unusual for Iceland?
- In 2017, Iceland's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) fell 2.53 percentage points on 2016 (from 38.73% to 36.2%). Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2016), the average change was +0.35 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.69 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
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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