Myanmar: Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Key figures

Since 1971 it is down 6.31 percentage points from 24.15% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 31 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2018, Myanmar's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) fell 1.75 percentage points on 2017 (from 19.6% to 17.84%).

Across the 12 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2017), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.79 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 6.65 percentage points in 1989 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.82 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.

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

How it compares

In 2018, Myanmar had the 56th 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.

Closest to Myanmar in the 2018 ranking

• Oman — 52nd of 61: 22.32%
• St. Lucia — 53rd of 61: 18.25%
• Seychelles — 54th of 61: 18.18%
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 56th of 61: 15.61%
• Albania — 57th of 61: 15.6%
• Afghanistan — 58th of 61: 13.15%

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 17 values

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

• Brunei Darussalam — 47.4% (2018)
• China — 42.76% (2018)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 15.61% (2018)
• Indonesia — 42.87% (2018)
• Korea, Rep. — 41.35% (2017)
• Lao PDR — 44.91% (2018)
• Macao SAR, China — 34.51% (2018)
• Malaysia — 44.02% (2018)
• Mongolia — 38.38% (2018)
• New Zealand

More education data for Myanmar

• Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 10 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 5.3 million (2018)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 120.22% (2018)
• Secondary education, general pupils — 4.18 million (2018)
• Primary education, teachers — 217,561 (2018)
• Secondary education, vocational pupils — 7,348 (2018)
• Secondary education, teachers — 153,660 (2018)

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Questions people ask

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

17.84% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is down 6.31 percentage points from 24.15% in 1971. The highest value was 47.48% in 1989 and the lowest 17.84% in 2018.

How does Myanmar rank?

56th highest of 61 economies with data for 2018.

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

In 2018, Myanmar's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) fell 1.75 percentage points on 2017 (from 19.6% to 17.84%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2017), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.79 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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