Namibia: Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.56 percentage points in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.74 percentage points in 1999. 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 2017, Namibia had the 9th highest value of the 69 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 Namibia in the 2017 ranking

• Belgium — 6th of 69: 52.58%
• Honduras — 7th of 69: 52.44%
• Slovenia — 8th of 69: 52.43%
• Iceland — 10th of 69: 51.98%
• South Africa — 11th of 69: 51.94%
• Estonia — 12th of 69: 51.9%

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 25 values

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 Namibia

• Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 14 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment) — 13% (2018)
• Over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) — 18.31% (2018)
• Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) — 15.7% (2018)
• Primary education, pupils — 590,029 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 120.72% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils

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Questions people ask

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

52.23% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1989?

It is down 3.99 percentage points from 56.21% in 1989. The highest value was 56.21% in 1989 and the lowest 52.23% in 2017.

How does Namibia rank?

9th highest of 69 economies with data for 2017.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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).

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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