Oman: Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 22.32 percentage points from 0% in 2013. Since 1973 it is up 22.32 percentage points from 0% in 1973. 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, Oman's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) rose 22.32 percentage points on 2017 (from 0% to 22.32%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2017), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.93 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 7.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 22.32 percentage points in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.53 percentage points in 1987. 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, Oman had the 52nd 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 Oman in the 2018 ranking

• Pakistan — 49th of 61: 33.49%
• Bangladesh — 50th of 61: 27.64%
• West Bank and Gaza — 51st of 61: 22.63%
• St. Lucia — 53rd of 61: 18.25%
• Seychelles — 54th of 61: 18.18%
• Myanmar — 55th of 61: 17.84%

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 33 values

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

• Afghanistan — 13.15% (2018)
• Bahrain — 8.13% (2018)
• Djibouti — 38.87% (2019)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 41.03% (2018)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 33.95% (2017)
• Israel — 49.18% (2017)
• Jordan — 39.72% (2018)
• Kuwait — 58.41% (2015)
• Lebanon — 41.01% (2018)
• Malta

More education data for Oman

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 10 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 8 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 358,346 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 94.72% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 95.49% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 93.99% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 541,921 (2024)
• School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 95.12% (2024)

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Questions people ask

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

22.32% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1973?

It is up 22.32 percentage points from 0% in 1973. The highest value was 22.32% in 2018 and the lowest 0% in 1973.

How does Oman rank?

52nd highest of 61 economies with data for 2018.

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

In 2018, Oman's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) rose 22.32 percentage points on 2017 (from 0% to 22.32%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2017), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.93 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 7.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

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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