Paraguay: Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.77 percentage points in 1971 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.79 percentage points in 1977. 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 2016, Paraguay had the 3rd highest value of the 15 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 Paraguay in the 2016 ranking

• St. Kitts and Nevis — 1st of 15: 51.4%
• Dominica — 3rd of 15: 50.43%
• Naoero — 4th of 15: 50.4%
• Fiji — 5th of 15: 50.2%

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 35 values

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

• Antigua and Barbuda — 48.96% (2018)
• Argentina — 50.18% (2017)
• Bahamas, The — 51.74% (2018)
• Barbados — 49.59% (2018)
• Belize — 50.89% (2018)
• Bolivia — 47.49% (2018)
• Brazil — 49.52% (2017)
• British Virgin Islands — 51.7% (2017)
• Cayman Islands — 49.68% (2018)
• Chile

More education data for Paraguay

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 710,209 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 89.44% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 88.78% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 90.07% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 570,654 (2024)
• School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 79.13% (2024)

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Questions people ask

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

50.54% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is up 3.03 percentage points from 47.51% in 1970. The highest value was 51.55% in 1975 and the lowest 47.51% in 1970.

How does Paraguay rank?

3rd highest of 15 economies with data for 2016.

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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