Russian Federation's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) was 40.71% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 3.61 percentage points from 37.1% in 2007.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 40.71% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 38.16% | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | 37.1% | 2007 |
| Highest | 40.71% | 2017 |
| Lowest | 36.77% | 2008 |
| Average since 2008 | 38.55% | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 37.01% | 2003 |
What the numbers say
In 2017, Russian Federation's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) rose 1.24 percentage points on 2016 (from 39.47% to 40.71%).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2016), the average change was +0.14 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.24 percentage points in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.5 percentage points in 2014. 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 upward, about 0.37 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 91% of the movement over 9 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, Russian Federation had the 40th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Russian Federation | 40.71% | 2017 |
| World | 42.48% | 2018 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 43.75% | 2018 |
| High income | 43.08% | 2018 |
Closest to Russian Federation in the 2017 ranking
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 14 values
| Year | Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 40.71 |
| 2016 | 39.47 |
| 2015 | 38.94 |
| 2014 | 38.59 |
| 2013 | 39.1 |
| 2012 | 38.16 |
| 2011 | 38.02 |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 | 37.15 |
| 2008 | 36.77 |
| 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 Russian Federation
- Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 60.39% (2024)
- Primary education, pupils — 7.55 million (2023)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 97.75% (2023)
- Secondary education, general pupils — 8.47 million (2017)
- Secondary education, pupils — 10.8 million (2023)
- School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Russian Federation's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)?
- 40.71% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2003?
- It is up 3.7 percentage points from 37.01% in 2003. The highest value was 40.71% in 2017 and the lowest 36.77% in 2008.
- How does Russian Federation rank?
- 40th highest of 59 economies with data for 2017.
- Is the latest change in secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) unusual for Russian Federation?
- In 2017, Russian Federation's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) rose 1.24 percentage points on 2016 (from 39.47% to 40.71%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2016), the average change was +0.14 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.7 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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