United Kingdom's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) was 50.35% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 2.33 percentage points from 48.02% in 2007.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 50.35% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 47.24% | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | 48.02% | 2007 |
| Highest | 57.32% | 1986 |
| Lowest | 45.67% | 1971 |
| Average since 2008 | 48.77% | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 45.67% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.37 percentage points in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.32 percentage points in 1993. 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 0.32 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 49% 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, United Kingdom had the 12th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 50.35% | 2017 |
| World | 42.48% | 2018 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 43.75% | 2018 |
| High income | 43.08% | 2018 |
Closest to United Kingdom 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 46 values
| Year | Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 50.35 |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | 49.4 |
| 2014 | 50.09 |
| 2013 | 50.61 |
| 2012 | 47.24 |
| 2011 | 47.54 |
| 2010 | 47.31 |
| 2009 | 47.92 |
| 2008 | 48.44 |
| 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 United Kingdom
- Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils — 6.4 million (2023)
- School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.02 (2020)
- Primary education, pupils — 4.86 million (2023)
- Secondary education, general pupils — 4.17 million (2017)
- Secondary education, general pupils (% female) — 49.21% (2017)
- Secondary education, pupils (% female)
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Questions people ask
- What is United Kingdom's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)?
- 50.35% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 4.68 percentage points from 45.67% in 1971. The highest value was 57.32% in 1986 and the lowest 45.67% in 1971.
- How does United Kingdom rank?
- 12th highest of 59 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.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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