| Female pupils and students, thousands | General education | | 111.2 | 111.7 | 112.4 | 112.0 | 111.1 | 108.9 | 106.7 | 103.4 | 99.7 | 97.5 | 91.2 | 86.5 | 82.0 | 78.0 | 75.2 | 73.3 | 71.7 | 70.7 | 70.2 | 71.2 | 72.7 | 74.5 | 76.6 | 78.3 | 79.2 | 80.5 | 81.5 |
| ..basic school level | | 89.5 | 89.5 | 89.7 | 89.9 | 88.9 | 86.4 | 83.5 | 79.9 | 75.8 | 71.3 | 66.3 | 61.9 | 58.9 | 56.4 | 55.2 | 54.4 | 54.1 | 54.2 | 54.9 | 56.3 | 58.2 | 59.8 | 61.5 | 62.9 | 63.5 | 64.1 | 64.7 |
| ..gymnasium level | | 21.7 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 22.1 | 22.2 | 22.5 | 23.2 | 23.5 | 23.9 | 26.2 | 24.9 | 24.6 | 23.1 | 21.6 | 20.0 | 18.9 | 17.6 | 16.5 | 15.3 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 15.4 | 15.6 | 16.4 | 16.8 |
| Vocational education | | 14.2 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 12.4 |
| ..vocational courses with no previous education requirement | | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| ..vocational courses after basic education | | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.4 |
| ..vocational courses after secondary education | | 7.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| Higher education | | 14.2 | 15.9 | 18.9 | 23.0 | 28.9 | 34.1 | 37.2 | 39.2 | 40.6 | 41.6 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 42.1 | 42.4 | 42.0 | 41.3 | 40.0 | 37.9 | 35.2 | 32.5 | 30.0 | 28.1 | 27.1 | 26.9 | 26.6 | 26.6 | 26.4 |
| ..professional higher education | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3.9 | 9.1 | 12.2 | 13.1 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 10.3 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.7 |
| ..vocational higher education | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2.7 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| ..diploma study | | 3.2 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 7.8 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| ..Bachelor study | | 9.3 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.6 | 17.2 | 18.1 | 18.6 | 18.0 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 16.8 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 15.2 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.8 |
| ..integrated Bachelor's/Master's study | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 11.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| ..Master's study | | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.5 |
| ..Doctoral study | | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Share of females among pupils and students, % | General education | | 50.3 | 50.2 | 50.2 | 50.1 | 50.0 | 49.8 | 49.9 | 50.0 | 50.1 | 50.2 | 50.4 | 50.5 | 50.6 | 50.5 | 50.2 | 50.2 | 50.2 | 50.1 | 50.0 | 49.9 | 49.9 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 49.9 | 50.1 | 50.1 |
| ..basic school level | | 48.6 | 48.4 | 48.3 | 48.2 | 48.1 | 47.9 | 47.9 | 47.9 | 47.9 | 47.3 | 47.7 | 47.9 | 48.0 | 48.0 | 48.2 | 48.3 | 48.3 | 48.3 | 48.3 | 48.4 | 48.5 | 48.6 | 48.6 | 48.7 | 48.5 | 48.6 | 48.6 |
| ..gymnasium level | | 59.0 | 58.7 | 59.2 | 59.7 | 59.2 | 58.3 | 58.9 | 58.9 | 58.7 | 58.6 | 59.1 | 59.0 | 58.9 | 58.3 | 57.0 | 56.7 | 56.8 | 57.3 | 56.9 | 56.7 | 56.1 | 56.3 | 56.1 | 56.2 | 56.6 | 56.9 | 56.7 |
| Vocational education | | 48.1 | 48.2 | 48.1 | 47.1 | 47.0 | 45.7 | 44.5 | 45.6 | 44.5 | 43.7 | 44.7 | 44.6 | 44.6 | 44.3 | 43.4 | 43.4 | 44.5 | 45.1 | 45.9 | 46.1 | 46.1 | 47.0 | 47.7 | 47.5 | 48.8 | 48.0 | 48.0 |
| ..vocational courses with no previous education requirement | | 25.2 | 30.3 | 28.7 | 22.7 | 43.1 | 29.9 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 9.8 | 13.0 | 16.2 | 9.9 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 32.8 | 49.0 | 44.8 | 43.1 | 41.8 | 48.2 | 42.6 | 44.3 |
| ..vocational courses after basic education | | 37.3 | 37.3 | 37.1 | 36.1 | 35.1 | 33.9 | 33.7 | 34.0 | 33.9 | 33.9 | 33.8 | 33.9 | 34.5 | 34.7 | 34.7 | 34.2 | 34.0 | 33.9 | 34.7 | 35.8 | 38.4 | 40.5 | 41.5 | 42.6 | 43.6 | 43.1 | 42.4 |
| ..vocational courses after secondary education | | 70.1 | 66.2 | 66.8 | 65.1 | 63.3 | 61.7 | 61.7 | 62.6 | 62.4 | 62.0 | 65.3 | 66.9 | 67.5 | 65.7 | 60.9 | 60.4 | 61.4 | 62.4 | 61.3 | 61.3 | 64.0 | 67.2 | 72.0 | 71.9 | 72.7 | 72.2 | 74.7 |
| Higher education | | 52.0 | 53.0 | 54.7 | 56.6 | 58.3 | 60.4 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.7 | 61.5 | 61.6 | 61.1 | 61.7 | 61.9 | 60.9 | 59.7 | 59.2 | 58.5 | 58.7 | 58.8 | 58.7 | 58.9 | 58.8 | 58.7 | 58.8 | 58.9 | 59.2 |
| ..professional higher education | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 62.3 | 63.6 | 63.4 | 62.7 | 61.4 | 62.0 | 61.5 | 59.5 | 58.2 | 57.4 | 57.1 | 57.5 | 57.4 | 56.3 | 56.4 | 56.6 | 56.9 | 57.2 | 57.7 | 58.5 |
| ..vocational higher education | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 86.2 | 83.6 | 79.8 | 78.3 | 76.9 | 45.7 | 52.9 | 45.1 | 55.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| ..diploma study | | 53.0 | 56.1 | 58.4 | 60.6 | 58.0 | 59.5 | 60.1 | 60.1 | 58.5 | 56.9 | 54.4 | 53.6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| ..Bachelor study | | 52.0 | 51.7 | 52.8 | 53.8 | 55.1 | 56.5 | 57.9 | 58.5 | 60.2 | 60.3 | 60.4 | 59.7 | 60.7 | 61.2 | 60.4 | 58.6 | 57.3 | 56.0 | 56.8 | 57.9 | 58.0 | 58.2 | 57.6 | 57.0 | 56.7 | 56.0 | 55.8 |
| ..integrated Bachelor's/Master's study | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 68.9 | 66.5 | 65.0 | 62.1 | 58.8 | 57.2 | 55.5 | 55.5 | 55.8 | 56.2 | 55.4 | 56.5 | 57.5 | 60.6 | 60.8 | 61.9 | 62.2 | 61.9 | 62.2 | 62.4 |
| ..Master's study | | 51.7 | 53.8 | 55.6 | 57.9 | 58.6 | 60.4 | 61.4 | 63.3 | 64.8 | 65.7 | 66.2 | 66.8 | 66.5 | 67.8 | 67.4 | 66.4 | 66.7 | 66.0 | 64.8 | 63.4 | 62.6 | 62.5 | 62.3 | 62.5 | 62.6 | 63.6 | 64.6 |
| ..Doctoral study | | 46.2 | 49.5 | 52.2 | 53.9 | 54.7 | 56.1 | 56.3 | 55.0 | 52.1 | 52.6 | 53.5 | 54.9 | 55.6 | 56.7 | 57.7 | 58.2 | 58.1 | 58.5 | 57.5 | 57.4 | 57.1 | 57.9 | 56.9 | 56.4 | 57.0 | 55.8 | 54.4 |