Annual breakdown of student enrollment in Rwanda by field of study, compiled from the MINEDUC School Census and published in the Rwanda Statistical Yearbook 2025. Covers upper secondary students by learning area -- sciences, humanities, languages, TTC, TVET L3-L5, accounting, and associate nursing (Tables 4.18-4.20); higher education students by ISCED field of education including natural sciences, ICT, engineering, agriculture, and health (Table 4.21); TVET short-course trainees by intervention type (Table 4.22); and STEM enrollment shares for both upper secondary and higher education institutions (Tables 4.23-4.24). Each record captures an academic year, sex breakdown, and enrollment count or percentage.
| COLUMN | TYPE | DESCRIPTION | UNIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| academic_year | string | Academic year as published in the source. Calendar years (2017-2019) for Tables 4.18 and 4.23; academic year format (2016/17-2023/24) for Tables 4.21, 4.22, and 4.24; '2023/24' for the single-year cross-tables 4.19 and 4.20. | - |
| year | int64 | Start year as integer for charting. Derived from academic_year by taking the first component before '/'. Use academic_year for display labels. | - |
| topic | string | Data source and breakdown type. Values: upper_secondary_by_area (Table 4.18, time series), upper_secondary_by_grade_field (Tables 4.19/4.20, 2023/24 cross-table of grade x field), higher_ed_by_field (Table 4.21, time series), tvet_short_courses (Table 4.22, time series), stem_upper_secondary (Table 4.23, pct-only time series), stem_higher_ed (Table 4.24, pct-only time series). | - |
| category | string | Primary breakdown dimension. For upper_secondary_by_area and upper_secondary_by_grade_field: learning area slug -- sciences, humanities, languages, ttc, tvet_l3_l5, accounting, associate_nursing. For higher_ed_by_field: field of education slug -- education, arts_and_humanities, social_sciences_journalism, business_admin_law, natural_sciences_maths, ict, engineering_manufacturing, agriculture_forestry, health_welfare, services. For tvet_short_courses: intervention type -- total, school_based_training, recognition_of_prior_learning, industrial_based_training, massive_vocational_training, rapid_response_training, other_programs. For stem_upper_secondary: school type -- all_schools, public, government_subsidized, private. For stem_higher_ed: institution type -- total, public, private. | - |
| grade | string | Grade label, only populated for topic=upper_secondary_by_grade_field. Values: S4, S5, S6, total (all grades combined). Null for all other topics. | - |
| sex | string | Sex breakdown -- 'total', 'male', or 'female'. | - |
| count | float64 | Enrollment or trainee headcount (absolute count). Null for STEM percentage topics (stem_upper_secondary, stem_higher_ed) which publish percentages only. Source cells use thousands separators -- stripped on extraction. Some category/year combinations have '-' in source (e.g. Accounting pre-2021/22) -- encoded as null. | - |
| share_pct | float64 | Percentage on the 0-100 scale. For upper_secondary_by_area: share of male/female within the learning area. For tvet_short_courses: male/female share for the 'total' intervention category only (null for individual interventions). For stem_upper_secondary and stem_higher_ed: STEM share of enrollment. For upper_secondary_by_grade_field: share of students in each subject within the grade. Null for higher_ed_by_field (no percentage columns published). | - |