Europe & Central Asia 97%
Sweden Finland
Norway
R u s s i a n
F e d e r a t i o n
Estonia Latvia Lithuania
Denmark
Czech Republic Slovak Republic Slovenia Croatia Ukraine Kazakhstan Serbia Austria Hungary Moldova nce Bosnia and Herzegovina Mongolia Switzerland Romania FYR Macedonia Italy Montenegro Bulgaria Uzbekistan Georgia Kyrgyz Republic Kosovo Armenia Azerbaijan Turkmenistan Albania Greece Turkey Tajikistan Cyprus San Syrian Marino Islamic Republic Tunisia Lebanon Arab Rep. of Iran Afghanistan C h i Malta Iraq Israel Kuwait Jordan Pakistan West Bank and Gaza Nepal Bhutan eria Bahrain Libya Saudi Arabia Arab Rep. of Egypt United Arab Bangladesh Qatar India Emirates Myanmar Oman Germany Belgium
Poland
Belarus
Niger
Eritrea
Chad
Sudan
Rep. of Yemen
Cameroon
Equatorial Guinea Congo Gabon
Sri Lanka Somalia
Uganda Rwanda Dem. Rep. of Congo Burundi
Maldives
Comoros
Guam (US)
Brunei Darussalam
East Asia & Pacific 102% Marshall Islands
Palau Federated States of Micronesia
Singapore Nauru
Indonesia
South Asia 91%
Seychelles Tanzania
N. Mariana Islands (US) Philippines
Malaysia
Kenya
Japan
Lao P.D.R. Vietnam Cambodia
Ethiopia
Central African Republic
Rep. of Korea
n a
Thailand
Djibouti Nigeria
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea
Papua New Guinea
American Samoa (US)
Timor-Leste
Mayotte (Fr)
Angola Zambia Malawi
Fiji
Vanuatu
Zimbabwe Mozambique Madagascar Namibia Botswana Réunion (Fr)
Mauritius
A u s t r a l i a
Tuvalu
Solomon Islands
Samoa Tonga
New Caledonia (Fr)
Swaziland South Africa
Lesotho
Sub-Saharan Africa 88% New Zealand
Facts In 2008, 64 percent of 800 million people who were illiterate were women—a share that has remained unchanged since 1990. In 2008, there were 96 girls for every 100 boys enrolled in primary school in developing countries compared with 87 girls per 100 boys in 1991. Despite this progress, schools are still out of reach for many girls. In Afghanistan and Somalia, less than 70 girls per 100 boys were in primary school. In Sub-Saharan Africa, where secondary enrollment rates are the lowest, the median ratio of girl’s to boy’s enrollment rates is 81 percent. Women’s political participation remains low in both developed and developing countries. Only 19 percent of parliament seats were occupied by women globally in 2009.
Internet links World Bank Genderstats
www.worldbank.org/genderstats
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
www.uis.unesco.org
UNICEF Childinfo— Education
www.childinfo.org/education.html
UN Development Fund for Women
www.unifem.org
Inter-Parliamentary Union
www.ipu.org
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