Highlights Lower secondary completion rates fell only in the Middle East and North Africa Over the past 20 years lower secondary completion rates have increased
Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of relevant age group)
66 percent in low- and middle-income countries. East Asia and Pacific
125
has seen the most progress, with the rate doubling to 99 percent over East Asia & Pacific
1990–2011. Until the mid-1990s the Middle East and North Africa
100
was on par with East Asia and Pacific, but upward trajectories in many Middle East & North Africa
75
of the region’s countries have not been enough to offset Iran’s decline since 2003. In Sub-Saharan Africa only 26 percent of students in the final grade of lower secondary education completed school in 2011,
Low & middle income
50
compared with 70 percent of students in the final grade of primary Sub-Saharan Africa
education. Given that these rates are an upper estimate of actual completion rates, the real situation is likely to be worse.
25
0 1990
1995
2000
2005
2011
Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Institute for Statistics.
Europe and Central Asia has the lowest gap between net and gross enrollment rates The gap between net and gross enrollment rates captures the incidence
Gross enrollment ratio, primary education, 2011 (%) Share of underage or overage students 125
Net enrollment rate
of underage or overage students and is a measure of the efficiency of an education system. In Sub-Saharan Africa 42 percent of children enrolled in primary education dropped out in 2011, giving the region
100
the highest dropout rate, repetition rate, and gap between gross and net enrollment. Latin America and Caribbean’s net enrollment rate is
75
almost the same as Europe and Central Asia’s, but the gap is wider in the former. This suggests that the education system is more efficient
50
Europe and Central Asia, which has the lowest repeater rate and dropout rate.
25
0 Sub-Saharan Africa
Latin America & Caribbean
South Asia
East Asia & Pacific
Middle East & North Africa
Europe & Central Asia
Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Institute for Statistics.
In 2012 child wasting was most serious in South Asia Prevalence of wasting among children ages 0–59 months, 2012 (%) 95% lower confidence limit 20
Prevalence estimate
95% upper confidence limit
WHO severity level classification Critical
Wasting, defined as weight for height more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0–59 months, is a measure for acute malnutrition. World Health Organization (WHO) member countries have endorsed a global nutrition
15 Poor
target to reduce the prevalence of child wasting to less than 5 percent by 2025. In 2012 the prevalence was estimated at 8.5 percent for all
Public health emergency line
10 Serious
developing countries and was below 5 percent in three out of the six World Bank developing regions. In the Middle East and North Africa and Sub- Saharan Africa the prevalence was above 5 percent but below
5 Acceptable
the WHO Public Health Emergency Line of 10 percent. South Asia had 0
the highest prevalence, 16 percent, which is considered critical in the Latin Europe America & & Central Caribbean Asia
East Asia & Pacific
Middle All SubEast & developing Saharan North Africa countries Africa
South Asia
WHO severity level classification.
Source: UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank 2013.
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