Facts
Internet links
There are 60 million children of primary school age who are out of school. About 50 percent of them are in Sub-Saharan Africa.
UNESCO—Education
www.unesco.org/new/en/ education/
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
www.uis.unesco.org
World Bank Edstats
data.worldbank.org/ data-catalog/ed-stats
Demographic and Health Surveys
www.measuredhs.com
UNICEF Childinfo—Education
www.childinfo.org/ education.html
UN MDG Indicators
unstats.un.org/unsd/mdg
Latin America and the Caribbean has one of the highest primary net enrollment rates at 95 percent, but also one of the highest percentage of repeaters at 8 percent—the same level as that of Sub-Saharan Africa, which has the lowest net enrollment ratio. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the adult literacy gap between men and women is more than 20 percentage points. The gap is much smaller among young people ages 15–24, reflecting the recent improvement in education participation.
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