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Education Gap

The Education Gap is estimated from the gender gap in the following indicators:
  • literacy rate
  • primary school enrolment
  • secondary school enrolment
  • tertiary education enrolment


Warning! Step backwards

The Gender gap in education around the world could be closed very soon. Education is the GEI dimension with the largest number of countries reaching acceptable equity levels. However, alarming situations persist and forty percent of countries experience regression trends, among them many that are already in a very bad situation.

Where are we heading in education? The balance between countries that progress and those that regress is worrisome.

Regressions outnumber progresses by more than two!!

    

Education gap_basic data (.rtf)

 

Education gap

Finland 100.0  
Norway 100.0  
Germany 100.0  
Bahamas 100.0  
Denmark 100.0  
Barbados 100.0  
Australia 100.0  
Philippines 100.0  
Canada 100.0  
United States of America 100.0  
United Kingdom 100.0  
Uruguay 100.0  
Slovakia 100.0  
Belgium 100.0  
Austria 100.0  
France 100.0  
Israel 100.0  
Poland 100.0  
Ireland 100.0  
Brazil 100.0  
Honduras 100.0  
Czech Republic 100.0  
Costa Rica 100.0  
Dominican Republic 100.0  
Georgia 100.0  
Lesotho 100.0  
Belize 100.0  
Maldives 100.0  
Luxembourg 100.0  
Jamaica 100.0  
Cuba 100.0  
Latvia 100.0  
Colombia 99.9  
Lithuania 99.9  
Guyana 99.9  
New Zealand 99.9  
Trinidad and Tobago 99.9  
Botswana 99.9  
Sweden 99.9  
Mongolia 99.9  
Slovenia 99.9  
Venezuela 99.9  
Estonia 99.8  
Russian Federation 99.8  
Argentina 99.8  
United Arab Emirates 99.8  
Ukraine 99.8  
Lebanon 99.7  
Kazakhstan 99.7  
Qatar 99.7  
Moldova 99.6  
Italy 99.6  
Nicaragua 99.6  
Netherlands 99.6  
Panama 99.5  
St Lucia 99.5  
Hungary 99.4  
Kyrgyzstan 99.4  
Romania 99.3  
Swaziland 99.2  
Croatia 99.2  
Spain 99.1  
Iceland 99.1  
Cyprus 99.1  
Belarus 99.1  
Paraguay 99.1  
Ecuador 99.1  
Bulgaria 99.0  
South Africa 99.0  
Albania 99.0  
Greece 99.0  
Thailand 98.7  
Suriname 98.7  
Brunei Darussalam 98.7  
Bahrain 98.6  
St Vincent and Grenadines 98.5  
Hong Kong 98.5  
Chile 98.5  
Malta 98.3  
Macedonia 98.3  
Malaysia 98.1  
El Salvador 98.0  
Portugal 97.9  
Timor-Leste 97.9  
Jordan 97.9  
Mauritius 97.8  
West Bank and Gaza 97.8  
Samoa 97.8  
Mexico 97.3  
Peru 96.8  
Saudi Arabia 96.8  
Azerbaijan 96.4  
Japan 96.3  
Oman 96.0  
Namibia 96.0  
Sao Tome and Principe 95.7  
Iran 95.4  
Bolivia 95.1  
China 95.1  
Tunisia 94.6  
Switzerland 94.0  
Madagascar 93.5  
Algeria 93.3  
Cape Verde 92.3  
Indonesia 91.7  
Singapore 89.6  
Uzbekistan 89.2  
Viet Nam 88.6  
Kenya 87.7  
Guatemala 86.2  
Zimbabwe 86.1  
Turkey 84.4  
Syria 84.4  
Korea, Rep. 84.2  
Sri Lanka 83.7  
Sudan 82.6  
Bangladesh 82.3  
Vanuatu 81.7  
Morocco 79.8  
Rwanda 79.7  
Ghana 79.7  
Tajikistan 79.2  
Malawi 78.9  
Gabon 78.4  
Egypt 78.3  
India 77.5  
Cameroon 76.6  
Cambodia 76.3  
Senegal 76.2  
Zambia 76.2  
Uganda 75.8  
Tanzania 75.6  
Angola 75.4  
Mauritania 74.1  
Equatorial Guinea 73.2  
Djibouti 73.2  
Pakistan 73.2  
Nigeria 72.1  
Gambia 69.2  
Burundi 68.7  
Mozambique 66.0  
Burkina Faso 62.2  
Ethiopia 61.6  
Nepal 61.1  
Congo, Rep. 59.3  
Côte d'Ivoire 59.2  
Mali 55.7  
Eritrea 55.6  
Sierra Leone 55.0  
Togo 52.5  
Niger 52.0  
Benin 51.1  
Guinea 51.0  
Guinea-Bissau 48.2  
Yemen 46.4  
Central African Republic 45.6  
Chad 37.2  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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