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Table 6.4. Percentage of children age 7-17 not enrolled in school, by country, sex of child, and region of residence as well as sex and age
of head of household
Sex of child Region of residence Sex of household head Age of household head
Country
Male
( a )
Female
( b )
Comparison
( b ) - ( a )
Urban
( c )
Rural
( d )
Comparison
( d ) - ( c )
Male
( e )
Female
( f )
Comparison
( f ) - ( e )
Less than
age 50
( g )
Age 50
or more
( h )
Comparison
( h ) - ( g )
All
children
Benin 28.7 40.4 11.7 24.9 39.8 14.9 35.7 28.5 -7.2 32.9 40.4 7.5 34.3
Burkina Faso 50.2 54.2 4.0 25.2 59.0 33.8 52.9 43.8 -9.1 50.6 57.1 6.5 52.2
Burundi 24.0 25.5 1.5 18.9 25.3 6.4 24.5 25.7 1.2 24.6 26.0 1.4 24.8
Cameroon 14.8 21.5 6.7 10.0 24.7 14.7 20.0 11.6 -8.4 17.0 21.8 4.8 18.1
Chad 50.8 66.1 15.3 36.1 64.2 28.1 57.6 63.6 6.0 57.7 62.6 4.9 58.5
Congo 11.0 12.6 1.6 9.9 13.7 3.8 11.3 13.2 1.9 11.2 14.8 3.6 11.8
(Brazzaville)
Cote d'Ivoire 39.6 50.6 11.0 40.6 48.4 7.8 46.0 42.2 -3.8 43.6 52.3 8.7 45.2
Dem. Rep. 24.3 32.6 8.3 18.8 35.6 16.8 27.9 30.1 2.2 28.2 29.1 0.9 28.3
of Congo
Ethiopia 35.9 34.6 -1.3 15.3 39.1 23.8 35.8 33.1 -2.7 35.2 35.5 0.3 35.2
Ghana 15.4 16.7 1.3 13.5 17.9 4.4 17.6 12.9 -4.7 14.6 22.3 7.7 16.1
Guinea 42.4 53.0 10.6 23.0 58.7 35.7 48.4 43.1 -5.3 47.1 49.1 2.0 47.6
Kenya 6.2 7.3 1.1 5.9 6.9 1.0 6.8 6.8 0.0 6.2 9.3 3.1 6.8
Lesotho 16.4 9.2 -7.2 7.0 14.2 7.2 13.4 11.6 -1.8 12.7 12.9 0.2 12.7
Liberia 42.4 47.4 5.0 29.6 56.0 26.4 46.2 42.0 -4.2 44.0 50.4 6.4 44.9
Madagascar 26.6 27.9 1.3 13.0 29.3 16.3 27.0 28.1 1.1 26.4 33.0 6.6 27.2
Malawi 12.5 13.0 0.5 9.6 13.3 3.7 12.2 14.1 1.9 12.1 15.8 3.7 12.8
Mali 52.6 61.6 9.0 37.9 65.1 27.2 57.6 53.0 -4.6 55.8 61.5 5.7 57.1
Mozambique 25.1 28.6 3.5 15.5 32.0 16.5 27.0 26.6 -0.4 26.3 30.2 3.9 26.9
Namibia 11.0 8.7 -2.3 8.1 10.8 2.7 11.4 8.3 -3.1 9.8 10.1 0.3 9.9
Niger 59.4 72.9 13.5 37.3 72.4 35.1 66.8 62.3 -4.5 64.1 71.6 7.5 66.1
Nigeria 25.7 31.8 6.1 12.8 36.0 23.2 31.5 12.7 -18.8 29.1 27.5 -1.6 28.7
Rwanda 13.9 12.9 -1.0 12.8 13.5 0.7 12.5 15.1 2.6 12.9 16.3 3.4 13.4
Sao Tomé 13.6 12.6 -1.0 12.5 13.7 1.2 12.9 13.4 0.5 13.0 13.7 0.7 13.1
and Príncipe
Senegal 41.2 40.8 -0.4 24.4 52.4 28.0 42.7 34.8 -7.9 41.0 41.1 0.1 41.0
Sierra Leone 29.3 32.7 3.4 15.1 39.7 24.6 31.6 29.0 -2.6 30.2 33.1 2.9 31.0
Swaziland 11.9 11.9 0.0 11.4 12.0 0.6 13.5 10.7 -2.8 10.8 14.5 3.7 11.9
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