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The World's Youth 2006 Data Sheet - Population Reference Bureau

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<strong>The</strong> Gender Gap in Secondary Schooling Is Closing in Most Developing Countries.<br />

<strong>The</strong> gap between boys’ and girls’ school enrollments has narrowed in the last decade as girls’ enrollments have<br />

risen throughout the developing world. Girls have an educational advantage in much of Latin America and are<br />

roughly on par with boys in Southeast and East Asia. But girls still face disadvantages in parts of South Asia,<br />

western Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa.<br />

Girls enrolled per 100 boys<br />

1990<br />

2000/04<br />

113 110<br />

97<br />

94<br />

100<br />

70<br />

81<br />

75<br />

45<br />

53<br />

60<br />

21<br />

Yemen<br />

Senegal<br />

India<br />

China<br />

Thailand<br />

Colombia<br />

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, www.uis.unesco.org.<br />

<strong>The</strong> World’s <strong>Youth</strong> <strong>2006</strong> <strong>Data</strong> <strong>Sheet</strong><br />

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