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

POPULATION EDUCATION WORK
WORLD
MORE DEVELOPED
LESS DEVELOPED
LESS DEVELOPED (Excl. China)
AFRICA
Sub-Saharan Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Sudan
Tunisia
WESTERN AFRICA
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Côte d’Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Youth Ages 10–24
2006
Youth Ages 10–24
2025
% of
Girls’ Secondary
School Enrollment
as % of Boys’
Enrollment
1990 2000/04
% Enrolled in
Secondary School
Latest Year
% Economically
Active
Ages 15–19
% Economically
Active
Ages 15–19
% of
Total
Total
2000/2004
1990
2005
Millions Pop. Millions Pop.
Female Male Female Male Female Male
1,773 27 1,845 23 79 95 63 66 45 55 39 47
236 19 207 17 102 102 107 105 32 36 27 30
1,537 29 1,638 25 74 93 57 61 48 59 41 50
1,216 30 1,380 27 74 92 54 58 38 53 45 46
305 33 424 32 73 85 34 40 47 60 45 55
257 33 372 33 72 80 26 33 53 64 50 59
61 31 67 26 78 95 67 70 23 45 21 40
10.9 33 10.1 23 81 108 83 77 13 35 12 29
23.3 31 27.3 27 79 93 82 88 19 43 17 39
1.8 31 2 25 — 106 108 102 10 36 10 30
9.7 30 10.1 25 73 84 41 49 38 50 32 39
11.8 32 15.2 30 79 84 32 38 26 58 25 53
3.1 30 2.4 20 79 108 81 75 32 46 29 41
90 33 131 33 64 73 26 35 47 65 43 58
2.9 33 4.6 32 41 45 17 38 59 54 50 47
4.7 34 7.8 34 52 64 9 14 73 82 66 71
0.2 35 0.2 29 — 109 73 67 43 74 40 63
6.4 35 8 32 48 55 18 33 38 63 37 56
0.5 31 0.7 30 49 68 28 41 60 72 55 66
7.5 33 9.1 29 63 81 38 47 61 41 50 38
3.1 32 4.9 33 33 45 15 33 68 67 62 61
0.5 32 1 34 — 57 13 23 52 68 51 65
1.1 33 2 34 — 72 28 39 45 47 38 41
4.7 34 8.1 34 51 56 14 25 70 76 63 69
1 31 1.6 32 46 80 20 25 55 66 51 60
4.6 32 8.8 33 43 75 6 8 63 87 62 82
45.4 34 62.8 33 77 80 32 40 36 67 34 57
4.1 34 5.4 31 53 70 16 23 57 65 54 59
1.8 31 2.8 32 57 71 22 31 34 54 31 50
2.1 33 3.1 32 34 43 22 51 45 64 44 60
The World’s Youth 2006 Data Sheet See Notes, page 18
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