Taking action: achieving gender equality and empowering women

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Table A1.8
Female and male
gross secondary
enrollment rates
and ratios, 1990 and
2000, and projections
for 2005 and 2015
— Not available.
a. Rank is defined as follows:
1 = ratio greater than 1
(reverse gap), 2 = ratio equal
to 1 (parity), 3 = 0.90–0.99 (on
track), 4 = 0.70–0.89 (falling
behind), 5 = 0–0.69 (off track).
Source: UNESCO 2004.
Region/Country
Developed countries
Female
rate
1990 2000 2005 2015
Male
rate
Female
to male
ratio
Female
rate
Male
rate
Female
to male
ratio
Projected
female
to male
ratio Rank a ratio Rank a
Projected
female
to male
Australia 83.4 80.1 1.04 161.3 160.2 1.01 1 2 0.97 3
Austria 98.1 105.4 0.93 97 101 0.96 0.97 3 1 2
Belgium 102.2 101.4 1.01 104.5 105.4 0.99 0.98 3 0.96 3
Canada 101 100.5 1 106 106.7 0.99 0.99 3 0.98 3
Denmark 109.8 108.6 1.01 131.3 125.3 1.05 1.07 1 1.11 1
Finland 127 106.3 1.19 132.6 119.7 1.11 1.07 1 0.99 3
France 101.1 95.9 1.05 108.1 107.4 1.01 0.99 3 0.95 3
Germany 96.9 99.5 0.97 99 99.9 0.99 1 2 1.02 1
Greece 92.9 94.7 0.98 99.4 97.5 1.02 1.04 1 1.08 1
Iceland 98 101.4 0.97 112.6 105.1 1.07 1.12 1 1.22 1
Ireland 104.7 95.9 1.09 127.4 119 1.07 1.06 1 1.04 1
Italy 83 83.4 1 94.5 97.3 0.97 0.96 3 0.93 3
Japan 98 96.3 1.02 103 102 1.01 1 2 1 2
Luxembourg — — — 97.3 91.7 1.06 — — — —
Netherlands 114.7 124.1 0.92 122.4 126.4 0.97 0.99 3 1.05 1
New Zealand 89.8 88.3 1.02 115.9 109 1.06 1.08 1 1.12 1
Norway 104.6 101.4 1.03 115.9 113.4 1.02 1.02 1 1 2
Portugal 72.2 62.3 1.16 116.9 110.5 1.06 1.01 1 0.91 3
Spain 107.5 100.9 1.07 118.7 112.7 1.05 1.04 1 1.02 1
Sweden 92.3 88.2 1.05 166.5 132 1.26 1.37 1 1.58 1
Switzerland 96.4 101.7 0.95 96.4 102.7 0.94 0.94 3 0.93 3
United Kingdom 88.1 83 1.06 169.1 144.3 1.17 1.22 1 1.33 1
United States 93.5 92.3 1.01 95.6 94.7 1.01 1.01 1 1.01 1
East Asia and Pacific
Brunei Darussalam 71.4 66.4 1.07 84.6 80.3 1.05 1.04 1 1.02 1
Cambodia 17.4 40.2 0.43 13.5 23.7 0.57 0.64 5 0.78 4
China 41.7 55.3 0.75 58.4 77.2 0.76 0.77 4 0.78 4
Fiji — — — 83.4 76.7 1.09 — — — —
Hong Kong, China — — — — — — — — — —
Indonesia 41.1 49.7 0.83 56.4 57.6 0.98 1.06 1 1.21 1
Kiribati — — — — — — — — — —
Korea, DPR — — — — — — — — — —
Korea, Rep. of 88.5 91.1 0.97 94.1 94.1 1 1.02 1 1.05 1
Lao, PDR 18.6 30 0.62 31.3 43.6 0.72 0.77 4 0.87 4
Malaysia 58.2 54.5 1.07 74 66.9 1.11 1.13 1 1.17 1
Marshall Islands — — — — — — — — — —
Micronesia, Fed. States — — — — — — — — — —
Mongolia 87.7 77.2 1.14 77 63.3 1.22 1.26 1 1.34 1
Myanmar 22.2 22.7 0.98 37.5 39.6 0.95 0.94 3 0.9 3
Nauru — — — — — — — — — —
Palau — — — 85.8 83 1.03 — — — —
Papua New Guinea 10.6 14.7 0.72 18.2 23.7 0.77 0.8 4 0.85 4
Philippines 72.4 69.7 1.04 80.9 73.8 1.1 1.13 1 1.19 1
Samoa 39.9 32.7 1.22 78.7 72.6 1.08 1.01 1 0.87 4
Singapore 65.6 70.5 0.93 — — — — — — —
Solomon Islands 10.7 16.9 0.64 — — — — — — —
Thailand 29.9 32.2 0.93 79.9 84 0.95 0.96 3 0.98 3
Timor-Leste — — — — — — — — — —
Tonga — — — 102.9 96.6 1.07 — — — —
Tuvalu — — — — — — — — — —