Taking action: achieving gender equality and empowering women
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Education projections <strong>and</strong> country level education data<br />
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Table A1.8<br />
Female <strong>and</strong> male<br />
gross secondary<br />
enrollment rates<br />
<strong>and</strong> ratios, 1990 <strong>and</strong><br />
2000, <strong>and</strong> projections<br />
for 2005 <strong>and</strong> 2015<br />
(continued)<br />
Region/Country<br />
Female<br />
rate<br />
1990 2000 2005 2015<br />
Male<br />
rate<br />
Female<br />
to male<br />
ratio<br />
Female<br />
rate<br />
Male<br />
rate<br />
Female<br />
to male<br />
ratio<br />
Projected<br />
female<br />
to male<br />
ratio Rank a ratio Rank a<br />
Projected<br />
female<br />
to male<br />
Burkina Faso 4.6 8.8 0.52 8 12.4 0.64 0.7 4 0.82 4<br />
Burundi 4 6.9 0.58 9 11.6 0.77 0.87 4 1.06 1<br />
Cameroon 22.9 32.2 0.71 — — — — — — —<br />
Cape Verde — — — 76.7 75 1.02 — — — —<br />
Central African Republic 6.7 17 0.39 — — — — — — —<br />
Chad 2.3 11.8 0.2 5.1 17.9 0.28 0.32 5 0.4 5<br />
Comoros 13.8 21.2 0.65 18.5 22.6 0.82 0.9 3 1.07 1<br />
Congo, Dem. Rep. — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Congo, Rep. 43.3 61.5 0.7 38.1 45.8 0.83 0.9 3 1.02 1<br />
Côte d’Ivoire 13.7 28.4 0.48 16.5 29.9 0.55 0.59 5 0.66 5<br />
Equatorial Guinea — — — 18.6 43.4 0.43 — — — —<br />
Eritrea — — — 23.5 33.1 0.71 — — — —<br />
Ethiopia 12 16 0.75 14.3 21.7 0.66 0.62 5 0.53 5<br />
Gabon — — — 57.7 61.4 0.94 — — — —<br />
Gambia — — — 30.7 44.1 0.7 — — — —<br />
Ghana 27.1 42.9 0.63 32.5 39.9 0.81 0.9 3 1.08 1<br />
Guinea 4.7 14.2 0.33 — — — — — — —<br />
Guinea-Bissau — — — 14.4 26.4 0.54 — — — —<br />
Kenya 20.2 27.4 0.74 29.2 32.1 0.91 1 2 1.17 1<br />
Lesotho 31.5 21.2 1.49 35.8 29.8 1.2 1.06 1 0.76 4<br />
Liberia — — — 18.4 26.6 0.69 — — — —<br />
Madagascar 17.4 17.9 0.97 — — — — — — —<br />
Malawi 4.8 10.3 0.46 30.8 40.5 0.76 0.91 3 1.21 1<br />
Mali 4.6 9.2 0.5 — — — — — — —<br />
Mauritania 8.8 18.9 0.47 19.6 22.3 0.88 1.09 1 1.5 1<br />
Mauritius 53.1 52.7 1.01 74.7 79.4 0.94 0.9 3 0.83 4<br />
Mozambique 5.5 9.5 0.57 9.3 14.5 0.64 0.68 5 0.75 4<br />
Namibia 45.1 35.9 1.26 65.5 58 1.13 1.07 1 0.93 3<br />
Niger 3.8 8.9 0.43 5.1 7.7 0.66 0.78 4 1.01 1<br />
Nigeria 21.5 27.9 0.77 — — — — — — —<br />
Rw<strong>and</strong>a 6.9 9.2 0.76 14 14.2 0.98 1.09 1 1.31 1<br />
São Tomé <strong>and</strong> Principe — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Senegal 11.2 21.2 0.53 14.2 21.4 0.66 0.73 4 0.86 4<br />
Seychelles — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Sierra Leone 12.1 21.1 0.57 23.8 29.1 0.82 0.95 3 1.19 1<br />
Somalia — — — — — — — — — —<br />
South Africa 71.8 61.9 1.16 91.2 83.4 1.09 1.06 1 0.99 3<br />
Swazil<strong>and</strong> 44.9 46.5 0.97 59.8 60 1 1.02 1 1.05 1<br />
Tanzania, United Rep. 3.9 5.6 0.7 5.2 6.4 0.81 0.87 4 0.98 3<br />
Togo 11.5 33.9 0.34 24.4 53.8 0.45 0.51 5 0.62 5<br />
Ug<strong>and</strong>a 9 15.9 0.56 11.9 18.5 0.64 0.68 5 0.76 4<br />
Zambia — — — 21.1 25.9 0.81 — — — —<br />
Zimbabwe 45 51.5 0.87 41.6 47.3 0.88 0.89 4 0.9 3
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