Taking action: achieving gender equality and empowering women
Taking action: achieving gender equality and empowering women
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172 Appendix 1<br />
Table A1.9<br />
Female <strong>and</strong> male<br />
gross tertiary<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 a 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 b ratio Rank b<br />
Projected<br />
female<br />
to male<br />
Haiti — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Honduras 8 10.3 0.77 16.8 13 1.30 1.58 1 2.12 1<br />
Jamaica 5.9 8.1 0.73 21.5 11 1.90 2.47 1 3.63 1<br />
Mexico 13 17.5 0.74 20.3 21 1.00 1.07 1 1.29 1<br />
Nicaragua 8.7 8.2 1.06 — — — — — — —<br />
Panama — — — 43.8 26 1.70 — — — —<br />
Paraguay 7.9 9 0.88 19.1 14 1.40 1.6 1 2.08 1<br />
Peru — — — — — — — — — —<br />
St. Kitts <strong>and</strong> Nevis — — — — — — — — — —<br />
St. Lucia 5.8 4.2 1.38 — — — — — — —<br />
St. Vincent <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Grenadines<br />
— — — — — — — — — —<br />
Suriname — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Trinidad <strong>and</strong> Tobago 6 7.6 0.79 7.8 5 1.50 1.9 1 2.64 1<br />
Uruguay — — — 47 26 1.80 — — — —<br />
Venezuela — — — 34.6 24 1.50 — — — —<br />
Middle East <strong>and</strong> North Africa<br />
Algeria — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Bahrain 19.9 13.8 1.44 — — — — — — —<br />
Djibouti — — — 0.7 1 0.70 — — — —<br />
Egypt 11.5 20.2 0.57 — — — — — — —<br />
Iraq — — — 9.5 18 0.50 — — — —<br />
Israel 36 35.5 1.01 61.6 44 1.40 1.58 1 1.96 1<br />
Jordan 25.5 22.7 1.12 30.6 27 1.10 1.15 1 1.17 1<br />
Kuwait — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Lebanon — — — 44.2 41 1.10 — — — —<br />
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya — — — 47.9 50 1.00 — — — —<br />
Morocco 8.1 13.6 0.59 9.2 11 0.80 0.91 3 1.12 1<br />
Oman 3.9 4.5 0.87 9.9 7 1.40 1.66 1 2.19 1<br />
Palestinian Autonomous<br />
Territory<br />
— — — 27.9 29 1.00 — — — —<br />
Qatar 43.8 14.9 2.94 37.6 13 3.00 2.99 1 3.02 1<br />
Saudi Arabia 11.7 14.3 0.82 25.3 20 1.30 1.53 1 2 1<br />
Sudan 2.7 3.1 0.88 — — — — — — —<br />
Syrian Arab Republic 14.9 22.3 0.67 — — — — — — —<br />
Tunisia 6.9 10.5 0.65 21.4 22 1.00 1.13 1 1.45 1<br />
United Arab Emirates — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Yemen — — — — — — — — — —<br />
South Asia<br />
Afghanistan 1.3 2.7 0.48 — — — — — — —<br />
Bangladesh 1.3 6.5 0.2 4.6 9 0.60 0.73 4 1.08 1<br />
Bhutan — — — — — — — — — —<br />
India 4.3 7.9 0.54 8.3 13 0.70 0.72 4 0.84 4<br />
Iran, Islamic Rep. 6.5 13.4 0.48 9.5 10 0.90 1.16 1 1.61 1<br />
Maldives — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Nepal 2.6 7.9 0.32 1.9 7 0.30 0.25 5 0.2 5<br />
Pakistan 2.6 4.4 0.59 — — — — — — —<br />
Sri Lanka 3.8 5.6 0.68 — — — — — — —<br />
Sub-Saharan Africa<br />
Angola — — — 0.5 1 0.60 — — — —<br />
Benin 0.7 5 0.14 1.4 6 0.20 0.29 5 0.39 5<br />
Botswana 3 3.6 0.83 4.4 5 0.90 0.92 3 0.98 3
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