Taking action: achieving gender equality and empowering women
Taking action: achieving gender equality and empowering women
Taking action: achieving gender equality and empowering women
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Education projections <strong>and</strong> country level education data<br />
173<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 />
Burkina Faso 0.3 1.1 0.28 — — — — — — —<br />
Burundi 0.4 1.1 0.36 0.7 2 0.40 0.36 5 0.36 5<br />
Cameroon — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Cape Verde — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Central African Republic 0.4 2.9 0.14 0.6 3 0.20 0.22 5 0.27 5<br />
Chad — — — 0.3 2 0.20 — — — —<br />
Comoros — — — 0.9 1 0.70 — — — —<br />
Congo, Dem. Rep. — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Congo, Rep. 1.9 9.3 0.21 1.2 9 0.10 0.09 5 0.01 5<br />
Côte d’Ivoire — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Equatorial Guinea 0.5 3.3 0.14 1.6 4 0.40 0.57 5 0.87 4<br />
Eritrea — — — 0.4 3 0.20 — — — —<br />
Ethiopia 0.3 1.3 0.22 0.7 3 0.30 0.3 5 0.35 5<br />
Gabon — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Gambia — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Ghana 0.5 1.6 0.29 1.9 5 0.40 0.46 5 0.57 5<br />
Guinea 0.1 1.9 0.07 — — — — — — —<br />
Guinea-Bissau — — — 0.1 1 0.20 — — — —<br />
Kenya 0.9 2.4 0.38 2.5 3 0.80 0.97 3 1.36 1<br />
Lesotho 1.6 1.1 1.37 3.3 2 1.80 1.96 1 2.34 1<br />
Liberia — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Madagascar 3 3.6 0.82 2 2 0.80 0.85 4 0.87 4<br />
Malawi 0.3 0.9 0.34 — — — — — — —<br />
Mali 0.2 1.1 0.16 — — — — — — —<br />
Mauritania 0.8 5.1 0.17 1.2 6 0.20 0.22 5 0.25 5<br />
Mauritius 2.6 4.3 0.6 13.1 10 1.40 1.74 — 2.5 —<br />
Mozambique — — — 0.5 1 0.80 — — — —<br />
Namibia — — — 6.6 5 1.20 — — — —<br />
Niger 10.1 13.4 — 0.7 2 0.30 — — — —<br />
Nigeria — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Rw<strong>and</strong>a — — — 1.1 2 0.50 — — — —<br />
São Tomé <strong>and</strong> Principe — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Senegal — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Seychelles — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Sierra Leone — — — 1.2 3 0.40 — — — —<br />
Somalia — — — — — — — — — —<br />
South Africa 10.4 13.2 0.79 16.8 14 1.20 1.45 1 1.89 1<br />
Swazil<strong>and</strong> 3.8 5.2 0.73 4.8 6 0.90 0.94 3 1.08 1<br />
Tanzania, United Rep. — — — — — — — — — —<br />
Togo 0.8 5.2 0.16 1.3 6 0.20 0.22 5 0.26 5<br />
Ug<strong>and</strong>a 0.7 1.7 0.39 2 4 0.50 0.59 5 0.72 4<br />
Zambia — — — 1.6 3 0.50 — — — —<br />
Zimbabwe — — — 3 5 0.60 — — — —