Taking action: achieving gender equality and empowering women
Taking action: achieving gender equality and empowering women
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174 Appendix 1<br />
Table A1.10<br />
Adult female <strong>and</strong> male<br />
ages 15–24 literacy<br />
rates <strong>and</strong> ratios,<br />
1990 <strong>and</strong> 2003, <strong>and</strong><br />
projections for 2015<br />
— Not available.<br />
a. Rank is defined as follows:<br />
1 = ratio greater than 1<br />
(reverse gap), 2 = ratio equal<br />
to 1 (parity), 3 = 0.90–0.99 (on<br />
track), 4 = 0.70–0.89 (falling<br />
behind), 5 = 0–0.69 (off track).<br />
Source: UN 2004a.<br />
Region/Country<br />
East Asia <strong>and</strong> Pacific<br />
Female<br />
rate<br />
1990 2003 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 to<br />
male ratio<br />
Brunei Darussalam 98.1 97.6 1.01 99.8 99.3 1.01 1 2<br />
Cambodia 65.6 81.5 0.8 76.7 84.8 0.9 1 2<br />
China 93.1 97.5 0.95 97.4 99.1 0.98 1.01 1<br />
Fiji 97.6 98.1 0.99 99.3 99.3 1 1 2<br />
Hong Kong, China 97.9 98.5 0.99 99.8 99.1 1.01 1.02 1<br />
Indonesia 93.4 96.6 0.97 97.8 98.6 0.99 1.01 1<br />
Kiribati — — — — — — — —<br />
Korea, DPR — — — — — — — —<br />
Korea, Rep. of 99.8 99.8 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2<br />
Lao, PDR 60.6 79.5 0.76 73.6 86.3 0.85 0.94 3<br />
Malaysia 94.2 95.3 0.99 98.2 97.8 1 1.02 1<br />
Marshall Isl<strong>and</strong>s — — — — — — — —<br />
Micronesia, Fed. States — — — — — — — —<br />
Mongolia 99.1 98.7 1 99.5 98.8 1.01 1.01 1<br />
Myanmar 86.2 90.1 0.96 91.5 91.7 1 1.04 1<br />
Nauru — — — — — — — —<br />
Palau — — — — — — — —<br />
Papua New Guinea 62.4 74.4 0.84 73.7 81.3 0.91 0.97 3<br />
Philippines 97.4 97.1 1 99.2 98.8 1 1 2<br />
Samoa 98.9 99.1 1 99.5 99.4 1 1 2<br />
Singapore 99.2 98.8 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2<br />
Solomon Isl<strong>and</strong>s — — — — — — — —<br />
Thail<strong>and</strong> 97.6 98.6 0.99 98.5 99.6 0.99 0.99 3<br />
Timor-Leste — — — — — — — —<br />
Tonga — — — — — — — —<br />
Tuvalu — — — — — — — —<br />
Vanuatu — — — — — — — —<br />
Viet Nam 93.6 94.5 0.99 96 95.3 1.01 1.02 1<br />
Europe <strong>and</strong> Central Asia<br />
Albania 91.9 97.4 0.94 97.2 99.4 0.98 1.01 1<br />
Armenia 99.4 99.7 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2<br />
Azerbaijan — — — — — — — —<br />
Belarus 99.8 99.8 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2<br />
Bosnia <strong>and</strong> Herzegovina — — — — — — — —<br />
Bulgaria 99.3 99.5 1 99.6 99.8 1 1 2<br />
Croatia 99.6 99.7 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2<br />
Cyprus 99.8 99.5 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2<br />
Czech Republic — — — — — — — —<br />
Estonia 99.8 99.7 1 99.8 99.7 1 1 2<br />
Georgia — — — — — — — —<br />
Hungary 99.7 99.8 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2<br />
Kazakhstan 99.8 99.8 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2<br />
Kyrgyzstan — — — — — — — —<br />
Latvia 99.8 99.8 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2<br />
Lithuania 99.8 99.8 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2<br />
Macedonia TFYR — — — — — — — —<br />
Moldova, Rep. of 99.8 99.8 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2<br />
Pol<strong>and</strong> 99.8 99.8 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2<br />
Romania 99.2 99.3 1 99.8 99.6 1 1 2<br />
Russian Federation 99.8 99.8 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2<br />
Serbia <strong>and</strong> Montenegro — — — — — — — —<br />
Rank a
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