Taking action: achieving gender equality and empowering women

Education projections and country level education data
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Table A1.10
Adult female and male
ages 15–24 literacy
rates and ratios,
1990 and 2003, and
projections for 2015
(continued)
Region/Country
Female
rate
1990 2003 2015
Male
rate
Female
to male
ratio
Female
rate
Male
rate
Female
to male
ratio
Projected
female to
male ratio
Slovakia — — — — — — — —
Slovenia 99.8 99.7 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2
Tajikistan 99.8 99.8 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2
Turkey 88.3 97.1 0.91 95.1 99.1 0.96 1.01 1
Turkmenistan — — — — — — — —
Ukraine 99.9 99.8 1 99.9 99.9 1 1 2
Uzbekistan 99.6 99.7 1 99.6 99.7 1 1 2
Latin America and the Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda — — — — — — — —
Argentina 98.4 98 1 98.9 98.4 1.01 1.01 1
Bahamas 97.5 95.4 1.02 98.4 96.5 1.02 1.02 1
Barbados 99.8 99.8 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2
Belize 96.7 95.4 1.01 99.1 97.7 1.01 1.01 1
Bolivia 89 96.2 0.93 94.7 98.4 0.96 1 2
Brazil 93.1 90.5 1.03 97.2 94.4 1.03 1.03 1
Chile 98.3 97.9 1 99.2 98.9 1 1 2
Colombia 95.5 94.3 1.01 98 96.7 1.01 1.01 1
Costa Rica 97.7 97.1 1.01 98.8 98.2 1.01 1.01 1
Cuba 99.2 99.3 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2
Dominica — — — — — — — —
Dominican Republic 88.2 86.8 1.02 92.7 91.2 1.02 1.02 1
Ecuador 94.9 96 0.99 97.4 97.9 0.99 1 2
El Salvador 82.6 85.1 0.97 88.6 90 0.98 1 2
Grenada — — — — — — — —
Guatemala 66.2 80.5 0.82 74.4 86.7 0.86 0.89 4
Guyana 99.8 99.8 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2
Haiti 53.8 55.8 0.96 67.5 66.6 1.01 1.06 1
Honduras 80.8 78.5 1.03 88 84.8 1.04 1.05 1
Jamaica 95.2 87.1 1.09 97.9 91.6 1.07 1.05 1
Mexico 94.4 95.9 0.98 97.1 97.8 0.99 1 2
Nicaragua 68.7 67.7 1.01 73.3 71.9 1.02 1.02 1
Panama 94.8 95.7 0.99 96.7 97.5 0.99 0.99 3
Paraguay 95.2 95.9 0.99 97.4 97.4 1 1.01 1
Peru 92.1 96.9 0.95 96 98.5 0.97 1 2
St. Kitts and Nevis — — — — — — — —
St. Lucia — — — — — — — —
St. Vincent and the
Grenadines
— — — — — — — —
Suriname — — — — — — — —
Trinidad and Tobago 99.6 99.7 1 99.8 99.8 1 1 2
Uruguay 99.1 98.3 1.01 99.5 98.9 1.01 1 2
Venezuela 96.6 95.4 1.01 99.1 97.7 1.01 1.02 1
Middle East and North Africa
Algeria 68.1 86.1 0.79 86.7 94.4 0.92 1.04 1
Bahrain 95 96.2 0.99 99 98.5 1.01 1.02 1
Djibouti 64.2 82.2 0.78 82.8 90.1 0.92 1.05 1
Egypt 51 70.9 0.72 65.8 77.8 0.85 0.96 3
Iraq 24.9 56.4 0.44 30.5 60.3 0.51 0.57 5
Israel 98.4 99 0.99 99.5 99.7 1 1 2
Jordan 95.3 97.9 0.97 99.6 99.3 1 1.03 1
Kuwait 87.2 87.9 0.99 94.3 92.5 1.02 1.04 1
Lebanon 88.6 95.5 0.93 94 97.6 0.96 1 2
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 82.7 98.9 0.84 94.5 99.8 0.95 1.05 1
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