people and planet

1 ANNEX
TABLE 9
Part 1 (Continued)
Primary completion rate and disparity
by location and wealth
DISPARITY IN SCHOOL COMPLETION 1
Lower secondary completion rate and disparity
by location and wealth
Upper secondary completion rate and disparity
by location and wealth
Location
Wealth
Completion rate (%) of the
poorest students Location Wealth
Completion rate (%) of the
poorest students Location Wealth
Completion rate (%) of the
poorest students
Location
parity
index 2
Wealth
parity
index 3
Poorest
females
Poorest
males
Location
parity
index 2
Wealth
parity
index 3
Poorest
females
Poorest
males
Location
parity
index 2
Wealth
parity
index 3
Poorest
females
Poorest
males
Country or territory
2009–
2014
2009–
2014
2009–
2014
2009–
2014
2009–
2014
2009–
2014
2009–
2014
2009–
2014
2009–
2014
2009–
2014
2009–
2014
2009–
2014
Reference years
and surveys
World 4 … … … … … … … … 0.55 0.30 23 21
Countries in transition 1.00 0.99 99 99 0.99 0.99 97 98 0.89 0.74 62 75
Developed countries … … … … … … … … 0.95 0.83 78 71
Developing countries 0.74 0.52 47 49 0.56 0.27 18 22 0.39 0.10 4 6
Caucasus and Central Asia 1.00 1.00 100 99 0.99 0.99 98 99 0.95 0.89 89 85
Eastern and South-eastern
Asia
… … … … … … … … … … … …
Eastern Asia … … … … … … … … … … … …
South-eastern Asia 0.87 0.58 66 51 0.68 0.36 36 29 0.48 0.17 12 14
Europe and Northern America … … … … … … … … 0.91 0.82 75 69
Latin America and the
Caribbean
… … … … … … … … … … … …
Caribbean … … … … … … … … … … … …
Latin America 0.91 0.84 83 81 0.74 0.43 37 37 0.51 0.17 13 11
Northern Africa and Western
Asia
… … … … … … … … … … … …
Northern Africa 0.99 0.92 92 89 0.96 0.77 76 72 0.92 0.55 50 44
Western Asia … … … … … … … … … … … …
Pacific … … … … … … … … … … … …
Southern Asia 0.86 0.64 56 57 0.74 0.40 27 31 0.54 0.14 5 8
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.60 0.37 24 29 0.36 0.12 4 8 0.19 0.05 0 2
Conflict-affected countries 0.69 0.37 20 40 0.56 0.22 7 24 0.42 0.12 2 12
Countries with low income 0.58 0.32 19 27 0.34 0.12 2 8 0.19 0.04 0 2
Countries with middle income 0.93 0.83 83 80 0.76 0.49 49 44 0.57 0.26 20 19
Lower middle 0.74 0.52 66 54 0.61 0.33 25 26 0.46 0.14 6 10
Upper middle 0.97 0.91 89 88 0.86 0.71 66 62 0.76 0.45 32 35
Countries with high income … … … … … … … … 0.96 0.84 77 70
Sources: GEM Report team calculations, based on data from national and international and household surveys compiled
in the World Inequality Database in Education (WIDE).
Note: The country groupings by level of income are as defined by the World Bank but include only countries listed in the
table. They are based on the list of countries by income group as revised in July 2015.
1. National averages of completion rates are presented in Statistical Tables 2 (primary) and 3 (lower and upper secondary)
2. Location parity index is the ratio of completion rate of students living in rural areas to that of their urban counterparts.
3. Wealth parity index is the ratio of completion rate of students living in the poorest households to that of their richest
counterparts.
4. All regional values shown are medians.
(…) No data are available.
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