The most comprehensive compilation of information on the status of
women in the world.

Latest items for AFE-DATA-1

March 18, 2023, 10:20 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"At the tertiary level, enrolment has shown steady progress but the rate of enrolment for females is still lower than males. In 2014/15 enrolment of women was 33 per cent at undergraduate programs and 24 per cent at post-graduate level" (15). "There is also adult and non-formal education meant to address the primary education needs of adult populations. From the 5,990,409 adults that participated in first and second year program 42.8 per cent are females" (15). "To cater for the needs of adult women, the adult and Non-Formal Education Program is implemented especially in rural areas where formal schooling for adults may not be easily available. From 5,990,409 adults within...more
March 11, 2023, 7:43 a.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"At secondary level, the GER for girls was consistently lower than boys over the last five years (2010/11–2014/15). In 2014/15 GER in the first cycle of secondary school stood at 38.4 per cent for girls and 41.3 per cent for boys. The GPI has reached 0.93 for first cycle and 0.80 for the second cycle. During the same period the GER for girls in the second cycle that is Grade 11–12 increased from 35 per cent to 48 per cent with an increase in the GPI from 0.56 to 0.87" (14).
March 11, 2023, 7:37 a.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"The Gender Parity Index (GPI) at primary education in 2014/15 stood at 0.92 at national level. Ethiopian regional states of Tigray and Amhara and Diredawa city administration achieved GPI as per the EFA standard (0.97–1.03). Whereas, the rest of the regions17 did not achieve GPI and are far away from the national average. During the five academic years (from 2008/9 to 2013/14) repetition by girls at primary education was lower than that of boys with 7.6 per cent for boys and 7.0 for girls. During the same period, the rate of dropout of girls was higher with 10 per cent compared to boys with 9.9 per cent. During 2008/9–2013/14 the...more
March 11, 2023, 7:35 a.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"The enrolment for girls and boys in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), which includes kindergartens, “0” class and child to child programs in the 2013/14 academic year is almost at par with 38 per cent for boys and 36 per cent for girls. The Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) at primary education in 2014/15 was 107 per cent for boys and 98.4 per cent for girls showing progress from 96.6 per cent for boys and 90.1 per cent for girls in (2009/2010). However, female enrolment lags a bit behind that of boys. On the other hand, NER reached 97.5 per cent for boys and 90.9 per cent for girls in...more
March 8, 2023, 1:43 p.m.
Countries: Montenegro
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"Out of the total number of those who completed their undergraduate studies in the academic year 2019/2020, 56.7 per cent were women, and 43.3 per cent were male. When it comes to postgraduate studies, 55.8 per cent of students in specialist studies were women, and 44.2 per cent were men. As for those studying for the master’s degree – 60.4 per cent were women and 39.6 per cent were men. Among those who received their PhDs in 2019, there were 12 men and 8 women. Following a look into the data on the number of those who received their Ph.D. degree from 2010 to 2019, it can be concluded that...more
Feb. 27, 2023, 8:27 a.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

“Based on the data of the Roma Inclusion Index 2015, only 46% of Romani women in Bulgaria finish primary education, only 7% of them finish secondary education, and only 1% finish tertiary education” (6).
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:54 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"According to Nepal MDG Progress Report 2013, Gender parity in school enrolment between 2008 and 2012/13 is encouraging" (13). "The gender equity index at this level remains at 0.63 while the indicators for primary and lower secondary schools are 0.71 and 0.38 respectively. The gender equity index has remained 0.52 in community schools and 1.01 under institutional schools at basic level" (14). "Enrolment of girls at schools is higher than boys at all levels of education, 25 which is reflected in School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examinations of year 2015 in which out of 426,214 participating students, 213,710 (50.14 percent) were female." (14). "Women’s engagement in teaching profession is also in...more
Feb. 22, 2023, 12:45 p.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: CL-PRACTICE-2, AFE-PRACTICE-1, AFE-DATA-1

“The rate of youth who are not in employment, education or training (NEETs) is well above the EU average, despite the implementation of the Youth Guarantee and is particularly high among Roma youth (61 percent) especially girls. The majority of NEETs are women and Bulgaria has the highest share of NEETs due to family responsibilities (above 30 percent) among those with basic education in the EU” (9).
Feb. 4, 2023, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"The state party continues to prioritise the education sector. Over 195 994 learners in secondary school, grades 8-12 were taught career guidance related topics in Life Skills in 2015. In 2016 this number was 200,695 with 48% being female and in 2017 the number increased to 202,252 with 52% being female. The Life Skills curriculum has been reviewed and implementation of the Junior Secondary curriculum commenced in 2017." (13). In table 2 provided by the Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture, shows the math and readings improvements between two different time periods with boys starting off at 489.6 in reading in SACMEQ III and improved to 529.4 in SACMEQ IV...more
Feb. 4, 2023, 8:40 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"[There is a] lower rate of enrolment of girls at the primary, intermediate and secondary levels... [T]he higher dropout rates for girls [] are directly proportional to the level of education" (9).
Feb. 2, 2023, 1:11 p.m.
Countries: Austria
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

""The Committee further welcomes the amendment to the law on universities, in 2015, which increased from 40 to 50 per cent the quota for women in university collegial bodies" (5).
Jan. 18, 2023, 11:12 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"[A]pproximately 850,000 girls had so far dropped out of school" (para 9).
Jan. 12, 2023, 8:01 p.m.
Countries: Nicaragua
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"Before 1979, there were no educational provisions for children of any gender under six years old. Schooling post-13 was rare"(para 28)
Jan. 7, 2023, 11:15 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"It's not clear how many Afghan girls are in secret schools or otherwise finding ways to educate themselves, but it almost certain that it is only a fraction of the some 850,000 girls who live in parts of Afghanistan where secondary schools have closed. According to UNICEF figures from 2019, which was the last time a school census was conducted, there were 1.1 million girls in secondary school. Some 250,000 of those girls live in provinces where secondary schools are still operational" (para 23).
July 6, 2022, 10:35 a.m.
Countries: Djibouti
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"The results are encouraging; the gross school enrolment ratio increased from 75 per cent in 2009 to 80.5 per cent in 2017 at the primary level, and from 46 per cent in 2009 to 82.6 per cent in 2017 at the general secondary school level" (19). "A considerable effort has been made to provide vocational education and professional training by putting in place a national policy on professional training to improve integration into the workforce. Moreover, attendance and guidance rates have increased from 15 per cent to 25 per cent in a few years (source: annual monitoring indicators of the strategy on accelerated growth and employment creation 2015–2019)" (19). "Parity...more
July 1, 2022, 11:43 a.m.
Countries: East Timor
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"In 2015, 26 per cent of the population aged 6 years and over had never attended school, with a higher proportion among females (29.4 per cent) than males (22.7 per cent). The rate of attendance at school by age group however shows how access in education has improved significantly in recent times. Compared to previous years, in 2015 more youth were attending school, and were staying in school longer with 56 per cent of young people between 15 and 24 years old in school.132 According to administrative data, the enrolment trend of both boys and girls has been regularly raising at primary level, reaching a net enrolment rate (NER) of...more
June 28, 2022, 2:56 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

" 21% of females and 18% of males have no education. These percentages represent an improvement since 2014 (27% and 23%, respectively)" (9). "Net attendance ratios (NARs) are 86% for primary school and 55% for secondary school" (9). "In Bangladesh, 21% of females and 18% of males age 6 and above have no education. Thirty-one percent of females have some secondary education, while 13% have a secondary education or higher. Similarly, 26% of males have some secondary education, and 18% have completed schooling at a secondary or higher level. There is a slight difference by sex in the median number of years of education completed (4.1 years among women versus...more
June 21, 2022, 1:11 p.m.
Countries: Guyana
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"The Committee welcomes measures taken to achieve universal school enrolment, which have allowed the State party to reach gender parity in primary and secondary education" (10).
June 21, 2022, 8:35 a.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"The Committee remains concerned, however, about the continued underrepresentation of women in higher education and careers in those fields" (10).
June 14, 2022, 5:24 p.m.
Countries: Denmark
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"There is no deficit of women in regards to access to and participation in education to any levels of education in Denmark. Girls and women have surpassed men when it comes to enrolment in general upper secondary education (54 percent girls) and higher education system (56 percent women)..." (5). "In 2018, the overall male-female ratio of upper secondary education was 46 percent male and 54 percent female (Figure 4, Annex 1). The male-female ratios tell that there is a majority of male students choosing programs containing a more technical (htx) and commercial profile (hhx) whereas female students tend to choose programs with a broader common profile containing for instance more...more
June 7, 2022, 10:47 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"The net enrolment rates of primary school boys and girls increased from 99.16 per cent and 99.14 per cent in 2005 to 99.68 per cent and 99.73 per cent in 2010 respectively, and the girls’ net enrolment rate in 2010 was 0.05 percentage point higher than that of boys. The five-year retention rates of primary school boys and girls were both 99 per cent; the three-year retention rate of junior middle schoolgirls was 94.63 per cent, 1.54 points higher than that of boys. According to the Report on China’s Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals (2010), China has achieved the Millennium Development Goal of eliminating gender disparity in primary and...more
May 30, 2022, 9:08 p.m.
Countries: Switzerland
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"The percentage of people having compulsory schooling at most has fallen, especially among women, who are pursuing higher vocational training more often than previously. However, the proportion of individuals aged 25 to 64 with compulsory schooling at most is higher among women than men. In the 25–34 age cohort, more women than men hold a diploma from an institution of higher education or university" (20).
May 27, 2022, 4:14 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"Female students constitute 46,64 per cent of 5.649.594 students attending uppersecondary education; and 39,5 per cent of 1.793.391 students who continue their vocational and technical secondary education" (14). "The total number of students in higher education is 7.940.133 (48,26 per cent are female and 51,74 per cent are male students). Number of students in doctoral (PhD) programmes is 101.242 and the number of students in master’s programmes is 297.001. (The ratio of female students in master and doctorate programmes are 46 per cent in both)" (15).
May 16, 2022, 8:09 p.m.
Countries: Suriname
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"As reported previously, Suriname has compulsory education from age 7 to age 12. The net enrolment ratio in primary education shows an increase from 91 per cent in 2005 to 97 per cent in 2013. The net enrolment rate for male pupils increased from 91 per cent in 2005 to 96 per cent in 2013 and for female pupils from 90 per cent to 98 per cent in the respective periods. According to MICS 2010, there was an increase in the proportion of children entering first grade of primary school and reaching grade 5, from 94 per cent in 2004 to 96 per cent in 2010" (22-23). "Women have made...more
March 25, 2022, 8:54 p.m.
Countries: United Arab Emirates
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-2, AFE-PRACTICE-3, AFE-DATA-1

"While education is equally accessible, federal law prohibits coeducation in public universities, except in the United Arab Emirates University’s Executive MBA program and in certain graduate programs at Zayed University. A large number of private schools, private universities, and institutions, however, were coeducational. According to officials, local women represent more than 70 percent of national higher education students" (29).
March 21, 2022, 3:27 p.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"The low enrolment of Roma girls and boys at the primary and secondary levels of education and their low levels of completion rate, which is more marked among girls" (8).
March 9, 2022, 8:57 a.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"In all grades and levels of education, including in kindergartens, there is an equal rate of enrolment between girls and boys...at the high school level, there are 110 girls out of 219 students" (57). On page 57 in the table titled, 'Academic year 2006/07,' shows that the percent of girls enrolled in Kindergartens is 48.11%; that 48.32% of enrolled students in primary school are girls; that 47.84% of students enrolled in the mid-level secondary school are girls; that 48.96% of students enrolled in secondary school are girls; and that 54.58% of students enrolled in university are girls (57). "most women between the age of 30 and 34 have taken a...more
Jan. 15, 2022, 6:54 p.m.
Countries: Croatia
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"Completion rates of schooling at upper secondary and higher-level educational institutions were 6 percent for Romani women and 24 percent for Romani men... The report further stated that Romani girls were disproportionately excluded from early childhood development opportunities in comparison with their male peers, and 78 percent of Romani girls left school early, in comparison with 60 percent of Romani boys" (18).
Jan. 6, 2022, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"While there is not an accurate data of females going to school, enrollment for females are equal if not higher in major cities at university level" (1).
Nov. 9, 2021, 11:34 a.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"According to education union Egitim Sen, based on 2018-19 reporting, the rate for schooling decreased to 91 percent and the rate for girls’ schooling decreased to 91 percent, compared with 99 percent in 2013-14. According to European Statistics Office data, drop-out rates in the country were 34 percent for girls and 31 percent for boys in 2017, an improving trend" (56).