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Sudan - percentage of women with no education almost halved in one generation. |
In 30 of the 47 countries surveyed by DHS, the percentage of women with no formal education has been more than halved in a single generation.
The biggest change has been seen in Jordan, Kenya, and Tanzania, where the proportion of women with some education has increased by 50 percentage points.
In seven countries - Burkina Faso, Burundi, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan and Yemen - at least three quarters of young women have no education at all. In four more countries - Bangladesh, Guinea, Morocco, and Senegal - over half of today's young women have no education.
Education for girls is widely regarded as `the best single investment' that most developing countries could make. Female education is associated with more opportunities for women, better family health and nutrition, lower maternal and child death rates, and lower birth rates.
Generational change
% women uneducated
%pt.
Aged Aged rise in
45-49 20-24 schooling
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Tanzania 74 16 58
Jordan 63 6 57
Kenya 57 6 51
Rwanda 72 24 48
Togo 93 45 48
Cameroon 78 32 46
Viet Nam 60 14 46
Sudan 86 42 44
Tunisia 89 45 44
Ghana 74 31 43
Nigeria 85 42 43
Liberia 88 49 39
Uganda 67 30 37
Zambia 46 11 35
Morocco 89 55 34
Botswana 48 15 33
Indonesia 41 8 33
Bolivia 37 5 32
Malawi 72 42 30
Namibia 36 7 29
Madagascar 41 13 28
Turkey 45 17 28
Senegal 94 67 27
El Salvador 40 14 26
Guinea 95 70 25
Mexico 30 6 24
Bangladesh 75 53 22
Yemen 99 77 22
Zimbabwe 28 7 21
Nepal 97 78 19
Ecuador 22 4 18
Guatemala 51 33 18
Burkina Faso 95 78 17
Peru 19 2 17
Mali 98 82 16
Thailand 21 6 15
Niger 99 85 14
Pakistan 89 75 14
Brazil 16 4 12
Egypt 60 48 12
Colombia 12 3 9
Burundi 87 79 8
Dominican Rep. 11 3 8
Sri Lanka 20 12 8
Paraguay 6 1 5
Philippines 4 2 2
Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 2
Source: Updated from Women's lives and experiences, DHS 1994.