Statistics - Africa
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Education & Training **
- Percentage of illiterates among 15-24 years old (1990)
- ALGERIA: Women: 37,8 %; Men: 13,8 %
- ANGOLA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- BENIN: Women: 81,7 % ; Men: 54,3 %
- BOTSWANA: Women: 49,0 % ; Men: 60 %
- BURKINA FASO: Women: 93,2 % ; Men: 77,5 %
- BURUNDI: Women: 52,0 % ; Men: 40 %
- CAMEROON: Women: 29,0 % ; Men: 15,0 %
- CAPE-VERDE: Women: 13,6 % ; Men: 10,1 %
- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Women: 65,0 %; Men: 37,0 %
- CHAD: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- COMOROS: Women: 45,1 % ; Men: 30,6 %
- CONGO: Women: 17,2 % ; Men: 7,6 %
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE: Women: 62,2 % ; Men: 40,1 %
- DJIBOUTI: Women: 62,0 % ; Men: 38,0 %
- EGYPT: Women: 46,0 % ; Men: 28,6 %
- EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Women: 23,9 ; Men: 9,3 %
- ERITHREA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- ETHIOPIA: Women: 68,5 % ; Men: 50,7 %
- GABON: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- GAMBIA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- GHANA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- GUINEA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- GUINEA-BISSAU: Women: 82,2 % ; Men: 40,3 %
- KENYA: Women: 13,9 % ; Men: 8,1 %
- LESOTHO: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- LIBERIA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- LIBYA: Women: 19,7 % ; Men: 2,1 %
- MADAGASCAR: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- MALAWI: Women: 50,9 % ; Men: 29,5 %
- MALI: Women: 81,0 % ; Men: 62,0 %
- MAURICE: Women: 8,3 % ; Men: 9,3 %
- MAURITANIA: Women: 62,0 ; Men: 44,0
- MOROCCO: Women: 69,0 % ; Men: 41,9 %
- MOZAMBIQUE: Women: 74,7 ; Men: 36,0
- NAMIBIA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- NIGER: Women: 90,0 % ; Men: 75,0 %
- NIGERIA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- REUNION: Women: 2,5 % ; Men: 6,2 %
- RWANDA: Women: 55,3 %; Men: 40,3 %
- SAO TOME & PRINCIPE: Women: 25,9 % ; Men: 9,2 %
- SENEGAL: Women: 69,0 % ; Men: 54,0 %
- SEYCHELLES: Women: 2,0 % ; Men: 3,0 %
- SIERRA LEONE: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- SOMALIA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- SOUTH AFRICA: Women: 15 % ; Men: 14,7 %
- SUDAN: Women: 60,6 % ; Men: 41,0 %
- SWAZILAND: Women: 15,7 % ; Men: 16,9 %
- TANZANIA: Women: 80,0 % ; Men: 46,2 %
- TOGO: Women: 64,1 % ; Men: 26,8 %
- TUNISIA: Women: 27,8 % ; Men: 7,4 %
- UGANDA: Women: 36,9 % ; Men: 22,8 %
- WESTERN SAHARA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- ZAÏRE: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- ZAMBIA: Women: 29,2 % ; Men: 20,0 %
- ZIMBABWE: Women: 15,2 % ; Men: 6,2 %
Sources: Wistat & Unesco (United Nations)
- Percentage of illiterates among, 25 years old and more (1990)
- ALGERIA: Women: 79,5 %; Men: 50,2 %
- ANGOLA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- BENIN: Women: 94,3 % ; Men: 82,8 %
- BOTSWANA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- BURKINA FASO: Women: 98,3 % ; Men: 88,9 %
- BURUNDI: Women: 82,0 % ; Men: 57 %
- CAMEROON: Women: 68,0 % ; Men: 43,0 %
- CAPE-VERDE: Women: 62,5 % ; Men: 34,9 %
- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Women: 87,0 %; Men: 60,0 %
- CHAD: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- COMOROS: Women: 66,8 % ; Men: 50,o %
- CONGO: Women: 69,9 % ; Men: 41,4 %
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE: Women: 85,3 % ; Men: 63,4 %
- DJIBOUTI: Women: 87,0 % ; Men: 63,0 %
- EGYPT: Women: 78,1 % ; Men: 50,2 %
- EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Women: 64,5 ; Men: 28,7 %
- ERITHREA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- ETHIOPIA: Women: 89,2 % ; Men: 73,6 %
- GABON: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- GAMBIA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- GHANA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- GUINEA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- GUINEA-BISSAU: Women: 95,7 % ; Men: 77,8 %
- KENYA: Women: 54,2 % ; Men: 26,0 %
- LESOTHO: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- LIBERIA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- LIBYA: Femmes: 83,2 % ; Men: 37,3 %
- MADAGASCAR: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- MALAWI: Women: 74,6 % ; Men: 37,2 %
- MALI: Women: 91,0 % ; Men: 76,0 %
- MAURICE: Women: 31,3 % ; Men: 16,9 %
- MAURITANIA: Women: 80,0 ; Men: 61,0
- MOROCCO: Women: 89,9 % ; Men: 64,2 %
- MOZAMBIQUE: Women: 93,8 ; Men: 65,8
- NAMIBIA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- NIGER: Women: 97,0 % ; Men: 87,0 %
- NIGERIA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- REUNION: Women: 28,2 % ; Men: 33,2 %
- RWANDA: Women: 84,6 %; Men: 55,6 %
- SAO TOME & PRINCIPE: Women: 36,9 ; Men:
- SENEGAL: Women: 90,0 % ; Men: 68,0 %
- SEYCHELLES: Women: 21,0 % ; Men: 23,0 %
- SIERRA LEONE: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- SOMALIA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- SOUTH AFRICA: Women: 30,1 % ; Men: 26,4 %
- SUDAN: Women: 88,0 % ; Men: 62,7 %
- SWAZILAND: Women: 46,3 % ; Men: 36,7 %
- TANZANIA: Women: 45,9 % ; Men: 19,3 %
- TOGO: Women: 90,4 % ; Men: 67,9 %
- TUNISIA: Women: 67,7 % ; Men: 42,2 %
- UGANDA: Women: 66,7 % ; Men: 37,2 %
- WESTERN SAHARA: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- ZAÏRE: Women: .. ; Men: ..
- ZAMBIA: Women: 74,3 % ; Men: 44,3 %
- ZIMBABWE: Women: 36,5 % ; Men: 21,5 %
Sources: Wistat & Unesco (United Nations)
- Percentage of women among university teachers (1990)
- ALGERIA: 20 %
- ANGOLA: ..
- BENIN: 10 %
- BOTSWANA: ..
- BURKINA FASO: 7 %
- BURUNDI: 11 %
- CAMEROON: ..
- CAP-VERDE: ..
- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: 11 %
- CHAD: 5 %
- COMOROS: 31 %
- CONGO: 9 %
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE: ..
- DJIBOUTI: ..
- EGYPT: 29 %
- EQUATORIAL GUINEA: 11 %
- ERITHREA: ..
- ETHIOPIA: 5 %
- GABON: 16 %
- GAMBIA: ..
- GHANA: 6 %
- GUINEA: 3 %
- GUINEA-BISSAU: ..
- KENYA: ..
- LESOTHO: 10 %
- LIBERIA: 20 %
- LIBYA: ..
- MADAGASCAR: 27 %
- MALAWI: 20 %
- MALI: ..
- MAURICE: 15 %
- MAURITANIA: ..
- MOROCCO: 19 %
- MOZAMBIQUE: 26 %
- NAMIBIA: 50 %
- NIGER: 11 %
- NIGERIA: 10 %
- REUNION: ..
- RWANDA: 6 %
- SAO TOME & PRINCIPE: ..
- SENEGAL: 15 %
- SEYCHELLES: 57 %
- SIERRA LEONE: ..
- SOMALIA: ..
- SOUTH AFRICA: 29 %
- SUDAN: 12 %
- SWAZILAND: 30 %
- TANZANIA: 6 %
- TOGO: 11 %
- TUNISIA: 22 %
- UGANDA: 18 %
- WESTERN SAHARA: ..
- ZAÏRE: ..
- ZAMBIA: 13 %
- ZIMBABWE: 13 %
Sources: Wistat & Unesco (UNITED Nations)
The statistics used here are from the United Nations,
The World' Women 1995 - Trends and Statistics (United Nations publications,
Sales No. E.95XII.2 (In French, F.95. XII.2) and are quoted with permission.
Further information on United Nations gender statistics may be found at the
United Nations Statistics Division's Internet home page http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd
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