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			Education Outcomes: Learning
			Learning outcomes
			Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)	Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)
Country	Region	Income level	Female	Female
Afghanistan	South Asia	Low income	22.60	41.59
Burkina Faso	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	29.12	54.45
Burundi	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	69.44	-
Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	26.20	28.71
Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	18.87	-
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	East Asia & Pacific	Low income	100.00	-
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	71.73	-
Eritrea	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	68.95	92.71
Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	44.42	-
Gambia, The	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	52.25	-
Guinea-Bissau	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	41.00	-
Liberia	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	34.09	-
Madagascar	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	76.03	79.18
Malawi	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	65.09	-
Mali	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	22.08	38.45
Mozambique	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	48.57	-
Niger	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	29.70	35.56
Rwanda	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	73.30	88.50
Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	41.31	62.70
Somalia	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	28.01	-
South Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	28.86	47.37
Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	56.06	73.49
Syrian Arab Republic	Middle East & North Africa	Low income	80.90	-
Togo	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	55.05	84.01
Uganda	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	76.53	89.95
Yemen	Middle East & North Africa	Low income	-	-

Afghanistan

Region	Income Level
South Asia	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
22.60

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
41.59

Burkina Faso

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
29.12

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
54.45

Burundi

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
69.44

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
-

Central African Republic

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
26.20

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
28.71

Chad

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
18.87

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
-

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Region	Income Level
East Asia & Pacific	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
100.00

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
-

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
71.73

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
-

Eritrea

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
68.95

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
92.71

Ethiopia

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
44.42

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
-

Gambia, The

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
52.25

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
-

Guinea-Bissau

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
41.00

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
-

Liberia

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
34.09

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
-

Madagascar

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
76.03

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
79.18

Malawi

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
65.09

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
-

Mali

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
22.08

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
38.45

Mozambique

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
48.57

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
-

Niger

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
29.70

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
35.56

Rwanda

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
73.30

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
88.50

Sierra Leone

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
41.31

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
62.70

Somalia

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
28.01

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
-

South Sudan

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
28.86

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
47.37

Sudan

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
56.06

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
73.49

Syrian Arab Republic

Region	Income Level
Middle East & North Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
80.90

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
-

Togo

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
55.05

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
84.01

Uganda

Region	Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
76.53

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
89.95

Yemen

Region	Income Level
Middle East & North Africa	Low income

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
-

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Female
-

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Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes

Adjusted net attendance rates

Adjusted net attendance rate for children of pre-primary (one year before primary) school age (%)

Adjusted net attendance rate for children of primary school age (%)

Adjusted net attendance rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)

Adjusted net attendance rate for adolescents of upper secondary school age (%)

Out-of-school rates

Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age (%)

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of upper secondary school age (%)

Completion rates

Completion rate for children of primary school age (%)

Completion rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)

Completion rate for adolescents of upper secondary school age (%)

Education Outcomes: Learning

Learning outcomes

Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)

Barriers to Education

Child Labor

Time spent on economic activity - Percent aged 10-14 years who engaged in economic activity in the past week (%)

Time spent on unpaid household chores - Percent aged 10-14 years who engage in unpaid household chores in the past week (%)

Violence

Intimate Partner Violence - Percent of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15-19 subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months (%)

Corporal punishment - Percent aged 10-14 years who experienced any physical violence or psychological aggression by caregivers (%)

Adolescent childbearing

Percent aged 20-24 years who had a first birth before age 18 (%)

Child marriage

Percent aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (%)

Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)

Contextual Influences

Community-level

Control over earnings - Among currently married or in union women aged 15-49 employed in the past year and earning cash, the percent who decides how those earnings are used (%)

Cash earnings - Among women aged 15-49 employed in the past year, the percent who earned cash for their work (%)

Employment - Percent of women aged 15-49 employed in the past year (%)

Proportion of youth aged 15-24 not in education, employment or training (%)

School-level

Percentage of primary schools providing life skills-based HIV and sexuality education

Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure

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A gender lens on education data

Afghanistan

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Central African Republic

Chad

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gambia, The

Guinea-Bissau

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mozambique

Niger

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Sudan

Sudan

Syrian Arab Republic

Togo

Uganda

Yemen

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