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Education Outcomes: Learning
Barriers to Education
Learning outcomes
Violence
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 (%)
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 (%)
Country Region Income level Female Male Gap Female Male Gap Female
Afghanistan South Asia Low income 22.60 52.06 29.46 41.59 71.24 29.65 28.70
Honduras Latin America & Caribbean Lower middle income 88.73 88.25 -0.48 97.29 94.84 -2.45 16.40
India South Asia Lower middle income 69.10 83.45 14.35 90.17 92.99 2.82 17.90
Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 80.27 85.58 5.31 88.08 87.59 -0.49 13.80
Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 52.66 71.26 18.60 68.26 81.58 13.32 12.60
Peru Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income 92.02 96.99 4.97 99.35 99.52 0.17 19.80

Afghanistan

Region Income Level
South Asia Low income
Education Outcomes: Learning / Learning outcomes Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)​
Female Male Gap
22.60 52.06 29.46
Education Outcomes: Learning / Learning outcomes Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)
Female Male Gap
41.59 71.24 29.65
Barriers to Education / 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 (%)
Female
28.70

Honduras

Region Income Level
Latin America & Caribbean Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Learning / Learning outcomes Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)​
Female Male Gap
88.73 88.25 -0.48
Education Outcomes: Learning / Learning outcomes Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)
Female Male Gap
97.29 94.84 -2.45
Barriers to Education / 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 (%)
Female
16.40

India

Region Income Level
South Asia Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Learning / Learning outcomes Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)​
Female Male Gap
69.10 83.45 14.35
Education Outcomes: Learning / Learning outcomes Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)
Female Male Gap
90.17 92.99 2.82
Barriers to Education / 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 (%)
Female
17.90

Kenya

Region Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Learning / Learning outcomes Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)​
Female Male Gap
80.27 85.58 5.31
Education Outcomes: Learning / Learning outcomes Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)
Female Male Gap
88.08 87.59 -0.49
Barriers to Education / 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 (%)
Female
13.80

Nigeria

Region Income Level
Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Learning / Learning outcomes Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)​
Female Male Gap
52.66 71.26 18.60
Education Outcomes: Learning / Learning outcomes Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)
Female Male Gap
68.26 81.58 13.32
Barriers to Education / 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 (%)
Female
12.60

Peru

Region Income Level
Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income
Education Outcomes: Learning / Learning outcomes Percentage of population aged 15+ that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)​
Female Male Gap
92.02 96.99 4.97
Education Outcomes: Learning / Learning outcomes Percentage of population aged 15-24 that can both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life (%)
Female Male Gap
99.35 99.52 0.17
Barriers to Education / 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 (%)
Female
19.80