9 November 2012
As we approach ‘Malala Day’ on 10 November, the EFA Global Monitoring Report reveals that Pakistan scores in the bottom ten of new country rankings for education of poor females.
As we stand together on ‘Malala Day’, it is vital to stand up for what Malala believes in, and to put the spotlight on the extreme disadvantage that many poor girls and young women face in getting to school.
Our new Education for All Global Monitoring Report and our new interactive website – World Inequality Database in Education, WIDE – provides us with a global scorecard ranking the extent of education poverty in countries around the world. Pakistan is in the bottom ten countries for the proportion of poorest girls who have never even spent time in a classroom. Only six African countries are in a worse situation. It is also in the bottom ten for the amount of time that young women have spent in school in their life-time.
Almost two-thirds of poorest girls in Pakistan have never been to school. The long term neglect of education means that the poorest young women in the country have only spent around a year in school on average. Without a real step change by the government to give these children and young people the education and training they need, including a second chance for those who have missed out, they will be denied equal opportunities in work and life forever.
COUNTRY SCORECARDS
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Percentage of poorest females aged 7-16 who have never been to school |
Average years of education for the poorest 17-22 year old females |
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Rank |
Country |
% |
Rank |
Country |
Years |
| 1 | Somalia | 95% | 1 | Somalia | 0.3 |
| 2 | Niger | 78% | 2 | Niger | 0.4 |
| 3 | Liberia | 77% | 3 | Mali | 0.5 |
| 4 | Mali | 75% | 4 | Guinea | 0.5 |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 71% | 5 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.8 |
| 6 | Guinea | 68% | 6 | Yemen | 0.8 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 62% | 7 | Central African Republic | 0.8 |
| 8 | Yemen | 58% | 8 | Burkina Faso | 0.9 |
| 9 | Benin | 55% | 9 | Pakistan | 1.0 |
| 10 | Côte d’Ivoire | 52% | 10 | Benin | 1.1 |
| 11 | Nigeria | 51% | 11 | Sierra Leone | 1.3 |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 50% | 12 | Côte d’Ivoire | 1.3 |
| 13 | Gambia | 48% | 13 | Gambia | 1.6 |
| 14 | Central African Republic | 46% | 14 | Madagascar | 1.8 |
| 15 | Madagascar | 46% | 15 | Senegal | 2.0 |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 44% | 16 | Ethiopia | 2.1 |
| 17 | Senegal | 43% | 17 | Burundi | 2.2 |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 42% | 18 | Liberia | 2.2 |
| 19 | Djibouti | 40% | 19 | Djibouti | 2.4 |
| 20 | Burundi | 38% | 20 | Togo | 2.4 |
| 21 | Zambia | 36% | 21 | Mozambique | 2.5 |
| 22 | Togo | 34% | 22 | Mauritania | 2.8 |
| 23 | Mauritania | 32% | 23 | India | 2.9 |
| 24 | Iraq | 32% | 24 | Iraq | 3.0 |
| 25 | D. R. Congo | 31% | 25 | Haiti | 3.1 |
| 26 | India | 30% | 26 | Nepal | 3.2 |
| 27 | Haiti | 27% | 27 | D. R. Congo | 3.2 |
| 28 | Ghana | 26% | 28 | Ghana | 3.6 |
| 29 | Timor-Leste | 24% | 29 | Rwanda | 3.7 |
| 30 | Mozambique | 23% | 30 | Nigeria | 4.1 |
| 31 | Nepal | 22% | 31 | Uganda | 4.1 |
| 32 | Egypt | 21% | 32 | Honduras | 4.1 |
| 33 | U. R. Tanzania | 20% | 33 | U. R. Tanzania | 4.2 |
| 34 | Kenya | 19% | 34 | Bangladesh | 4.4 |
| 35 | Uganda | 18% | 35 | Cambodia | 4.5 |
| 36 | Philippines | 16% | 36 | Zambia | 4.6 |
| 37 | Swaziland | 15% | 37 | Malawi | 4.8 |
| 38 | Lesotho | 14% | 38 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.1 |
| 39 | Suriname | 13% | 39 | Congo | 5.1 |
| 40 | Vanuatu | 13% | 40 | Syrian A. R. | 5.4 |
| 41 | Rwanda | 10% | 41 | Timor-Leste | 5.9 |
| 42 | Honduras | 10% | 42 | Egypt | 6.1 |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 9% | 43 | Kenya | 6.3 |
| 44 | Malawi | 9% | 44 | Swaziland | 6.3 |
| 45 | Tajikistan | 8% | 45 | Mongolia | 6.5 |
| 46 | Congo | 8% | 46 | Lesotho | 6.7 |
| 47 | Cambodia | 8% | 47 | Suriname | 6.7 |
| 48 | Syrian A. R. | 7% | 48 | Indonesia | 6.7 |
| 49 | TFYR Macedonia | 7% | 49 | Dominican Republic | 6.8 |
| 50 | Republic of Moldova | 7% | 50 | Bhutan | 6.8 |
| 51 | Namibia | 7% | 51 | Philippines | 7.0 |
| 52 | Azerbaijan | 6% | 52 | Namibia | 7.1 |
| 53 | Mongolia | 5% | 53 | Bolivia, P. S. | 7.1 |
| 54 | Montenegro | 5% | 54 | Belize | 7.4 |
| 55 | Serbia | 5% | 55 | Colombia | 7.6 |
| 56 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4% | 56 | Guyana | 7.7 |
| 57 | Indonesia | 4% | 57 | TFYR Macedonia | 7.7 |
| 58 | Maldives | 4% | 58 | Vanuatu | 7.7 |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 4% | 59 | Zimbabwe | 7.9 |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 4% | 60 | Tajikistan | 8.6 |
| 61 | Guyana | 2% | 61 | Serbia | 8.8 |
| 62 | Albania | 2% | 62 | Albania | 8.9 |
| 63 | Colombia | 2% | 63 | Montenegro | 9.0 |
| 64 | Georgia | 1% | 64 | Maldives | 9.1 |
| 65 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1% | 65 | Azerbaijan | 9.3 |
| 66 | Jordan | 1% | 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.7 |
| 67 | Belize | 1% | 67 | Jamaica | 10.1 |
| 68 | Bolivia, P. S. | 1% | 68 | Georgia | 10.6 |
| 69 | Bhutan | 1% | 69 | Jordan | 10.8 |
| 70 | Ukraine | 1% | 70 | Cuba | 10.8 |
| 71 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1% | 71 | Armenia | 10.9 |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 0% | 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.1 |
| 73 | Armenia | 0% | 73 | Republic of Moldova | 11.3 |
| 74 | Cuba | 0% | 74 | Kazakhstan | 11.6 |
| 75 | Jamaica | 0% | 75 | Ukraine | 12.3 |
Source: World Inequality Database on Education http://www.education-inequalities.org/
This work has been adapted from the The bottom ten countries for female education and is therefore made available under the same license.
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