CEDAW/C/1997/3/Add.3
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Table 3.
Second-level education:
gross enrolment ratios, by region, 1985 and 1992 (percentage)
1985
1992
MF
M
F
MF
M
F
WORLD TOTAL
48.7
53.6
43.6
54.1
58.3
49.6
Developing countries of which:
37.7
43.9
31.2
44.9
50.4
39.0
Sub-Saharan Africa
21.8
25.7
17.9
23.1
25.9
20.3
Arab States
45.7
53.9
37.2
53.8
60.1
47.1
Latin America/Caribbean
50.3
48.8
51.8
53.5
51.2
55.9
Eastern Asia/Oceania
of which: China
40.4
39.1
45.5
45.3
35.1
32.5
50.1
53.7
54.0
58.9
45.9
48.2
Southern Asia
of which: India
34.0
37.5
43.4
47.9
23.7
26.1
43.0
48.0
52.2
58.4
33.1
36.7
Least developed countries
16.5
21.7
11.3
17.6
21.8
13.2
Developed countries of which:
96.4
95.9
97.0
95.8
94.3
97.3
Northern America
97.7
97.5
97.8
96.5
95.8
97.3
Asia/Oceania
97.0
96.8
97.2
97.0
96.0
98.0
Europe/Russian Federation
95.8
95.0
96.6
95.1
93.2
97.1
Source:
World Education Report 1995.
23. The enrolment ratio for girls in higher education has further increased in
most countries, thus showing greater progress than the primary and secondary
levels. It has fallen in only four countries, Angola, Jamaica, Mozambique and
Viet Nam. In Angola, Mozambique and Viet Nam, this fall is due partly to the
war and in Viet Nam to a re-ordering of resources in favour of primary education
to the detriment of higher education.
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