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Table 4.
Third-level education:
gross enrolment ratios, by region, 1985 and 1992 (percentage)
1985
MF
1992
M
F
MF
M
F
12.5
13.4
11.6
14.6
15.4
13.7
6.1
7.5
4.6
7.8
9.3
6.1
2.2
3.4
1.1
3.3
4.5
2.1
Arab States
11.5
14.7
8.1
13.0
15.8
10.1
Latin America/Caribbean
15.7
17.2
14.3
17.7
18.1
17.2
Eastern Asia/Oceania
of which: China
4.3
1.4
5.2
2.0
3.3
0.9
5.5
1.9
6.2
2.4
4.6
1.3
Southern Asia
of which: India
5.3
6.0
7.3
8.1
3.2
3.8
7.7
...
10.7
...
4.5
...
Least developed countries
2.6
3.8
1.3
3.1
4.5
1.6
38.9
37.7
40.1
46.7
44.0
49.5
Northern America
61.7
57.4
66.1
82.0
73.2
91.3
Asia/Oceania
28.8
32.2
25.2
33.3
34.4
32.1
Europe/Russian Federation
32.3
31.1
33.6
37.4
35.7
39.1
WORLD TOTAL
Developing countries of which:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Developed countries of which:
World Education Report 1995.
Source:
Table 5.
Examples of percentages of girls enrolled a/ in higher education
in certain university faculties, by major branches of study
Country
%F
Year
Human
Sciences
Law
Social
Sciences
Natural
Sciences
Math/
Computers
Medicine
Engineering
Agriculture
Ghana
1990
31
50
27
15
11
23
3
11
Swaziland
1991
63
40
51
33
b/
--
--
28
Uganda
1990
33
34
26
15
10
22
8
18
Kuwait
1991
66
50
74
65
72
63
39
--
Brazil
1991
74
44
57
49
38
64
17
30
Mexico
1990
57
40
59
54
41
54
16
21
Italy
1991
80
53
47
51
42
50
11
34
Sweden
1991
64
54
74
53
19
62
21
45
a/
In courses leading to a licence -- information not available.
b/
Discipline included in the faculties.
Source:
1993 UNESCO Statistical Yearbook in World Science Report 1995.
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