Table 1 Percentage of young women in education, by current age
Country | Year | Age | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
Women | |||||||||
Burkina Faso | 1998 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 2.6 |
2010 | 40.8 | 32.6 | 22.0 | 18.9 | 15.5 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 9.1 | |
Ethiopia | 2000 | 33.2 | 30.8 | 29.1 | 19.6 | 17.9 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 6.7 |
2011 | 70.9 | 67.0 | 60.8 | 43.4 | 33.5 | 22.7 | 21.9 | 18.6 | |
Ghana | 1993 | 53.0 | 43.1 | 28.1 | 16.0 | 11.5 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
2014 | 68.3 | 54.7 | 48.7 | 27.1 | 20.2 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.3 | |
Kenya | 1993 | 76.9 | 70.9 | 53.1 | 31.7 | 20.2 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 5.3 |
2014 | 91.5 | 85.4 | 73.8 | 50.5 | 39.6 | 24.5 | 18.5 | 13.8 | |
Tanzania | 1996 | 61.2 | 40.7 | 25.5 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
2010 | 58.6 | 47.2 | 45.3 | 26.6 | 20.2 | 10.6 | 6.7 | 2.9 | |
Uganda | 1995 | 45.6 | 24.8 | 21.0 | 11.7 | 7.9 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 3.4 |
2011 | 86.5 | 74.0 | 58.1 | 39.6 | 22.6 | 12.5 | 11.0 | 6.3 | |
Men | |||||||||
Burkina Faso | 1998 | 21.5 | 17.9 | 16.8 | 13.9 | 15.1 | 11.7 | 9.7 | 4.4 |
2010 | 41.8 | 34.1 | 34.0 | 30.1 | 28.5 | 20.3 | 24.1 | 17.8 | |
Ethiopia | 2000 | 47.1 | 48.1 | 36.8 | 37.0 | 51.5 | 23.2 | 28.3 | 17.9 |
2011 | 69.9 | 63.4 | 64.3 | 47.7 | 48.5 | 36.5 | 38.3 | 22.3 | |
Ghana | 1993 | 60.5 | 48.4 | 55.6 | 30.4 | 29.4 | 8.7 | 14.3 | 11.8 |
2014 | 71.1 | 58.4 | 59.9 | 40.9 | 34.6 | 24.6 | 24.3 | 21.3 | |
Kenya | 1993 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26.4 | 19.2 | 13.9 |
2014 | 95.0 | 89.3 | 83.1 | 70.6 | 51.3 | 38.6 | 29.1 | 24.6 | |
Tanzania | 1996 | 69.4 | 57.0 | 35.8 | 29.3 | 23.6 | 14.4 | 6.3 | 3.1 |
2010 | 66.6 | 55.6 | 50.4 | 52.8 | 32.3 | 29.2 | 16.8 | 12.9 | |
Uganda | 1995 | 67.8 | 46.0 | 54.5 | 36.4 | 47.2 | 30.2 | 20.8 | 17.0 |
2011 | 85.9 | 80.1 | 75.2 | 50.8 | 47.3 | 35.3 | 31.0 | 13.7 | |