The charts compare secondary education and higher education attendance rates between two genders in four different regions in the year 2000
Overall, Europe had the highest percentage of population attending both secondary school and higher education, while the opposite was true for Sub-Saharan African area. Moreover, there was not a significant gender gap, except for Latin America, where male attendance rates surpassed those of females.
In terms of Secondary Education, the percentage of school-aged boys who were at secondary school in Europe was nearly 100%, two-fold higher than that of Latin America. The figures for girls who were living in these two regions were nearly equal to those of male, were 100% and roughly 60%, respectively. In Latin America, 60% of boys and 50% of girl went to secondary school. Furthermore, very few Sub-Saharan African children had access to secondary education, with only 30% of boys and 20% of girls took part in.
Regarding higher education, including colleges and universities, Europe still dominated the comparison, with 70% of men and 60% of women. In contrast, the percentages of the other areas were (bị bỏ xa,. In Latin America, the figure for college-aged men enrolled in higher education was 20%, compared to around 10% of East Asia and only 5% of Sub-Saharan Africa. A similar pattern was witnessed in the percentages of women attending in higher education across the three areas, with 15%, 8% and 3% respectively.