The chart shows the number of girls per 100 boys enrolled in different levels of school education in both 1990 and 1998.Overall, there is a slight increase in the nuber of girls per 100 boys between 1990 and 1998.
For developing countries, number of girls per 100 boys decreased when the level of education increased.In 1990, developing countries enrolled 83 girls per 100 boys in primary education which increased in 1998 to 87 girls per 100 boys.Unlike the primary education, girls enrolled in secondary schools were less. Developing countries enrolled 72 girls per 100 boys and this number increased to 82 girls per 100 boys in 1998.Moreover, this number decreased even more and reached 66 girls per 100 boys enrolled in tertiary education in1990 and increased to 75 girls per 100 boys in 1998.
On the other hand, developed countries had more girls per 100 boys in all levels and kept increasing with the increase of the level.In primary education, 95 girl were enrolled per 100 boys in 1990 which increased to 96 girls per 100 boys in 1998.In secondary education, this number increased even more and reached 98 girls in 1990 and 99 girls in 1998 which was almost the same number of the boys.In addition, in tertiary education, girls enrolled were more than the boys.In 1990, 105 girls enrolled which grew to 112 girls.
Ultimately, in developed countries, more girls were enrolled in in different levels of education than the girls enrolled in developing countries.Developed countries were closer to gender equality than developing countries.In addition, developed countries kept going closer to its target unlike the developing ones who kept moving away from that target.