The bar chart below illustrates the proportion of girls per 100 boys from developed and developing countries who were enrolled in primary, secondary, and tertiary education in 1990 and 1998 along with the mean target achieved.
Overall, it is evident throughout the levels of education, that girls from developed countries surpass the enrollment of females from developing countries. In addition, tertiary education in developed countries achieved the highest overall target.
Firstly, in the primary education level developing countries had a enrollment rate of 83 and 87 for 1990 and 198 respectively. However, a steady increase was seen in the developed countries where 95 females enrolled in 1990 and 96 in 1998. For elementary attendance, there was a decline of only 72 girls in 1990 and 82 in 1998. Subsequently, there was a increase of roughly 17% for the periods 1990 and 1998. Higher-level education saw a similar trend, with developing countries enrolling 66 females in 1990 and 75 in 1998. Nonetheless, there was a significant incline for developed countries which had the highest recorded enrollment of 105 and 112 in 1990 and 1998 respectively.
Moreover, tertiary education meets its target goal of roughly 110 attendance, the highest recorded throughout the schooling system.