The provided bar charts delineate the enrollment percentages for both male and female students in secondary and tertiary institutions located in different continents of the world in 2000.
Overall, in 2000, the access to education in secondary schools was generally higher than that of universities or colleges among all four regions. Notably, Europe was the only region reaching the highest enrollment rates to both secondary and higher institutions for girls and boys, displaying a steer contrast to Sub-Sahara Africa, where the majority of the population remained inaccessible to education.
Regarding the percentage of population experiencing secondary education, almost 100% of European students in both genders gained attendance, with a minor domination of female students, making it the leading region. Followed by this, Latin America displayed a similar trend in the students’ genders, about 60% of Latin American girls pursued the secondary education, 10% higher than boys, which was starkly different compared to the figures for East Asia. While one third of the male population in Sub-Sahara Africa were educated in secondary institutions, only 20% female students were able to do so.
In terms of higher education, Europe still took the first place, reaching 60% and 70% for both male and female students. But to a lesser extent, Latin America and East Asia witnessed a sharp decline in the proportion for university students, with only one fifth of male and 15% of female in the former region, doubling that of the latter one. Likewise, the college-aged population in Sub-Sahara Africa was significantly low, recording only 5% of boys and around 2% of girls.