Band 6+: The chart below shows the percentages of school-aged girls and boys who were at secondary school in four regions of the world in 2000. The second chart shows the percentages of college-aged men and women in higher education in the same year.

The bar charts compare the percentage of male and female students in secondary and university across four parts of the world in 2000.

Overall, it is clear that Europe has the highest proportion of students enrolled in school among 4 continents. Additionally while the number of male students in most continents is larger than the number of female students, Europe sees the opposite trend in university

In secondary education, the proportion of both gender students admission

in school in Europe is equal, both are 100%. The remaining continents all have a 10% difference in the distribution of males and females, however only Latin America has more girls than boys . Africa has the lowest perspective of female students, with around 20% and 30% for males. The proportion of man students enrolled in school in Latin America and Asia is similar (50%).

In higher education, Europe once again has the highest percentage of students enrolled, with women accounting for 60%, 10% more than men. In addition, the number of students attending school in Africa is significantly different, with the proportion of male students being only one-fifth that of male students in Europe. The number of male students in Africa is twice that of female students. Latin America and Asia do not have a large difference in the proportion of students enrolling both sexes, with the proportion of male students being 18% and 12% respectively.