The graph illustrates the proportion of women who were educated and population increase in selected countries between 1998 and 2000.
Generally speaking, it can be seen that in the countries with low women’s literacy, the population grew more, as opposed to the countries with more educated women, where the population increased less.
Looking at the details, Yemen Arab Rep. had the lowest women literacy with only 8%, while the population growth was second on the list with 3.3%. Afghanistan came next on the list with the rate of educated women at 9%, as opposed to the proportion of the population increase being first on the list with 4.5%. Regarding countries like Mali, Sudan, and Pakistan female literacy level was ranging from 12 to 21%, whereas the percentage of population growth ranging from 2.9 to 3%.
By contrast, the proportion of educated women in Dominican Rep. was 84%; however, population growth was 1.9%, nearly twice lower than in the countries where female literacy was low. The percentage of educated females in Jamaica and Sri Lanka was ranging from 88% to 90%, while population increase was between 1.4% and 1.2%. Colombia and Thailand had the highest female literacy level out of all mentioned counties being at 96%, whereas the proportion of population growth was ranging at 1.8% and 1.4%.