The given charts illustrate the percentages of people who participated in education based on their gender in four parts of the world in 2000. The first chart shows the percentages of girls and boys who studied at secondary school, while the second chart illustrate the percentage of college-aged men and women in higher education.
In regards to secondary education, it can be seen that in Europe and Latin America, the number of girls who area at secondary school was slightly higher than the number of boys. It was100% girls and 98% boys in Europe and 60% girls and 50% boys. Meanwhile, in Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia, the percentage of boys who area at secondary school was higher than the girls. In Sub-Saharan Africa there were 28% boys and 20%, whereas in East Asia, there were around 62% boys and 60% girls.
As for the higher education, in almost all of the regions, the percentage of male college students was higher than female, except for Europe. Europe has 47% males and 57% females, followed by Latin America which has 18% males and 15% females. In East Asia, there were 10% males and 8% females. Meanwhile, in Sub-Saharan Africa, there were 7% males and 4% females.
Overall, it can be seen that Europe has the highest percentages of males and females who participated in secondary and higher education, compared to the other regions. Meanwhile, Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest number of students in both levels of education.