US AID 1996
Latin American and the Caribbean Selected Economic and Social Data
Education Indicators

GIRLS' EDUCATION

	Females as a percentage of males									Female Gross
				Enrollment Ratios by Age Groups						Enrollment Ratio
			Years of	Primary		Secondary		Tertiary		1st, 2nd
	Literacy		schooling	age 6-11		age 12-17		age 18-23		& 3rd Levels
	1970	1992	1992	1970	1990	1970	1990	1970	1990	1992
Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda			80
Bahamas		99	94	100	100	104	102		214	77
Barbados	100	98	93	100	100	109	92	71	149	73
Cuba		99	103	101	100	102	110	67	128	68
Dominica	100		92
Dominican Rep.	95	100	87	105	104	100	113	74	83	74
Grenada	100		92
Guyana	94	98	91	99	100	98	105	65	78	68
Haiti	65	87	65	83	104	75	93	40	74	28
Jamaica	101	111	98	101	100	96	113	88	79	65
Saint Kitts and Nevis	100		97
Saint Lucia	102		95
Saint Vincent/Grens.	100		96
Trinidad and Tobago	95	98	101	101	100	99	102	70	69	68
Central America
Belize	100		92
Costa Rica	100	100	97	99	101	102	99	84	85	66
El Salvador	88	94	100	99	119	88	97	68	82	54
Guatemala	72	77	86	86	94	74	74	44	48	39
Honduras	94	99	93	102	103	99	106	53	96	61
Nicaragua	98	103	110	102	105	102	110	62	92	61
Panama	98	99	106	101	101	96	102	91	120	70
South America
Argentina	98	100	105	103	100	105	110	87	114	82
Bolivia		82	60	71	93	64	83	50	52	61
Brazil	91	99	95	104	94	95	95	88	113	70
Chile	98	99	92	104	100	97	100	84	93	71
Colombia	97	100	106	107	102	98	109	60	105	69
Ecuador	90	96	91	99	101	89	95	58	89	70
Paraguay	89	96	88	99	100	83	94	89	93	58
Peru	74	86	80	91	100	79	81	59	61	74
Suriname		95	93	100	100	98	103	52	132	73
Uruguay		100	111	98	100	108	124	86	127	82
Venezuela	92	98	97	102	102	106	109	77	93	72
Mexico	90	95	96	100	100	75	98	42	76	64

Source: UNDP, Human Development Report, 1995.
Enrollment Ratios by age group from UN, WISTAT, 1994. Numbers less than 100 (except for the last column) mean that female literacy and enrollment rates are less than male.

U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.

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GIRLS' EDUCATION

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Education Indicators