Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (www.uis.unesco.org/Pages/default.aspx).
Table 6 Human development (education and training) Percentage of female students in primary education Percentage of female students in secondary education Percentage of female students in tertiary education 2005 2011/2012 2005 2011/2012 2005 2011/2012 Africa Angola – – – – – – Benin 43.55 46.55 35.43 37.88 – – Burkina Faso 43.71 47.23 40.73 42.99 30.73 32.60 Burundi 46.19 50.10 42.54 42.49 27.67 – Central African Republic 41.07 42.37 – 35.87 – – Chad 40.13 42.59 25.53 30.20 6.01 19.13 Comoros 46.16 44.99 42.51 – – 45.41 Democratic Republic of the Congo – 46.26 – 36.82 – – Djibouti 44.58 46.76 39.51 42.94 41.75 39.89 Equatorial Guinea 48.70 49.30 – – – – Eritrea 44.36 44.78 37.20 43.66 – – Ethiopia 45.07 47.40 37.27 46.31 24.36 30.22 Gambia 50.41 50.56 – – – – Guinea 44.08 45.60 32.90 38.23 18.64 25.83 Guinea-Bissau – – – – – – Lesotho 49.63 48.86 55.82 57.99 56.87 – Liberia – 46.91 – 44.34 – – Madagascar 48.91 49.37 48.95 – 47.04 48.21 Malawi 50.24 50.51 44.71 47.41 35.34 39.16 Mali 43.41 45.84 37.48 40.57 – 30.96 Mauritania 49.99 50.60 45.90 44.79 24.55 28.72 Mozambique 45.71 47.43 40.85 46.44 33.13 38.65 Niger 40.78 44.16 39.08 39.14 29.56 30.37 Rwanda 50.90 50.87 47.21 51.53 – 43.16 Sao Tome and Principe 48.62 48.78 51.13 52.61 – – Senegal 48.64 51.09 42.46 47.43 – – Sierra Leone – 48.80 – – – –