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Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

About Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19.

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Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)

97% 2011

Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)

About Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary and secondary levels in public and private schools.

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Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)

210 2010

Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)

About Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die during pregnancy and childbirth, per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on fertility, birth attendants, and HIV prevalence.

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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

21% 2012

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

About Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.

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Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)

Children in employment, female (% of female children ages 7-14)

Children in employment, male (% of male children ages 7-14)

Children in employment, study and work, female (% of female children in employment, ages 7-14)

Children in employment, study and work, male (% of male children in employment, ages 7-14)

Children in employment, work only, female (% of female children in employment, ages 7-14)

Children in employment, work only, male (% of male children in employment, ages 7-14)

Children out of school, primary, female

Children out of school, primary, male

Contraceptive prevalence (% of women ages 15-49)

Employees, agriculture, female (% of female employment)

Employees, agriculture, male (% of male employment)

Employees, industry, female (% of female employment)

Employees, industry, male (% of male employment)

Employees, services, female (% of female employment)

Employees, services, male (% of male employment)

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group)

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group)

Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+)

Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+)

Labor participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+)

Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)

Long-term unemployment, female (% of female unemployment)

Long-term unemployment, male (% of male unemployment)

Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)

Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort)

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)

Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%)

Prevalence of HIV, female (% ages 15-24)

Prevalence of HIV, male (% ages 15-24)

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Progression to secondary school, female (%)

Progression to secondary school, male (%)

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

Ratio of female to male primary enrollment (%)

Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment (%)

Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment (%)

Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)

Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment)

Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment)

Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector (% of total nonagricultural employment)

Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19 who have had children or are currently pregnant)

Unemployment, female (% of female labor force)

Unemployment, male (% of male labor force)

Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24)

Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24)

Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment)

Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment)

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Arab World	80% 2011
Caribbean small states	83% 2011
East Asia & Pacific	99% 2010
Euro area	100% 2011
European Union	99% 2011
Europe & Central Asia	98% 2011
Latin America & Caribbean	102% 2011
Least developed countries: UN classification	62% 2011
Middle East & North Africa	87% 2011
OECD members	101% 2011
Other small states	77% 2011
Pacific island small states	92% 2010
Small states	80% 2011
South Asia	87% 2010
Sub-Saharan Africa	67% 2011
World	89% 2011

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

About Primary completion rate. Female is the total number of new female entrants in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, expressed as percentage of the total female population of the theoretical entrance age to the last grade of primary. This indicator is also known as "gross intake rate to the last grade of primary." The ratio can exceed 100% due to over-aged and under-aged children who enter primary school late/early and/or repeat grades.

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