Relationship Between GDP Per Capita and the Global Gender Gap Index of 2009

Submitted by shirab12 on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 11:14
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World Economic Forum

This graph shows the relationship between per capita GDP of individual countries (or the average amount earned per person per year) and the Global Gender Gap Index Score (or the amount of money a woman makes for every dollar earned by a man with the same job). There is a clear, positive correlation between per capita GDP and the Gender Gap Index Score.

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Global Education Levels

Submitted by shirab12 on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 11:09
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UNESCO Institute of Statistics

This combined image shows the number of years children and young adults attend school. Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and the Middle East, and North Africa are the three most education-deficient regions as shown on the map. The bottom graph depicts the distribution of years spent in school, showing the number of years spent in pre-school, grammar/secondary school, and post-secondary school by region. 

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World Literacy Rates (1985-2005)

Submitted by shirab12 on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 10:49
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http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=838865&show=html

This chart shows both global and regional literacy rates over a period of twenty years (1985-2005). While overall global levels have risen dramatically, education for women and in the least developed countries continues to lag.

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