Case of Investing in Young People, 2010

22. 10 to 24 year olds
as proportion of total
population in this
Population aged group of countries,
Region 10 to 24 years per cent
Least developed countries 274,842,000 32.2
Less developed regions 1,595,761,000 28.1
More developed regions 226,440,000 18.3
Total 1,822,201,000 26.4
:

23. 16
Less developed regions
14
Least developed countries
12
10
Per cent
8
6
4
2
0
0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80+

29. Youth literacy rate — Ratio of literate Youth literacy rate — Gender
per cent of age females to males per cent of age Parity Index for
15-24 years, 2005–2008* (age 15-24), 15-24 years youth literacy
Country type Male Female 2005–2008 Top priority countries Male Female rate
World 91.7 86.4 0.95 Burkina Faso 46.7 33.1 0.71
Developing countries 90.3 84.1 0.94 Central African Republic 72.1 56.4 0.78
Least developed countries 74.5 65.5 0.88 Chad 53.5 37.2 0.70
Comoros 85.7 84.1 0.98
Congo, Dem. Rep. 68.8 61.8 0.90
Côte d’Ivoire 72.0 60.1 0.83
Gambia 70.1 58.1 0.83
Guinea-Bissau 77.6 61.6 0.79
Kenya 91.8 92.9 1.01
Niger 52.4 23.2 0.44
Nigeria 78.3 64.6 0.82
Rwanda 77.1 77.1 1.00
Tanzania 78.7 76.3 0.97
Togo 87.0 80.0 0.92
Zambia 82.1 67.5 0.82
Zimbabwe 98.3 99.4 1.01

30. Gender Parity Index,
Country 2008 estimates
Niger 0.44
Ethiopia 0.62
Benin 0.66
Sierra Leone 0.69
Chad 0.70
Burkina Faso 0.71
Yemen 0.74
Pakistan 0.75
Guinea 0.76
Central African Republic 0.78
Guinea-Bissau 0.79
Mozambique 0.80
Angola 0.81
Morocco 0.81
Nigeria 0.82
Zambia 0.82
Côte d’Ivoire 0.83
Nepal 0.87
Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.90
Mauritania 0.90

31. Ratio of female to male enrolments
Central and Eastern Asian Primary Secondary Tertiary
Afghanistan 0.63 0.38 0.28
Bangladesh 1.08 1.06 0.57
Cambodia 0.93 0.82 0.56
India 0.96 0.83 0.72
Lao, People’s Democratic
Republic 0.90 0.79 0.72
Nepal 0.99 0.91 0.40
Pakistan 0.82 0.76 0.85
Sri Lanka 1.00 1.02 –

32. Honduras, 2005-06
Secondary or higher
Nicaragua, 2006
Primary
Egypt, 2008
No education
Dominican
Republic, 2007
Jordan, 2009
Philippines, 2008
Nepal, 2006
Senegal, 2008-09
Bangladesh, 2007
Ethiopia, 2005
Country, year
Azerbaijan, 2006
Kenya, 2008-09
Pakistan, 2006-07
Haiti, 2005-06
Benin, 2006
Uganda, 2006
Zambia, 2007
Nigeria, 2008
Congo Dem.
Republic, 2007
Sierra Leone, 2008
Liberia, 2009
Chad, 2004
0 50 100 150 200 250
Under-5 mortality rate per 1,000 births

33. Percentage of all births
to women under age 20
More developed countries 6
Less developed countries 12
Least developed countries 16
Developing regions 2007
2000
1990
Eastern Asia
CIS
Northern Africa
Region
South-Eastern Asia
Western Asia
Southern Asia
Oceania
Latin America
& the Caribbean
Sub-Saharan Africa
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Number of births per 1,000 women aged 15–19

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35. HIV prevalence rate (per cent)
in young people (15–24),200
Female Male
Country high estimate high estimate
Swaziland 27.2 9.3
Botswana 20.8 7.9
Lesotho 18.4 9.6
South Africa 17.0 6.0
Namibia 14.5 5.3
Zambia 14.2 5.2
Zimbabwe 11.7 4.4
Mozambique 11.1 4.2
Malawi 10.4 3.8
Central African Republic 7.0 1.5
Gabon 6.3 2.4

36. Ethiopia 2007
2000
Haiti
Peru
Nigeria
Kenya
Countries
Dominican
Republic
Mozambique
Republic
of Moldova
Cameroon
Burkina Faso
Namibia
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Per cent condom use

37. 60 60 60
Women
50 Men
50
42 43
41
40 38
33 33
Per cent
30
26 25
23 25
20
15
10
0
Richest Fourth Middle Second Poorest Urban Rural
20% 20% 20% 20% 20%
Characteristics

43. East Asia and the Pacific Sub - Saharan Africa
4000 70 4000 70
Working age
population 65 65
3000 3000
Working age population (%)
GNI per capita (US$ PPP)
60 60
2000 2000
55 55
1000 1000
GNI per capita 50 50
(US$ PPP)
0 0 0 0
1975 1990 2000 1975 1990 2000

44. Period when productive age groups
Region or sub-region (15 to 60 years) at maximum size
Less developed region excluding
Least Developed Countries 2036-2038
Least Developed Countries After 2050
Latin America and the Caribbean 2018-2020
Western Asia 2023-2028
South-Central Asia 2037-2038
Sub-Saharan Africa After 2050

56. One of
Major Minor several No
Yes No Total focus focus groups Mention Total
Number 22 44 66 Number 6 13 17 20 66
Per cent 33.3 66.7 100.0 Per cent 24.2 19.7 25.8 30.3 100.0

57. Includes youth Does not include
budgetary youth budgetary
allocation allocation Total
Number 21 45 66
Per cent 31.8 68.2 100.0
Major focus Minor focus
in a in a No mention
key goal key goal at all Total
Number 19 27 20 66
Per cent 28.8 40.9 30.3 100.0

58. Sexual and
Reproductive Gender/Needs
Education Employment Health HIV/AIDS of girls Human rights Cross-Cutting
Number 60 62 32 45 25 26 11
Per cent 90.9 94.0 48.5 68.2 37.9 39.4 16.7

62. Young People Young People Young People
(10 to 24) as a (10 to 24) as a (10 to 24) as a
proportion of Total proportion of Total proportion of
Total Population all adults (10+) Population all adults (10+) Population all adults (10+)
(10 and over) per cent young (10 and over) per cent young (10 and over) per cent young
thousands of adults in adult thousands of adults in adult thousands of adults in adult
people population people population people population
Country 2010 2010 Country 2010 2010 Country 2010 2010
Uganda 21,974 52.1 Cameroon 14,246 45.5 Egypt 66,302 38.5
Zimbabwe 9,369 51.4 Congo 2,713 45.1 Grenada 87 38.2
Swaziland 893 50.7 Equatorial Guinea 497 45.1 Bangladesh 131,688 38.2
Yemen 16,992 50.2 Iraq 22,804 45.1 Turkmenistan 4,192 38.1
Democratic Central African Kyrgyzstan 4,531 37.3
3,261 45.0
Republic of the 45,434 49.8 Republic
South Africa 40,463 37.2
Congo Eritrea 3,664 44.9
Fiji 685 37.0
Zambia 8,917 49.5 Cape Verde 396 44.8
Saudi Arabia 20,658 37.0
Malawi 10,672 49.4 Togo 4,944 44.7
India 971,696 36.8
Timor-Leste 811 49.3 Gambia 1,233 44.5
Mongolia 2,263 36.5
Afghanistan 19,621 49.2 Côte d’Ivoire 15,518 44.4
Dominican 8,204 36.0
Niger 9,986 49.0 Namibia 1,676 43.9 Republic
Mali 9,132 48.7 Sudan 31,934 43.9 Ecuador 11,188 35.8
Angola 12,956 48.6 Cambodia 11,901 43.9 Peru 23,922 35.8
Burkina Faso 10,757 48.4 Mauritania 2,447 43.8 Jamaica 2,276 35.4
Senegal 8,929 48.3 Guinea-Bissau 1,150 43.7 Morocco 26,592 35.4
Chad 7,752 48.2 Honduras 5,789 43.7 Algeria 29,095 35.2
Lesotho 1,562 48.1 Vanuatu 182 43.6 Venezuela 23,553 34.8
Occupied (Bolivarian
Solomon Islands 395 43.5
Palestinian 3,056 48.0 Republic of)
Territory Papua New Malaysia 22,651 34.8
5,029 43.5
Ethiopia Guinea
59,465 47.7 Iran (Islamic 63,108 34.4
Djibouti 670 43.4
Rwanda 7,146 47.5 Republic of)
Ghana 17,981 43.1 Colombia 37,890 34.0
United Republic
30,579 47.2 Nepal
of Tanzania 22,895 42.9 Western Sahara 427 34.0
Kenya 28,393 47.0 Haiti 7,768 42.9 Saint Lucia 147 33.9
Mozambique 16,143 46.6 Pakistan 139,059 42.8 Guyana 631 33.8
Madagascar 14,247 46.6 Gabon 1,153 42.6 Saint Vincent and 92 33.4
Burundi 6,303 46.3 Nicaragua 4,540 42.2 the Grenadines
Sao Tome and Botswana 1,550 41.9 Viet Nam 75,626 33.1
120 46.2
Principe Libyan Arab 5,207 33.1
Belize 244 41.5
Tajikistan 5,397 46.1 Jamahiriya
Comoros 506 41.2
Nigeria 111,007 45.9 Mexico 91,750 33.0
Maldives 262 41.2
Liberia 2,880 45.9 Azerbaijan 7,583 32.8
Bolivia 7,650 41.0
Micronesia (Fed. Costa Rica 3,943 32.8
85 45.8 Syrian Arab
States of) 17,081 40.5 Panama 2,868 32.7
Republic
Guinea 7,214 45.7 Suriname 431 32.6
Jordan 5,014 40.4
Lao People’s French Polynesia 228 32.5
Democratic 4,919 45.7 Paraguay 5,062 39.7
Republic Philippines 72,878 39.5 Myanmar 41,918 32.1
Benin 6,419 45.6 Uzbekistan Brunei 337 32.1
22,882 39.4
Somalia Darussalam
6,336 45.6 Bhutan 572 39.3 Turkey 63,224 31.9
Guatemala 10,328 45.6 El Salvador 5,076 39.3 Albania 2,784 31.9
Sierra Leone 4,008 45.6 Oman 2,324 38.9 Indonesia 192,716 31.9