Over the past 20 years, gender gaps in enrolment and attendance have been declining. Globally, the male-female gender gap in out-of-school rates is close to zero in all three levels of education, although regions have progressed at different rates.
These statistics are taken from GEM Report materials.
is covered by households in low- and lower-middle-income countries
in 34 middle- and high-income countries would prefer more public spending on education
borrow to pay for education in low-income countries