把我算进去！：改善女孩和年轻妇女的教育成果（英）2025

World Bank Education Global Department Improving Education Outcomesfor Girls and Young Women Unlocking Girls’ and Women’s EconomicPotential through Education Investing in girls’ and women’s education and training is essential for expanding economicopportunities and is a proven pathway to poverty reduction. The World Bank supportsresilient, fair, and accessible education systems to ensure everyone has the chance to learn.Such education systems succeed in eliminating barriers that prevent girls and women fromreaping the returns on investments in education. Girls’ and women’s education createsa more prosperous and equitable future for all. The economy benefits when all girls andwomen receive the requisite education and training that gives them the skills to participatein the labor market: leading to improved lives, self-sustaining communities, economicgrowth, and global stability. According to the World Bank, restricted access to education forgirls results in a loss ofUS$15–US$30trillion in lifetime productivity and earnings for nations.The World Bank’s Pathways to Prosperity for Adolescent Girls in Africa report, emphasizesthat adopting evidence-based interventions that improve girls’ education could potentiallygenerate an extraUS$2.4 trillionin income for African countries by 2040. Progress and Challengesin Girls’ Education andEconomic Empowerment Globally, girls’ education has made consistent andsubstantial progress. Since 2015, about50 millionmore girlshave enrolled in school, including22.5 millionenrollmentsin primary education,14.6 millionenrollments in lowersecondary education, and13 million enrollmentsin uppersecondary education. Also, between 2015 and 2024, girls’completion rates increased from86 percentto89 percentin primary education, from74 percentto79 percentin lowersecondary education, and from54 percentto61 percentinupper secondary education1. For economic empowerment,World Bank data2, shows that the percentage of femalepopulation ages 15-64 participating in the labor market rosefrom53 percentin 2020 to55 percentin 2024 globally3. The World Bank remains committed to supportinggovernments in addressing challenges educationsystems face in improving girls’ education through lendingoperations and analytical work. These projects are typicallymultisectoral, engaging partners from the health, socialprotection, digital, water, and other sectors to deliver holisticsolutions, optimize resources, foster innovation, and achieveresilient outcomes. The World Bank Scorecard estimatesthat, as of June 30, 2024, active World Bank financededucation projects in the 2024 fiscal year had reached over146 million girls and young womenacross78 countries. Despite this progress, significant challenges, includinggender-based violence, child marriage, high secondaryschool dropout rates, and gender discrimination persist,especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and fragile,conflict, and violence (FCV)-affected areas. Globally, about12 milliongirls marry before the age of 18 each year. InSub-Saharan Africa,40 percentof girls marry before turning18 years. In South Asia, early marriage affects30 percentof adolescent girls (aged 15-19), making adolescent girlsthree times more likely than boys to be not in education,employment, or training (NEET). In FCV-affected areas, girlsare90 percentmore likely to be out of secondary schoolcompared to girls in non-FCV-affected areas. In addition,girls in FCV-affected areas are over two times more likely tobe out of school than boys in these areas, with secondaryschool completion rates at33 percentfor girls compared to38 percentfor boys (both reflecting stark dropout rates insecondary education). THE NUMBERSTELL THE STORY 122+millionOut of school girls worldwide While there are similar rates of school enrollmentglobally (92% male, 90% female), in low-incomecountries,female school completion is lowestat thesecondary education level. Nearly4 in 10 adolescentgirls and young womendo not complete uppersecondary education. 34millionof primary-school age 87millionof secondary-school age 67%Male 63%Female In South Asia, approximately42 millionprimaryand secondary school-age girls are out of school.In Sub-Saharan Africa, that number is50 million. It is estimated thattwo-thirds of the world’s illiteratepopulation are women. The literacy rate (above 15 years old) Girls in FCV-affected contexts: 91%Male 84%Female 90%more likely to be outof secondary schoolthan those in non-FCVcontexts 2.5 timesmore likely to beout of schoolthan boys Both boys and girls are facing a learning crisis.Learning Poverty (LP) measures the share of children who are not able to read and understand asimple text by age 10. While girls are on average, 4percentage points less learning-poor than boys, therates remain very high for both groups. The averageLP rate in LMICs is There is alarge gender gap in labor force participation especially in the Middle Eastand North Africa, which has the lowestfemale la