Women of Our World 2005

Indicators of Women’s Status and Progress Around the World

The Data and Estimates Provide Information On:

Basic demographicsReproductive health, including family planning, maternal health, and HIV/AIDSEducation, work, and political participation, and trends over time in each of these areas

Proportions of Younger and Older Women, Selected World Regions

43

3329

21 2015

1015

1824

3137

05

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Sub-SaharanAfrica

SouthCentral Asia

LatinAmerica &Caribbean

East Asia NorthAmerica

Europe

Under age 15 Over age 50

Percent of female population

Source: PRB, Women of Our World 2005

Births per Woman (Total Fertility Rate), Trends in Selected Regions

6.2

3.83.1 3.2

21.5

5.6

3.32.6 2.7

21.4

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Sub-SaharanAfrica

SouthCentral Asia

LatinAmerica &Caribbean

SoutheastAsia

NorthAmerica

Europe

1995 2005

Source: PRB, Women of Our World 2005

Adolescent Childbearing

1 14 5

911

13

21 22

0

5

10

15

20

25

China FranceColombia

United StatesCambodia

India

NicaraguaSomalia Liberia

Source: PRB, Women of Our World 2005

Percent of women ages 15-19 giving birth in one year

Maternal Deaths and Lifetime Risk of Dying from Maternal Causes

No. maternal deaths

Lifetime risk 1 in:

More developed countries

2,500 2,800

Less developed countries

527,000 61

Sub-Saharan Africa 247,000 16

South-central Asia 207,000 46

South-east Asia 25,000 140

Latin America & Caribbean

22,000 160

Source: PRB, Women of Our World 2005; WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA

Trends in Births Attended by Skilled Personnel*

9

42 44 4553

46

6979

13

3541

59 6173

85

36

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100

BangladeshNigeria** Tanzania

KenyaPeru Egypt

ZimbabweVietnam

mid-1990s circa 2000

Source: PRB, Women of Our World 2005; Demographic and Health Surveys

Percent

* Defined to include a doctor, nurse, or midwife. **Surveys dates are 1999 and 2003.

Percent of HIV-infected Adults Who are Women

5850 48

36 34 3025

010203040506070

Sub-Saharan Africa

CaribbeanWorld

Latin America

AsiaEurope

North America

Source: PRB, Women of Our World 2005; UNAIDS

Girls and Boys’ Secondary School Enrollments, Latest Year

27 30

42

85 85 86

65

34

57

8291

78

0102030405060708090

100

Yemen Kenya India Jamaica Egypt Philippines

Girls Boys

Source: PRB, Women of Our World 2005; UNESCO

Enrollments as a percent of the applicable age group

Girls’ Enrollments in Secondary School as Percentage of Boys’ Enrollments

23

85

65

112

85

103

42

88

74

10493

110

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Yemen Kenya India Jamaica Egypt Philippines

1995 2000/2003

Source: PRB, Women of Our World 2005; UNESCO

Girls per 100 boys

Trends in Women’s Share of Non-farm Wage Earners, Selected Regions

35

1621 22

37 39

47

38

2026

4145 49

20

05

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World SouthCentral

Asia

NorthAfrica

WesternAsia

SouthernEurope

SouthAmerica

NorthAmerica

1990 2001/2002

Source: PRB, Women of Our World 2005; International Labour Organization

Percent of paid, non-farm workforce

Women’s Share of Seats in National Parliaments

06 8

11 1215

21 23

33

45 49

05

101520253035404550

Saudi Arabia

NigeriaIndia

RomaniaJamaicaPhilippines

TanzaniaMexico

South Africa

SwedenRwanda

Source: PRB, Women of Our World 2005; Inter-Parliamentary Union

Percent of seats in single or lower chamber

Increases in Women’s Share of Parliamentary Seats, Selected Regions

126 6

10 11

22

1116

915 15

28

1410

05

101520253035404550

World SouthCentral

Asia

W. Africa S. America S.E. Asia N. Europe UnitedStates

1995 2004

Source: PRB, Women of Our World 2005; Inter-Parliamentary Union

Percent of seats in single or lower chamber