UNITED NATIONS GIRLS EDUCATION INITIATIVE

Information by Country

Swaziland

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Key Indicators

Female  Male Total

Female literacy rate (MICS) of 15-24 year-olds

 

 95%  92%  93.5% 
Primary

Net attendance rate, MICS/DHS (2007-2011)

 

 97%  96%  96% 
GPI primary enrolment, UIS (2011) n.a.  n.a. 0.90 
Survival rate to the last grade of primary, UIS (2010)  ...  ...  67% 

Proportion of children out of school, UIS (2007)

 

 14%  16%  15% 
Lower Secondary

Net attendance rate, MICS/DHS (2007-2011)

 

 52%  42%  47% 

GPI lower secondary, UIS (2011)

 

 n.a.  n.a.  0.96 
Completion/survival (2009) 61%  74%  67% 

Proportion of children out of school (2007)

 

 47%  28%  37% 

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Free and compulsory education according to level Primary: Free but not compulsory

Secondary: No

Higher: No

Legal age of marriage for girls

 18

Percentage of girls getting married below the age of 18, MICS/DHS

 

 12.1% 

Gender Equality Index, Human Development Report, UNDP

 

 0.525 

Interaction of Overlapping Disparities

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