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
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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