Table 1. Distribution of women’s level of education over 30 surveys across 10 selected countries the SSEA region.
| Survey years | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Level of Education | 1990-1995 | 1996-1998 | 1999-2002 | 2003-2006 | 2007-2010 | 2011-2013 | 2014-2017 |
| Sample size (%) | ||||||||
| Afghanistan | No education | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16818 (85.1) |
| Primary | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1404 (7.1) |
|
| Secondary | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1249 (6.3) |
|
| Higher | - | - | - | - | - | - | 303 (1.5) |
|
| Bangladesh | No education | 1983 (55.5) |
2500 (54.3) |
2261 (43.6) |
1866 (34.8) |
1268 (25.8) |
1332 (18.2) |
607 (13.5) |
| Primary | 1019 (28.5) |
1295 (28.1) |
1508 (29.1) |
1648 (30.7) |
1506 (30.6) |
2193 (29.9) |
1235 (27.5) |
|
| Secondary | 497 (13.9) |
685 (14.9) |
1160 (22.4) |
1512 (28.2) |
1742 (35.4) |
3174 (43.3) |
2130 (47.4) |
|
| Higher | 75 (2.1) |
123 (2.7) |
260 (5.0) |
339 (6.3) |
406 (8.2) |
626 (8.5) |
522 (11.6) |
|
| Cambodia | No education | - | - | 2205 (36.4) |
1700 (27.7) |
1314 (20.4) |
- | 803 (13.6) |
| Primary | - | - | 3102 (51.2) |
3495 (56.9) |
3381 (52.5) |
- | 2914 (49.4) |
|
| Secondary | - | - | 743 (12.3) |
920 (15.0) |
1628 (25.3) |
- | 1968 (33.4) |
|
| Higher | - | - | 8 (0.1) |
27 (0.4) |
121 (1.9) |
- | 215 (3.6) |
|
| India | No education | 21909 (58.9) |
14706 (50.8) |
- | 14082 (38.2) |
- | - | 55104 (28.9) |
| Primary | 5885 (15.8) |
4604 (15.9) |
- | 5249 (14.3) |
- | - | 26692 (14.0) |
|
| Secondary | 7908 (21.3) |
6992 (24.2) |
- | 14207 (38.6) |
- | - | 88826 (46.6) |
|
| Higher | 1481 (4.0) |
2622 (9.1) |
- | 3286 (8.9) |
- | - | 20145 (10.6) |
|
| Indonesia | No education | - | 1401 (10.2) |
604 (4.5) |
- | 611 (4.0) |
423 (2.8) |
- |
| Primary | - | 6932 (50.5) |
6029 (45.3) |
- | 6007 (39.2) |
4689 (30.8) |
- | |
| Secondary | - | 4852 (35.3) |
5800 (43.6) |
- | 7499 (48.9) |
8134 (53.5) |
- | |
| Higher | - | 546 (4.0) |
868 (6.5) |
- | 1203 (7.9) |
1966 (12.9) |
- | |
| Myanmar | No education | - | - | - | - | - | - | 622 (16.1) |
| Primary | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1698 (43.9) |
|
| Secondary | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1245 (32.2) |
|
| Higher | - | - | - | - | - | - | 302 (7.8) |
|
| Nepal | No education | - | 2645 (79.3) |
3021 (72.8) |
2455 (58.7) |
- | 1765 (43.3) |
1231 (30.7) |
| Primary | - | 380 (11.4) |
585 (14.1) |
745 (17.8) |
- | 817 (20.0) |
763 (19.0) |
|
| Secondary | - | 271 (8.1) |
497 (12.0) |
856 (20.5) |
- | 1225 (30.0) |
1396 (34.8) |
|
| Higher | - | 41 (1.2) |
45 (1.1) |
126 (3) |
- | 272 (6.7) |
616 (15.4) |
|
| Pakistan | No education | 3066 (76.6) |
- | - | 3802 (66.6) |
4112 (55.3) |
4178 (50.4) |
|
| Primary | 370 (9.2) |
- | - | 782 (13.7) |
- | 1062 (14.3) |
1101 (13.3) |
|
| Secondary | 500 (12.5) |
- | - | 762 (13.4) |
- | 1368 (18.4) |
1747 (21.1) |
|
| Higher | 65 (1.6) |
- | - | 361 (6.3) |
- | 899 (12.1) |
1261 (15.2) |
|
| Philippines | No education | 382 (2.5) |
174 (3.3) |
- | 99 (2.0) |
88 (1.9) |
101 (1.9) |
117 (1.5) |
| Primary | 4863 (32.4) |
1825 (34.9) |
- | 1422 (28.9) |
1142 (24.8) |
1120 (21.2) |
1521 (19.0) |
|
| Secondary | 5868 (39.1) |
1941 (37.1) |
- | 2052 (41.8) |
2155 (46.7) |
2585 (48.8) |
3945 (49.4) |
|
| Higher | 3913 (26.0) |
1296 (24.8) |
- | 13401 (27.3) |
1227 (26.6) |
1486 (28.1) |
2409 (30.1) |
|
| Timor Leste | No education | - | - | - | - | 2022 (33.7) |
- | 1196 (24.3) |
| Primary | - | - | - | - | 1716 (28.6) |
- | 912 (18.6) |
|
| Secondary | - | - | - | - | 2157 (36.0) |
- | 2377 (48.4) |
|
| Higher | - | - | - | - | 104 (1.7) |
- | 431 (8.8) |
|