The U.S. ranks 72nd in girls going to grade school
According to the World Health Organization’s 2010 World Health Statistics, between 2000 and 2009, the United States had a net enrollment rate for girls in primary school of 92%, which makes the United States tied for seventy-second with several other countries, including the Bahamas, Brazil, Egypt, Latvia, Nicaragua, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Slovakia, Syria, and Turkey. Several countries tied for first, at 100% enrollment. Among these are Canada, Greece, Seychelles, Spain, and Sri Lanka.
One country, Afghanistan, reported 0% of girls attending primary school.
Categories: education, Ranking of 51 to 100
Afghanistan, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, girls, Greece, Latvia, Nicaragua, school, Seychelles, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria, Turkey, World Health Organization
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