Other countries with high vulnerability gaps

Education data brought from the Observatory The Reality of Girls from Plan International in Latin America and The Caribbean

The following information compiles education data on educational access, school dropout, and school attendance, taking as reference variables of locality (rural or urban area), and gender differentiation for a more in-depth analysis of social inequalities in education in countries of the Americas region. It also links to observatory data on gender-based violence, early pregnancy and forced marriages and unions.

Bolivia:

In 2019, 2.7% of students left Bolivia’s education system before the end of the school year.

Disaggregated by sex, the dropout rate was 2.25% for female students and 3.12% for male ones. The overall school dropout rate decreased 0.7% between 2018 and 2019.

The highest dropout rate took place at the secondary education level, where 3.9% of both girls and boys dropped out before 2019, as well as at all educational levels. In secondary education, school dropout was also higher in males than in females, with rates of 4.72% and 3.12% respectively.

In 2019, the departments with the highest dropout rates were:

Pando (7.9%)
El Beni (6.5%)
Potosí (4.8%).

During 2019 in Bolivia 15 complaints of violence against girls were reported each and every day. Santa Cruz, Pando and El Beni were the departments with the highest rates of violence against girls and boys.

Dominican Republic:

In 2020, on average 1.3% of students left the education system before the end of the school year in the Dominican Republic. By sex, dropout rates were 1.5% for male students and 1.1% for female students. The highest dropout rate took place at the secondary education level with 1.9% (2.2% for boys and 1.6% for girls).

20.5% of female adolescents aged 15–19 years were already mothers or were pregnant for the first time.

Brazil:

In 2018, on average 6.7% of children and adolescents aged 4–17 years in Brazil were not attending school. The highest rate was among 15 to 17-year-olds at 11.8%. On average, non-attendance rates were higher in male students relative to female ones, but only by 0.4%.

The lowest school attendance rates were evident in Amapá, Acre, Distrito Federal, Goías and Amazonas.

In Brazil, 17,579 girls under the age of 14 who had been sexually abused gave birth. The states with the highest fertility rates for every 1,000 girls aged 10–14 years were Roraima, Amazonas, Amapá, Pará and Alagoas.

Paraguay:

In 2020, 54.7% of people (regardless of age) were covered by Paraguay’s education system at the levels of early, primary and secondary education. The lowest coverage was for special early education (infant/preschool, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten), with 0.01% attendance. Basic gross coverage was 78.6% and the average was 64.3%.

Primary and secondary education coverage averaged 75.1% overall, 75.3% for girls and 75% for boys. The lowest coverage was in the departments of: