In 10 countries around the world, no more than half of the poorest girls enter school, and in 10 countries, nine out of ten of the poorest young women have not completed school, according to the EFA GMR World Inequity Database in Education.
Percentage of poorest females aged 7-16 who have never been to school:
1. Somalia 95%
2. Niger 78%
3. Liberia 77%
4. Mali 75%
5. Burkina Faso 71%
6. Guinea 68%
7. Pakistan 62%
8. Yemen 58%
9. Benin 55%
10. Cote d’Iviore 52%