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According to PISA 2015 results, 4.8% of boys and 0.4% of girls expect an ICT career. [40]Studies suggest that many factors contribute to the attitudes towards the achievement of young men in mathematics and science, including encouragement from parents, interactions with mathematics and science teachers, curriculum content, hands-on laboratory experiences, high school achievement in ...
Unemployment rate (2021) [1] This is a list of countries by unemployment rate.Methods of calculation and presentation of unemployment rate vary from country to country. Some countries count insured unemployed only, some count those in receipt of welfare benefit only, some count the disabled and other permanently unemployable people, some countries count those who choose (and are financially ...
Statistical subregions as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division [1]. This is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects.
Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 9.7%: 38.4%: 76.4% 2021 Cameroon: Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income 23.0%: 46.7%: 76.0% 2021 Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 78.9%: 92.1%: 97.7% 2020 Republic of the Congo: Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income N/A Colombia: Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income
Africa is the fastest growing continent, currently increasing by 2.35% per year as of 2021. [1] Africa is also the youngest continent, as 60% of Africa is 24 years of age or younger. [2] This list also includes the partially recognized country Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, commonly known as Western Sahara, which is a member of the African ...
Sub-Saharan Africa [d] 1,137,938,708: 14.4% N/A 48 1 1 4 South-eastern Asia: 675,796,065: 8.5% 1.20% 11 0 0 0 Latin America and the Caribbean [e] 656,098,097: 8.30% N/A 33 0 7 12 Eastern Africa [f] 461,141,845: 5.8% 2.89% 18 1 0 4 South America [g] 434,254,119: 5.5% 1.06% 12 0 1 3 Western Africa [h] 418,544,337: 5.3% 2.78% 16 0 1 0 Northern ...
For example, a UNICEF study found that after the Child Labor Deterrence Act was introduced in the US, an estimated 50,000 children were dismissed from their garment industry jobs in Bangladesh, leaving many to resort to jobs such as "stone-crushing, street hustling, and prostitution", jobs that are "more hazardous and exploitative than garment ...
Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population). Based on World Bank data ranging from 1998 to 2018. [20]Extreme poverty is defined by the international community as living below $1.90 a day, as measured in 2011 international prices (equivalent to $2.12 in 2018).