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According to the 2010 South Sudan Household Health Survey, the nationwide literacy rate for women remains to be 13.4 percent. [4] According to UNICEF, fewer than one percent of girls complete primary education. One in four students is a girl and South Sudan maintains the highest female illiteracy rate in the world. [6]
Many women in South Sudan lack the resources and medical care that they need during their pregnancies, so if there are complications the women may not be saved. [1] As a result, South Sudan has one of the highest maternal death rates following and during pregnancy with a ratio of 789 deaths per 100,000 live births.
In the most recent PISA exam (2018), girls outperformed boys by almost 30 points. [44] On average in OECD countries, 28% of boys did not obtain a reading proficiency level of 2. Studies have shown that girls spend more time reading than boys and read more for fun, likely contributing to the gap. [45]
Illiteracy rates are high in the country. In 2011, it is estimated that more than 80% of the South Sudanese population cannot read or write. The challenges are particularly severe when it comes to girls; South Sudan has proportionately fewer girls going to school than any other country in the world.
[8] South Sudan also seeks to build more secondary schools, increase access to education for adults and adolescents, improve the quality of education, and close the gender gap in education through scholarships for girls. [6] In April 2012, South Sudan became a member of the World Bank after several years in
The IQ figures are based on 3 different studies for 17 nations, two studies for 30 nations, and one study for 34 nations. There were actual tests for IQ in the case of 81 countries out of the 185 countries studied. For 104 nations there were no IQ studies at all and IQ was estimated based on the average IQ of surrounding nations. [2]
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: ... South Sudan: 0.381 54 193
A young girl hanging the flag of South Sudan. Before the separation of South Sudan, Sudan was Africa's largest country by land area and a producer of crude oil. [11] On January 9, 2011, the population of the southern states of Sudan voted to become formally independent of the North.