title: Secondary education by region
unit_of_measure: Percent
linearized_input: Secondary education by region | Percent | (Sughd, 0.69) (Dushanbe, 0.63) (Khatlon, 0.53) (DRS, 0.39) (GBAO, 0.84)
table_text: Women in DRS are least likely to have completed secondary school or higher (39%) compared with GBAO where they are most likely Women in GBAO and Dushanbe have a clear educational advantage over the rest of the country: 28% of women in GBAO and 27% in Dushanbe have some university education, as compared with 4% and 5% of women in DRS and Khatlon, respectively. Women in GBAO have completed a median of 1.9 more years of schooling than women from DRS (10.7 years versus 8.8 years). The median number of years of schooling exceeds the national average among women age 20-24 (10.3 years) and falls far below the average among women age 30-34 (9.0 years). Women from the wealthiest households have completed a median of 1 more year of schooling than women from the poorest households (10.4 years versus 9.2 years). Women age 25-29 and age 30-34 and women in Khatlon are relatively less likely to be literate (91% each) than women in other age groups and regions (95%-99%). The literacy rate increases with increasing wealth, from 89% among women in the lowest wealth quintile to 98% among women in the highest quintile.
target: Women in DRS are least likely to have completed secondary school or higher (39%) compared with GBAO where they are most likely