been cut in half with no formal education
Women are more likely to have no schooling than men. Nearly a quarter (23%) of women are uneducated, compared with 14% of the world’s men. In the least educated parts of the world (Middle East-North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa) roughly half of adult women have not been to school for even a year.
In addition, older adults are more likely to have no education than younger ones. About a quarter of those who in 2010 were between the ages of 55 and 75 have no schooling. By contrast, among those who in 2010 were between the ages of 25 and 34, the share without education is 15%, a sign that more people are now going to school than four or five decades ago.
Among the young, there also is less of a gender gap. Among men and women between the ages of 55 and 75, 19% and 34% have no education, a 15% difference. But among those between the ages of 25 and 34, the gap between men with no schooling (12%) and women (19%) is only 7%.
The gap between women  | and gap men in getting  | formal education getting has  | been cut in half  | Share of adult men and women  | with no formal education  | across generations  | 35 34%  | 30  | Women  | 15%  | 25 PT 15% GAP  | 20  | 19  | 019  | 7% PT.  | 15  | Men  | 012  | 10  | 5  | Middle, Youngest  | Oldest,  | 55-74 ages  | 35-54 ages  | 25-34 ages  | 55-74  | 35-54 ages 25-34 ages  | Note: The oldest, middle, 1936 1955, and youngest  | cohorts were born 1936 1955,  | 1956-1975, and 1976-1985,  | respectively, and were ages 55-74,  | 35-54 and 25-34 as of 2010.  | Source: "Religion Pew Research Center analysis.  | "Religion and Education Center Around the  | World"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 