Global poverty and education at a glance
- Children who participate in early childhood development achieve higher education levels and make more money as adults.
- In developing nations, 60% of 10 ten-year-olds suffer from learning poverty, unable to read/understand simple stories.
- For every year a girl remains in school, her average lifetime income increases 10% and odds of an early marriage shrink.
- A child’s survival beyond age 5 increases by 31% when a mother has a high school degree, compared to no education.
- Despite the shrinking gender gap, 8% fewer girls complete lower secondary school than boys.
- The share of youth not employed or participating in education or job training rose to 23.3%, the highest increase in 15 years.
- Global studies find there is a 9% increase in hourly earnings for every extra year of schooling a child receives.
- During COVID, children in Latin America and the Caribbean lost an average of 225 full days of school.
Access to education
We believe providing children access to education and resources ushers them into a world of ideas and knowledge, and creates lasting change in their lives. Supporters provide access to tutoring, computer courses, libraries and more, setting children up for a lifetime of success.
Sources
- WHO Youth Violence Research, 2009
- UNICEF The State of the World’s Children, 2009
- UNESCO, 2012
- World Bank eLibrary. “Returns on Investments in Education,” 2002
- UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report, 2017
- The World Bank 2015
- The World Bank 2017
- Globalpartnership.org, Education Data Highlights
- Un.org, Education
- Results.Org, World Poverty and What you Can Do About It
- Lifewater.org, 9 Poverty Statistics that Everyone Should Know, January 28, 2020