Gap minder

Education Quality
Purpose:
Facts:
 50% of children under 15 do not achieve a minimum level of
competence in reading and math.
 The 2017 report from UNESCO revealed that more than 80% of
children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not reach the minimum
level. In Europe and North America that figure is 14%.
 More than 60% of children go to a preschool the year before
they start primary education.
 Around 97% of university students get a degree in their home
country.

Surprised by:
 Over 1/3 of students who do not achieve the minimum level of
reading and math drop out of school.
 Around 30% of primary schools in Sub-Saharan Africa have
some access to electricity.
International Conflicts:
Purpose:
Facts:
 Since the UN came into existence, there have been fewer
international wars between countries (but more wars within!)
 The US and Russian armies shared information with each
other about their nuclear forces more than 25 thousand times
between 2011 and 2022.
 Globally, around 20% of all recorded homicides are related to
gangs and organized crime.
 48% of all migrants are female.
Surprised By:
 Around 70% of members of the United Nations General
Assembly are low- and middle-income countries.
 Around 80% of homicide victims globally are men.