Table 7 Median transition duration from school to work (months)—by groups
By Gender | By age left education | By whether individual worked while in school | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Region | Country | Males | Females | <16 | 16–18 | >18 | Did not work | Worked |
Asia and the Pacific | Cambodia | 3.0 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 2.4 |
Nepal | 5.4 | 10.6 | 14.8 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.5 | 8.5 | |
Samoa | 6.6 | 7.6 | 27.0 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 6.9 | 3.6 | |
Vietnam | 19.2 | 23.9 | 42.1 | 15.7 | 8.8 | 23.9 | 14.5 | |
Average | 14.4 | 18.8 | 32.1 | 12.5 | 7.4 | 18.2 | 11.9 | |
Eastern Europe and Central Asia | Armenia | 8.1 | 15.2 | 257.0 | 11.9 | 9.9 | 12.9 | 5.5 |
Kyrgyz Rep. | 15.0 | 26.2 | 38.4 | 25.3 | 12.1 | 23.1 | 14.3 | |
Macedonia, FYR | 120.3 | 121.6 | >150 | 126.8 | 78.2 | 124.8 | 24.5 | |
Moldova, Rep. | 6.7 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 9.0 | 5.0 | |
Russian Fed. | 9.8 | 11.9 | 29.8 | 22.6 | 9.3 | 11.3 | 8.2 | |
Ukraine | 5.6 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 10.1 | 5.7 | 7.3 | 5.4 | |
Average | 10.5 | 12.7 | 30.2 | 15.1 | 9.0 | 11.9 | 7.8 | |
Latin America and Caribbean | Brazil | 10.3 | 12.5 | 20.1 | 10.7 | 6.6 | 16.4 | 2.0 |
El Salvador | 6.2 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 19.6 | 14.0 | 19.1 | 8.7 | |
Jamaica | 17.4 | 48.3 | 114.6 | 23.9 | 17.4 | 38.1 | 14.6 | |
Peru | 4.0 | 7.4 | 10.4 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 3.6 | |
Average | 9.5 | 12.4 | 19.9 | 10.4 | 6.6 | 15.5 | 2.5 | |
Middle East and North Africa | Egypt | 14.0 | 82.8 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 29.3 | 28.2 | 15.0 |
Jordan | 17.5 | 59.0 | 41.0 | 21.3 | 14.9 | 35.9 | 15.2 | |
OPT | 25.0 | 55.3 | 34.8 | 35.5 | 40.7 | 40.8 | 14.3 | |
Tunisia | 21.2 | 41.6 | 37.9 | 28.7 | 21.5 | 32.7 | 18.8 | |
Average | 15.0 | 76.7 | 17.3 | 15.5 | 27.5 | 29.2 | 15.4 | |
Sub-Saharan Africa | Benin | 11.2 | 6.1 | 18.7 | 9.9 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 6.7 |
Madagascar | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 2.5 | |
Tanzania | 15.9 | 30.3 | 33.8 | 21.0 | 20.5 | 23.9 | 15.3 | |
Togo | 27.2 | 22.2 | 21.3 | 28.4 | 34.9 | 29.0 | 16.1 | |
Uganda | 7.1 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 11.4 | 6.8 | |
Average | 11.2 | 17.4 | 19.5 | 13.8 | 13.0 | 15.7 | 9.8 | |
Tot. average | 11.7 | 24.6 | 22.7 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 16.7 | 8.2 | |