1. Muslim educational attainment
Around the world, nearly four-in-ten Muslims have no formal schooling
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- 1. Muslim educational attainment
- Gap between Muslims and non-Muslims in average years of schooling is greatest in Germany and Spain
- Share of Muslims in Gulf states receiving higher education has grown across generations, but differs by gender
- Muslims more likely than Christians to have no formal schooling throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, especially in western Africa
- Muslim gender gap in higher education has narrowed in most regions
- Muslim women are closing gender gap in higher education
- In many regions, Muslim women catching up with Muslim men in years of schooling
- Globally, Muslim gender gap in years of schooling has narrowed
- In sub-Saharan Africa, Muslim-Christian schooling gap has widened across generations
- More Muslim women in sub-Saharan Africa have acquired some formal schooling, yet gender gap is mostly unchanged
- Large decreases in shares of Muslims with no formal schooling across some regions, but majority of young Muslim adults in sub-Saharan Africa still lack basic education
- Share of Muslims with no formal schooling has dropped by nearly half
- Muslims in Middle East-North Africa saw largest gains in average years of schooling
- Muslims gained about three years of schooling, on average, across recent generations
- Largest Muslim gender gap in average years of schooling is in the Middle East-North Africa region
- Muslims have highest levels of schooling where they are a religious minority
- Muslims have 5.6 years of schooling, on average, worldwide
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