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Just over 32 million people live in Morocco. Life expectancy is around 70 years. Birth rate is on average 2.8 per woman. Literacy rate is 64% for males and 39% for females.

The Saudi Embassy reports that there are currently 1 million students enrolled in universities in Saudi Arabia and of that number, over half of attendees are women. A Yale University study reports ...

9. Argentina

Geography; Countries & Territories

Since the 1990s, the percentage of female university attendees and graduates in Argentina has hovered above 50 percent. Despite this steady achievement, 74 percent of Argentine men participate in the ...

8. United States of America

Geography; Countries & Territories

In the US, women make up 57.4 percent of all university attendees. Since 2008, the rate of master's degrees awarded to women has increased by 54 percent. In 2010, the US department of education noted ...

7. Brazil

Education; General education

In 2009, women made up 60 percent of university graduates and postgraduates in Brazil according to a report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an international ...

6. Spain

Geography; Countries & Territories

In Spain, women made up 60 percent of all university graduates and postgraduates in 2009 according to the OECD's report. In Spain, 65 percent of working-age men are employed and only 51 percent of ...

5. Estonia

Geography; Countries & Territories

In Estonia, a Northern European country, more than two-thirds of university graduates are women. This marks the country as having the highest percentage of female graduates of the 34 countries that ...