2016 Global Youth Development Index: Results and Analysis
Figure 2.8 Average domain scores globally (183 countries) in all YDI categories, 2015
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Source: Commonwealth Secretariat
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Figure 2.9 Average domain scores for Commonwealth countries in all YDI categories, 2015
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YDI countries
Source: Commonwealth Secretariat
• Gross secondary enrolment rate in very high YDI
countries is on average more than double that of
low YDI countries.
• The youth mortality rate is on average five times
higher in low YDI countries than in high YDI
countries.
• The percentage of young people with an account
at a formal financial institution is on average six
times higher in very high YDI countries than in
low YDI countries, indicating much higher rates of
financial inclusion.
• Adolescent fertility rates in very high YDI
countries are on average five times less than
those in low YDI countries.
• The proportion of youth infected with HIV is on
average eight times higher in low YDI countries
than in high YDI countries.
Figure 2.10 compares the average indicator scores
for the ten best and ten worst performing countries
in the YDI. This figure produces the same result as
above: the difference between the ten highest and
lowest-ranked countries worldwide is the largest
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