2016 Global Youth Development Index: Results and Analysis Figure 2.8  Average domain scores globally (183 countries) in all YDI categories, 2015 1 Average domain scores 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 Civic Participation Education YDI domains Source: Commonwealth Secretariat Employment & Opportunity Low YDI countries Medium YDI countries Health & Well-being High YDI countries Political Participation Very High YDI countries Figure 2.9  Average domain scores for Commonwealth countries in all YDI categories, 2015 1 Average domain scores 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 Civic Participation Education YDI domains Employment & Opportunity Low YDI countries Medium YDI countries Health & Well-being High YDI countries Political Participation Very High 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 \ 35

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