Progress in Sub-Saharan Africa is significant but still insufficient—partly
because of low starting points
a. Extreme poverty
b. Gender parity
110
70
58
50
100
100
51
90
37
40
percent
% of population
60
30
29
20
88
82
80
70
60
10
0
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
50
1990
2015
1995
2000
path to goal
actual $1.25/day
2005
2010
2015
goal
actual
projected $1.25/day
c. Child mortality under five
200
d. Access to water and sanitation
90
183
74
% of population
deaths per 1,000
100
50
0
1990
69
144
150
60
51
42
37
30
26
62
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
0
1990
1995
e. Primary completion rate
110
100
100
percent
90
80
70
60
67
57
57
50
40
1990
47
1995
2000
actual girls
actual boys
Source: World Development Indicators.
Note: PPP is purchasing power parity.
2005
2010
without water access actual
without sanitation access actual
without water access goal
without sanitation access goal
goal
actual
2000
2005
2010
goal girls
goal boys
2015
2015