The document discusses several existing youth development indicators from sources like the UN Population Division. It provides data on indicators like youth population size, health metrics like life expectancy at age 15, gender gaps, and probabilities of dying before age 25. It also shares data on gender indicators from Demographic and Health Surveys, including young women's participation in family budgets and decision making about durable goods. Finally, it presents data on HIV/AIDS knowledge and condom use among 15-24 year olds in various countries.

1. Expert Group Meeting on Youth Development Indicators
New York, 12-14 December 2005
12-
Existing youth development indicators
and data on youth
Serguey Ivanov
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Population Division
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Indicators 1

2. Background demographic
indicators (UNPD)
• Mid-year youth population (thousands)
• Change in youth population: estimated
and projected (rate or index)
• Percentage of working-age population
• Percentage of world youth population

3. Chang Percentage of
Percentage of
Population 15-24 e world
WAP
Major area, region, country or area ( youth
%
2005 2015 ) 2005 2015 2005 2015
WORLD 1,111,762 1,149,180 3 27 24 100 100
More developed regions 165,596 152,689 -8 20 19 15 13
Less developed regions 946,166 996,492 5 28 25 85 87
Least developed countries 136,641 172,644 26 33 32 12 15
Other less developed countries 809,525 823,848 2 28 24 73 72
Less developed regions, excluding
China 706,007 800,917 13 29 27 64 70
Sub-Saharan Africa 136,795 174,240 27 34 34 12 15
AFRICA 165,597 205,862 24 33 33 15 18
Eastern Africa 53,047 67,897 28 35 34 5 6
Burundi 1,435 1,802 26 36 33 0 0
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4. Figure 1. Youth population by major areas in 2005 (millions)
47
101
106 Asia and Oceania
Africa
Latin America/Caribbean
189 712
Europe
Northern America
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5. Ten countries with largest youth populations in 2005 (population in millions)
250
200
Age group 20-24
150 Age group 15-19
100
50
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6. Ten countries with highest and 10 countries with
lowest proportion of youth in working-age
populations (percentage )
Swaziland
Lesotho
Zimbabwe
Rwanda
Uganda
Burundi
Zambia
Kenya
Yemen
Mali
Singapore
Germany
Switzerland
Austria
Spain
Netherlands
Japan
Denmark
Luxembourg
Italy
0 10 20 30 40 50
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7. Health (UNPD)
1. Life expectancy at age 15
2. Gender gap in life expectancy
at age 15
3. Probability, for a 15-year old, of
not surviving to age 25

8. Both
Gender
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT AGE 15 sexe Male Female
gap
s
WORLD 57.5 55.1 59.9 4.8
More developed regions 61.5 57.8 65.2 7.3
Sub-Saharan Africa 42.9 42.4 43.3 0.9
AFRICA 45.5 44.9 46.1 1.2
Réunion 61.3 57.2 65.5 8.3
Swaziland 24.5 24.4 24.7 0.3
ASIA 58.3 56.2 60.6 4.4
Japan 67.3 63.8 70.7 6.9
Afghanistan 48.9 48.2 49.7 1.4
EUROPE 59.8 55.6 63.9 8.3
Iceland 66.0 64.1 67.9 3.8
Russian Federation 52.1 45.9 58.8 12.9
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 59.5 56.5 62.6 6.1
Martinique 64.5 61.3 67.4 6.1
Haiti 44.5 44.1 44.8 0.7
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9. Probabilities, for 15-year olds, to die before age
25: regions of the world, 2000-2005
Western Europe
Northern Europe
Southern Europe
Australia/New
Northern America
Eastern Asia
Polynesia
Central America
Micronesia
Western Asia
South-central Asia
South America
Northern Africa
South-eastern
Eastern Europe
Caribbean
Melanesia
Western Africa
Eastern Africa
Middle Africa
Southern Africa
0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.10
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10. GENDER
(Demographic and Health
Surveys)
Percentage of 20-24-year old
gainfully employed women who do
not participate in family budget
management
Percentage of 20-24-year old
married women receiving cash
earnings who do not participate in
decision-making on acquisition of
durable goods

11. Percentage of gainfully employed women who do not
participate in family budget management
Haiti 2
Indonesia 2
Dominican Rep. 2
Columbia 2
Nicaragua 3
Peru 4
Ethiopia 4
Egypt 4
Eritrea 4
Philippines 5
Mali 7
Burkina Faso 8
Benin 8
Bolivia 8
Cambodia 8
Morocco 9
Cameroun 9
Ghana 9
Armenia 10
Nigeria 10
Namibia 10
Kenya 11
Madagascar 12
Zimbabwe 12
Mozambique 13
Uganda 15
Rwanda 19
Nepal 21
Zambia 21
Turkmenistan 23
Malawi 32
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12. Percentage of married women receiving cash earnings who do not participate in decision-making on
acquisition of durable goods
Madagascar 17
Indonesia 19
Philippines 22
Bolivia 22
Peru 24
Columbia 27
Turkmenistan 28
Haiti 28
Nicaragua 31
Jordan 36
Armenia 38
Zimbabwe 41
Eritrea 44
Morocco 46
Ghana 47
Rwanda 51
Egypt 61
Mozambique 62
Uganda 62
Cameroun 63
Zambia 63
Kenya 64
Benin 66
Nepal 68
Burkina Faso 76
Nigeria 80
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Mali 83

13. HIV/AIDS
(Demographic and Health
surveys)
Percentage of 20-24-year olds with
correct and sufficiently complete
understanding of AIDS (several
indicators)
Percentage of young persons using a
condom during high-risk sex, 15-19
and 20-24
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14. Percentage of young women who know that having just one
HIV-negative sex partner helps to avoid AIDS by age group
and country
Country 15-17 18-19 20-24 15-24
AFRICA
Niger 16 19 21 19
Zimbabwe 54 59 63 59
ASIA
Bangladesh 3 7 6 5
Kazakhstan 35 36 40 38
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Brazil 5 6 8 7
Dominican Republic 28
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