Gender gaps in educational performance tables show differences in achievement between girls and boys. Data cover performance in reading, mathematics and science shown as scores in PISA assessments as well as educational attainment shown in percentages and years of schooling.

As the world celebrates the achievements of women this month, what can be said about the progress of girls and young women in education, and of women in employment, throughout the world? As the third issue of the OECD's new brief series Education Indicators in Focus describes, girls and women...