Europe & Central Asia 96%
Sweden Finland
Norway
R u s s i a n
F e d e r a t i o n
Estonia Latvia Lithuania
Denmark
Czech Republic Slovak Republic Slovenia Croatia Ukraine Kazakhstan Serbia Austria nce Hungary Moldova Bosnia and Herzegovina Mongolia Switzerland Romania FYR Macedonia Italy Montenegro Bulgaria Uzbekistan Georgia Kyrgyz Republic Kosovo Armenia Azerbaijan Albania Greece Turkmenistan Turkey Tajikistan Cyprus San Syrian Marino Islamic Republic Tunisia Lebanon Arab Rep. of Iran Afghanistan C h i Malta Iraq Israel Kuwait Jordan Pakistan West Bank and Gaza Nepal Bhutan eria Bahrain Libya Saudi Arabia Arab Rep. of Egypt United Arab Bangladesh Qatar India Emirates Myanmar Oman Germany Belgium
Poland
Belarus
Niger
Eritrea
Chad
Sudan
Rep. of Yemen
Cameroon
Equatorial Guinea Congo Gabon
Sri Lanka Somalia
Uganda Rwanda
N. Mariana Islands (US) Philippines
Maldives
Guam (US)
Brunei Darussalam
East Asia & Pacific 99% Marshall Islands
Palau
Malaysia
Kenya
Japan
Lao P.D.R. Vietnam Cambodia
Ethiopia
Central African Republic
Rep. of Korea
n a
Thailand
Djibouti Nigeria
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea
Federated States of Micronesia
Singapore
Dem. Rep. of Congo Burundi
Nauru
Indonesia Seychelles Tanzania
South Asia 79%
Comoros
Mayotte (Fr)
Angola Zambia Malawi
Papua New Guinea
American Samoa (US)
Timor-Leste
Fiji
Vanuatu
Zimbabwe Mozambique Madagascar Namibia Botswana Réunion (Fr)
Tuvalu
Solomon Islands
Tonga
New Caledonia (Fr)
Mauritius
A u s t r a l i a
Samoa
Swaziland South Africa
Lesotho
Sub-Saharan Africa 64% New Zealand
Facts There are 70 million children of primary school age who are out of school. About 50 percent of them are in Sub-Saharan Africa. Latin America and the Caribbean has one of the highest primary net enrollment rates at 94 percent, but also one of the highest percentage of repeaters at 10 percent—the same level as that of Sub-Saharan Africa, which has the lowest net enrollment ratio. In the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa, the adult literacy gap between men and women is more than 20 percentage points. The gap is much smaller among young people ages 15–24, reflecting the recent improvement in education participation.
Internet links UNESCO
www.unesco.org
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
www.uis.unesco.org
World Bank Edstats
data.worldbank.org/ data-catalog/ed-stats
Demographic and Health Surveys
www.measuredhs.com
UNICEF Childinfo—Education
www.childinfo.org/ education.html
UN MDG Indicators
unstats.un.org/unsd/mdg Education
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