TABLE 5. EDUCATION Adult literacy rate Countries and territories
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Congo, Democratic Republic of the Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji
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Number per 100 population 2002-2003*
Primary school enrolment ratio (2000-2004*) gross
net
Primary school attendance ratio (1996-2004*) net
2000-2004* phones Internet male female users
male
female
male
female
male
99 79 82 97 100 99 92 50 100 100 77 46 93 98 76 88 95 99 19 67 85 77 85 65 41 96 95 94 63 89
98 60 54 97 99 98 83 31 100 99 77 23 80 91 82 89 90 98 8 52 64 60 68 33 13 96 87 95 49 77
1 44 11 115 2 98 40 18 126 136 24 78 91 2 102 42 128 32 4 5 22 52 37 49 66x 85 2 1 4 5 107 27 1 1 73 42 32 2 10
0 1 2 12 0 13 11 4 57 46 4 26 22 0 37 14 39 11 1 2 3 3 3 8 10x 21 0 0 0 0 48 4 0 0 27 6 5 1 0
120 105 113 101 80 120 100 104 103 94 92 97 94 109 103 106 123 127 116 103 151 106 101 53 86 130 116 101 124 78 95 99 115 111 98 83
63 102 104 101 69 119 97 104 103 91 93 97 98 108 101 105 121 92 115 103 143 106 99 39 69 117 99 102 118 53 61 97 115 110 81 77
96 96 88 66x 95 96 89 81 85 89 82 100 95 100 98 69 95 79 98 91 42 62 96 100 100 75 85 99 88 59 55
94 94 90 57x 93 97 91 79 88 91 86 100 94 100 100 47 95 83 91 90 31 52 91 100 98 51 84 99 87 50 53
66 94 57 97 91 86 78 61 78 87 83 96 35 50 66 76 47 46 92 31 -
80 96 60 99 100 99 88 92 67 82 92 100 49 94
52 96 38 97 100 95 87 90 44 77 76 100 34 91
1 43 46 9 95 7 132 132 155 5 42 39 31 21 29 9 1 112 1 26
0 20 29 1 23 1 34 31 54 1 16 10 5 4 8 0 1 44 0 7
52x 108 86 97 100 97 103 104 47 91 123 117 100 116 132 70 103 79 109
47x 107 69 96 96 98 101 104 37 85 125 117 95 109 120 57 99 61 109
90 67 90 94 96 87 100 40 83 99 99 93 90 91 49 95 55 100
91 54 89 93 96 87 100 32 79 94 100 90 90 78 42 94 47 100
55 62 92 84 61 65 33 -
T H E S TAT E O F T H E W O R L D ’ S C H I L D R E N 2 0 0 6
% of primary school entrants reaching grade 5
Secondary school enrolment ratio (2000-2004*) gross
net
Secondary school attendance ratio (1996-2004*) net
Admin. data
Survey data
female
2000-2004*
1997-2004*
male
female
male
female
male
female
40 93 59 97 91 87 80 47 77 85 86 96 29 44 65 73 39 33 93 31 -
90y 97 92 96 97y 73y 99 54 99 99y 81 68 91 84 88 80y 93 94y 78 68 61 64 88 44 99 99 69 66
92 95 76 78 100 99 99 86 92 50 99 96 84x 93 80 93 93 70 96 86 24 -
24 81 77 80 21 97 86 156 102 84 90 93 45 105 90 153 76 38 88 70 105 87 100 14 13 31 34 106 67 22 91 71 67 34 37
81 83 84 17 103 88 152 97 81 93 99 50 107 92 169 80 17 85 75 115 92 97 9 9 20 28 105 73 7 92 69 74 28 27
76 65 69 79 82 87 89 77 74 84 42 90 83 97 67 27 72 50 72 88 11 10 30 97 55 12 80 53 -
78 69 74 84 85 89 89 75 77 90 47 90 86 98 71 13 71 57 78 86 7 8 19 98 61 4 81 58 -
18 39 22 66 76 35 19 57 79 42 12 6 21 24 10 9 61 10 -
6 39 20 71 75 36 12 56 79 50 10 6 13 22 7 5 66 11 -
49 53 93 82 62 62 28 -
51x 92 88 100y 98 99 98 100 88 84 65 74 98 69 33 86 98 62 88
54 94 99 93 99 75 82 65 -
24 64 33 89 94 98 96 126 29 108 53 59 88 59 38 34 95 28 78
13 69 18 91 92 99 98 132 20 120 65 60 82 59 22 22 98 16 83
50 27 86 86 91 89 94 25 86 30 50 83 48 33 25 87 23 73
55 15 87 86 94 92 98 17 98 41 51 79 49 19 18 90 13 79
18 15 19 73 19 38 -
15 11 26 68 18 35 -