League Table:
NATIONAL PERFOMANCE GAPS

Gap between the actual and expected percentage of children reaching grade 5 of primary school (figures in parentheses show the actual percentage of children reaching grade 5). [return to text] 


SUB-SAHARAN                  MIDDLE EAST &                                         EAST ASIA                     LATIN AMERICA  
AFRICA                       NORTH AFRICA                 SOUTH ASIA               & PACIFIC                     & CARIBBEAN
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Kenya (77)           + 32    Egypt (93)           + 29    Sri Lanka (92)    + 30   China (88)            + 30    Cuba (95)             + 19   
Rwanda (60)***       + 22    Jordan (98)          + 21    Nepal (52)        + 18   Viet Nam (58)         + 23    Jamaica (96)          + 16   
Togo (70)            + 21    Syria (91)           + 15    India (62)        + 16   Indonesia (86)        + 20    Uruguay (95)           + 9   
Burundi (53)         + 17    Algeria (93)         + 11    Bangladesh (47)    + 7   Malaysia (92)          + 7    Chile (93)             + 8   
Ghana (72)           + 17    Tunisia (90)          + 8    Pakistan (37)     - 18   Philippines (75)       + 6    Nicaragua (55)         + 4   
Zimbabwe (76)        + 16    Yemen (66)            + 7    Bhutan (9)        - 26   Hong Kong (99)         + 5    Costa Rica (86)        + 3   
Zambia (67)          + 15    Iran (89)             + 6    Afghanistan (13)  - 33   Lao Rep. (51)          + 5    Mexico (84)            - 2   
Mauritius (95)       + 10    Turkey (89)           + 6                             Singapore (100)        + 5    Panama (82)            - 2   
Zaire (50)            + 9    U. Arab Emirates (99) + 3                             Thailand (88)          + 5    Bolivia (60)           - 7   
Nigeria (56)          + 8    Morocco (76)          + 2                             Korea, Rep. (93)       + 3    Paraguay (74)          - 7   
Mauritania (63)       + 5    Sudan (56)            + 2                             Papua New Guinea (66)  - 9    Venezuela (78)         - 7   
Mozambique (23)       + 4    Oman (85)             - 3                             Cambodia                 *    Ecuador (67)           - 9   
Congo (72)            + 1    Kuwait (83)          - 13                             Korea, Dem.              *    Trinidad/Tobago (69)  - 17   
Botswana (84)           0    Iraq (66)            - 15                             Mongolia                 *    Honduras (41)         - 20   
Tanzania (24)           0    Saudi Arabia (71)    - 19                             Myanmar                  *    Colombia (59)         - 21   
Uganda (37)             0    Lebanon                 *                                                           El Salvador (58)      - 21   
Cameroon (66)         - 1    Libya                   *                                                           Brazil (56)           - 29   
Chad (37)             - 1                                                                                        Dominican Rep. (41)   - 34   
Benin (49)            - 5                                                                                        Guatemala (41)        - 34   
Côte d'Ivoire (54)    - 9                                                                                        Haiti (12)            - 40   
C. African Rep. (43) - 10                                                                                        Peru                    **   
Malawi (27)          - 13                                                                                        Argentina                *   
South Africa (71)    - 14                                                          
Ethiopia (9)         - 15                                                          
Senegal (51)         - 15                                                          
Lesotho (47)         - 17                                                          
Namibia (64)         - 18                                                          
Guinea-Bissau (20)   - 20                                                          
Madagascar (22)      - 20                                                          
Burkina Faso (26)    - 21                                                          
Niger (23)           - 22                                                          
Mali (22)            - 25                                                          
Angola (34)          - 31                                                          
Guinea (26)          - 32                                                          
Gabon (50)           - 37                                                          
Somalia                **                                                          
Eritrea                 *                                                          
Liberia                 *                                                          
Sierra Leone            *                                 
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* No Data
** Old Data (before 1988)
*** Figures predate the tragic events of 1994.

Sources: Reaching grade 5: UNICEF calculations from UNESCO data. GNP: WorldBank, The World Bank atlas 1995, 1994.

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