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Statistical Tables

Table 4: Education

		Adult literacy rate						Primary school enrolment ratio
		1980		1995		No. of sets per 1000 population 1996		1990-97* (gross)		1990-96* (net)		Net primary school attendance (%) 1990-1998*		% primary school entrants reaching grade 5	Secondary school enrolment ratio 1990-96* (gross)
	Under-5 mortality rank	male	female	male	female	radio	television	male	female	male	female	male	female	1990-95*	male	female
Afghanistan	4	30	6	46	16	122	12	64	32	42	15	36	11	43x	32	11
Albania	90	-	-	-	-	235	118	100	102	95	97	-	-	82	35	35
Algeria	88	55	26	71	45	239	104	113	101	97	91	95	90	94	65	62
Andorra	165	-	-	-	-	217	370	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Angola	2	16x	7x	56x	29x	54	27	95	88	-	-	-	-	34	-	-
Antigua and Barbuda	133	-	-	-	-	522	457	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Argentina	126	94	94	96	96	677	221	114	113	95	95	-	-	-	73	81
Armenia	104	-	-	100	99	5	225	86	90	-	-	-	-	-	85	91
Australia	175	-	-	-	-	1385	554	103	103	97	97	-	-	99	153	153
Austria	175	-	-	-	-	740	518	100	101	100	100	-	-	99	105	101
Azerbaijan	80	-	-	100	99	20	22	109	106	-	-	-	-	-	73	81
Bahamas	130	93	94	95	96	739	232	95	94	92	96	-	-	78	88	91
Bahrain	133	79	59	89	79	579	470	105	107	97	100	-	-	95	91	98
Bangladesh	48	41	17	49	26	50	6	74	64	66	58	75	76	47	28	14
Barbados	146	97	94	98	97	904	287	90	91	78	78	-	-	-	90x	80x
Belarus	110	99	91	100	98	290	242	101	96	87	84	-	-	100	91	95
Belgium	165	99x	99x	-	-	792	463	103	102	98	98	-	-	-	141	151
Belize	83	-	-	70x	70x	589	183	124	118	100	98	-	-	70	47	52
Benin	22	26	10	45	19	108	18	96	56	78	46	52	34	61	23	10
Bhutan	41	41	15	56	28	19	6	31x	19x	-	-	-	-	82	7x	2x
Bolivia	57	80	59	90	75	672	115	99	90	95	87	95x	95x	60	40	34
Bosnia and Herzegovina	137	-	-	-	-	248	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Botswana	77	56	59	70	75	155	20	111	112	82	86	-	-	90	63	69
Brazil	85	76	73	83	83	435	223	100x	96x	-	-	93x	94x	71	31x	36x
Brunei Darussalam	156	85	68	93	85	300	250	109	104	91	91	-	-	95	71	82
Bulgaria	144	97	93	99	97	531	390	100	98	93	91	-	-	95	77	76
Burkina Faso	22	18	4	29	10	32	8	48	31	37	24	38	28	75	11	6
Burundi	17	41	16	52	33	68	3	55	46	56	48	-	-	74	9	5
Cambodia	24	74x	23x	80x	53x	127	9	142	119	100	90	-	-	50	30	18
Cameroon	27	59	30	75	52	162	29	93	84	81x	71x	71x	70x	66	32	22
Canada	165	-	-	-	-	1078	714	103	101	96	94	-	-	99	107	106
Cape Verde	65	65	40	81	61	179	4	132	129	100	100	-	-	60x	28	26
Central African Rep.	18	36	12	54	27	84	5	71	46	65	43	70	55	24	15	6
Chad	13	47	19	62	35	249	1	85	44	66	37	44	29	59	16	4
Chile	148	92	91	95	95	354	215	103	100	89	87	-	-	100	72	78
China	79	78	51	89	71	195	319	121	120	100	100	95	94	94	74	67
Colombia	104	85	84	91	90	565	123	119	118	-	-	90	91	73	70	75
Comoros	53	56	41	64	50	138	2	85	71	58	48	45x	42x	80	21	17
Congo	47	64	38	83	67	124	11	119	109	99x	93x	-	-	55	62	45
Congo, Dem. Rep.	9	75	45	87	68	98	3	86	59	71	50	59	53	64	32	19
Cook Islands	104	-	-	-	99x	711	189	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Costa Rica	145	92	92	95	95	271	143	108	107	87	88	-	-	88	48	52
Côte d'Ivoire	28	32	13	49	31	157	62	81	60	63	47	59x	46x	75	33	16
Croatia	156	97	88	99	96	333	267	87	86	83	82	-	-	98	81	83
Cuba	160	92	92	96	96	351	236	108	104	100	100	-	-	100	73	82
Cyprus	156	96	84	98	93	397	323	100	100	96	96	-	-	94	96	99
Czech Rep.	165	-	-	-	-	806	534	105	104	87	87	-	-	100	97	100
Denmark	175	-	-	-	-	1146	592	100	99	97	97	-	-	100	117	122
Djibouti	26	45	18	60	33	81	44	44	32	36	27	73x	62x	82	17	12
Dominica	133	-	-	-	-	634	77	-	-	-	-	-	-	84	-	-
Dominican Rep.	75	75	73	82	81	177	94	103	104	79	83	91x	93x	58	34	47
Ecuador	89	85	78	92	87	342	128	134	119	97	97	-	-	85	53	55
Egypt	68	54	25	64	38	316	119	109	94	86	74	83	72	98	80	70
El Salvador	97	71	62	79	73	461	675	94	94	78	80	-	-	77	30	35
Equatorial Guinea	20	76	44	89	67	427	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eritrea	45	-	-	-	-	101	0	59	49	32	29	39x	35x	70	24	17
Estonia	126	-	-	98	98	680	408	95	93	87	86	-	-	96	100	108
Ethiopia	18	28	11	40	26	194	5	47	27	28	19	-	-	55	13	10
Fiji	120	87	78	94	89	615	25	128	127	99	100	-	-	87	64	65
Finland	175	-	-	-	-	1385	605	100	100	99	99	-	-	100	107	125
France	175	99x	98x	-	-	943	591	107	105	100	100	-	-	99	112	111
Gabon	30	54	28	74	53	182	54	-	-	-	-	87	86	59	-	-
Gambia	59	37	13	53	25	164	4	87	67	72	57	51	43	80	30	19
Georgia	120	-	-	100	99	553	470	85	84	83	83	-	-	98	74	72
Germany	175	-	-	-	-	946	564	104	103	100	100	-	-	100	103	101
Ghana	49	57	30	75	53	238	93	83	70	-	-	70	69	80	45	29
Greece	162	96	86	98	94	477	238	95	94	91	90	-	-	100	96	96
Grenada	109	-	-	-	-	652	351	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guatemala	74	62	46	73	58	73	57	90	79	-	-	61x	55x	50	26	24
Guinea	14	34	11	50	22	47	10	63	34	34x	17x	39	26	80	18	6
Guinea-Bissau	11	32	7	48	16	42x	-	81	47	58x	32x	-	-	20x	9x	4x
Guyana	60	96	93	99	97	495	54	95	94	87	87	-	-	91	73	78
Haiti	36	34	28	47	41	55	5	58	54	25	26	68x	69x	47	23	22
Holy See	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Honduras	81	63	59	70	69	409	95	110	112	89	91	-	-	60	29	37
Hungary	149	99	99	99	99	697	438	105	103	98	97	-	-	98	97	100
Iceland	175	-	-	-	-	923	354	99	97	99	97	-	-	99	105	102
India	49	55	25	64	35	105	61	110	90	-	-	75	61	59	59	39
Indonesia	71	78	58	90	78	155	67	117	112	99	95	94	94	89	52	44
Iran	100	62	40	79	63	237	64	92	87	83	81	99	93	90	79	69
Iraq	37	55	25	71	45	228	82	92	78	81	71	88	80	72	51	32
Ireland	162	-	-	-	-	703	411	103	103	100	100	-	-	100	111	119
Israel	165	95	88	97	93	530	291	96	96	-	-	-	-	100	84	89
Italy	165	97	95	99	98	874	524	100	99	99	98	-	-	100	87	88
Jamaica	149	73	81	80	89	482	181	107	107	100	100	-	-	96	62	70
Japan	189	100x	99x	-	-	957	684	101	102	100	100	-	-	100	98	100
Jordan	93	82	54	91	80	287	86	94	95	89	89	91	91	98	52	54
Kazakhstan	83	-	-	100	99	384	230	95	96	-	-	87	83	-	80	89
Kenya	40	71	43	86	69	108	25	85	85	92x	89x	86x	85x	68	26	22
Kiribati	62	-	-	-	92x	213	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	89	-	-
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	104	-	-	-	-	147	48	108x	101x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Korea, Rep. of	175	97	89	99	95	1037	337	94	94	92	93	-	-	100	102	102
Kuwait	147	73	59	82	76	688	510	76	74	65	65	-	-	99	65	65
Kyrgyzstan	69	-	-	99	95	115	45	108	105	99	95	89	90	92	76	85
Lao People's Dem. Rep.	41	56	28	69	44	139	10	125	97	77	66	70	67	53	36	23
Latvia	126	100	98	100	99	699	485	99	93	92	87	-	-	96	82	85
Lebanon	94	83	63	91	77	892	373	113	108	-	-	-	-	-	78	85
Lesotho	33	58	83	70	92	48	24	92	102	58	68	71x	79x	80	23	34
Liberia	6	42	14	62	28	318	27	51x	28x	-	-	59x	53x	-	31x	12x
Libya	117	71	31	87	60	232	122	110	110	98	96	-	-	-	95	95
Liechtenstein	149	-	-	100x	100x	668	342	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania	120	98	95	100	99	292	451	99	96	-	-	-	-	98	85	88
Luxembourg	175	-	-	-	-	678	387	88	94	84x	86x	-	-	-	72	76
Madagascar	25	56x	43x	60	32	192	20	74	71	48	48	58	60	40	13	13
Malawi	7	64	27	72	41	256x	-	142	128	100	100	83	83	34	21	12
Malaysia	153	80	60	89	79	432	170	90	92	91	92	-	-	99	58	66
Maldives	56	92	91	95	95	122	27	127	123	-	-	-	-	93	49	49
Mali	5	19	8	40	25	49	4	41	27	32	21	45	36	82	12	6
Malta	162	83	84	90	91	678	751	111	109	100	100	-	-	100	93	86
Marshall Islands	52	-	-	-	90x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mauritania	16	41	18	49	27	150	25	88	79	64	55	55	53	64	21	11
Mauritius	120	81	67	86	78	368	223	107	106	98	98	-	-	99	63	66
Mexico	97	86	80	92	87	324	270	116	113	-	-	-	-	84	61	61
Micronesia, Fed. States of	117	-	-	-	79x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moldova, Rep. of	94	96	88	99	97	720	281	96	95	-	-	-	-	93	78	81
Monaco	175	-	-	-	-	1021	727	-	-	-	-	-	-	98	-	-
Mongolia	28	82	63	89	77	139	46	86	91	80	84	-	-	-	48	65
Morocco	67	42	16	58	31	241	111	95	72	81	63	61x	45x	75	44	34
Mozambique	10	44	12	55	23	39	5	70	50	45	35	53	47	46	9	5
Myanmar	44	86	66	88	78	89	5	102	99	-	-	85	85	-	29	30
Namibia	62	71	61	80	77	143	48	130	132	86	93	74x	79x	79	56	66
Nauru	104	-	-	-	-	580x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nepal	51	38	7	54	19	37	5	128	91	80x	41x	80	60	52	49	25
Netherlands	175	-	-	-	-	963	514	108	106	100	99	-	-	-	141	133
New Zealand	165	-	-	-	-	1027	521	103	103	100	100	-	-	96	117	123
Nicaragua	77	61	61	65	67	283	73	109	112	82	85	69x	74x	54	43	50
Niger	3	14	3	21	7	69	12	36	22	30	19	31x	21x	73	9	5
Nigeria	15	45	22	66	47	197	57	100	79	-	-	60	58	80	33	28
Niue	-	-	-	-	99x	564x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norway	189	-	-	-	-	920	460	99	99	99	99	-	-	100	120	113
Oman	140	52	16	75	51	582	660	80	75	69	67	91	89	96	68	65
Pakistan	33	41	14	54	24	92	21	101	45	-	-	71	62	48	33	17
Palau	97	-	-	-	97x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Panama	133	86	85	91	90	299	187	108	104	91