Statistical Tables
Table 4: Education
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Adult literacy rate
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Primary school enrolment ratio
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1980
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1995
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No. of sets per 1000 population 1996
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1990-97* (gross)
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1990-96* (net)
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Net primary school attendance (%) 1990-1998*
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% primary school entrants reaching grade 5
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Secondary school enrolment ratio 1990-96* (gross)
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Under-5 mortality rank |
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| 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 | |