The State of the World's Children 2000

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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 92 - - 82 60 65

Papua New Guinea 45 70 45 81 63 91 9 87 74 79x 67x 32x 31x 59 17 11

Paraguay 100 89 82 93 90 182 101 113 110 91 91 93x 93x 71 42 45

Peru 73 88 71 93 83 271 125 125 121 91 90 87x 87x - 72 64

Philippines 81 90 88 94 94 159 51 110 112 100x 100x 81x 85x 70 71x 75x

Poland 149 99 99 100 100 518 337 97 95 95 94 - - 98 98 97

Portugal 156 87 77 93 87 306 336 131 125 100 100 - - - 102 111

Qatar 140 72 65 79 80 448 403 87 85 81 80 - - 99 81 79

Romania 117 98 92 99 96 317 231 105 103 96 95 - - 99 78 78

Russian Federation 115 99 93 100 99 344 405 108 107 93 93 - - - 84 91

Rwanda 21 51 29 69 52 101x - 83 81 76 76 61x 61x 60 12 9

Saint Kitts and Nevis 90 - - - - 671 251 - - - - - - - - -

Saint Lucia 130 - - - - 765 217 - - - - - - 95 - -

Saint Vincent/Grenadines 120 - - - - 673 159 - - - - - - - - -

Samoa 110 - - - 98x 1054 60 111 103 97 97 - - 85 59 66

San Marino 165 - - - - 620 358 - - - - - - 100 - -

Sao Tome and Principe 61 - - - - 272 166 - - - - - - - - -

Saudi Arabia 113 65 32 80 59 319 260 77 75 63 60 - - 89 65 57

Senegal 38 31 12 43 23 141 41 76 62 64 53 48 42 85 20 12

Seychelles 140 - - 83x 86x 541 145 - - - - - - 100 - -

Sierra Leone 1 30 9 45 18 251 12 59 41 - - - - - 22 13

Singapore 175 92 74 96 86 739 384 95 93 93 92 - - 100 70 77

Slovakia 153 - - - - 580 486 102 102 - - - - 97 92 96

Slovenia 175 100 99 100 100 416 364 106 105 100 100 - - 98 92 94

Solomon Islands 113 - - - 56x 141 6 104 90 - - - - 81 21 14

Somalia 8 8x 1x 36x 14x 46 13 15x 8x 11x 6x 21x 13x - 9x 5x

South Africa 58 78 75 84 82 316 118 117 115 93 95 - - 65 76 91

Spain 165 97 92 98 96 328 406 106 105 100 100 - - 98 114 128

Sri Lanka 137 91 79 94 87 210 83 110 108 - - - - 83 71 78

Sudan 43 48 18 63 38 270 84 57 48 - - 59x 52x 94 21 19

Suriname 94 92 84 95 91 683 144 129x 125x 100x 100x - - 99 50x 58x

Swaziland 53 64 56 78 75 170 23 132 125 95 95 - - 74 52 52

Sweden 189 - - - - 907 499 105 106 100 100 - - 98 126 147

Switzerland 175 - - - - 969 443 108 107 100 100 - - 100 94 88

Syria 102 72 34 85 54 274 69 106 96 95 87 98 95 94 45 40

Tajikistan 62 97 92 99 98 - - 95 92 - - - - - 81 72

Tanzania 32 65 34 80 59 278 3 67 66 47 49 61x 68x 83 6 5

TFYR Macedonia 110 - - - - 184 230 90 87 86 84 - - 99 58 58

Thailand 90 92 83 96 92 204 189 99 96 - - - - 88 38 37

Togo 30 48 18 67 35 217 17 140 99 93 69 73x 64x 71 40 14

Tonga 120 - - - 99x 612 20 - - - - - - 92 - -

Trinidad and Tobago 140 97 93 99 97 517 323 91 102 83 94 - - 95 66 79

Tunisia 102 61 32 76 53 218 98 117 111 97 95 - - 91 67 65

Turkey 85 81 50 92 72 178 333 107 102 98 94 74 71 89 67 45

Turkmenistan 66 - - 99x 97x 96 193 - - - - 81x 80x - - -

Tuvalu 71 - - - - 400 13 - - - - - - 96 - -

Uganda 35 60 31 74 50 123 15 79 67 58x 51x 65x 63x 55 15 9

Ukraine 126 - - 98 99 872 349 87 86 - - - - - 88 94

United Arab Emirates 153 72 64 79 80 354 133 91 87 79 78 - - 83 77 82

United Kingdom 165 - - - - 1445 516 115 116 100 100 - - - 123 144

United States 160 99x 99x - - 2115 805 102 101 94 95 - - 99 98 97

Uruguay 137 94 95 97 98 610 242 113 112 95 96 - - 98 77 92

Uzbekistan 70 - - 100 100 452 269 78 76 - - 83 83 - 99 87

Vanuatu 76 - - - 60x 345 13 105 107 76x 72x - - 61 23 18

Venezuela 115 86 82 92 90 471 179 90 93 83 85 - - 89 33 46

Viet Nam 85 92 76 95 88 106 47 106x 100x - - - - - 44x 41x

Yemen 38 39 6 62 18 64 29 100 40 - - 75x 40x - 53 14

Yugoslavia 130 - - 99 97 143 262 71 72 69 70 - - 100 62 66

Zambia 12 73 50 86 71 121 42 92 86 76 75 74 74 84 34 21

Zimbabwe 55 83 68 90 80 96 31 115 111 - - 91 90 79 52 44

Regional Summaries

Sub-Saharan Africa 50 29 65 47 166 33 82 67 59 51 61 57 67 27 22

Middle East and North Africa 57 28 71 47 268 111 95 82 85 77 85 75 90 64 54

South Asia 52 24 62 33 99 50 105 81 65 50 74 62 56 52 33

East Asia and Pacific 80 56 90 75 207 249 117 115 99 99 93 93 91 67 61

Latin America and Caribbean 82 78 88 85 411 204 107 104 87 87 89 90 76 48 52

CEE/CIS and Baltic States - - 99 96 412 340 99 98 93 92 - - - 82 82

Industrialized countries 99 97 - - 1319 638 104 103 97 97 - - 99 105 107

Developing countries 68 46 79 61 199 154 105 92 86 81 81 75 74 55 46

Least developed countries 47 24 59 38 116 12 76 59 56 45 63 58 58 24 14

World 75 58 81 65 379 238 104 94 88 84 81 75 77 61 54

Definitions of the indicators

Main data sources

Adult literacy rate - Percentage of persons aged 15 and over who can read and write.

Gross primary or secondary school enrolment ratio - The number of children enrolled in a level (primary or secondary), regardless of age, divided by the population of the age group which officially corresponds to the same level.

Net primary school enrolment ratio - The number of children enrolled in primary school, who belong to the age group that officially corresponds to primary schooling, divided by the total population of the same age group.

Net primary school attendance - Percentage of children in the age group that officially corresponds to primary schooling who attend primary school. These data come from national household surveys. While both the attendance and enrolment data should report on children going to primary school, the number of children of primary school age is uncertain for many countries, and this can lead to significant biases in the enrolment ratio.

Primary school entrants reaching grade five - Percentage of the children entering the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade five.

Adult literacy - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Radio and television - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Net primary school enrolment - Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS).

Gross school enrolment and reaching grade five - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

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