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Email this page Printer friendly Last update: Dec 2007   Secondary school enrolment and attendance Countries and Territories Secondary school enrolment ratio (2000-2006*) Secondary school attendance ratio (2000-2006*) Gross Net Net Male Female Male Female Male Female Afghanistan 24 8 - - 18 6 Albania 79 77 75 73 79 77 Algeria 80 86 65 68 57 65 Andorra 84 93 73 80 - - Angola 19 15 - - 22 20 Antigua and Barbuda - - - - - - Argentina 83 89 76 82 - - Armenia 87 89 83 86 93 95 Australia 152 145 86 87 - - Austria 105 100 - - - - Azerbaijan 84 81 79 76 87 84 Bahamas 90 91 83 85 - - Bahrain 96 102 87 93 77 85 Bangladesh 47 48 44 45 36 41 Barbados 113 113 96 97 - - Belarus 95 96 88 89 95 97 Belgium 112 108 97 98 - - Belize 84 85 71 72 - - Benin 41 23 23 11 19 12 Bhutan - - - - - - Bolivia 90 87 73 72 57 56 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - - - 89 89 Botswana 72 75 57 62 36 44 Brazil 101 111 75 81 42 x 50 x Brunei Darussalam 94 98 85 90 - - Bulgaria 106 101 89 87 - - Burkina Faso 16 12 13 9 17 15 Burundi 16 12 - - 8 6 Cambodia 35 24 27 22 24 21 Cameroon 49 39 - - 45 42 Canada 119 116 - - - - Cape Verde 65 70 55 60 - - Central African Republic - - 13 9 16 10 Chad 23 8 16 5 13 7 Chile 90 91 - - - - China 74 75 - - - - Colombia 74 82 53 58 64 72 Comoros 40 30 - - 10 11 Congo 42 35 - - 39 42 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 28 16 - - 18 15 Cook Islands 72 73 62 68 - - Costa Rica 77 82 58 64 59 65 Côte d'Ivoire 32 18 26 15 32 22 Croatia 88 89 84 86 - - Cuba 94 94 87 88 - - Cyprus 96 98 93 95 - - Czech Republic 95 97 - - - - Denmark 122 126 91 93 - - Djibouti 29 19 27 18 50 42 Dominica 109 106 92 92 - - Dominican Republic 64 78 47 59 27 39 Ecuador 61 61 52 53 - - Egypt 89 82 85 79 72 67 El Salvador 62 64 52 54 - - Equatorial Guinea 38 22 - - 23 22 Eritrea 40 23 30 20 23 21 Estonia 100 101 90 93 - - Ethiopia 41 28 38 26 30 23 Fiji 85 91 80 85 - - Finland 108 113 95 95 - - France 116 116 98 100 - - Gabon 49 42 - - 34 36 Gambia 51 42 49 41 39 34 Georgia 82 83 81 81 - - Germany 101 99 - - - - Ghana 50 43 40 36 45 45 Greece 103 101 90 92 - - Grenada 99 102 78 80 - - Guatemala 54 49 35 32 23 x 24 x Guinea 39 21 31 17 27 17 Guinea-Bissau 23 13 11 6 8 7 Guyana 101 103 - - 66 73 Haiti - - - - 18 21 Holy See - - - - - - Honduras 59 73 - - 29 36 Hungary 97 96 90 90 - - Iceland 107 109 87 89 - - India 63 50 - - 64 58 Indonesia 64 63 59 58 54 56 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 83 78 79 75 - - Iraq 54 36 44 31 46 34 Ireland 108 118 85 91 - - Israel 93 92 89 89 - - Italy 100 99 92 93 - - Jamaica 86 89 77 80 88 92 Japan 102 102 99 100 - - Jordan 87 88 77 80 85 89 Kazakhstan 100 97 92 91 97 97 Kenya 50 48 42 42 12 13 Kiribati 82 93 65 71 - - Korea, Democratic People's Republic of - - - - - - Korea, Republic of 96 96 94 94 - - Kuwait 92 98 76 80 - - Kyrgyzstan 86 87 80 81 90 92 Lao People's Democratic Republic 53 40 41 35 40 33 Latvia 98 99 - - - - Lebanon 85 93 - - 61 68 Lesotho 34 43 19 30 16 27 Liberia 37 27 22 12 - - Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 96 115 - - - - Liechtenstein 120 104 62 69 - - Lithuania 97 96 91 91 - - Luxembourg 91 97 79 85 - - Madagascar 14 x 14 x 11 x 11 x 17 21 Malawi 31 25 25 22 27 26 Malaysia 72 81 71 81 - - Maldives 68 78 60 66 - - Mali 29 18 - - 15 11 Malta 98 101 84 83 - - Marshall Islands 75 78 72 77 - - Mauritania 22 19 17 14 15 9 Mauritius 89 88 81 82 - - Mexico 78 83 64 66 - - Micronesia (Federated States of) 83 88 - - - - Moldova, Republic of 80 83 75 77 82 85 Monaco - - - - - - Mongolia 86 98 79 90 85 91 Montenegro 88 89 - - 90 92 Morocco 54 46 38 32 39 36 Mozambique 16 11 8 6 8 7 Myanmar 41 40 38 37 51 48 Namibia 52 60 33 44 29 40 Nauru 46 50 - - - - Nepal 46 40 - - 46 38 Netherlands 120 117 86 88 - - New Zealand 119 127 90 93 - - Nicaragua 62 71 40 46 35 47 Niger 10 7 9 6 6 6 Nigeria 37 31 29 25 38 33 Niue 104 94 91 x 96 x - - Norway 114 114 97 97 - - Occupied Palestinian Territory 96 103 92 98 - - Oman 90 86 77 77 - - Pakistan 31 23 24 18 23 18 Palau 97 105 - - - - Panama 68 73 61 67 - - Papua New Guinea 29 23 - - - - Paraguay 63 64 - - 81 80 Peru 91 92 70 69 70 70 Philippines 81 90 55 66 55 70 Poland 100 99 92 94 - - Portugal 94 104 79 87 - - Qatar 101 99 91 89 - - Romania 85 86 79 82 - - Russian Federation 93 91 - - - - Rwanda 15 13 11 10 5 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 95 93 87 85 - - Saint Lucia 71 85 61 76 - - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67 83 57 71 - - Samoa 76 85 62 70 - - San Marino - - - - - - Sao Tome and Principe 43 46 30 34 39 41 Saudi Arabia 89 86 63 68 - - Senegal 24 18 19 15 20 16 Serbia 88 89 - - 90 93 Seychelles 106 105 94 100 - - Sierra Leone 35 26 - - 22 17 Singapore - - - - - - Slovakia 94 95 - - - - Slovenia 100 100 94 95 - - Solomon Islands 32 27 28 24 - - Somalia - - - - 8 4 South Africa 90 97 58 65 41 x 48 x Spain 121 127 97 100 - - Sri Lanka 82 83 - - - - Sudan 35 33 - - 19 20 Suriname 75 100 63 87 55 66 Swaziland 46 44 31 35 24 33 Sweden 103 103 99 100 - - Switzerland 98 91 87 81 - - Syrian Arab Republic 70 65 64 60 64 65 Tajikistan 89 74 86 73 89 74 Tanzania, United Republic of 7 x 5 x - - 8 8 Thailand 69 72 62 66 77 84 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 85 83 83 81 79 78 Timor-Leste 52 52 - - - - Togo 54 27 30 14 45 32 Tonga 94 102 61 75 - - Trinidad and Tobago 79 82 68 70 84 90 Tunisia 80 88 62 68 - - Turkey 83 68 72 61 53 47 Turkmenistan - - - - 84 84 Tuvalu 87 81 - - - - Uganda 21 17 16 14 16 16 Ukraine 92 85 82 77 90 93 United Arab Emirates 62 66 56 59 - - United Kingdom 104 107 94 97 - - United States 94 96 88 90 - - Uruguay 98 113 - - - - Uzbekistan 96 93 - - 91 90 Vanuatu 44 38 42 36 - - Venezuela (Bolivarian Rep. of) 70 79 59 68 30 43 Viet Nam 77 75 71 68 77 78 Yemen 62 31 46 21 35 x 13 x Zambia 31 25 29 23 17 19 Zimbabwe 38 35 35 33 45 45 SUMMARY INDICATORS Sub-Saharan Africa 37 30 30 25 25 22 Eastern and Southern Africa 41 35 35 30 20 19 West and Central Africa 34 25 26 20 30 25 Middle East and North Africa 74 68 67 62 54 52 South Asia 56 46 - - 55 50 East Asia and Pacific 72 72 61 e 62 e 60 e 63 e Latin America and Caribbean 85 92 67 71 - - CEE/CIS 90 86 80 75 80 78 Industrialized countries § 102 103 92 93 - - Developing countries § 63 59 52 e 50 e 50 e 46 e Least developed countries § 36 29 33 28 26 24 World 68 64 59 e 58 e 50 e 47 e - Data not available. x Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition, or refer to only part of a country. e Excludes China. * Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading. § Also includes territories within each country category or regional group. Source: The State of the World's Children 2008, UNICEF, Table 5.

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