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Email this page Printer friendly Last update: Dec 2007   Survival rate to grade 5, Literacy   Countries and Territories Survival rate to grade 5 % 2000-2006* Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate % 2000-2006* Adult literacy rate % 2000-2006* Admin. data Survey data Male Female Total Afghanistan - 92 51 18 28 Albania 90 y 9 99 100 99 Algeria 96 95 94 86 70 Andorra - - - - - Angola - 75 84 63 67 Antigua and Barbuda - - - - - Argentina 97 - 99 99 97 Armenia - 100 100 100 99 Australia - - - - - Austria 99 y - - - - Azerbaijan 98 y 99 100 x 100 x 99 x Bahamas 99 - - - - Bahrain 99 99 97 97 87 Bangladesh 65 94 67 60 48 Barbados 98 - - - - Belarus 99 y 100 100 x 100 x 100 x Belgium - - - - - Belize 91 - 76 x 77 x 70 x Benin 52 92 59 33 35 Bhutan 93 - - - - Bolivia 85 50 99 96 87 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 100 100 100 97 Botswana 91 96 y 92 96 81 Brazil 81 y 84 x,y 96 98 89 Brunei Darussalam 100 - 99 99 93 Bulgaria 92 y - 98 98 98 Burkina Faso 76 91 40 27 24 Burundi 67 87 77 70 59 Cambodia 56 95 88 79 74 Cameroon 64 91 - - 68 Canada 93 - - - - Cape Verde 78 - 96 97 81 Central African Republic - 73 70 47 49 Chad 33 64 y 56 23 26 Chile 100 - 99 99 96 China - - 99 99 91 Colombia 81 89 98 98 93 Comoros 80 25 - - - Congo 66 95 98 97 85 Congo, Democratic Republic of the - 54 78 63 67 Cook Islands - - - - - Costa Rica 87 - 97 98 95 Côte d'Ivoire 88 92 71 52 49 Croatia 100 y - 100 100 98 Cuba 97 99 y 100 100 100 Cyprus 99 - 100 100 97 Czech Republic 98 - - - - Denmark 93 - - - - Djibouti 77 x 96 - - - Dominica 93 - - - - Dominican Republic 86 91 93 95 87 Ecuador 76 - 96 97 91 Egypt 95 99 90 79 71 El Salvador 69 - 87 90 81 Equatorial Guinea 33 72 y 95 95 87 Eritrea 79 82 y - - - Estonia 99 - 100 100 100 Ethiopia 68 y 78 62 39 36 Fiji 99 - - - - Finland 100 - - - - France 98 x - - - - Gabon 69 91 y 97 95 84 Gambia - 97 - - - Georgia 98 y - - - - Germany 99 y - - - - Ghana 63 90 76 66 58 Greece 99 - 99 99 96 Grenada 79 - - - - Guatemala 68 73 x,y 86 78 69 Guinea 76 97 59 34 30 Guinea-Bissau - 80 - - - Guyana 64 97 - - - Haiti - 89 - - - Holy See - - - - - Honduras 70 83 87 91 80 Hungary 98 y - - - - Iceland 100 - - - - India 73 95 y 84 68 61 Indonesia 90 96 y 99 99 90 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 88 - 98 97 82 Iraq 81 95 89 81 74 Ireland 100 - - - - Israel 100 - - - - Italy 100 - 100 100 98 Jamaica 90 99 - - 80 Japan - - - - - Jordan 96 99 y 99 99 91 Kazakhstan 100 y 100 100 x 100 x 100 x Kenya 83 98 80 81 74 Kiribati 82 - - - - Korea, Democratic People's Republic of - - - - - Korea, Republic of 99 - - - - Kuwait 99 y - 100 100 93 Kyrgyzstan 97 y 99 100 x 100 x 99 x Lao People's Democratic Republic 63 92 83 75 69 Latvia 98 y - 100 100 100 Lebanon 93 96 - - - Lesotho 73 91 - - 82 Liberia - - 65 70 52 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - - 100 97 84 Liechtenstein - - - - - Lithuania 98 y - 100 100 100 Luxembourg 92 - - - - Madagascar 43 93 59 57 59 Malawi 42 87 82 x 71 x 64 x Malaysia 98 - 97 97 89 Maldives 92 - 98 98 96 Mali 87 93 32 x 17 x 24 Malta 99 - 94 x 98 x 88 x Marshall Islands - - - - - Mauritania 57 69 y 68 56 51 Mauritius 97 - 94 95 84 Mexico 94 - 98 98 92 Micronesia (Federated States of) - - - - - Moldova, Republic of 91 y 100 100 100 99 Monaco - - - - - Mongolia 91 y 96 97 98 98 Montenegro - 97 - - 96 Morocco 79 86 y 81 61 52 Mozambique 62 84 60 x 37 x 39 x Myanmar 70 100 96 93 90 Namibia 86 95 91 94 85 Nauru 31 - - - - Nepal 79 95 81 60 49 Netherlands 99 - - - - New Zealand - - - - - Nicaragua 54 63 84 89 77 Niger 65 89 52 23 29 Nigeria 73 97 87 81 69 Niue - - - - - Norway 100 - - - - Occupied Palestinian Territory 98 y 99 99 99 92 Oman 100 - 98 97 81 Pakistan 70 90 77 53 50 Palau - - - - - Panama 85 - 97 96 92 Papua New Guinea 68 - 69 64 57 Paraguay 81 90 x,y 96 96 94 Peru 90 95 98 96 88 Philippines 75 93 94 97 93 Poland 99 - - - - Portugal - - 100 100 94 Qatar - - 95 98 89 Romania 95 y - 98 98 97 Russian Federation - - 100 100 99 Rwanda 46 84 79 77 65 Saint Kitts and Nevis 87 - - - - Saint Lucia 96 - - - - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 88 - - - - Samoa 94 - 99 99 99 San Marino - - - - - Sao Tome and Principe 76 87 96 95 85 Saudi Arabia 96 - 97 95 83 Senegal 73 95 59 41 39 Serbia - 100 - - 96 Seychelles 99 - 99 99 92 Sierra Leone - 92 60 37 35 Singapore - - 99 x 99 x 89 x Slovakia 97 y - - - - Slovenia 99 y - 100 100 100 Solomon Islands - - - - - Somalia 56 y 92 - - - South Africa 82 98 x,y 94 x 94 x 82 x Spain 100 - 100 x 100 x 97 x Sri Lanka 100 - 95 96 91 Sudan 79 71 85 71 61 Suriname - 93 96 94 90 Swaziland 77 89 87 90 80 Sweden - - - - - Switzerland - - - - - Syrian Arab Republic 92 99 95 90 81 Tajikistan 98 y 99 100 100 100 Tanzania, United Republic of 85 96 81 76 69 Thailand - 99 98 98 93 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 98 y 100 99 99 96 Timor-Leste - - - - - Togo 75 92 84 64 53 Tonga 89 - 99 x 99 x 99 x Trinidad and Tobago 91 99 100 100 98 Tunisia 97 92 y 96 92 74 Turkey 97 97 x,y 98 93 87 Turkmenistan - 100 100 x 100 x 99 x Tuvalu 70 100 - - - Uganda 48 89 83 71 67 Ukraine - 100 100 100 99 United Arab Emirates 97 - 98 96 89 United Kingdom - - - - - United States - - - - - Uruguay 91 - 98 x 99 x 97 x Uzbekistan 96 y 100 - - - Vanuatu 78 - - - 74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Rep. of) 91 96 96 98 93 Viet Nam 87 98 94 x 94 x 90 x Yemen 73 88 x,y 91 59 54 Zambia 94 88 73 x 66 x 68 x Zimbabwe 70 88 98 98 89 SUMMARY INDICATORS Sub-Saharan Africa 70 86 76 64 58 Eastern and Southern Africa 69 87 75 64 60 West and Central Africa 71 86 76 64 57 Middle East and North Africa 88 91 92 83 73 South Asia 72 94 81 65 58 East Asia and Pacific 84 e 96 e 99 98 91 Latin America and Caribbean 85 - 96 97 90 CEE/CIS 97 - 99 98 97 Industrialized countries § - - - - - Developing countries § 77 e 92 e 90 84 76 Least developed countries § 67 85 74 59 55 World 78 e 92 e 91 85 78 - 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. y Data differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country, but are included in the calculation of regional and global averages. 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, Tables 1 and 5.

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