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January 2008

Table 3: 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*
Countries and Territories	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.