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Primary school enrolment and attendance

Countries and Territories	Primary school enrolment rate (2003-2008*) Gross				Primary school enrolment rate (2003-2008*) Net				Primary school attendance rate (2003-2008*) Net
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Countries and Territories	Male	Female	Total		Male	Female	Total		Male	Female	Total
Afghanistan	126	75	101		74	46	61		66	40	53
Albania	106	105	105		94	93	94		92	92	92
Algeria	113	106	110		96	95	95		97	96	97
Andorra	89	87	88		81	80	81		-	-	-
Angola	201	187	194		-	-	-		58	59	58	x
Antigua and Barbuda	106	99	103		75	73	74		-	-	-
Argentina	113	112	112		99	98	99		-	-	-
Armenia	96	100	98		80	84	82		99	98	99
Australia	105	105	105		96	97	96		-	-	-
Austria	102	101	102		97	98	97		-	-	-
Azerbaijan	99	97	98		87	85	86		74	72	73
Bahamas	98	98	98		87	89	88		-	-	-
Bahrain	120	119	120		98	98	98		86	87	86	x
Bangladesh	101	105	103		87	91	89		79	84	81
Barbados	105	105	105		96	98	97		-	-	-
Belarus	98	96	97		90	89	91		93	94	93
Belgium	102	102	102		97	98	97		-	-	-
Belize	124	122	123		96	98	97		95	95	95
Benin	105	87	96		87	73	80		72	62	67
Bhutan	103	101	102		79	79	79		74	67	70
Bolivia	109	109	109		95	95	95		78	77	78
Bosnia and Herzegovina	101	94	98		-	-	-		97	98	98
Botswana	108	106	107		83	85	84		83	86	84	x
Brazil	141	133	137		94	95	94		95	95	95
Brunei Darussalam	106	105	106		93	93	93		-	-	-
Bulgaria	101	100	100		93	92	92		-	-	-
Burkina Faso	71	60	65		52	42	47		49	44	46
Burundi	108	98	103		76	73	75		72	70	71
Cambodia	124	115	119		91	87	89		84	86	85
Cameroon	118	101	110		-	-	-		86	81	84
Canada	98	98	98		99	100	100	x	-	-	-
Cape Verde	105	98	102		85	84	85		97	96	97	x
Central African Republic	84	58	71		63	45	54		64	54	59
Chad	90	61	76		71	50	60		41	31	36
Chile	107	102	104		-	-	-		-	-	-
China	112	111	111		100	100	100		-	-	-
Colombia	117	116	116		87	87	87		90	92	91
Comoros	91	80	85		75	71	73		31	31	31	x
Congo	110	102	106		58	52	55		86	87	86
Cook Islands	79	80	80		73	75	74		-	-	-
Costa Rica	111	110	110		91	93	92		87	89	88
Côte d'Ivoire	81	64	72		61	49	55		66	57	62
Croatia	99	99	99		91	90	90		-	-	-
Cuba	103	100	102		98	98	98		-	-	-
Cyprus	103	102	102		99	99	99		-	-	-
Czech Republic	100	100	100		91	94	93		-	-	-
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-
Democratic Republic of the Congo	68	54	61		-	-	-		63	59	61
Denmark	99	99	99		95	96	96		-	-	-
Djibouti	49	40	44		42	34	38		67	66	66
Dominica	85	87	86		75	80	77		-	-	-
Dominican Republic	110	103	107		82	83	82		88	90	89
Ecuador	117	117	117		96	97	97		-	-	-
Egypt	108	102	105		98	94	96		96	94	95
El Salvador	118	118	118		92	92	92		-	-	-
Equatorial Guinea	125	119	122		91	83	87		61	60	61	x
Eritrea	69	56	62		50	43	47		69	64	67	x
Estonia	100	98	99		95	94	94		-	-	-
Ethiopia	97	85	91		74	69	71		45	45	45
Fiji	96	93	95		87	86	87		-	-	-
Finland	98	98	98		97	97	97		-	-	-
France	110	109	110		98	99	99		-	-	-
Gabon	153	152	152		88	88	88	x	94	94	94	x
Gambia	71	77	74		59	64	62		60	62	61
Georgia	100	98	99		95	92	94		94	95	95
Germany	103	103	103		98	98	98		-	-	-
Ghana	98	97	98		73	71	72		75	75	75
Greece	102	102	102		100	99	100		-	-	-
Grenada	82	79	80		78	74	76		-	-	-
Guatemala	117	110	113		97	93	95		80	76	78	x
Guinea	98	84	91		79	69	74		55	48	51
Guinea-Bissau	84	56	70	x	53	37	45	x	54	53	54
Guyana	116	115	115		-	-	-		96	96	96
Haiti	-	-	-		-	-	-		48	52	50
Holy See	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-
Honduras	117	116	117		96	97	96		77	80	79
Hungary	98	96	97		89	88	88		-	-	-
Iceland	98	97	98		98	97	98		-	-	-
India	114	109	112		90	87	89		85	81	83
Indonesia	116	112	114		97	94	95		86	84	85
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	106	137	121		91	100	94		94	91	93	x
Iraq	109	90	100		87	82	85		91	80	86
Ireland	104	103	104		95	95	95		-	-	-
Israel	109	111	110		96	98	97		-	-	-
Italy	104	103	104		99	98	99		-	-	-
Jamaica	95	95	95		90	90	90		97	98	97
Japan	100	100	100		-	-	100		-	-	-
Jordan	96	98	97		89	91	90		99	99	99
Kazakhstan	109	109	109		91	90	90		99	98	98
Kenya	107	104	106		75	76	76		79	79	79
Kiribati	112	114	113		96	98	97	x	-	-	-
Kuwait	97	96	96		84	83	84		-	-	-
Kyrgyzstan	96	95	95		85	84	85		91	93	92
Lao People's Democratic Republic	123	109	116		86	81	84		81	77	79
Latvia	96	93	95		89	92	90		-	-	-
Lebanon	97	94	95		83	82	83		97	97	97	x
Lesotho	115	114	114		71	74	72		82	88	85
Liberia	88	79	83		32	30	31		41	39	40
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	113	108	110		-	-	-		-	-	-
Liechtenstein	106	107	106		87	89	88		-	-	-
Lithuania	95	94	95		90	89	89		-	-	-
Luxembourg	102	103	102		96	98	97		-	-	-
Madagascar	144	139	141		98	99	99		74	77	76
Malawi	114	119	117		84	90	87		86	87	86
Malaysia	101	100	101		99	99	100		-	-	-
Maldives	118	114	116		97	97	97		-	-	-
Mali	92	74	83		70	56	63		46	40	43
Malta	101	99	100		92	91	91		-	-	-
Marshall Islands	105	101	103		90	89	90		-	-	-
Mauritania	100	106	103		78	83	80		56	59	57
Mauritius	101	101	101		95	96	95		-	-	-
Mexico	114	111	113		98	97	98		97	97	97
Micronesia (Federated States of)	109	111	110		-	-	92		-	-	-
Monaco	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-
Mongolia	99	101	100		88	90	89		96	98	97
Montenegro	-	-	-		-	-	-		98	97	97
Morocco	113	101	107		91	86	89		91	88	89
Mozambique	113	97	105		79	73	76		82	80	81
Myanmar	114	115	114		-	-	-		83	84	84
Namibia	110	109	109		84	89	87		91	91	91
Nauru	90	88	89		-	-	60		-	-	-
Nepal	127	126	126		78	74	76		86	82	84
Netherlands	108	105	107		99	97	98		-	-	-
New Zealand	102	102	102		99	99	99		-	-	-
Nicaragua	117	115	116		90	90	90		77	84	80	x
Niger	58	43	51		61	46	54		44	31	38
Nigeria	104	87	96		68	58	63		66	58	62
Niue	107	102	105		-	-	90		-	-	-
Norway	98	98	98		98	98	98		-	-	-
Occupied Palestinian Territory	80	80	80		73	74	73		91	92	92	x
Oman	80	81	80		72	74	73		-	-	-
Pakistan	101	83	92		74	57	66		76	67	71
Palau	108	101	104		98	95	96	x	-	-	-
Panama	114	111	113		99	98	98		-	-	-
Papua New Guinea	60	50	55		-	-	-		-	-	-
Paraguay	113	110	111		94	95	94		95	96	96
Peru	116	117	116		96	97	96		94	94	94
Philippines	110	109	110		91	93	91		88	89	88
Poland	98	97	98		96	96	96		-	-	-
Portugal	118	112	115		98	98	98		-	-	-
Qatar	110	109	109		94	95	94		-	-	-
Republic of Korea	107	103	105		100	93	98	x	-	-	-
Republic of Moldova	90	88	89		84	82	83		84	85	84
Romania	105	104	105		93	93	93		-	-	-
Russian Federation	96	96	96		91	91	91		-	-	-
Rwanda	146	148	147		92	95	94		84	87	86
Saint Kitts and Nevis	97	102	99		91	96	93		-	-	-
Saint Lucia	111	108	109		99	98	99		-	-	-
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	105	100	103		94	88	91		-	-	-
Samoa	96	95	95		86	88	87		-	-	-
San Marino	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-
Sao Tome and Principe	132	129	130		98	97	97		94	95	94
Saudi Arabia	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-
Senegal	84	84	84		72	72	72		58	59	58
Serbia	97	97	97		95	95	95		99	98	98
Seychelles	126	125	125		99	100	99		-	-	-
Sierra Leone	155	139	147		-	-	-		69	69	69
Singapore	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-
Slovakia	101	99	100		92	92	92		-	-	-
Slovenia	101	100	100		96	95	95		-	-	-
Solomon Islands	102	98	101		62	62	62		-	-	-
Somalia	-	-	-		-	-	-		25	21	23
South Africa	105	101	103		86	86	86		80	83	81	x
Spain	106	104	105		100	99	100		-	-	-
Sri Lanka	108	108	108		98	97	98		-	-	-
Sudan	71	61	66		45	37	41	x	56	52	54
Suriname	120	118	119		93	95	94		95	94	95
Swaziland	110	102	106		78	79	78		83	86	84
Sweden	96	95	96		95	95	95		-	-	-
Switzerland	98	97	97		89	89	89		-	-	-
Syrian Arab Republic	129	123	126		97	92	95	x	97	96	97
Tajikistan	102	98	100		99	95	97		99	96	97
Thailand	106	106	106		94	94	94		98	98	98
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	98	98	98		92	92	92		97	93	95
Timor-Leste	94	88	91		64	62	63		76	74	75
Togo	104	90	97		82	72	77		82	76	79
Tonga	116	110	113		98	94	96		-	-	-
Trinidad and Tobago	96	94	95		85	85	85		98	98	98
Tunisia	110	107	108		96	97	96		95	93	94	x
Turkey	96	92	94		93	89	91		91	87	89
Turkmenistan	-	-	-		-	-	-		99	99	99
Tuvalu	106	105	106		-	-	100		-	-	-
Uganda	116	117	117		-	-	-		83	82	82
Ukraine	100	100	100		89	89	89		96	98	97
United Arab Emirates	107	106	107		91	90	91		-	-	-
United Kingdom	105	106	105		98	99	98		-	-	-
United Republic of Tanzania	112	109	110		98	97	97		71	75	73
United States	98	99	98		91	93	92		-	-	-
Uruguay	117	113	115		100	100	100		-	-	-
Uzbekistan	97	94	96		-	-	-		100	100	100
Vanuatu	110	107	108		88	87	88		80	81	80
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	107	105	106		92	92	92		91	93	92	x
Viet Nam	106	101	104	x	96	91	93	x	94	94	94
Yemen	100	74	87		85	65	75		75	64	70
Zambia	121	117	119		94	94	94		80	80	80
Zimbabwe	102	101	101		87	88	88		91	93	92

SUMMARY INDICATORS
AFRICA	102	92	97		79	74	76		69	66	68
Sub-Saharan Africa [Sudan, Djibouti]	101	91	96		76	70	73		65	63	64
Eastern and Southern Africa	113	107	110		83	82	83		69	70	69
West and Central Africa	93	78	85		68	58	63		63	58	61
Middle East and North Africa	103	97	100		92	88	90		85	81	83
ASIA	112	107	110		92	89	91		84	81	83	**
South Asia	112	105	108		87	82	85		83	79	81
East Asia and Pacific	111	110	111		98	97	98		88	88	88	**
Latin America and Caribbean	120	116	118		95	95	95		92	93	92
CEE/CIS	98	96	97		92	90	91		94	92	93
Industrialized countries	101	101	101		94	95	95		-	-	-
Developing countries	109	104	107		89	86	88		80	78	79	**
Least developed countries	103	93	98		81	76	78		67	65	66
World	108	103	106		90	87	88		81	78	79	**
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. * Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading. ** Excludes China. Source: The State of the World's Children Special Edition: Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF, Tables 1 and 5.