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Secondary school enrolment and attendance

Countries and Territories	Secondary school enrolment rate (2003-2008*) Gross				Secondary school enrolment rate (2003-2008*) Net				Secondary school attendance rate (2003-2008*) Net
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Countries and Territories	Male	Female	Total		Male	Female	Total		Male	Female	Total
Albania	78	75	77		74	72	73		79	77	78
Algeria	80	86	83		65	68	66		57	65	61
Andorra	79	86	82		70	74	72		-	-	-
Angola	19	16	18	x	-	-	-		22	20	21	x
Antigua and Barbuda	107	103	105		-	-	-		-	-	-
Argentina	80	89	84		75	82	78		-	-	-
Armenia	88	91	90		84	88	86		93	95	94
Australia	154	146	150		87	88	87		-	-	-
Austria	104	100	102		-	-	-		-	-	-
Azerbaijan	85	81	83		79	76	78		82	80	81
Bahamas	91	91	91		83	85	84		-	-	-
Bahrain	100	104	102		91	96	93		77	85	81	x
Bangladesh	43	45	44		40	42	41		36	41	39
Barbados	102	105	103		88	93	90		-	-	-
Belarus	94	97	95		87	89	87		95	97	96
Belgium	112	108	110		89	85	87		-	-	-
Belize	76	82	79		64	70	67		58	60	59
Benin	41	23	33		23	11	17	x	40	27	34
Bhutan	51	46	49		38	39	39		-	-	-
Bolivia	84	81	83		72	70	71		57	56	57
Bosnia and Herzegovina	84	87	86		-	-	-		89	89	89
Botswana	75	78	77		52	60	56		36	44	40	x
Brazil	101	111	106		75	83	79		74	80	77
Brunei Darussalam	96	99	97		87	91	89		-	-	-
Bulgaria	108	103	105		89	87	88		-	-	-
Burkina Faso	18	13	16		14	10	12		17	15	16
Burundi	16	12	14		-	-	-		8	6	7
Cambodia	46	38	42		33	28	31		29	26	28
Cameroon	28	22	25		-	-	-		45	42	43
Canada	119	116	117		-	-	-		-	-	-
Cape Verde	73	86	79		57	65	61		-	-	-
Central African Republic	-	-	12		13	9	11		16	10	13
Chad	23	8	15		16	5	11		13	7	10
Chile	90	92	91		-	-	-		-	-	-
China	75	76	76		-	-	-		-	-	-
Colombia	81	90	85		64	71	67		64	72	68
Comoros	40	30	35		15	15	15		10	11	11	x
Congo	47	39	43		-	-	-		39	40	39
Cook Islands	71	74	72		62	68	64	x	-	-	-
Costa Rica	85	90	87		62	67	64		59	65	62
Côte d'Ivoire	32	18	25	x	25	14	20	x	32	22	27
Croatia	90	93	91		86	88	87		-	-	-
Cuba	93	93	93		85	87	86		-	-	-
Cyprus	96	97	97		93	95	94		-	-	-
Czech Republic	96	97	96		-	-	-		-	-	-
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-
Democratic Republic of the Congo	28	16	22		-	-	-		32	25	29
Denmark	118	121	120		88	90	89		-	-	-
Djibouti	27	18	22		26	17	22		45	37	41
Dominica	107	105	106		77	85	81		-	-	-
Dominican Republic	72	87	79		55	68	62		38	53	45
Ecuador	67	68	68		57	58	57		-	-	-
Egypt	91	85	88		82	78	80	x	72	67	69
El Salvador	63	66	65		53	56	54		-	-	-
Equatorial Guinea	41	23	32	x	-	-	25		23	22	22	x
Eritrea	39	23	31		30	20	25		23	21	22	x
Estonia	99	101	100		90	92	91		-	-	-
Ethiopia	37	24	31		29	19	24		30	23	27
Fiji	78	87	82		76	83	79		-	-	-
Finland	109	114	112		96	96	96		-	-	-
France	114	114	114		98	100	99		-	-	-
Gabon	53	46	55	x	-	-	-		34	36	35	x
Gambia	47	43	45		40	37	38		39	34	37
Georgia	90	90	90		82	82	82		89	88	88
Germany	103	101	102		-	-	-		-	-	-
Ghana	52	46	49		47	43	45		45	45	45
Greece	104	102	103		92	93	92		-	-	-
Grenada	99	98	99		78	80	79		-	-	-
Guatemala	58	53	56		40	37	38		23	24	23	x
Guinea	45	24	35		35	20	28		27	17	22
Guinea-Bissau	23	13	18	x	11	6	9	x	8	7	8
Guyana	106	104	105		-	-	-		66	73	69
Haiti	-	-	-		-	-	-		18	21	20
Holy See	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-
Honduras	55	68	61		-	-	-		29	36	32
Hungary	96	95	96		90	90	90		-	-	-
Iceland	108	111	110		89	91	90		-	-	-
India	59	49	55		-	-	-		59	49	54
Indonesia	66	66	66		60	61	60		57	59	58
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	72	73	73		79	75	77		-	-	-
Iraq	54	36	45		45	32	38		46	34	40
Ireland	108	116	112		85	90	87		-	-	-
Israel	93	92	92		88	89	89		-	-	-
Italy	101	100	100		93	94	94		-	-	-
Jamaica	86	89	87		77	80	78		88	92	90
Japan	101	102	101		99	99	99		-	-	-
Jordan	88	90	89		81	83	82		85	89	87
Kazakhstan	93	91	92		86	85	86		97	97	97
Kenya	52	49	50		43	42	43		12	13	13
Kiribati	82	94	88		65	72	68		-	-	-
Kuwait	87	91	89		75	79	77		-	-	-
Kyrgyzstan	86	87	86		80	81	81		90	92	91
Lao People's Democratic Republic	49	38	44		38	32	35		39	32	36
Latvia	98	99	99		-	-	-		-	-	-
Lebanon	77	86	81		69	77	73		61	68	64	x
Lesotho	33	42	37		19	29	24		16	27	21
Liberia	37	27	32	x	6	5	5		21	18	20
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	86	101	94		-	-	-		-	-	-
Liechtenstein	120	104	112		62	69	65		-	-	-
Lithuania	99	99	99		92	93	92		-	-	-
Luxembourg	94	98	96		82	86	84		-	-	-
Madagascar	27	26	26		17	18	17		17	21	19
Malawi	31	26	28		25	23	24		13	13	13
Malaysia	66	72	69		66	72	69		-	-	-
Maldives	80	86	83		65	70	67		-	-	-
Mali	37	27	32		-	-	-		23	17	20
Malta	99	100	100		84	90	87		-	-	-
Marshall Islands	75	78	77		72	77	74		-	-	-
Mauritania	27	23	25		16	15	16		21	17	19
Mauritius	86	90	88		68	77	73		-	-	-
Mexico	86	88	87		71	70	70		-	-	-
Micronesia (Federated States of)	80	86	91		-	-	25		-	-	-
Monaco	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-
Mongolia	87	97	92		77	86	81		85	91	88
Montenegro	-	-	88		-	-	76		90	92	84
Morocco	53	45	56		37	32	35		39	36	37
Mozambique	18	13	16		4	4	4		21	20	20
Myanmar	49	49	49		46	46	46		51	48	49
Namibia	54	64	59		44	54	49		40	53	47
Nauru	50	60	55		-	-	58		-	-	-
Nepal	46	41	43		-	-	-		46	38	42
Netherlands	119	117	118		88	89	88		-	-	-
New Zealand	117	123	120		91	93	92	x	-	-	-
Nicaragua	62	70	66		40	47	43		35	47	41	x
Niger	14	9	11		12	7	9		13	9	11
Nigeria	36	29	32		-	-	-		38	33	35
Niue	96	102	99		91	96	93	x	-	-	-
Norway	113	113	113		96	97	96		-	-	-
Occupied Palestinian Territory	90	95	92		86	91	89		-	-	-
Oman	92	88	90		78	79	79		-	-	-
Pakistan	37	28	33		37	28	32		39	33	36
Palau	96	105	102		-	-	-		-	-	-
Panama	68	73	70		61	68	64		-	-	-
Papua New Guinea	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-
Paraguay	66	67	67		56	59	57		81	80	80
Peru	93	96	95		72	72	72		70	70	70
Philippines	79	88	83		55	66	60		55	70	63
Poland	100	99	100		93	94	94		-	-	-
Portugal	94	102	98		78	86	82		-	-	-
Qatar	105	102	104		94	92	93		-	-	-
Republic of Korea	100	95	98		99	93	96		-	-	-
Republic of Moldova	82	85	83		74	77	75		82	85	84
Romania	86	86	86		74	73	73		-	-	-
Russian Federation	85	83	84		-	-	-		-	-	-
Rwanda	19	17	18		-	-	10		5	5	5
Saint Kitts and Nevis	95	93	94		87	85	86		-	-	-
Saint Lucia	88	99	94		69	84	76		-	-	-
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	67	83	75		57	71	64		-	-	-
Samoa	76	86	81		62	71	66		-	-	-
San Marino	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-
Sao Tome and Principe	45	48	46		31	34	33		39	41	40
Saudi Arabia	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-
Senegal	27	21	24		23	18	20		20	16	18
Serbia	87	89	-		-	-	-		81	87	91
Seychelles	105	119	112		94	100	94		-	-	-
Sierra Leone	38	26	32		27	19	23		21	17	19
Singapore	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-
Slovakia	95	96	96		-	-	-		-	-	-
Slovenia	96	95	96		90	91	90		-	-	-
Solomon Islands	33	27	30		29	25	27		-	-	-
Somalia	-	-	-		-	-	-		9	5	7
South Africa	93	99	96		70	75	72		41	48	44	x
Spain	115	122	119		92	96	94		-	-	-
Sri Lanka	86	88	87		-	-	-		-	-	-
Sudan	35	32	33		-	-	-		17	22	19
Suriname	67	93	80		57	79	68		56	67	61
Swaziland	47	47	47		29	35	32		31	41	36
Sweden	104	103	103		99	99	99		-	-	-
Switzerland	95	90	93		84	80	82		-	-	-
Syrian Arab Republic	73	71	72		67	65	66		64	65	64
Tajikistan	91	76	84		88	75	81		89	74	82
Thailand	79	88	84		72	81	76		77	84	80
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	85	83	84		82	80	81		79	78	78
Timor-Leste	53	54	53		-	-	23		-	-	-
Togo	54	27	40		30	14	22	x	45	32	39
Tonga	92	96	94		54	68	60		-	-	-
Trinidad and Tobago	75	78	76		64	67	65		84	90	87
Tunisia	81	89	85		61	68	65		-	-	-
Turkey	86	71	79		74	64	69		52	43	47
Turkmenistan	-	-	-		-	-	-		84	84	84
Tuvalu	87	81	84	x	-	-	-		-	-	-
Uganda	20	16	18		17	15	16		16	15	16
Ukraine	94	94	94		84	85	85		90	93	92
United Arab Emirates	91	94	92		78	80	79		-	-	-
United Kingdom	97	99	98		91	94	92		-	-	-
United Republic of Tanzania	7	6	6	x	22	20	21		8	8	8
United States	94	94	94		87	89	88		-	-	-
Uruguay	94	109	101		-	-	-		-	-	-
Uzbekistan	103	102	102		-	-	-		91	90	90
Vanuatu	43	37	40		41	35	38		-	-	-
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	75	84	79		64	73	68		30	43	36	x
Viet Nam	69	64	67	x	-	-	62		77	78	78
Yemen	61	30	46		49	26	37		48	27	38
Zambia	46	41	43		44	38	41		38	35	37
Zimbabwe	42	39	40		38	36	37		46	43	45

SUMMARY INDICATORS
AFRICA	44	38	41		34	30	32		32	29	31
Sub-Saharan Africa a/	37	30	33		30	26	28		27	23	25
Eastern and Southern Africa	41	36	39		32	29	31		20	19	19
West and Central Africa	33	25	29		-	-	-		33	27	30
Middle East and North Africa	71	66	68		63	58	61		53	50	51
ASIA	63	58	61		-	-	-		55	49	52	**
South Asia	55	46	50		-	-	-		53	45	49
East Asia and Pacific	73	74	74		61	64	62	**	61	65	63	**
Latin America and Caribbean	88	94	91		69	74	72		67	73	70
CEE/CIS	89	85	87		79	75	77		79	76	77
Industrialized countries	102	102	102		91	92	92		-	-	-
Developing countries	63	59	61		53	52	53	**	51	46	49	**
Least developed countries	36	29	33		31	27	29		28	26	27
World	68	64	66		61	60	60	**	51	47	49	**
* Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading. 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. Source: The State of the World's Children Special Edition: Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF, Table 5.