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Survival rate to last grade, Literacy

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

SUMMARY INDICATORS
AFRICA	68		89		81		72		64
Sub-Saharan Africa [Sudan, Djibouti]	64		88		77		69		62
Eastern and Southern Africa	60		82		78		69		64
West and Central Africa	68		94		77		68		60
Middle East and North Africa	81		-		94		87		77
ASIA	70	**	94	**	91		86		80
South Asia	67		94		84		74		64
East Asia and Pacific	80	**	-	**	99		98		93
Latin America and Caribbean	83		-		97		97		91
CEE/CIS	96		97		99		98		97
Industrialized countries	97		-		-		-		-
Developing countries	72	**	92	**	91		86		80
Least developed countries	59		87		73		63		52
World	74	**	92	**	91		86		82
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.