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Elementary High Primary Secondary

Select year 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

• Totals

#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE	GRAPH	HISTORY
1	Mongolia	8	2009
=2	Turkmenistan	7	2009
=2	Ethiopia	7	2009
=2	Burkina Faso	7	2009
=2	Tanzania	7	2009
=2	Tajikistan	7	2009
=2	Afghanistan	7	2009
=2	Indonesia	7	2009
=2	Finland	7	2009
=2	Guinea	7	2009
=2	El Salvador	7	2009
=2	Rwanda	7	2009
=2	Denmark	7	2009
=2	Moldova	7	2009
=2	Estonia	7	2009
=2	Uzbekistan	7	2009
=2	Senegal	7	2009
=2	Papua New Guinea	7	2009
=2	Hungary	7	2009
=2	Sao Tome and Principe	7	2009
=2	Lithuania	7	2009
=2	The Gambia	7	2009
=2	Guatemala	7	2009
=2	Equatorial Guinea	7	2009
=2	Eritrea	7	2009
=2	China	7	2009
=2	Armenia	7	2009
=2	Sweden	7	2009
=2	Russia	7	2009
=2	Bulgaria	7	2009
=2	Romania	7	2009
=2	South Africa	7	2009
=2	Latvia	7	2009
=2	Niger	7	2009
=2	Brazil	7	2009
=2	Croatia	7	2009
=2	Guinea-Bissau	7	2009
=2	Switzerland	7	2009
=2	Burundi	7	2009
=2	Zambia	7	2009
=2	Kazakhstan	7	2009
=2	Poland	7	2009
=2	Kyrgyzstan	7	2009
=2	Honduras	7	2009
=2	Namibia	7	2009
=2	Serbia and Montenegro	7	2008
=2	Mali	7	2008
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	6.73	2009
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	6.47	2009
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	6.45	2009
	Emerging markets average (profile)	6.44	2009
	Cold countries average (profile)	6.37	2009
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	6.34	2009
	Religious countries average (profile)	6.3	2009
	NATO countries average (profile)	6.3	2009
	Muslim countries average (profile)	6.28	2009
	Europe average (profile)	6.25	2009
	European Union average (profile)	6.25	2009
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	6.23	2009
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	6.21	2009
	Former French colonies average (profile)	6.2	2008
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	6.19	2008
	failed states average (profile)	6.14	2009
	Christian countries average (profile)	6.14	2009
	Catholic countries average (profile)	6.13	2009
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	6.08	2009
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	6.03	2009
=48	Canada	6	2009
=48	East Timor	6	2009
=48	Swaziland	6	2009
=48	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	2009
=48	Liberia	6	2009
=48	Netherlands	6	2009
=48	Monaco	6	2009
=48	Congo, Republic of the	6	2009
=48	Turkey	6	2009
=48	France	6	2009
=48	Slovakia	6	2009
=48	Vanuatu	6	2009
=48	Norway	6	2009
=48	Malawi	6	2009
=48	Virgin Islands	6	2009
=48	Dominican Republic	6	2009
=48	Libya	6	2009
=48	Central African Republic	6	2009
=48	Bangladesh	6	2009
=48	Liechtenstein	6	2009
=48	Portugal	6	2009
=48	Malaysia	6	2009
=48	Panama	6	2009
=48	Costa Rica	6	2009
=48	Luxembourg	6	2009
=48	American Samoa	6	2009
=48	Palau	6	2009
=48	Nigeria	6	2009
=48	Netherlands Antilles	6	2009
=48	Thailand	6	2009
=48	Sierra Leone	6	2009
=48	Georgia	6	2009
=48	Philippines	6	2009
=48	Morocco	6	2009
=48	Colombia	6	2009
=48	Fiji	6	2009
=48	Qatar	6	2009
=48	Italy	6	2009
=48	Sudan	6	2009
=48	Maldives	6	2009
=48	Suriname	6	2009
=48	Israel	6	2009
=48	Venezuela	6	2009
=48	Zimbabwe	6	2009
=48	Jordan	6	2009
=48	Mauritania	6	2009
=48	Syria	6	2009
=48	Mexico	6	2009
=48	Greece	6	2009
=48	Paraguay	6	2009
=48	Botswana	6	2009
=48	Cambodia	6	2009
=48	Aruba	6	2009
=48	Argentina	6	2009
=48	Bolivia	6	2009
=48	Ghana	6	2009
=48	Saudi Arabia	6	2009
=48	Cape Verde	6	2009
=48	Slovenia	6	2009
=48	Spain	6	2009
=48	Oman	6	2009
=48	Gabon	6	2009
=48	Jamaica	6	2009
=48	Albania	6	2009
=48	United Arab Emirates	6	2009
=48	India	6	2009
=48	Azerbaijan	6	2009
=48	Lesotho	6	2009
=48	Kenya	6	2009
=48	Czech Republic	6	2009
=48	Solomon Islands	6	2009
=48	San Marino	6	2009
=48	Cyprus	6	2009
=48	Somalia	6	2009
=48	Peru	6	2009
=48	Laos	6	2009
=48	Cote d'Ivoire	6	2009
=48	Benin	6	2009
=48	Cuba	6	2009
=48	Togo	6	2009
=48	Ukraine	6	2009
=48	United States	6	2009
=48	Vietnam	6	2009
=48	Angola	6	2009
=48	Chad	6	2009
=48	Austria	6	2009
=48	Mozambique	6	2009
=48	Uganda	6	2009
=48	Japan	6	2009
=48	Belarus	6	2009
=48	Algeria	6	2009
=48	Marshall Islands	6	2009
=48	Chile	6	2009
=48	Belgium	6	2009
=48	Kiribati	6	2009
=48	Haiti	6	2009
=48	Iraq	6	2009
=48	Seychelles	6	2009
=48	Uruguay	6	2009
=48	Djibouti	6	2009
=48	Nicaragua	6	2009
=48	Bhutan	6	2009
=48	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6	2009
=48	Kuwait	6	2009
=48	Iceland	6	2009
=48	Germany	6	2009
=48	Guyana	6	2009
=48	Tunisia	6	2009
=48	Comoros	6	2009
=48	Cameroon	6	2008
=48	Madagascar	6	2008
=48	Bahrain	6	2008
=48	Turks and Caicos Islands	6	2008
=48	Ecuador	6	2008
=48	Tuvalu	6	2008
=48	Lebanon	6	2008
=48	Guam	6	2008
=48	Brunei	6	2008
=48	New Caledonia	6	2008
=48	Singapore	6	2008
=48	French Polynesia	6	1997
	Eurozone average (profile)	6	2009
	OPEC countries average (profile)	6	2009
	South Asia average (profile)	6	2009
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	6	2008
	Hot countries average (profile)	5.99	2008
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	5.96	2008
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	5.86	2009
	Tourist destinations average (profile)	5.81	2008
	Former British colonies average (profile)	5.78	2009
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	5.77	2009
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	5.74	2009
=169	Nepal	5	2009
=169	Bermuda	5	2009
=169	Saint Kitts and Nevis	5	2009
=169	Tonga	5	2009
=169	Cayman Islands	5	2009
=169	Grenada	5	2009
=169	Antigua and Barbuda	5	2009
=169	Malta	5	2009
=169	Burma	5	2009
=169	Sri Lanka	5	2009
=169	Saint Lucia	5	2009
=169	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5	2009
=169	New Zealand	5	2009
=169	Samoa	5	2009
=169	Pakistan	5	2009
=169	The Bahamas	5	2009
=169	United Kingdom	5	2009
=169	Trinidad and Tobago	5	2009
=169	Dominica	5	2009
=169	Mauritius	5	2009
=169	Barbados	5	2009
=169	Australia	5	2009
=169	Belize	5	2009
=169	Puerto Rico	5	2008
=169	Gibraltar	5	2008
194	Ireland	4	2009

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