NationMaster - Iraqi Education statistics

Average years of schooling of adults	4	[74th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	6 years	[145th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6	[41st of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6	[80th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	317,993	[44th of 150]
Education, primary completion rate	74	[95th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	33%	[106th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	44%	[160th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	37%	[159th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	60.12	[171st of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	59.6%	[6th of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male	55.9%	[146th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	40.4%	[155th of 160]
Primary school girls out of school	26%	[43rd of 99]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	20.53	[64th of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	10.3 years	[71st of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	9.1 years	[85th of 110]
Tertiary enrollment	13.6%	[88th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.91	[27th of 138]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; The Geography Zone; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices; World Development Indicators database; UNESCO Institute for Statistics

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Iraq, Republic of Iraq, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah, Al Iraq

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