FACTOID # 6: There are 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate. Fifteen of them are in Africa.
 
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Education Statistics > School enrollment, primary, male > % net (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Iceland: 99.94 % net   2004 Time series
# 2   Japan: 99.82 % net   2004 Time series
# 3   Greece: 99.74 % net   2004 Time series
# 4   Spain: 99.73 % net   2004 Time series
# 5   Cambodia: 99.67 % net   2005 Time series
# 6   Korea, South: 99.58 % net   2005 Time series
# 7   Finland: 99.41 % net   2004 Time series
= 8   Netherlands: 99.39 % net   2004 Time series
= 8   China: 99.39 % net   1991 Time series
# 10   New Zealand: 99.34 % net   2004 Time series
# 11   Canada: 99.3 % net   2001 Time series
# 12   Tajikistan: 99.29 % net   2005 Time series
# 13   Aruba: 99.21 % net   2005 Time series
# 14   Argentina: 99.2 % net   2003 Time series
# 15   Italy: 99.01 % net   2004 Time series
# 16   Norway: 98.95 % net   2004 Time series
# 17   Sri Lanka: 98.84 % net   2003 Time series
# 18   Panama: 98.8 % net   2005 Time series
# 19   France: 98.79 % net   2004 Time series
# 20   Sweden: 98.78 % net   2004 Time series
# 21   Portugal: 98.73 % net   2004 Time series
# 22   Belgium: 98.71 % net   2004 Time series
# 23   United Kingdom: 98.69 % net   2004 Time series
# 24   Cuba: 98.34 % net   2005 Time series
# 25   Palau: 98.3 % net   2000 Time series
# 26   Slovenia: 98.15 % net   2004 Time series
# 27   Saint Lucia: 98.1 % net   2005 Time series
# 28   Libya: 97.99 % net   1991 Time series
# 29   Mexico: 97.84 % net   2004 Time series
# 30   Algeria: 97.78 % net   2005 Time series
# 31   Barbados: 97.52 % net   2005 Time series
# 32   Denmark: 97.46 % net   2004 Time series
# 33   Tonga: 97.44 % net   2005 Time series
# 34   Israel: 97.35 % net   2004 Time series
# 35   Ecuador: 97.23 % net   2004 Time series
= 36   Poland: 97.16 % net   2004 Time series
= 36   Tunisia: 97.16 % net   2004 Time series
# 38   Bahrain: 97.15 % net   2005 Time series
= 39   São Tomé and Príncipe: 97.06 % net   2005 Time series
= 39   Vietnam: 97.06 % net   2001 Time series
# 41   Syria: 97.01 % net   2002 Time series
# 42   Peru: 96.87 % net   2004 Time series
# 43   Egypt: 96.69 % net   2004 Time series
# 44   Fiji: 96.68 % net   2005 Time series
# 45   Kiribati: 96.43 % net   1999 Time series
# 46   Ireland: 96.37 % net   2004 Time series
# 47   Guatemala: 96.32 % net   2005 Time series
# 48   Cyprus: 96.27 % net   2004 Time series
# 49   Qatar: 96.04 % net   2005 Time series
# 50   Seychelles: 96.01 % net   2004 Time series
# 51   Serbia and Montenegro: 95.72 % net   2001 Time series
# 52   Australia: 95.53 % net   2004 Time series
# 53   Bulgaria: 95.51 % net   2004 Time series
# 54   Hong Kong: 95.35 % net   2005 Time series
# 55   Indonesia: 95.33 % net   2004 Time series
# 56   Belize: 95.27 % net   2005 Time series
# 57   Paraguay: 94.9 % net   1991 Time series
# 58   Trinidad and Tobago: 94.86 % net   2005 Time series
# 59   Vanuatu: 94.68 % net   2005 Time series
# 60   Nigeria: 94.64 % net   2004 Time series
# 61   Bolivia: 94.44 % net   2004 Time series
# 62   Mauritius: 94.32 % net   2005 Time series
# 63   Iraq: 94.26 % net   2005 Time series
# 64   United States: 94.25 % net   2004 Time series
# 65   Malta: 94.22 % net   2004 Time series
# 66   Estonia: 94.21 % net   2004 Time series
# 67   Switzerland: 94.07 % net   2004 Time series
# 68   Albania: 94.04 % net   2004 Time series
# 69   Malaysia: 93.32 % net   2003 Time series
# 70   Philippines: 92.99 % net   2004 Time series
# 71   Brunei: 92.96 % net   2005 Time series
# 72   Lebanon: 92.92 % net   2005 Time series
# 73   Latvia: 92.69 % net   1991 Time series
# 74   Suriname: 92.65 % net   2005 Time series
# 75   Madagascar: 92.58 % net   2005 Time series
# 76   El Salvador: 92.53 % net   2005 Time series
# 77   Macau: 92.5 % net   2005 Time series
# 78   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 92.41 % net   2005 Time series
= 79   Bangladesh: 92.34 % net   2003 Time series
= 79   Malawi: 92.34 % net   2005 Time series
# 81   India: 92.24 % net   2004 Time series
# 82   Tanzania: 92.23 % net   2005 Time series
# 83   Romania: 92.16 % net   2004 Time series
# 84   Macedonia, Republic of: 92.13 % net   2004 Time series
# 85   Kazakhstan: 91.89 % net   2005 Time series
# 86   Turkey: 91.76 % net   2004 Time series
# 87   Russia: 91.05 % net   2004 Time series
# 88   Venezuela: 90.9 % net   2005 Time series
# 89   Iran: 90.83 % net   2005 Time series
# 90   Belarus: 90.82 % net   2005 Time series
# 91   Cape Verde: 90.78 % net   2005 Time series
# 92   Luxembourg: 90.75 % net   2004 Time series
# 93   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 90.72 % net   2005 Time series
# 94   Uruguay: 90.52 % net   1991 Time series
# 95   Jordan: 90.36 % net   2004 Time series
# 96   Chile: 90.29 % net   1991 Time series
# 97   Samoa: 90.26 % net   2004 Time series
# 98   Jamaica: 90.23 % net   2004 Time series
# 99   Marshall Islands: 89.88 % net   2003 Time series
# 100   Hungary: 89.7 % net   2004 Time series
= 101   Bahamas, The: 89.67 % net   2005 Time series
= 101   Honduras: 89.67 % net   2004 Time series
# 103   Lithuania: 89.59 % net   2004 Time series
# 104   Burma: 89.39 % net   2005 Time series
# 105   Guyana: 89.07 % net   1991 Time series
# 106   Zambia: 88.7 % net   2005 Time series
# 107   Morocco: 88.69 % net   2005 Time series
# 108   Nicaragua: 87.94 % net   2005 Time series
# 109   Croatia: 87.84 % net   2003 Time series
# 110   Mongolia: 87.73 % net   2005 Time series
# 111   Kyrgyzstan: 87.23 % net   2005 Time series
# 112   Dominican Republic: 87.08 % net   2005 Time series
# 113   Liechtenstein: 87.02 % net   2004 Time series
# 114   South Africa: 86.94 % net   2004 Time series
# 115   Kuwait: 86.92 % net   2005 Time series
= 116   Colombia: 86.88 % net   2005 Time series
= 116   Austria: 86.88 % net   1991 Time series
# 118   Yemen: 86.85 % net   2004 Time series
# 119   Costa Rica: 86.84 % net   1991 Time series
# 120   Czech Republic: 86.56 % net   1991 Time series
# 121   Georgia: 86.24 % net   2005 Time series
# 122   Benin: 86.21 % net   2005 Time series
# 123   Moldova: 86.2 % net   2005 Time series
# 124   Laos: 85.88 % net   2005 Time series
# 125   Cayman Islands: 85.71 % net   2005 Time series
# 126   Equatorial Guinea: 85.23 % net   2003 Time series
# 127   Azerbaijan: 85.22 % net   2005 Time series
# 128   Lesotho: 84.28 % net   2005 Time series
# 129   Grenada: 84.12 % net   2005 Time series
# 130   Togo: 84.1 % net   2005 Time series
# 131   Dominica: 83.37 % net   2005 Time series
# 132   Botswana: 83.33 % net   2005 Time series
# 133   Ukraine: 83.32 % net   2005 Time series
# 134   Nepal: 83.06 % net   2003 Time series
# 135   Germany: 83.02 % net   1991 Time series
# 136   Mozambique: 82.4 % net   2005 Time series
# 137   Andorra: 81.45 % net   2005 Time series
# 138   Zimbabwe: 81.29 % net   2003 Time series
# 139   Kenya: 79.6 % net   2005 Time series
# 140   Swaziland: 79.47 % net   2004 Time series
# 141   Maldives: 79.17 % net   2005 Time series
# 142   Uzbekistan: 78.68 % net   1991 Time series
# 143   Cameroon: 78.58 % net   1991 Time series
# 144   Senegal: 77.47 % net   2005 Time series
# 145   Pakistan: 77.08 % net   2005 Time series
# 146   Gabon: 77 % net   2001 Time series
# 147   Armenia: 76.94 % net   2005 Time series
# 148   Thailand: 76.88 % net   1991 Time series
# 149   Saudi Arabia: 76.75 % net   2005 Time series
# 150   Gambia, The: 75.99 % net   2001 Time series
# 151   Oman: 75.29 % net   2005 Time series
# 152   Liberia: 73.91 % net   2000 Time series
# 153   Chad: 72.16 % net   2003 Time series
# 154   Mauritania: 72.15 % net   2005 Time series
# 155   Rwanda: 72.08 % net   2005 Time series
# 156   United Arab Emirates: 71.43 % net   2005 Time series
# 157   Guinea: 70.1 % net   2005 Time series
# 158   Namibia: 69.52 % net   2005 Time series
# 159   Ghana: 65.33 % net   2005 Time series
# 160   Solomon Islands: 64.64 % net   2003 Time series
# 161   Ethiopia: 64.08 % net   2005 Time series
# 162   Burundi: 63.38 % net   2005 Time series
# 163   Central African Republic: 62.53 % net   1991 Time series
# 164   Côte d'Ivoire: 62.21 % net   2003 Time series
# 165   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 60.59 % net   1991 Time series
# 166   Comoros: 59.51 % net   2000 Time series
# 167   Angola: 56.75 % net   1998 Time series
# 168   Mali: 56.26 % net   2005 Time series
# 169   Guinea-Bissau: 52.91 % net   2001 Time series
# 170   Eritrea: 50.66 % net   2005 Time series
# 171   Burkina Faso: 50.33 % net   2005 Time series
# 172   Sierra Leone: 50.05 % net   1991 Time series
# 173   Sudan: 47.08 % net   2000 Time series
# 174   Niger: 45.96 % net   2005 Time series
# 175   Congo, Republic of the: 39.47 % net   2005 Time series
# 176   Djibouti: 36.65 % net   2005 Time series
# 177   Haiti: 21.62 % net   1991 Time series
# 178   Somalia: 11.54 % net   1991 Time series
Weighted average: 86.2 % net   



DEFINITION: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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