Indicators on education
Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization.
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| Algeria
|
1998/1999
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11.5
|
...
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...
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| Argentina |
1999/2000
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14.3
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13.6
|
15.1
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Australia |
1999/2000
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16.6
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16.4
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16.8
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Austria |
1999/2000
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14.7
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14.8
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14.7
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| Azerbaijan |
1998/1999
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10.6
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10.6
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10.5
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Bahrain |
1993
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13.5
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13.2
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13.8
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Bangladesh |
1990
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5.1
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5.9
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4.2
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| Barbados |
1998/1999
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12.4
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11.8
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13.1
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Belgium |
1999/2000
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15.8
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15.7
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16.0
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| Benin |
1999/2000
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7.0
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8.8
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5.2
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Bolivia |
1990
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9.9
|
...
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...
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Botswana |
1999/2000
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12.0
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11.9
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12.0
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Brazil |
1999/2000
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13.4
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13.2
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13.6
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Brunei Darussalam |
1992
|
12.5
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12.3
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12.7
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Bulgaria |
1999/2000
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12.7
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12.4
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12.9
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Burkina Faso |
1993
|
2.8
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3.5
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2.2
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Burundi |
1992
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4.9
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5.5
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4.3
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| Cambodia |
1999/2000
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7.3
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7.9
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6.5
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Canada |
1999/2000
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14.8
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14.4
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15.3
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Chad |
1995
|
3.9
|
...
|
...
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Chile |
1999/2000
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13.5
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13.7
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13.4
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China, Macao SAR |
1999/2000
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12.4
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12.3
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12.5
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Colombia |
1995
|
10.0
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...
|
...
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Costa Rica |
1994
|
10.1
|
...
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...
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Croatia |
1994
|
11.4
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11.3
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11.5
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Cuba |
1999/2000
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12.0
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11.9
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12.1
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Cyprus |
1999/2000
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10.8
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10.5
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11.1
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Czech Republic |
1999/2000
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13.5
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13.5
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13.5
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Dem. Rep. of the Congo |
1998/1999
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4.3
|
...
|
...
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Denmark |
1999/2000
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15.6
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15.2
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16.0
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Djibouti |
1996
|
3.4
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3.9
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2.8
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Egypt |
1993
|
10.3
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11.2
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9.3
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El Salvador |
1995
|
9.8
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9.7
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9.9
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Eritrea |
1998/1999
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4.6
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5.3
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4.0
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Estonia |
1999/2000
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14.1
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13.6
|
14.5
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| Ethiopia |
1998/1999
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4.3
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5.3
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3.2
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Finland |
1999/2000
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16.7
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16.2
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17.2
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France |
1999/2000
|
15.4
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15.2
|
15.7
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Georgia |
1996
|
11.0
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11.0
|
11.1
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Germany |
1998/1999
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15.3
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15.5
|
15.2
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Greece |
1999/2000
|
14.3
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14.2
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14.4
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Guyana |
1995
|
9.9
|
9.8
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9.9
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Honduras |
1991
|
8.7
|
...
|
...
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Hungary |
1999/2000
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13.6
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13.4
|
13.8
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Iceland |
1999/2000
|
15.8
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15.1
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16.5
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Indonesia |
1994
|
10.0
|
10.4
|
9.6
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Iran (Islamic Rep. of) |
1996
|
11.3
|
12.0
|
10.5
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| Iraq |
1999/2000
|
9.1
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10.3
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7.7
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Ireland |
1999/2000
|
14.9
|
14.5
|
15.3
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| Israel |
1999/2000
|
14.6
|
14.2
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15.1
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| Italy |
1999/2000
|
14.7
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14.5
|
14.8
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Jamaica |
1999/2000
|
10.8
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10.5
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11.1
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Japan |
1999/2000
|
14.3
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14.4
|
14.1
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Jordan |
1995
|
9.0
|
9.0
|
9.1
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Korea, Republic of |
1996
|
14.6
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15.3
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13.9
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Kuwait |
1998/1999
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8.7
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8.4
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9.2
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Lao People's Dem. Rep. |
1999/2000
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8.3
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9.3
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7.4
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Latvia |
1999/2000
|
11.2
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11.2
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11.3
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| Lebanon |
1998/1999
|
12.8
|
12.7
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13.0
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Lesotho |
1999/2000
|
9.6
|
9.0
|
10.1
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| Liberia |
1999/2000
|
9.5
|
11.7
|
6.9
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| Lithuania |
1999/2000
|
11.6
|
11.6
|
11.5
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| Luxembourg |
1999/2000
|
13.1
|
12.9
|
13.4
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| Madagascar |
1998/1999
|
6.2
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6.3
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6.0
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| Malaysia |
1999/2000
|
11.5
|
11.2
|
11.7
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Mali |
1990
|
2.1
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2.7
|
1.4
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Malta |
1996
|
13.4
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13.5
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13.3
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Mexico |
1999/2000
|
11.5
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11.6
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11.5
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Mongolia |
1999/2000
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7.7
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7.2
|
8.2
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| Morocco |
1999/2000
|
8.2
|
8.9
|
7.4
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Mozambique |
1999/2000
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5.4
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6.2
|
4.5
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Namibia |
1999/2000
|
12.0
|
11.8
|
12.2
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Netherlands |
1999/2000
|
15.9
|
16.0
|
15.8
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| Netherlands
Antilles |
1999/2000
|
11.8
|
11.6
|
12.0
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New Zealand |
1997
|
16.2
|
15.6
|
16.7
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Niger |
1990
|
2.3
|
...
|
...
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Norway |
1999/2000
|
16.9
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16.3
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17.6
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| Occ.
Palestinian Territory |
1999/2000
|
11.9
|
11.8
|
12.1
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|
Oman |
1998/1999
|
8.8
|
9.0
|
8.6
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Panama |
1990
|
11.3
|
...
|
...
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| Papua
New Guinea |
1998/1999
|
6.1
|
6.5
|
5.7
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Paraguay |
1996
|
10.0
|
10.0
|
10.0
|
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Peru |
1997
|
12.4
|
...
|
...
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Philippines |
1995
|
11.2
|
...
|
...
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Poland |
1999/2000
|
14.4
|
14.0
|
14.7
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Portugal |
1999/2000
|
15.2
|
14.7
|
15.7
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Qatar |
1998/1999
|
13.1
|
12.3
|
14.0
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Romania |
1996
|
11.6
|
11.5
|
11.6
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| Samoa |
1999/2000
|
12.0
|
11.7
|
12.3
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Saudi Arabia |
1996
|
9.0
|
...
|
...
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| Slovenia |
1998/1999
|
14.1
|
13.6
|
14.6
|
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South Africa |
1994
|
14.1
|
14.1
|
14.1
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| Spain |
1999/2000
|
15.3
|
15.0
|
15.6
|
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Swaziland |
1995
|
11.6
|
12.0
|
11.3
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Sweden |
1999/2000
|
16.0
|
15.1
|
17.0
|
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Switzerland |
1999/2000
|
15.0
|
15.6
|
14.5
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Syrian Arab Republic |
1994
|
9.5
|
10.1
|
8.8
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| Thailand |
1999/2000
|
10.8
|
10.7
|
10.8
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The FYR of Macedonia |
1998/1999
|
11.7
|
11.7
|
11.7
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Togo |
1998/1999
|
10.6
|
12.0
|
8.5
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Trinidad and Tobago |
1998/1999
|
11.5
|
11.3
|
11.7
|
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Tunisia |
1999/2000
|
13.5
|
13.5
|
13.5
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Turkey |
1994
|
9.5
|
10.4
|
8.5
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| Yugoslavia |
1999/2000
|
10.5
|
10.2
|
10.7
|
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United Arab Emirates |
1996
|
10.7
|
10.3
|
11.2
|
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United Kingdom |
1999/2000
|
16.4
|
16.0
|
16.8
|
| United
Republic of Tanzania |
1999/2000
|
5.0
|
5.1
|
5.0
|
|
United States of America |
1999/2000
|
15.2
|
14.8
|
15.7
|
| Uruguay |
1999/2000
|
13.7
|
13.0
|
14.4
|
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Venezuela |
1991
|
10.9
|
...
|
...
|
| Viet
Nam |
1999/2000
|
10.4
|
10.8
|
...
|
| Yemen |
1998/1999
|
8.5
|
11.4
|
5.3
|
|
Zambia |
1999/2000
|
7.0
|
7.4
|
6.6
|
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Source:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, School life expectancy
and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00,
published in http://www.uis.unesco.org
accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics
Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales
No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
Symbols used:
... Not available.
Technical notes:
The expected number of years of schooling, or school
life expectancy (SLE), is defined as the total number of years of schooling
which a child can expect to receive, assuming that the probability of
his or her being enrolled in school at any particular future age is equal
to the current enrolment ratio at that age.
Caution should be exercised when utilizing this indicator in international
comparisons. For example, a year or grade completed in one country is
not necessarily the same in terms of educational content or quality as
a year or grade completed in another country. Moreover, it should be noted
that SLE does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades
completed, because of the possibility of repeating grades.
Thus, school life expectancy represents the expected number of years of
schooling that will be completed, including years spent repeating one
or more grades. It is a synthetic summary indicator of the overall pattern
of enrolment ratios at one particular point in time, and has no predictive
value except in so far as it is believed that enrolment patterns will
remain unchanged into the future.
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