Table 4: Education No. of sets % of primary Adult literacy rate per 1000 Primary school enrolment ratio school Secondary school population children enrolment ratiio 1970 1990 1992 1960 (gross)1986-93 (gross)1986-93 (net) reaching 1986-93 grade 5 (gross) male female male female radio television male female male female male female 1986-93 male female 1 Niger 8 1 18 5 61 5 8 3 37 21 31 19 82 9 4 2 Angola 16 7 56 29 29 6 30 14 95 87 34 3 Sierra Leone 18 5 40 14 224 10 30 15 56 39 21 12 4 Mozambique 34 10 52 19 47 3 71 43 69 51 47 37 35 9 5 5 Afghanistan 15 1 42 11 107 8 14 2 32 17 25 14 43 11 6 6 Guinea-Bissau 24 3 63 37 40 35 15 77 42 58 32 20 9 4 7 Guinea 27 3 45 18 42 7 27 9 57 27 34 17 80 17 6 8 Malawi 41 13 69 37 221 50 26 72 60 50 47 46 5 3 9 Liberia 29 5 49 18 226 18 40 13 51 x 28 x 31 x 12 x 10 Mali 13 1 33 17 44 1 13 5 32 19 17 14 76 10 5 11 Gambia 16 1 48 20 171 81 56 66 47 87 27 14 12 Somalia 8 1 36 14 38 12 6 2 15 x 8 x 11 x 6 x 9 x 5 x 13 Zambia 63 36 82 65 82 26 61 40 101 92 83 80 76 25 14 14 Chad 24 1 57 29 244 1 29 4 89 41 52 23 49 12 3 15 Eritrea 83 16 Ethiopia 9 1 41 21 187 3 9 3 26 18 33 24 22 11 10 17 Mauritania 47 24 144 23 12 3 70 55 72 20 10 18 Bhutan 51 23 16 5 31 19 7 2 19 Nigeria 39 10 61 39 173 33 54 31 85 67 87 21 26 20 Zaire 64 22 83 61 97 1 89 32 80 60 66 51 64 32 x 13 x 21 Uganda 53 15 70 44 109 10 39 18 78 64 58 51 55 16 18 22 Cambodia 74 23 48 22 112 8 23 Burundi 32 5 45 19 62 1 33 10 76 62 56 47 74 8 5 24 Central African Rep. 33 2 60 41 69 5 50 11 85 52 68 44 65 17 7 25 Burkina Faso 9 1 26 7 27 5 12 5 46 29 37 23 70 11 6 26 Madagascar 56 43 88 73 200 20 74 57 81 77 64 63 28 16 15 27 Tanzania, U. Rep. of 53 22 75 50 25 2 33 16 69 67 50 50 83 6 5 28 Lesotho 50 75 78 57 33 6 73 109 98 113 64 77 60 22 31 29 Gabon 52 34 68 45 143 37 50 30 Cote d'Ivoire 35 5 44 24 142 59 62 22 81 58 73 32 16 31 Benin 25 3 42 19 90 5 39 15 78 39 60 31 55 17 7 32 Rwanda 48 19 65 44 64 65 29 78 76 72 71 59 11 9 33 Lao Peo. Dem. Rep. 37 10 65 39 125 6 43 20 112 84 66 53 53 27 17 34 Pakistan 40 5 46 21 91 18 39 11 59 31 48 29 13 35 Togo 27 7 61 30 211 6 64 25 134 87 89 62 70 35 12 36 Ghana 43 18 71 46 269 16 58 31 80 67 80 48 29 37 Haiti 27 18 44 38 47 5 50 39 58 54 25 26 47 22 21 38 Sudan 27 2 53 28 250 77 29 11 58 45 94 23 19 39 India 47 19 62 34 80 37 83 44 113 90 62 60 37 40 Nepal 22 3 37 11 34 2 19 3 121 81 80 41 52 47 24 41 Bangladesh 47 9 47 23 44 5 80 31 83 71 74 64 47 25 12 42 Senegal 24 3 39 19 115 37 37 18 67 50 55 41 88 22 12 43 Yemen, Rep. of 14 3 53 26 28 28 111 43 47 10 44 Indonesia 68 43 88 75 147 60 78 58 116 113 99 95 86 47 39 45 Bolivia 62 41 88 71 613 103 70 43 89 81 85 78 60 37 31 46 Cameroon 51 18 70 44 146 24 77 37 109 93 82 71 66 32 23 47 Congo 56 27 78 59 114 6 72 48 Myanmar 78 47 88 75 82 2 60 53 107 104 23 23 49 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 56 7 84 54 226 100 50 Papua New Guinea 39 24 78 57 73 3 24 15 78 66 78 66 69 15 10 51 Kenya 49 14 82 62 87 10 62 29 97 93 92 x 89 x 77 31 23 52 Turkmenistan 99 x 97 x 53 Tajikistan 99 x 97 x 54 Zimbabwe 63 47 88 77 84 27 82 65 123 114 94 53 41 55 Namibia 127 21 121 127 78 85 64 46 59 56 Mongolia 87 74 87 73 132 40 80 80 96 100 85 x 97 x 57 Iraq, Rep. of 48 13 66 38 216 73 94 36 96 82 82 73 72 52 33 58 Guatemala 50 35 61 46 66 52 48 39 84 73 20 x 17 x 59 South Africa 70 69 80 79 304 98 109 109 71 65 77 60 Nicaragua 57 57 63 65 262 66 57 59 100 104 79 82 55 40 45 61 Algeria 39 12 68 41 234 76 55 37 105 92 95 86 93 64 54 62 Uzbekistan 98 x 96 x 63 Brazil 69 63 82 80 386 208 58 56 101 x 97 x 72 31 x 36 x 64 Peru 82 60 93 80 254 98 98 74 125 x 120 x 66 x 60 x 65 Philippines 84 81 94 93 139 45 98 93 113 111 100 100 75 71 75 66 Ecuador 76 68 90 87 318 85 82 75 119 117 67 55 57 67 El Salvador 60 53 71 67 413 93 59 56 78 79 70 71 58 25 28 68 Morocco 33 9 52 26 210 74 69 28 80 57 69 50 80 40 29 69 Kyrgyzstan 98 x 94 x 70 Turkey 69 34 90 69 161 176 90 58 115 110 92 60 40 71 Botswana 28 27 78 55 122 17 38 43 114 118 94 99 84 51 57 72 Honduras 58 54 70 69 387 73 68 67 102 107 88 93 27 34 73 Egypt 57 30 61 34 328 119 79 52 110 93 98 88 71 74 Azerbaijan 99 x 96 x 75 Iran, Islamic Rep. of 46 13 72 52 232 63 59 28 114 104 100 93 89 70 54 76 Kazakhstan 99 x 96 x 77 Viet Nam 95 87 104 42 103 74 106 x 100 x 44 x 41 x 78 Dominican Rep. 69 66 80 80 171 87 75 74 95 96 73 73 44 x 57 x 79 China 87 68 182 31 131 90 125 116 99 94 88 59 48 80 Albania 176 88 102 86 100 101 98 84 74 81 Lebanon 79 58 94 88 835 324 112 105 113 109 67 71 82 Syrian Arab Rep. 60 20 82 49 255 61 89 39 113 101 100 92 92 54 43 83 Moldova 99 x 94 x 84 Saudi Arabia 15 1 69 44 304 268 32 3 81 75 68 59 96 56 46 85 Paraguay 84 74 93 89 171 82 106 94 112 109 99 97 74 33 34 86 Tunisia 47 18 73 47 200 80 88 43 125 115 100 97 90 53 45 87 Thailand 87 70 96 91 192 114 97 88 92 88 88 34 32 88 Armenia 99 x 98 x 89 TFYR Macedonia 95 90 Mexico 78 70 90 85 255 149 80 75 114 111 84 56 56 91 Russian Federation 100 x 98 x 327 370 92 Korea, Dem. Peo. Rep. of 122 18 108 100 93 Romania 98 93 99 x 95 x 199 196 101 95 88 87 79 77 93 82 82 94 Georgia 99 x 98 x 95 Argentina 94 92 96 96 683 221 99 99 108 115 67 74 96 Oman 637 730 104 96 86 83 96 68 61 97 Latvia 100 x 99 x 597 448 86 86 82 81 82 88 98 Ukraine 99 x 97 x 1177 x 487 x 99 Jordan 63 32 91 73 256 82 105 105 99 99 98 51 55 100 Venezuela 79 72 91 89 448 163 98 99 98 100 90 92 78 29 40 101 Estonia 100 x 100 x 449 351 85 85 81 81 93 88 94 102 Yugoslavia 103 Mauritius 83 68 85 75 360 218 96 90 104 108 87 90 100 52 56 104 Belarus 99 x 97 x 306 x 268 x 99 105 Uruguay 92 93 96 97 604 232 117 117 109 107 93 94 95 61 x 62 x 106 United Arab Emirates 24 7 77 76 326 111 119 117 100 100 99 69 76 107 Lithuania 99 x 98 x 380 375 93 91 94 77 80 108 Panama 79 78 89 88 224 167 89 86 108 105 91 92 82 59 64 109 Trinidad and Tobago 95 90 98 96 494 316 111 108 95 95 89 90 95 78 80 110 Bulgaria 96 90 445 257 94 92 91 88 81 80 88 68 72 111 Sri Lanka 86 68 93 85 200 49 107 95 109 105 92 71 78 112 Colombia 78 76 90 90 177 117 74 74 116 117 59 56 67 113 Bosnia and Herzegovina 114 Poland 99 97 99 x 98 x 435 295 110 107 99 97 96 96 98 82 86 115 Costa Rica 87 87 94 94 258 141 94 92 106 105 87 88 86 45 49 116 Chile 89 87 94 94 344 210 87 86 96 95 85 82 95 68 72 117 Slovakia 569 97 118 Malaysia 69 42 87 74 430 150 108 79 93 94 98 58 62 119 Croatia 100 120 Hungary 98 98 99 x 98 x 599 414 103 100 89 89 85 86 97 81 81 121 Kuwait 63 42 79 72 365 310 132 99 60 61 46 43 55 55 122 Jamaica 82 85 79 87 421 134 78 79 105 108 99 100 96 59 66 123 Portugal 78 65 89 81 229 188 132 129 121 118 100 100 65 97 124 Cuba 86 87 95 94 345 162 109 110 103 102 97 98 95 79 89 125 United States 99 99 2118 815 104 103 99 98 94 94 126 Czech Rep. 95 127 Belgium 99 99 769 453 111 108 98 100 94 96 102 103 128 Greece 93 76 98 89 421 201 104 101 97 98 93 94 99 99 97 129 Spain 94 86 97 93 312 402 106 116 107 107 100 100 96 104 113 130 France 99 98 889 408 144 143 107 105 100 100 94 100 104 131 Israel 93 83 95 x 89 x 471 271 99 97 94 94 100 83 89 132 New Zealand 931 443 110 106 104 103 100 100 94 91 92 133 Korea, Rep. of 94 81 99 95 1002 211 108 94 101 103 99 100 100 92 93 134 Slovenia 367 100 135 Australia 1273 482 103 103 107 107 98 98 99 82 84 136 Italy 95 92 98 96 791 421 112 109 94 97 100 77 77 137 Netherlands 907 488 105 104 96 99 93 96 119 114 138 Norway 795 424 100 100 99 99 99 99 100 112 109 139 Canada 1030 640 108 105 108 106 100 100 96 107 107 140 Austria 617 480 106 104 104 104 90 91 97 109 102 141 United Kingdom 1146 435 92 92 104 105 97 98 85 88 142 Switzerland 843 407 118 118 104 105 95 97 100 94 89 143 Ireland 637 304 107 112 103 103 90 91 100 99 107 144 Germany 885 558 93 94 89 90 98 96 145 Denmark 1033 537 103 103 95 95 95 95 100 109 111 146 Japan 100 99 908 614 103 102 102 102 100 100 100 96 98 147 Hong Kong 90 63 96 85 668 281 88 72 105 x 104 x 95 x 95 x 70 x 75 x 148 Singapore 83 54 95 83 646 379 120 101 110 107 100 100 100 70 71 149 Finland 997 505 100 95 100 99 100 113 135 150 Sweden 877 469 95 96 101 101 100 100 98 95 96 Countries listed in descending order of their 1994 under-five mortality rates(table 1). .