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Table A1.10
Adult female and male
ages 15–24 literacy
rates and ratios,
1990 and 2003, and
projections for 2015
(continued)
Region/Country
Female
rate
1990 2003 2015
Male
rate
Female
to male
ratio
Female
rate
Male
rate
Female
to male
ratio
Projected
female to
male ratio
Morocco 42 68 0.62 62.9 78.1 0.81 0.98 3
Oman 75.4 95.4 0.79 97.9 99.7 0.98 1.16 1
Palestinian Autonomous
Territory
— — — — — — — —
Qatar 93 88.3 1.05 97.7 93.5 1.04 1.04 1
Saudi Arabia 78.6 91.2 0.86 92.3 95.6 0.97 1.06 1
Sudan 54 75.6 0.71 75.5 84.4 0.89 1.06 1
Syrian Arab Republic 66.9 92.2 0.73 81.5 96 0.85 0.96 3
Tunisia 75.2 92.8 0.81 91.3 98.1 0.93 1.04 1
United Arab Emirates 88.6 81.7 1.08 95.3 88.6 1.08 1.07 1
Yemen 25 73.5 0.34 53.2 85 0.63 0.89 4
South Asia
Afghanistan — — — — — — — —
Bangladesh 33.2 50.7 0.65 41.7 58.3 0.72 0.77 4
Bhutan — — — — — — — —
India 54.2 73.4 0.74 67.8 81.3 0.83 0.92 3
Iran, Islamic Rep. 80.8 91.7 0.88 93.1 97 0.96 1.03 1
Maldives 98.1 98.1 1 99.3 99.2 1 1 2
Nepal 27.3 67 0.41 47.5 78.7 0.6 0.78 4
Pakistan 30.6 62.5 0.49 45.4 73.1 0.62 0.74 4
Sri Lanka 94.2 95.9 0.98 97.1 97.3 1 1.01 1
Sub-Saharan Africa
Angola — — — — — — — —
Benin 24.7 56.6 0.44 39.7 73.9 0.54 0.63 5
Botswana 87.2 79.3 1.1 93.2 86 1.08 1.07 1
Burkina Faso 14 35.7 0.39 26.9 48.9 0.55 0.7 4
Burundi 44.8 58.4 0.77 66.6 67.9 0.98 1.18 1
Cameroon 75.9 86.4 0.88 90.2 93.1 0.97 1.05 1
Cape Verde 76.2 87.1 0.87 87 92.3 0.94 1.01 1
Central African Republic 39.4 65.6 0.6 64.4 78.5 0.82 1.02 1
Chad 37.7 58.4 0.65 65.9 77 0.86 1.05 1
Comoros 49.6 63.8 0.78 52.4 65.8 0.8 0.81 4
Cote d’Ivoire 40.3 64.9 0.62 56.1 72.7 0.77 0.91 3
Congo, Dem. Rep. 57.6 80.3 0.72 79 90.2 0.88 1.02 1
Congo, Rep. 90.3 94.9 0.95 97.5 98.6 0.99 1.02 1
Equatorial Guinea 88.8 96.6 0.92 96.4 98.8 0.98 1.03 1
Eritrea 49.3 72.5 0.68 63.6 82.1 0.77 0.86 4
Ethiopia 34.1 51.5 0.66 53.3 63.9 0.83 0.99 3
Gabon — — — — — — — —
Gambia 34.1 50.5 0.68 54 69.2 0.78 0.88 4
Ghana 75.4 88.2 0.85 90.9 94.5 0.96 1.06 1
Guinea — — — — — — — —
Guinea-Bissau 26.5 62.2 0.43 49.2 75.4 0.65 0.86 4
Kenya 86.7 92.9 0.93 95.5 96.6 0.99 1.04 1
Lesotho 97.1 77.2 1.26 98.8 84.2 1.17 1.1 1
Liberia 38.6 75.4 0.51 56.9 87 0.65 0.79 4
Madagascar 66.6 77.8 0.86 79.1 85.1 0.93 1 2
Malawi 51.2 75.7 0.68 63.8 82.3 0.78 0.87 4
Mali 17.1 38.3 0.45 27.9 50 0.56 0.66 5
Mauritania 36.1 55.5 0.65 42.3 57.6 0.73 0.81 4
Mauritius 91.1 91.2 1 95.1 93.9 1.01 1.03 1
Mozambique 31.7 66.1 0.48 50.7 77.3 0.66 0.82 4
Namibia 89 85.9 1.04 94.3 90.9 1.04 1.04 1
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