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132World <strong>education</strong> reportTable 2Literacy, culture and communicationCountry or terri<strong>to</strong>ryAfricaEstimated number ofadult illiteratesLiteracyEstimatedadult illiteracy rate (%)1990 19971997Age 15 and over Age 15–24TotalTotal(000) %F (000) %F Total M F Total M FDailynewspapers(copies)1996RadioreceiversCulture and communicationTelevisionreceivers1997per 1,000 inhabitantsMaintelephonelinesNumberof InternetNumber hostsof PCs1997per100,000inhab.Algeria 6 606 64 6 511 66 35.8 24.5 47.3 13.7 8.7 19.0 38 242 105 48 4 0Angola ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11 54 13 5 1 0Benin 1 731 60 1 895 64 63.6 47.9 78.5 46.1 26.0 66.0 2 110 11 6 1 0Botswana 221 49 221 47 25.4 28.0 22.9 13.1 17.3 8.9 27 154 20 56 10 36Burkina Faso 3 978 56 4 542 57 78.7 68.9 88.1 68.6 57.3 80.0 1 34 9 3 1 0Burundi 1 839 62 1 876 60 55.2 45.7 63.9 40.3 37.1 43.4 3 69 4 2 ... –Cameroon 2 371 63 2 158 63 27.6 20.6 34.4 7.6 7.0 8.2 7 163 32 5 2 0Cape Verde 70 72 67 73 28.1 17.3 36.3 12.8 9.2 16.2 – 183 4 83 0 –Central African Republic 1 113 63 1 119 64 57.4 43.8 69.7 37.0 26.8 46.7 2 83 5 3 ... 0Chad 1 795 63 1 907 65 49.7 36.0 62.9 ... ... ... 0 236 1 1 ... –Comoros 129 59 151 59 42.3 37.2 49.2 34.1 28.3 40.0 – 141 2 9 0 –Congo 397 67 334 68 22.9 15.3 30.0 3.6 2.7 4.5 8 126 12 8 ... –Côte d'Ivoire 4 040 56 4 434 56 56.6 48.1 65.7 39.0 32.7 45.4 17 161 64 10 4 2Dem. Rep. of the Congo ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 376 135 0 ... 0Djibouti 173 63 187 65 51.9 37.8 65.0 ... ... ... – 84 45 13 7 1Egypt 17 905 62 19 162 62 47.1 35.2 59.3 32.5 24.9 40.7 38 317 119 53 7 3Equa<strong>to</strong>rial Guinea 54 74 48 78 19.9 9.2 29.9 4.0 1.9 6.1 5 428 10 9 ... –Eritrea ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... – 100 0 6 ... –Ethiopia 18 850 55 20 361 54 64.7 58.7 70.9 49.6 47.7 51.7 2 202 6 3 ... 0Gabon 259 64 233 66 33.8 23.9 43.2 ... ... ... 30 183 55 33 7 0Gambia 397 55 468 56 66.5 59.3 73.4 47.2 38.7 55.4 2 165 4 21 3 1Ghana 3 442 65 3 345 66 32.2 22.5 41.6 11.3 7.7 14.9 14 236 93 6 2 1Guinea 2 084 61 2 159 62 62.3 48.0 76.1 ... ... ... – 49 12 3 3 0Guinea-Bissau 407 64 419 67 64.5 44.5 83.4 46.5 21.7 70.7 5 43 – 7 ... 1Kenya 3 495 68 3 224 68 20.6 13.1 27.9 6.1 4.7 7.5 9 108 26 10 3 2Lesotho 223 25 219 21 18.1 29.6 7.4 10.4 19.0 1.8 8 52 27 10 ... –Liberia 834 63 641 66 53.1 35.8 70.7 33.8 17.5 50.8 16 329 29 3 ... 0Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 773 71 721 75 23.0 11.1 36.2 4.6 0.3 9.1 14 259 140 ... ... 0Madagascar ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 209 22 3 1 0Malawi 2 370 69 2 270 69 42.7 27.5 57.1 31.4 20.6 42.4 3 258 – 4 ... –Mali 3 475 56 3 522 57 63.6 56.0 70.7 39.5 32.5 46.5 1 55 4 2 1 –Mauritania 710 59 819 60 59.5 48.7 69.9 50.6 40.3 60.9 1 146 25 5 ... –Mauritius 149 63 139 61 16.7 12.9 20.4 6.7 7.1 6.3 76 371 228 197 79 18Morocco 8 972 62 9 581 63 53.9 40.5 67.1 35.7 25.6 46.1 27 247 115 51 3 5Mozambique 5 259 63 5 968 65 58.7 42.6 74.0 42.7 27.2 58.0 3 40 5 4 2 0Namibia 194 56 188 54 19.9 18.7 21.2 9.5 11.2 7.7 19 143 37 57 18 39Niger 3 584 55 4 321 55 85.7 78.2 92.9 79.1 70.1 88.0 0 70 13 2 0 0Nigeria 24 390 61 23 496 62 40.4 31.2 49.3 16.5 12.5 20.6 27 226 66 ... 6 0Rwanda 1 712 61 1 226 61 38.3 30.3 46.0 20.0 17.2 22.8 0 101 0 ... ... –Sao Tome and Principe ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... – 272 163 21 ... 9Senegal 2 864 57 3 151 58 65.4 55.4 75.2 52.3 43.1 61.7 5 141 41 13 11 1Seychelles ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 46 560 145 209 ... 1Sierra Leone 1 640 60 1 660 62 66.7 52.5 80.0 ... ... ... 5 253 12 4 ... –Somalia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 53 15 2 ... –South Africa 3 991 54 3 935 54 15.8 15.0 16.5 9.5 9.4 9.5 34 355 134 120 46 315Sudan 7 328 63 7 446 64 45.6 32.9 58.1 26.1 19.0 33.2 27 272 86 4 1 0Swaziland 115 57 117 56 22.4 21.1 23.6 11.0 11.6 10.3 27 168 23 27 ... 36Togo 1 033 67 1 063 70 46.0 28.5 62.9 29.7 14.2 45.1 4 219 17 6 6 1Tunisia 2 081 65 2 025 67 32.6 21.7 43.5 8.7 3.6 13.9 31 224 100 71 9 1
World <strong>education</strong> indica<strong>to</strong>rs133Country or terri<strong>to</strong>ryEstimated number ofadult illiteratesLiteracyEstimatedadult illiteracy rate (%)1990 19971997Age 15 and over Age 15–24TotalTotal(000) %F (000) %F Total M F Total M FDailynewspapers(copies)1996RadioreceiversCulture and communicationTelevisionreceivers1997per 1,000 inhabitantsMaintelephonelinesNumberof InternetNumber hostsof PCs1997per100,000inhab.Uganda 3 724 66 3 626 66 36.1 24.7 47.1 23.4 15.8 30.8 2 130 16 3 1 0United Rep. of Tanzania 4 934 69 4 676 69 27.5 17.4 37.2 10.7 7.3 14.2 2 280 3 3 2 0Zambia 1 174 68 1 105 68 24.7 16.6 32.2 13.7 10.3 17.0 14 120 32 9 ... 2Zimbabwe 1 061 66 872 68 13.6 8.9 18.1 3.5 1.8 5.2 19 102 33 19 10 5America, NorthAntigua and Barbuda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 91 542 463 ... ... 275Bahamas 9 46 9 44 4.6 5.4 3.9 2.7 3.6 1.8 99 739 230 331 ... 74Barbados ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 199 888 285 406 57 9Belize ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... – 591 183 137 28 115British Virgin Islands ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... – 470 218 ... ... –Canada ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 158 1 067 710 616 271 2 773Costa Rica 117 50 120 49 4.8 4.9 4.8 1.9 2.2 1.6 88 261 140 156 ... 79Cuba 394 51 323 52 3.7 3.6 3.8 0.3 0.3 0.3 118 352 239 34 ... 0Dominica ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... – 647 78 ... ... 107Dominican Republic 924 50 934 49 17.6 17.5 17.7 9.9 10.7 9.2 52 178 95 88 ... 60El Salvador 831 59 853 59 22.7 19.7 25.6 12.7 11.8 13.6 48 465 677 61 ... 3Grenada ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... – 615 353 286 ... 1Guatemala 1 835 60 1 949 61 33.4 25.8 41.0 22.2 15.7 28.8 33 79 61 41 3 6Haiti 2 321 54 2 402 54 53.2 50.9 55.4 38.5 38.3 38.6 3 53 5 8 ... –Honduras 841 51 925 50 27.1 27.1 27.2 18.0 19.5 16.5 55 410 95 39 ... 1Jamaica 277 40 246 37 14.4 18.5 10.5 6.7 10.2 3.1 63 483 183 167 5 11Mexico 6 240 62 5 901 62 9.6 7.4 11.6 3.5 2.8 4.2 97 329 272 98 38 44Netherlands Antilles 6 52 6 53 3.7 3.6 3.7 2.1 2.3 1.9 334 1 031 328 ... ... 1Nicaragua 721 50 850 49 32.5 34.0 31.1 27.3 29.9 24.7 30 265 68 27 ... 11Panama 170 53 162 53 8.8 8.2 9.5 3.6 3.2 4.0 62 299 187 134 ... 37Saint Kitts and Nevis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... – 701 264 437 ... 13Saint Lucia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... – 746 213 250 ... 9Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 690 163 184 ... 9Trinidad and Tobago 25 68 19 70 2.1 1.3 2.9 0.2 0.2 0.2 123 533 333 191 20 72United States ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 212 2 116 806 635 401 7 589America, SouthArgentina 963 54 881 52 3.4 3.4 3.5 1.5 1.7 1.3 123 681 223 191 39 56Bolivia 836 71 757 72 16.3 9.2 23.1 4.9 2.5 7.3 55 675 116 69 ... 7Brazil 18 425 53 18 070 51 15.9 15.8 16.0 8.3 10.1 6.5 40 434 223 104 26 72Chile 545 54 491 54 4.7 4.5 5.0 1.4 1.6 1.2 98 354 215 180 54 122Colombia 2 542 53 2 402 52 9.1 9.0 9.1 3.6 4.2 2.9 46 524 115 133 30 25Ecuador 793 60 751 60 9.7 7.8 11.7 3.4 2.9 4.0 70 348 130 75 13 9Guyana 15 65 11 66 1.9 1.3 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 50 498 55 65 ... 8Paraguay 237 60 226 59 7.5 6.2 8.8 3.3 3.2 3.5 43 182 101 43 ... 6Peru 1 922 73 1 781 74 11.2 6.0 16.2 3.8 2.1 5.5 84 273 126 68 12 14Suriname 21 66 18 66 6.5 4.6 8.4 ... ... ... 122 728 153 155 ... 0Uruguay 77 46 62 44 2.5 2.9 2.1 0.8 1.0 0.5 293 603 239 233 22 315Venezuela 1 323 55 1 223 54 8.3 7.7 8.9 2.5 3.2 1.8 206 472 180 123 37 17<strong>Asia</strong>Afghanistan 6 031 58 7 936 60 65.3 50.8 80.6 48.0 33.0 63.8 6 132 13 1 ... 0Armenia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 24 239 232 160 ... 12Azerbaijan ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 23 22 87 ... 5Bahrain 60 55 56 56 13.8 10.2 19.2 2.2 2.3 2.1 117 580 472 261 86 58
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