Arab Knowledge Report 2009: Towards Productive

TABLE 3-2Opportunities for the formation of knowledge capital byyouth (ages 15-24) in Arab countries, 2005 (per cent)CountryALiteracyrateBGrossenrolmentratio in uppersecondaryeducationCGrossenrolmentRatio intertiaryeducation(adjusted * )DRate ofSchool LifeExpectancy(up to 18 ** )Average score(A+B+C+D)/4Libya 99 94 70 72 84Bahrain 100 98 41 78 79Jordan 99 76 50 67 73Lebanon .. 72 58 67 ..Qatar 97 96 24 67 71OccupiedPalestinian99 70 51 .. ..TerritoriesUAE 97 78 29 61 66Kuwait 99 99 24 .. ..Egypt 85 77 44 56 66Tunisia 95 68 38 56 64Oman 98 79 23 44 61Algeria 92 58 26 56 58Saudi Arabia 97 .. 36 44 ..Syria 93 32 19 56 50Iraq .. 32 20 56 ..Yemen 79 40 11 28 40Morocco 74 34 14 33 39Comoros 89 27 3 .. ..Mauritania 66 20 4 22 28Sudan .. 25 8 22 ..Djibouti .. 16 3 .. ..Somalia .. .. .. .. ..Only two Arabcountries largelyensure opportunitiesfor youth to obtainthe advancedknowledge forparticipating in theknowledge society:Libya and BahrainSource: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Data Centre; figures in columns C and D and “Average score” were composed by Ramzi Salama, Report core teammember.*As a percentage of the 80 per cent that forms a reasonable goal reached by some industrialised countries.**As a percentage of the eighteen years that constitute the reasonable maximum.four categories in terms of their abilityto ensure advanced knowledge capitalformation in young adults (ages 15 to24): 40A. Two countries largely ensureopportunities for youth to obtain theadvanced knowledge for participatingB.in the knowledge society: Libya andBahrain (79 per cent to 84 per cent);Eight countries ensure a reasonablelevel of opportunity: Jordan, Qatar,the UAE, Egypt, Tunisia, (Lebanon,Palestine, and Kuwait) (64 per cent to73 per cent);EDUCATION AND THE FORMATION OF KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL109