Arab Knowledge Report 2009: Towards Productive

EDUCATIONTable 9: Adult literacy rates by gender in the Arab states 1980 and 2005CountryMale(%)1980 (or closest three years) 2005 (or closest three years)Female(%)Total(%)Genderparityindex **Male(%)Female(%)Total(%)GenderparityindexAlgeria 55 24 39 0.44 83 64 74 0.77Bahrain 80 60 72 0.75 90 85 88 0.94Comoros 56 40 48 0.71 79 68 73 0.86Djibouti 45 18 31 0.40 .. .. 65 ..Egypt 54 25 40 0.46 83 59 71 0.71Iraq 55 25 40 0.45 84* 64* 74* 0.76Jordan 82 54 69 0.66 95 87 91 0.92Kuwait 73 59 68 0.81 95 93 94 0.98Lebanon 91 82 86 0.90 .. .. 86 ..Libya 73 31 54 0.42 94 77 86 0.82Mauritania 41 19 30 0.46 63 47 55 0.75Morocco 42 16 29 0.38 67 41 54 0.61Occupied PalestinianTerritories.. .. .. .. 97 87 92 0.90Oman .. .. .. .. 88 75 83 0.85Qatar 72 65 70 0.90 89 89 89 1.00Saudi Arabia 60 32 48 0.53 88 77 84 0.88Somalia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Sudan 43 17 30 0.40 71* 52* 61* 0.73Syria 72 34 54 0.47 89 75 82 0.84Tunisia 61 32 46 0.52 85 67 76 0.79UAE 72 64 70 0.89 90 88 89 0.98Yemen .. .. .. .. 75 37 56 0.49Arab Countries 55 25 40 0.45 82 62 73 0.76** Ratio of women to men.* 2000 DataSource: Database of the UNESCO Institute for StatisticsSTATISTICAL ANNEX279