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Table 10: Gross enrolment ratio in secondary education in the Arab states by gender, 1980 and 20061980 (or closest three years) 2006 (or closest three years)CountryMale(%)Female(%)Total(%)GenderparityindexMale(%)Female(%)Total(%)GenderparityindexAlgeria 40 26 33 0.65 80 86 83 1.08Bahrain 70 58 64 0.83 100 104 102 1.04Comoros .. .. 22 .. 40 30 35 0.75Djibouti 15 9 12 0.60 27 18 22 0.67Egypt 61 39 51 0.64 91 85 88 0.93Iraq 76 38 57 0.50 54 36 45 0.67Jordan 62 56 59 0.90 88 90 89 1.02Kuwait 84 80 28 0.95 87 91 89 1.05Lebanon 61 57 59 0.93 77 86 81 1.12Libya 89 63 76 0.71 86 101 94 1.17Mauritania .. .. 11 .. 27 23 25 0.85Morocco 32 20 26 0.63 53 45 56 0.85Occupied PalestinianTerritories.. .. .. .. 90 95 92 1.06Oman 17 6 12 0.35 91 88 90 0.97Qatar 65 68 66 1.05 105 102 103 0.97Saudi Arabia 36 23 30 0.64 .. .. 94 ..Somalia 13 5 9 0.38 .. .. .. ..Sudan .. .. 16 .. 35 32 33 0.91Syria 57 35 46 0.61 73 71 72 0.97Tunisia 34 20 27 0.59 81 89 85 1.10UAE 55 49 52 0.89 91 94 92 1.03Yemen .. .. .. .. 61 30 46 0.49Arab Countries 57 38 .. 0.67 70 65 68 0.93Source: Database of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.280 ARAB KNOWLEDGE REPORT 2009