Arab Knowledge Report 2009: Towards Productive

Table 28: Estimated educational level of people aged 25-50 in the Arab states 2005CountryAged25Aged30Aged35Aged40Aged45Aged50WeightedAverageAlgeria 3.9 3.5 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.1 3.13 10Bahrain 4.6 4.4 4.0 4.4 3.2 2.8 4.00 2Comoros .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Djibouti 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.56 16Egypt 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.2 2.9 2.8 3.55 6Iraq 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.2 2.4 2.94 12Jordan 4.7 3.4 3.0 3.1 3.2 2.7 3.43 7Kuwait 4.5 3.5 3.1 4.2 3.9 3.1 3.76 5Lebanon 4.4 4.3 3.8 3.8 3.3 2.9 3.83 3Libya 5.1 4.9 4.3 3.5 3.6 3.1 4.20 1Mauritania .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Morocco 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.2 1.8 2.33 15Occupied PalestinianTerritories.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Oman 3.8 3.3 2.7 2.0 1.5 1.1 2.56 14Qatar 4.0 3.9 4.1 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.81 4Saudi Arabia 3.5 3.2 2.7 2.5 2.2 1.9 2.76 13Somalia 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.37 17Sudan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Syria 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.1 2.9 3.20 9Tunisia 4.1 3.5 3.1 2.8 2.3 2.3 3.12 11UAE 3.7 3.9 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.5 3.31 8Yemen .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..RankSource: These indicators were calculated on the basis of data available in the database of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics with extrapolations. The figures are to be interpreted as follows:1 = literacy; 2 = completion of primary education; 3 = completion of the upper stage of basic education; 4 = completion of the upper stage of secondary education; 5 = completion of abachelor’s degree (see the body of the text for further explanation.)STATISTICAL ANNEX297