Table 2 |
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Adult literacy rate (% ages ≥ 15) and combined gross enrolment ratio [4] |
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| Country |
HDI |
Literacy (%) |
Literacy (%) |
Enrolment (%) |
Enrolment (%) |
| 2002 Rank |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
|
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| Algeria |
108 |
78.0 |
59.6 |
72.0 |
69.0 |
| Bahrain |
40 |
91.5 |
84.2 |
77.0 |
82.0 |
| Comoros |
136 |
63.5 |
49.1 |
50.0 |
41.0 |
| Djibouti |
154 |
76.1 |
55.5 |
28.0 |
20.0 |
| Egypt |
120 |
67.2 |
43.6 |
80.0 |
72.0 |
| Jordan |
90 |
95.5 |
85.9 |
76.0 |
77.0 |
| Kuwait |
44 |
84.7 |
81 |
71.0 |
81.0 |
| Lebanon |
80 |
92.4 |
81 |
77.0 |
79.0 |
| Lybia |
58 |
91.8 |
70.7 |
93.0 |
100.0 |
| Mauritania |
152 |
51.5 |
31.3 |
46.0 |
42.0 |
| Morocco |
125 |
63.3 |
38.3 |
61.0 |
52.0 |
| Oman |
74 |
82.0 |
65.4 |
62.0 |
63.0 |
| Qatar |
47 |
84.9 |
82.3 |
79.0 |
84.0 |
| Saudi Arabia |
77 |
84.1 |
69.5 |
58.0 |
57.0 |
| Sudan |
139 |
70.8 |
49.1 |
39.0 |
34.0 |
| Syria |
106 |
91.0 |
74.2 |
62.0 |
57.0 |
| Tunisia |
92 |
83.1 |
63.1 |
74.0 |
75.0 |
| UAE |
49 |
80.7 |
75.6 |
65.0 |
72.0 |
| Yemen |
149 |
69.5 |
28.5 |
66.0 |
37.0 |
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Boutayeb International Journal for Equity in Health 2006 5:1 doi:10.1186/1475-9276-5-1 |
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