United Nations ACC Task Force on Basic Social Services for All ASIA School enrolment ratio Adult primary & secondary literacy rate (%) (%) female male female male ------ ---- ------ ---- Afghanistan 22 49 85 53 -------------------------------------------------------------- Armenia 91 82 .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- Azerbaijan 95 98 .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- Bahrain 107 104 21 11 -------------------------------------------------------------- Bangladesh 40 51 74 51 -------------------------------------------------------------- Bhutan .. .. 72 44 -------------------------------------------------------------- Brunei Darussalam 89 89 17 7 -------------------------------------------------------------- Cambodia 65 84 .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- China 81 91 27 10 -------------------------------------------------------------- Cyprus .. .. .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- Dem. People's Rep. of Korea .. .. .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- East Timor .. .. .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- Gaza Strip .. .. .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- Georgia .. .. .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- Hong Kong .. .. 12 4 -------------------------------------------------------------- India 62 83 62 35 -------------------------------------------------------------- Indonesia 77 83 22 10 -------------------------------------------------------------- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 78 89 .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- Iraq 61 77 55 29 -------------------------------------------------------------- Israel 93 91 .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- Japan 101 100 .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- Jordan 93 (*) 91 (*) 21 7 -------------------------------------------------------------- Kazakstan 89 88 .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- Kuwait 66 66 25 18 -------------------------------------------------------------- Kyrgyzstan 96 93 .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- Lao People's Dem. Rep. 56 78 56 31 -------------------------------------------------------------- Lebanon 95 92 10 5 -------------------------------------------------------------- Macau .. .. .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- Malaysia 79 76 22 11 -------------------------------------------------------------- Maldives 89 91 7 7 -------------------------------------------------------------- Mongolia 75 60 23 11 -------------------------------------------------------------- Myanmar 61 63 22 11 -------------------------------------------------------------- Nepal 57 91 86 59 -------------------------------------------------------------- Oman 72 77 .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- Pakistan 28 56 76 50 -------------------------------------------------------------- Philippines 99 6 5 -------------------------------------------------------------- Qatar 83 86 20 21 -------------------------------------------------------------- Republic of Korea 98 97 3 1 -------------------------------------------------------------- Saudi Arabia 62 69 50 29 -------------------------------------------------------------- Singapore 86 14 4 -------------------------------------------------------------- Sri Lanka 89 85 13 7 -------------------------------------------------------------- Syrian Arab Republic 72 82 44 14 -------------------------------------------------------------- Tajikistan 80 86 .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- Thailand 66 67 8 4 -------------------------------------------------------------- Turkey 71 88 28 8 -------------------------------------------------------------- Turkmenistan .. .. .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- United Arab Emirates 104 102 20 21 -------------------------------------------------------------- Uzbekistan 83 90 .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- Viet Nam 73 9 4 -------------------------------------------------------------- Yemen 39 100 .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: Data are shown only for countries or areas with population size of 150,000 or more in 1995 as estimated by Population Division of Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis of the United Nations Secretariat (Population Division/DESIPA). Two dots (..) indicate that data are not available. Gross enrolment ratio for primary and secondary school combined The total enrolment, regardless of age, in primary and secondary education as a proportion of the population of primary- and secondary- school age according to national regulations. Data are shown for the latest available year. Data before 1990 are shown with an (*). School-age ranges vary by country, but are typically 6 to 11 years for primary school and 12 to 17 years for secondary school. It should be noted that the gross enrolment ratio can exceed 100, since it includes all pupils whatever their ages, whereas the population is limited to the range of official school ages. From UNESCO Statistical Yearbook 1996 (UNESCO publishing and Bernan Press). Adult illiteracy rate The proportion of the population who are illiterate, expressed as a percentage of the population aged 15 years or above. A person is illiterate who cannot, with understanding, both read and write a short simple statement on everyday life. From Compendium of Statistics on Illiteracy - 1995 Edition (UNESCO). Recent data are not available for many developed countries; UNESCO estimates that illiteracy averaged around 1 per cent in those countries in 1995. United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/160) Copyright (C) United Nations 1997