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EDUCATION
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    - Repeaters
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Education : Literacy rate

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Indicator

Time

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Country

Afghanistan

46.99

^(‡)

58.15

Åland Islands

Albania

99.44

98.83

98.79

99.23

^(‡)

99.03

Algeria

90.14

91.78

93.77

^(‡)

96.75

American Samoa

Andorra

Angola

72.19

^(‡)

72.95

^(‡)

72.93

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

98.92

^(‡)

99.28

^(‡)

99.30

Armenia

99.81

99.85

^(‡)

99.85

Aruba

99.03

99.14

^(‡)

99.41

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

99.89

100.00

99.95

⁽⁺⁾

99.95

⁽⁺⁾

99.94

⁽⁺⁾

99.94

⁽⁺⁾

99.95

⁽⁺⁾

99.96

^(‡)

99.96

Bahamas

Bahrain

97.02

98.16

^(‡)

99.77

Bangladesh

63.62

^(‡)

82.17

^(‡)

83.20

Barbados

Belarus

99.79

99.82

^(‡)

99.84

Belgium

Belize

^(‡)

88.61

Benin

45.31

^(‡)

42.36

^(‡)

52.55

Bermuda

Bhutan

74.41

87.32

^(‡)

92.04

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

97.32

99.44

99.12

99.38

99.01

99.00

^(‡)

99.04

Bosnia and Herzegovina

99.79

^(‡)

99.66

^(‡)

99.65

Botswana

93.96

^(‡)

97.68

^(‡)

97.81

Brazil

94.18

96.84

97.58

97.80

97.84

98.07

97.51

98.49

98.62

98.74

^(‡)

98.93

British Virgin Islands

Brunei Darussalam

98.89

99.37

^(‡)

99.60

Bulgaria

98.21

97.87

^(‡)

98.00

Burkina Faso

31.23

32.97

32.73

39.26

50.10

^(‡)

52.51

Burundi

73.33

88.89

^(‡)

87.62

Cambodia

83.38

87.47

87.13

^(‡)

91.54

Cameroon

83.10

83.14

80.57

^(‡)

83.80

Canada

Cabo Verde

^(‡)

97.11

98.13

^(‡)

98.34

Cayman Islands

98.91

Central African Republic

60.81

^(‡)

36.36

^(‡)

36.36

Chad

37.56

41.67

^(‡)

51.74

^(‡)

52.75

Channel Islands

Chile

98.99

99.15

98.87

99.41

99.02

^(‡)

99.15

China

98.86

99.64

^(‡)

99.73

China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

China, Macao Special Administrative Region

99.63

99.64

99.67

^(‡)

99.66

Colombia

97.99

97.96

97.88

97.97

97.99

97.94

98.10

98.24

98.53

^(‡)

98.66

Comoros

80.19

^(‡)

87.12

^(‡)

87.48

Congo

^(‡)

80.91

^(‡)

80.91

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

97.61

99.13

^(‡)

99.32

Côte d'Ivoire

60.72

^(‡)

48.31

^(‡)

50.24

Croatia

99.65

99.72

^(‡)

99.74

Cuba

99.96

99.87

^(‡)

99.89

Curaçao

Cyprus

99.77

99.82

^(‡)

99.86

Czechia

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

100.00

^(‡)

100.00

Democratic Republic of the Congo

70.42

^(‡)

65.78

83.60

^(‡)

86.07

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

94.22

95.79

96.81

97.04

97.02

97.47

97.69

^(‡)

97.90

Ecuador

96.44

95.43

96.83

98.65

98.69

98.83

98.60

^(‡)

98.83

Egypt

84.93

84.88

87.51

89.28

92.02

^(‡)

93.29

El Salvador

^(‡)

92.20

94.95

93.56

95.96

95.02

96.03

96.55

97.22

^(‡)

97.70

Equatorial Guinea

97.13

^(‡)

98.22

^(‡)

98.26

Eritrea

77.95

^(‡)

92.55

^(‡)

93.27

Estonia

99.77

99.95

^(‡)

99.97

Ethiopia

49.90

^(‡)

44.61

54.98

^(‡)

69.49

Faeroe Islands

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Fiji

Finland

France

French Guiana

French Polynesia

Gabon

^(‡)

96.71

^(‡)

88.50

^(‡)

89.12

Gambia

52.56

^(‡)

71.98

^(‡)

73.19

Georgia

99.83

^(‡)

99.79

^(‡)

99.79

Germany

Ghana

70.66

85.72

^(‡)

90.60

Gibraltar

Greece

98.94

99.53

^(‡)

99.42

^(‡)

99.67

Greenland

Grenada

Guadeloupe

^(‡)

99.85

^(‡)

99.95

^(‡)

99.95

Guam

^(‡)

99.98

Guatemala

82.22

93.65

91.85

94.35

^(‡)

93.26

Guernsey

Guinea

47.09

31.41

^(‡)

45.25

Guinea-Bissau

59.49

^(‡)

76.16

^(‡)

77.14

Guyana

^(‡)

93.10

^(‡)

94.37

Haiti

81.62

^(‡)

72.35

^(‡)

82.06

Holy See

Honduras

88.94

93.92

95.15

95.93

94.98

95.07

95.68

^(‡)

97.18

Hungary

^(‡)

99.00

^(‡)

98.85

^(‡)

99.36

Iceland

India

76.43

81.13

86.14

^(‡)

89.66

Indonesia

98.71

96.65

99.46

99.47

98.78

99.68

^(‡)

99.71

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

^(‡)

96.63

97.43

96.64

97.87

98.01

97.78

^(‡)

98.03

Iraq

84.80

^(‡)

81.75

^(‡)

81.54

Ireland

Isle of Man

Israel

Italy

99.81

99.86

^(‡)

99.91

Jamaica

91.60

^(‡)

96.26

^(‡)

96.46

Japan

Jersey

Jordan

99.13

98.98

98.95

98.76

99.15

99.11

^(‡)

99.23

Kazakhstan

99.85

99.83

^(‡)

99.84

Kenya

92.53

^(‡)

82.39

^(‡)

85.90

Kiribati

Kuwait

99.73

98.51

98.45

98.64

98.78

99.15

^(‡)

99.49

Kyrgyzstan

99.70

99.75

^(‡)

99.75

Lao People's Democratic Republic

80.60

78.46

83.93

^(‡)

90.23

Latvia

99.75

99.84

^(‡)

99.83

Lebanon

98.71

^(‡)

99.10

Lesotho

90.93

^(‡)

83.19

^(‡)

85.09

Liberia

^(‡)

49.15

^(‡)

49.07

^(‡)

54.47

Libya

^(‡)

99.65

^(‡)

99.94

^(‡)

99.95

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

99.70

99.86

^(‡)

99.91

Luxembourg

Madagascar

70.24

^(‡)

64.94

^(‡)

65.07

Malawi

^(‡)

72.14

^(‡)

75.08

Malaysia

97.24

98.42

^(‡)

98.42

Maldives

98.17

99.30

^(‡)

99.76

Mali

^(‡)

30.59

38.82

44.30

47.14

49.37

Malta

98.27

98.88

^(‡)

99.19

Marshall Islands

98.46

^(‡)

98.46

Martinique

^(‡)

99.52

^(‡)

99.89

^(‡)

99.90

Mauritania

61.34

^(‡)

56.12

^(‡)

62.64

Mauritius

94.54

98.13

^(‡)

98.72

Mayotte

Mexico

96.61

97.60

97.56

97.64

97.90

98.16

98.38

98.52

98.43

⁽⁺⁾

98.46

98.88

98.56

99.00

^(‡)

98.74

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Monaco

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