Country

Adult literacy rate (15+ yrs), 2003

Youth literacy Rate (15-24 yrs), 2000

NER in primary education, 2001/2002^b

NER in secondary education, 2001/2002^c

GER in tertiary education, 2001/2002^d

Algeria

0.77

0.90

0.97

1.06

…

Bahrain

0.93

0.94

1.01

1.12

1.86

Comoros

…

…

0.84

…

0.73

Djibouti

0.75

0.90

0.77

0.63

0.8

Egypt

0.69

0.77

0.96

0.95

…

Iraq

0.44

0.47

0.85

0.66

0.54

Jordan

0.90

0.94

1.01

1.03

1.02

Kuwait

0.96

0.95

0.99

1.05

2.58

Lebanon

0.88

0.94

0.99

…

1.14

Libyan Arab Jamhiriya

0.78

0.93

…

…

1.09

Mauritania

0.62

0.71

0.96

0.83

0.27

Morocco

0.62

0.77

0.93

0.83

0.80

Oman

0.81

0.95

1.01

1.00

1.67

Palestine

1.01

1.01

1.06

0.98

Qatar

1.04

0.96

0.98

1.06

2.96

Saudi Arabia

0.84

0.96

0.92

0.93

1.49

Sudan

0.71

0.86

0.83

…

0.92

Syrian Arab Republic

0.71

0.88

0.95

0.91

…

Tunisia

0.77

0.92

0.99

1.04

0.97

United Arab Emirates

1.07

0.83

0.97

1.05

…

Yemen

0.43

0.53

0.66

0.46

0.28

Notes:  

a) Gender parity indices (GPI) are calculated as the ratio of women to men. A value less than 1 implies an inequality in favor of men, a value greater that 1 implies an inequality in favour of women and a value of women implies equality.

b) GPI for net enrolment ratios in primary education in  Comoros, Iraq, Sudan and Yemen pertain to the year 1999/2000.

c)  GPI for net enrolment ratios in secondary education in Jordan, Morocco and Yemen pertain to the year 1999/2000.

d) Country data for GPI for gross enrolment ratios in tertiary education pertain to the following years: Bahrain, 1998/1999; Comoros, 1999/2000; Kuwait, 1998/1999; Sudan, 1998/1999; and Yemen, 1999/2000.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) databases and ESCWA Social Statistics datasets 2003.