EDUCATION INDICATORS
Mean Years of Adult Comb. Primary Adult Literacy Literacy Secondary Tertiary
Schooling (25+) Literacy (%) and Secondary (as % of age 15+) (% of age Enrol.Ratio Enrol.Ratio
Male Female Enrolment Ratio Total Male Female 15-19) (gross) (gross)
Country 1990 1990 1970 1990 1970 1987-90 1990 1990 1990 1990 1988-90 1988-90
CARIBBEAN
Antigua & Barbuda 4.1 5.1
Bahamas 6.0 6.4
Barbados 8.6 9.2 87 17
Cuba 7.7 7.5 87 94 76 95 94 95 93 100 89 21
Dominica 4.5 4.9
Dominican Republic 4.0 4.6 67 83 63 92 83 85 82 94 74 19
Grenada 4.5 4.9
Haiti 1.3 2.0 22 53 36 53 53 59 47 19 1
Jamaica 5.2 5.3 97 98 75 80 98 98 99 100 60 5
St. Kitts & Nevis 5.9 6.1
St. Lucia 3.8 4.0
St. Vincent 4.5 4.7
Trinidad and Tobago 8.1 8.0 83 90 80 6
CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO
Belize 4.4 4.8
Costa Rica 5.6 5.8 88 93 76 77 93 93 93 97 42 26
El Salvador 4.1 4.1 57 73 60 67 73 76 70 88 26 17
Guatemala 3.8 4.4 44 55 35 52 55 63 47 67 21 9
Honduras 3.7 4.0 53 73 58 75 73 76 71 90 32 9
Mexico 4.6 4.8 74 88 67 82 88 90 95 96 53 14
Nicaragua 4.5 4.1 54 73 38 8
Panama 6.9 6.5 81 88 75 83 88 88 88 95 59 22
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina 8.9 8.5 93 95 81 96 95 96 95 97 74
Bolivia 3.0 5.0 57 78 61 68 78 85 71 94 34 23
Brazil 3.8 4.0 66 81 65 91 81 83 80 92 39 12
Chile 7.2 7.8 89 93 86 90 93 94 93 98 74 18
Colombia 7.3 6.9 78 87 82 79 87 88 86 94 52 14
Ecuador 5.3 5.8 72 86 63 89 86 88 84 95 56 29
Guyana 4.9 5.4 80 82 96 98 95 100 57 5
Paraguay 4.6 5.2 80 90 67 72 90 92 88 96 30 8
Peru 5.7 7.1 71 85 85 92 79 96 67
Suriname 4.0 4.3 95 95 95 53 9
Uruguay 8.2 7.4 93 96 87 92 96 97 96 99 77
Venezuela 6.2 6.4 75 88 70 83 88 87 90 97 35 28
Source: UNDP, "Human Development Report 1993."