EDUCATION INDICATORS, CONT.                                                            

                                 Government Expenditure on Education                  Newspapers                Science       
                                                   Primary &    Higher Educ.                          Scientists &   Science     
                          As % of GNP    % of Govt.   Second.(%    (as % of      No. of   Circulation Technicians    Grads (%     
                                           Expend.  of all levels)  all levels)  Dailies   per 1000    (per 1,000)  of all grads)  
Country                  1960  1989-91      1991        1987-90       1987-90      1990      1990       1986-90       1988-90     

CARIBBEAN                                                                                                     
Antigua & Barbuda                           14.4                                     1        92                          24. 
Bahamas                                                                              3       137                          33. 
Barbados                          7.9       20.5            75.          19.         2       117         11.6             11. 
Bermuda                                     14.5                                     1       295              
Cuba                       5.0    6.7       12.3            59.          14.        19       172                          26. 
Dominica                          5.8       10.6            86.           3.                                              33. 
Dominican Republic         2.1    1.5       10.0            63.          20.        12        32              
Haiti                      1.4    1.8       20.0            72.           9.         4         7          4.9 
Jamaica                    2.3    4.7        7.9            68.          21.         3        64          6.2             19. 
Montserrat                                   9.3                                                              
Neth. Antilles                              18.6                                     6       314              
St. Kitts & Nevis                 3.2       12.0            89.           2.                                               0. 
St. Vincent                       7.0       13.8            96.           0.                                              37. 
Trinidad and Tobago        2.8    4.1       11.6            79.          12.         2        77                          33. 
                                                                                                              
CENTRAL AMERICA                                                                                               
Belize                            6.0       15.5                                                              
Costa Rica                 4.1    4.5       25.2            45.          36.         4       101                          20. 
El Salvador                2.3    1.7       28.8            68.          14.         5        88          1.4              9. 
Guatemala                  1.4    1.2       11.8                                     5        21          1.4 
Honduras                   2.2    4.2       15.9            73.          21.         5        39          1.9             36. 
Nicaragua                  1.5    2.6       12.0                                     6        68                          37. 
Panama                     3.6    5.1       14.3            60.          21.         8        70          8.0             42. 
                                                                                                              
SOUTH AMERICA                                                                                                 
Argentina                  2.1    1.5       10.9            48.          47.       159       124         29.1             32. 
Bolivia                    1.5    2.7       20.1            88.           3.        17        56              
Brazil                     1.9    4.6       17.7            60.          18.       356        54         29.5             19. 
Chile                      2.7    3.0       10.0            70.          20.        45       455                          27. 
Colombia                   1.7    2.3       10.9            60.          21.        45        62                          28. 
Ecuador                    1.9    2.6       17.5            64.          14.        25        87          9.1 
Guyana                            4.7        8.9            55.          18.         2       101          2.3             19. 
Paraguay                   1.3    1.9       10.3            66.          24.         5        39                          31. 
Peru                       2.3    3.5       15.7                                    66        79         21.2             38. 
Suriname                          8.3       22.8            75.           9.         2        95                           3. 
Uruguay                    3.7    3.1       16.6            65.          22.        30       233                          44. 
Venezuela                  3.7    4.3       19.0                                    54       145         95.3             32. 
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                              
Mexico                     1.2    4.5                       56.          17.       285       133                          32. 
                                                                                                              
United States              5.3    5.5       12.4                                  1611       249         55.0             24. 
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                              
Sources: UNESCO and UNDP.