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Mean years of |
Adult literacy rate |
Literacy |
Daily |
Book titles |
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schooling (25+) |
(as % of age 15+) |
rate |
newspapers |
published |
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(% of |
(copies |
(per |
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Total |
Female |
Male |
Total |
Fem |
Male |
Fem |
Male |
age 15-19) |
per 100 |
100,000 |
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people) |
people) |
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1992 |
1992 |
1992 |
1970 |
1992 |
1992 |
1995 |
1990 |
1992 |
1988-91 |
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Caribbean |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
4.6 |
4.1 |
5.1 |
|
96 |
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8 |
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Bahamas |
6.2 |
6.0 |
6.4 |
|
98 |
98 |
99 |
98 |
99 |
|
13 |
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Barbados |
9.4 |
9.1 |
9.7 |
|
97 |
96 |
98 |
97 |
98 |
|
16 |
29.8 |
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Cuba |
8.0 |
8.1 |
7.9 |
87 |
95 |
94 |
95 |
95 |
96 |
100 |
12 |
17.2 |
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Dominica |
4.7 |
4.5 |
4.9 |
|
97 |
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Dominican Rep. |
4.3 |
4.0 |
4.6 |
67 |
81 |
81 |
81 |
82 |
82 |
94 |
4 |
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Grenada |
4.7 |
4.5 |
4.9 |
|
98 |
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Guyana |
5.1 |
4.9 |
5.4 |
|
97 |
97 |
99 |
97 |
99 |
100 |
10 |
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Haiti |
1.7 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
22 |
43 |
40 |
46 |
42 |
48 |
|
1 |
4.0 |
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Jamaica |
5.3 |
5.2 |
5.3 |
97 |
84 |
88 |
79 |
89 |
81 |
100 |
7 |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis |
6.0 |
5.9 |
6.1 |
|
99 |
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|
7.0 |
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Saint Lucia |
3.9 |
3.8 |
4.0 |
|
93 |
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Saint Vincent/Grens. |
4.6 |
4.5 |
4.7 |
|
98 |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
8.4 |
8.5 |
8.4 |
|
97 |
96 |
98 |
97 |
99 |
|
14 |
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Caribbean Average |
5.4 |
5.2 |
5.5 |
66.7 |
79.4 |
78.4 |
79.5 |
79.3 |
80.5 |
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7.2 |
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Central America |
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Belize |
4.6 |
4.4 |
4.8 |
|
96 |
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Costa Rica |
5.7 |
5.6 |
5.8 |
88 |
94 |
94 |
94 |
95 |
95 |
97 |
10 |
7.6 |
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El Salvador |
4.2 |
4.0 |
4.4 |
57 |
70 |
68 |
72 |
70 |
73 |
88 |
9 |
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Guatemala |
4.1 |
3.8 |
4.4 |
44 |
54 |
47 |
61 |
49 |
62 |
67 |
2 |
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Honduras |
4.0 |
3.8 |
4.1 |
53 |
71 |
70 |
71 |
73 |
73 |
90 |
3 |
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Nicaragua |
4.5 |
4.7 |
4.3 |
|
65 |
66 |
64 |
67 |
65 |
|
2 |
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Panama |
6.8 |
7.0 |
6.6 |
81 |
90 |
89 |
90 |
90 |
91 |
95 |
9 |
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Central American Avg. |
4.5 |
4.4 |
4.7 |
57.5 |
68.7 |
65.8 |
71.1 |
67.6 |
72.1 |
82.4 |
4.9 |
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South America |
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Argentina |
9.2 |
9.5 |
9.0 |
93 |
96 |
96 |
96 |
96 |
96 |
97 |
14 |
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Bolivia |
4.0 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
57 |
81 |
73 |
89 |
76 |
91 |
94 |
5 |
6.0 |
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Brazil |
4.0 |
3.9 |
4.1 |
66 |
82 |
81 |
82 |
83 |
83 |
92 |
6 |
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Chile |
7.8 |
7.4 |
8.1 |
89 |
95 |
94 |
95 |
95 |
95 |
98 |
46 |
14.5 |
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Colombia |
7.5 |
7.7 |
7.3 |
78 |
90 |
90 |
90 |
91 |
91 |
94 |
6 |
4.4 |
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Ecuador |
5.6 |
5.3 |
5.8 |
72 |
88 |
87 |
91 |
88 |
92 |
95 |
6 |
6.5 |
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Paraguay |
4.9 |
4.6 |
5.2 |
80 |
91 |
90 |
94 |
91 |
93 |
96 |
4 |
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Peru |
6.5 |
5.8 |
7.3 |
71 |
87 |
81 |
94 |
83 |
95 |
96 |
7 |
2.0 |
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Suriname |
4.2 |
4.0 |
4.3 |
|
92 |
90 |
95 |
91 |
95 |
|
10 |
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Uruguay |
8.1 |
8.6 |
7.7 |
93 |
97 |
97 |
96 |
98 |
97 |
99 |
24 |
36.5 |
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Venezuela |
6.5 |
6.4 |
6.6 |
75 |
90 |
90 |
92 |
90 |
92 |
97 |
21 |
17.1 |
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South American Avg. |
5.6 |
5.5 |
5.7 |
72.8 |
86.4 |
85.2 |
87.4 |
86.6 |
88.2 |
94.0 |
9.9 |
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Mexico |
4.9 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
74 |
89 |
86 |
91 |
87 |
92 |
96 |
12 |
3.0 |
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LAC Average |
5.4 |
5.3 |
5.5 |
71.8 |
84.7 |
83.8 |
86.7 |
84.9 |
87.3 |
92.5 |
9.8 |
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Source: UNDP, Human Development Report, 1994 and 1995.
Regional averages are weighted averages based on population in the respective years.
U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.
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