Country

Year

Primary-level net enrolment ratio

Notes

Girls

Boys

Africa

Algeria

2001/2002

94

96

Benin

1999/2000

58

84

(1)

Botswana

2001/2002

83

79

Burkina Faso

2001/2002

29

41

(1)

Burundi

2001/2002

48

59

(1)

Cape Verde

2001/2002

99

100

Chad

2001/2002

47

70

(1)

Comoros

1999/2000

50

59

(1)

Cote d'Ivoire

2001/2002

53

72

Djibouti

2001/2002

30

38

(1)

Egypt

2001/2002

88

92

(1)

Equatorial Guinea

2001/2002

78

91

Eritrea

2001/2002

39

46

Ethiopia

2001/2002

41

52

Gabon

2000/2001

78

79

(1)

Gambia

2001/2002

70

76

(1)

Ghana

2001/2002

59

61

Guinea

2001/2002

54

69

Guinea-Bissau

1999/2000

38

53

Kenya

2001/2002

71

69

(1)

Lesotho

2001/2002

88

81

Liberia

1999/2000

61

79

Madagascar

2001/2002

69

68

Malawi

2001/2002

81

81

(1)

Mauritania

2001/2002

65

68

(1)

Mauritius

2001/2002

93

93

Morocco

2001/2002

85

92

Mozambique

2001/2002

56

63

Namibia

2001/2002

81

76

Niger

2001/2002

28

41

Rwanda

2001/2002

85

83

Sao Tome and Principe

2001/2002

94

100

(1)

Senegal

2001/2002

54

61

South Africa

2001/2002

90

89

Sudan

1999/2000

42

50

(1)

Swaziland

2001/2002

77

76

Togo

2001/2002

84

100

Tunisia

2001/2002

97

97

United Republic of Tanzania

2001/2002

54

54

Zambia

2001/2002

66

66

(1)

Zimbabwe

2002/2003

80

80

America, North

Bahamas

2001/2002

88

85

(1)

Barbados

2001/2002

100

100

Belize

2000/2001

96

96

(1)

Canada

2000/2001

100

100

(1)

Costa Rica

2001/2002

91

90

Cuba

2001/2002

95

96