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Official statistics provided by national statistical authorities:
-	Demographic Yearbook Special Topics

Additional information from a wide range of national and international sources:
-	Social indicators
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-	UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)

Demographic Yearbook Special Topics

Source: Demographic Yearbook Special Census Topics Volume 2 - Social characteristics

Forthcoming: End 2005



Table 1	Population by literacy, sex, age, urban/rural residence and percentage: each census, 1985-2003



Table 2	Population by school attendance, age, sex, urban/rural residence and percentage: each census, 1985-2003



Table 3	Population by education attainment, age and sex: each census, 1985-2003


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Social indicators

Source: Social indicators - Latest available data

-	Illiteracy	HTML



-	Education	HTML



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Statistics and indicators on women and men

Source: Statistics and indicators on women and men - Latest available data

Table 4a	Primary education	HTML



Table 4b	Secondary education	HTML



Table 4c	Illiteracy	HTML



Table 4d	Tertiary education	HTML



Table 4e	Teaching staff	HTML



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