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    UIS STATISTICS IN BRIEF

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    Education in Eritrea

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    Education - all levels

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    Sub-Saharan Africa

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    General information

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    2005

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      Total population (000)

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      4 401

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      Annual population growth rate (%) *

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        (2004)

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        4.3

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      Population 0-14 years (%)

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      41

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      Rural population (%) *

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        (2004)

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        80

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      Total fertility rate (births per woman) *

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        (2004)

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        5.3

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      Infant mortality rate (0/00) *

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        (2004)

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        52

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      Life expectancy at birth (years) *

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        (2004)

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        54

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      HIV rate (%) in adults (15-49 years) *

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        (2003)

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        2.7

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      Poverty (% of pop. on less than $2 a day) *

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      ...

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      GDP per capita (PPP) US$ *

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        (2004)

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        977

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      GDP growth rate (%) *

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        (2004)

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        1.8

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      Total debt service as a % of GNI *

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        (2004)

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        2.1

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      Children of primary school-age who are out-of-school (%)

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      52

    * World Bank World Development Indicators

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    Participation in education

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    Percentages of children in school are represented by Gross Enrolment Ratios (GER) and Net Enrolment Ratios (NER). GER is the number of pupils enrolled in a given level of education regardless of age expressed as a percentage of the population in the theoretical age group for that level of education. NER is the number of pupils in the theoretical age group who are enrolled expressed as a percentage of the same population.

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    Pre-primary enrolment

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      Pre-primary

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      1991

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      1999

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      2002

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      2005

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      2005 Regional average

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      GER (%)

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      MF

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      ...

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      6

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      6

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      12

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        (**)

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        14

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      M

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      6

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      6

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      12

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        (**)

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        14

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    12% of children are enrolled in pre-primary school

Primary enrolment

43% of girls and 51% of boys are in primary school

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    Primary

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    1991

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    1999

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    2005

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    2005 Regional average

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    GER (%)

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    MF

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    21

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    57

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    64

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    64

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    97

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    71

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    71

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    102

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    20

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    51

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    57

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    57

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    91

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    NER (%)

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    MF

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      (**)

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      16

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    36

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    45

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    47

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      70

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      16

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    39

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    49

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    51

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      73

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    F

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      15

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    34

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    41

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    43

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      67

Secondary enrolment

20% of girls and 30% of boys are in secondary school

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    2005

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    2005 Regional average

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    GER (%)

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    MF

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    24

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    29

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    31

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      32

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    28

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    35

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    40

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      35

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    F

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    19

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    23

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    23

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      (**)

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      28

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    NER (%)

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    MF

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      (**)

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      19

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      22

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    25

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      25

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      21

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      26

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    30

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      28

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      17

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      19

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    20

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Tertiary enrolment

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    Tertiary

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    1991

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    1999

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    2005

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    2005 Regional average

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    GER (%)

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    MF

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    1

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    1

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      (**)

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      5

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    M

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    2

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    2

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      6

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    F

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Progression and completion in education

2005

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    School life expectancy ISCED 1-6 (years)

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      (**,2004)

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      5.6

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    Percentage of repeaters, primary (%)

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    Survival rate to grade 5 (%)

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    Gross intake rate to last grade of primary (%)

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    51

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    Primary to secondary transition rate (%)

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      (2004)

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      89

51% of children complete a full course of primary

Resources for education

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    Pupil / teacher ratio (primary)

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    48

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    Public expenditure on education :

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    as % of GDP

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    5.4

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    as % of total government expenditure

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    ...

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    Distribution of public expenditure per level (%) - 2005 :

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    pre-primary

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    primary

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    25

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    secondary

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    tertiary

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    unknown

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Literacy rates

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    Literacy rates

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    1990

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    2005 Regional average

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    Adult (15+) %

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    MF

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    59.2

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    50.4

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    Youth (15-24) %

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    MF

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    69.4

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Symbols used :

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    Footnotes:

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    All the education statistics, with the exception of the literacy data, refer to the year 2005 unless otherwise noted. For more information on rates of out-of-school children, or other indicators see the online education glossary.

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    UIS estimation

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