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ADULT LITERACY
Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and
above): Not Available
Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above):
Not Available
Ratio of literate females to males, ages 15-24: Not Available
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
57% of girls in 2001
Ratio of girls to boys: 50% in 1990-01; 54.17% in 2000;
68.12% in 2003; 70.27% in 2004; 73.46% in 2005
PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE
2000: Female 24.21%; Male 45.33%
2003: Female 33.24%; Male 56.78%
2004: Female 38.28%; Male 59.04%
2005: Female 51.52%; Male 77.95%
PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO (GPI)
2000: 0.69
2003: 0.74
2004: 0.77
2005: 0.8
SECONDARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO (GPI)
2000: 0.46
2003: 0.47
2004: 0.48
2005: 0.57
TERTIARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO (GPI)
2000: 0.25
POPULATION
Total population in thousands: 7,919 - 2003; 8,177 - 2004;
8,439 - 2005
Population, female % of total: 49.74% - 2003; 49.67% -
2004; 49.6% - 2005
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
1985: Female 53; Male 50
1990: Female 54; Male 52
1995: Female 55, Male 52
2000: Female 55, Male 53
2005: Female 56, Male 54
BIRTHS ATTENDED BY SKILLED HEALTH STAFF (%
OF TOTAL)
2005: 75%
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO (per 100,000
live births)
2003: 500
2000: 850 (range of uncertainty: 490-1200)
1995: 880
1990: 990
WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS, 15-49 (estimate)
2003 - 35,000
FERTILITY RATE (total births per woman)
2000-05: 5.6
1970-75: 7.1
Contraceptive prevalence (% of women ages 15-49): Not
Available
FEMALE SHARE OF LABOR FORCE
2005: 38.34%
2004: 38.53%
2003: 38.63%
2001: 48.3%
1980: 47.0%
RATIO OF ESTIMATED FEMALE TO MALE EARNED INCOME
Not available
LABOR FORCE, FEMALE (% OF TOTAL LABOR FORCE)
2000 - 39.37%; 2003 - 38.63%; 2004 - 38.53%; 2005 - 38.34%
ESTIMATED EARNED INCOME (2001, purchasing power
parity in US $)
Female $803; Male $1163 HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS (1998)
Female: 17.5% YEAR WOMEN RECEIVED RIGHT TO VOTE:
1956
TO STAND FOR ELECTION:
1956
YEAR FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT:
1979
PARLIAMENTARY SEATS HELD BY WOMEN
7.2% in 2004; 7.2% in 2003; 3% in 1990
RATINGS AND RANKINGS
UNDP, Human Development Report: Gender-related Development
Index (GDI) Rank
2003: 126
2004: 124
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