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ADULT LITERACY
2003: Female 18.11%, Male 42.56%
1995: Female 22%, Male 50%
1980: Female 11%, Male 34%
Ratio of young literate females to males (% ages 15-24):
57.45% in 2003
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
2005: Female 44.71%, Male 63.78%
2004: Female 38.79%, Male 57.61%
2003: Female 30.09%, Male 47.16%
2000: Female 21.1%, Male 44.75%
1995: Female 10.38%, Male 29.52%
1990: Female 8.84%, Male 28.11%
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education
(%)
2005: 74.89%
2004: 72.49%
2003: 71.1 %
2000: 62.8%
PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE (% of relevant age group)
2005: Female 44.71, Male 63.78
2004: Female 38.79, Male 57.61
2003: Female 30.09, Male 47.16
2000: Female 21.1, Male 44.73
1995: Female 10.38, Male 29.52
1990: Female 8.74, Male 28.11
PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO (GPI)
2005: 0.84
2004: 0.81
2003: 0.79
2000: 0.7
SECONDARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO (GPI)
2005: 0.53
2004: 0.48
2003: 0.48
2000: 0.39
TERTIARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO (GPI)
2005: 0.24
2004: 0.2
2003: 0.2
POPULATION
Total population in thousands: 8,671- 2003; 8,830 - 2004;
9,003 - 2005
Population, female % of total: 48.78 % - 2003; 48.77%
- 2004; 48.75% - 2005
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
2005: Female 54, Male 54
2000: Female 53, Male 52
1995: Female 51, Male 50
1990: Female 48, Male 47
1985: Female 45, Male 44
MATERNAL MORTALITY (per 100,000 live births)
2003: 530
2000: 740 (range of uncertainty 420-1100)
1995: 1,200
1990: 1,600
BIRTHS ATTENDED BY SKILLED HEALTH STAFF (% of total)
2003: 55.5
CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE (% of women ages 15-49)
2003: 7
WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS, 15-49
(estimate)
2003 - 72,000
FERTILITY RATE (births per woman)
2005: 5.6
2004: 5.7
1995: 6.3
1990: 6.5
1985: 6.7
1970-75: 7.0
BIRTHS ATTENDED BY SKILLED HEALTH STAFF (% of total):
2003 - 55.5
CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE (% of women ages 15-49)
2003: 7
FEMALE SHARE OF LABOR FORCE
2005: 46.58%
2004: 46.48%
2003: 46.28%
2001: 47.2%
2000: 46.35%
1995: 46.26%
1990: 46.22%
1985: 46.19%
1980: 47.1%
RATIO OF ESTIMATED FEMALE TO MALE EARNED INCOME
Not available
ESTIMATED EARNED INCOME (2001, purchasing power parity
in US $)
Not available HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS (1998)
Female: 6.7 % YEAR WOMEN RECEIVED RIGHT TO VOTE
1958
TO STAND FOR ELECTION
1958 YEAR FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT
1963 PARLIAMENTARY SEATS HELD BY WOMEN
1990, no data; 2003-2004 19.3 %
RANKINGS & RATINGS
UNDP, Human Development Report: Gender-related Development
Index (GDI) Rank
2004: 121
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