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Concise descriptions of the major religions mentioned in the Factbookhave been added to the Notes and Definitions. France 's redesignationof some of its overseas possessions caused the five former Indian Oceanisland possessions making up Iles Eparses to be incorporated into theFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands, while two new Caribbean entities,St. Barthelemy and St. Martin, were created.
Revision of some individual country maps, first introduced in the 2001edition, is continued in this edition. The revised maps includeelevation extremes and a partial geographic grid. Several regional mapshave also been updated to reflect boundary changes and place namespelling changes.
Abbreviations: This information is included in Appendix A:Abbreviations, which includes all abbreviations and acronyms used inthe Factbook, with their expansions.
Acronyms: An acronym is an abbreviation coined from the initial letterof each
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Djibouti
total: 4 years
male: 5 years
female: 4 years (2006)
Dominica
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2005)
Dominican Republic
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2004)
El Salvador
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2006)
Equatorial Guinea
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2000)
Eritrea
total: 5 years
male: 6 years
female: 4 years (2004)
Estonia
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2006)
Ethiopia
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 7 years (2007)
Fiji
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2005)
Finland
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2006)
France
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)
Gambia, The
total: 7 years
male: 7 years
female: 7 years (2004)
Gaza Strip
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
Georgia
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)
Germany
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2006)
Ghana
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2007)
Greece
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 17 years (2006)
Grenada
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)
Guatemala
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2006)
Guinea
total: 8 years
male: 10 years
female: 7 years (2006)
Guinea-Bissau
total: 5 years
male: 7 years
female: 4 years (2001)
Guyana
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2005)
Honduras
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2004)
Hong Kong
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 13 years (2006)
Hungary
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)
Iceland
total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 19 years (2006)
India
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 9 years (2005)
Indonesia
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2005)
Iran
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2005)
Iraq
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 8 years (2005)
Ireland
total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2006)
Israel
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)
Italy
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)
Jamaica
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2003)
Japan
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2006)
Jordan
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2006)
Kazakhstan
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2007)
Kenya
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2004)
Kiribati
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2005)
Korea, South
total: 17 years
male: 18 years
female: 15 years (2007)
Kuwait
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)
Kyrgyzstan
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)
Laos
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2006)
Latvia
total: 16 years
male: 14 years
female: 17 years (2006)
Lebanon
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2006)
Lesotho
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2006)
Liberia
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 8 years (2000)
Libya
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2003)
Liechtenstein
total: 15 years
male: 16 years
female: 13 years (2004)
Lithuania
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2006)
Luxembourg
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
Macau
total: 15 years
male: 16 years
female: 14 years (2006)
Macedonia
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)
Madagascar
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2006)
Malawi
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2004)
Malaysia
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2005)
Maldives
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2006)
Mali
total: 7 years
male: 8 years
female: 5 years (2005)
Malta
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2005)
Marshall Islands
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2003)
Mauritania
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2006)
Mauritius
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 13 years (2005)
Mexico
total: 13 years
male: 14 years
female: 13 years (2006)
Moldova
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)
Mongolia
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 14 years (2006)
Montserrat
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)
Morocco
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 9 years (2005)
Mozambique
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2005)
Namibia
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2006)
Nauru
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 9 years (2006)
Nepal
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2003)
Netherlands
total: 16 years
male: 17 years
female: 16 years (2006)
Netherlands Antilles
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2002)
New Zealand
total: 19 years
male: 19 years
female: 20 years (2006)
Nicaragua
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2003)
Niger
total: 4 years
male: 5 years
female: 3 years (2006)
Nigeria
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2004)
Niue
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)
Norway
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2006)
Oman
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2006)
Pakistan
total: 7 years
male: 7 years
female: 6 years (2006)
Palau
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2000)
Panama
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
Paraguay
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)
Peru
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2006)
Philippines
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2006)
Poland
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)
Portugal
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)
Qatar
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
Romania
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2006)
Russia
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
Rwanda
total: 9 years
male: 8 years
female: 9 years (2005)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2005)
Saint Lucia
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)
Samoa
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2001)
Sao Tome and Principe
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2006)
Seychelles
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2007)
Sierra Leone
total: 7 years
male: 8 years
female: 6 years (2001)
Slovakia
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2006)
Slovenia
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)
Solomon Islands
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 8 years (2005)
South Africa
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2004)
Spain
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)
Suriname
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 13 years (2002)
Swaziland
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2005)
Sweden
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2006)
Switzerland
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2006)
Tajikistan
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 10 years (2006)
Thailand
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
Togo
total: 9 years
male: 11 years
female: 7 years (2000)
Tokelau
total: 11 years
male: 10 years
female: 11 years (2004)
Tonga
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2004)
Trinidad and Tobago
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2005)
Tunisia
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
Turkey
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2006)
Turks and Caicos Islands
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2005)
Tuvalu
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2001)
Uganda
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2004)
Ukraine
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2006)
United Arab Emirates
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2003)
United Kingdom
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)
United States
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)
Uruguay
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 16 years (2006)
Uzbekistan
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2007)
Vanuatu
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2004)
Venezuela
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2003)
Vietnam
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2000)
West Bank
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
Yemen
total: 9 years
male: 11 years
female: 7 years (2005)
Zambia
total: 7 years
male: 7 years
female: 7 years (2000)
Zimbabwe
total: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 9 years (2003)
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@2206 Education expenditures (% of GDP)
Afghanistan
NA
Albania
2.9% of GDP (2002)
Algeria
5.1% of GDP (1999)
American Samoa
NA
Andorra
2.3% of GDP (2006)
Angola
2.4% of GDP (2005)
Anguilla
4% of GDP (2005)
Antigua and Barbuda
3.9% of GDP (2002)
Argentina
3.8% of GDP (2004)
Armenia
3.2% of GDP (2001)
Aruba
4.8% of GDP (2005)
Australia
4.5% of GDP (2005)
Austria
5.4% of GDP (2005)
Azerbaijan
2.1% of GDP (2006)
Bahamas, The
3.6% of GDP (2000)
Bahrain
3.9% of GDP (1991)
Bangladesh
2.7% of GDP (2005)
Barbados
6.9% of GDP (2005)
Belarus
6.1% of GDP (2006)
Belgium
6% of GDP (2004)
Belize
5.3% of GDP (2004)
Benin
4.4% of GDP (2004)
Bermuda
1.2% of GDP (2006)
Bhutan
7% of GDP (2005)
Bolivia
6.4% of GDP (2003)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
NA
Botswana
8.7% of GDP (2007)
Brazil
4% of GDP (2004)
British Virgin Islands
3.7% of GDP (2006)
Brunei
5.2% of GDP (2000)
Bulgaria
4.5% of GDP (2005)
Burkina Faso
4.2% of GDP (2006)
Burma
1.2% of GDP (2001)
Burundi
5.1% of GDP (2005)
Cambodia
1.7% of GDP (2004)
Cameroon
3.3% of GDP (2006)
Canada
5.2% of GDP (2002)
Cape Verde
6.3% of GDP (2006)
Cayman Islands
2.8% of GDP (2005)
Central African Republic
1.4% of GDP (2006)
Chad
1.9% of GDP (2005)
Chile
3.2% of GDP (2006)
China
1.9% of GDP (1999)
Colombia
4.7% of GDP (2006)
Comoros
3.8% of GDP (2002)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
NA
Congo, Republic of the
1.9% of GDP (2005)
Cook Islands
0.2% of GDP (2001)
Costa Rica
4.9% of GDP (2004)
Cote d'Ivoire
4.6% of GDP (2001)
Croatia
4.5% of GDP (2004)
Cuba
9.1% of GDP (2006)
Cyprus
6.3% of GDP (2004)
Czech Republic
4.4% of GDP (2004)
Denmark
8.3% of GDP (2005)
Djibouti
8.4% of GDP (2006)
Dominica
5% of GDP (1999)
Dominican Republic
3.6% of GDP (2006)
Ecuador
1% of GDP (2001)
Egypt
4.2% of GDP (2006)
El Salvador
3.1% of GDP (2006)
Equatorial Guinea
0.6% of GDP (2003)
Eritrea
2.4% of GDP (2006)
Estonia
5.1% of GDP (2004)
Ethiopia
6% of GDP (2006)
Fiji
6.5% of GDP (2004)
Finland
6.4% of GDP (2005)
France
5.7% of GDP (2005)
French Polynesia
( )
Gabon
3.8% of GDP (2000)
Gambia, The
2% of GDP (2004)
Gaza Strip
NA
Georgia
3.1% of GDP (2006)
Germany
4.6% of GDP (2004)
Ghana
5.4% of GDP (2005)
Gibraltar
NA
Greece
4.4% of GDP (2005)
Greenland
NA
Grenada
5.2% of GDP (2003)
Guam
NA
Guatemala
2.6% of GDP (2006)
Guernsey
NA
Guinea
1.6% of GDP (2005)
Guinea-Bissau
5.2% of GDP (1999)
Guyana
8.3% of GDP (2006)
Haiti
1.4% of GDP (1991)
Honduras
3.8% of GDP (1991)
Hong Kong
3.9% of GDP (2006)
Hungary
5.5% of GDP (2005)
Iceland
7.6% of GDP (2004)
India
3.2% of GDP (2005)
Indonesia
3.6% of GDP (2006)
Iran
5.1% of GDP (2006)
Iraq
NA
Ireland
4.7% of GDP (2005)
Isle of Man
NA
Israel
6.9% of GDP (2004)
Italy
4.5% of GDP (2005)
Jamaica
5.3% of GDP (2005)
Japan
3.5% of GDP (2005)
Jersey
NA
Jordan
4.9% of GDP (1999)
Kazakhstan
2.3% of GDP (2005)
Kenya
6.9% of GDP (2006)
Kiribati
17.8% of GDP (2002)
Korea, North
NA
Korea, South
4.6% of GDP (2004)
Kuwait
3.8% of GDP (2006)
Kyrgyzstan
4.9% of GDP (2005)
Laos
3% of GDP (2006)
Latvia
5.1% of GDP (2004)
Lebanon
2.7% of GDP (2006)
Lesotho
13% of GDP (2006)
Liberia
NA
Libya
2.7% of GDP (1999)
Liechtenstein
NA
Lithuania
5% of GDP (2005)
Luxembourg
3.4% of GDP (1999)
Macau
2.4% of GDP (2005)
Macedonia
3.5% of GDP (2002)
Madagascar
3.1% of GDP (2006)
Malawi
5.8% of GDP (2003)
Malaysia
6.2% of GDP (2004)
Maldives
8% of GDP (2006)
Mali
4.5% of GDP (2006)
Malta
5.1% of GDP (2004)
Marshall Islands
11.8% of GDP (2004)
Mauritania
2.9% of GDP (2006)
Mauritius
3.9% of GDP (2006)
Mayotte
NA
Mexico
5.5% of GDP (2005)
Micronesia, Federated States of
7.3% of GDP (2000)
Moldova
7.6% of GDP (2006)
Monaco
4.4% of GDP (2004)
Mongolia
5% of GDP (2004)
Montenegro
NA
Montserrat
3.3% of GDP (2004)
Morocco
NA
Mozambique
5% of GDP (2005)
Namibia
6.9% of GDP (2003)
Nauru
NA
Nepal
3.4% of GDP (2003)
Netherlands
5.3% of GDP (2005)
Netherlands Antilles
NA
New Zealand
6.2% of GDP (2006)
Nicaragua
3.1% of GDP (2003)
Niger
3.4% of GDP (2006)
Nigeria
0.9% of GDP (1991)
Niue
NA
Norfolk Island
NA
Northern Mariana Islands
NA
Norway
7.2% of GDP (2005)
Oman
4% of GDP (2006)
Pakistan
2.6% of GDP (2006)
Palau
10.3% of GDP (2002)
Panama
3.8% of GDP (2004)
Papua New Guinea
NA
Paraguay
4% of GDP (2004)
Peru
2.5% of GDP (2006)
Philippines
2.5% of GDP (2005)
Poland
5.5% of GDP (2005)
Portugal
5.5% of GDP (2005)
Puerto Rico
NA
Qatar
3.3% of GDP (2005)
Romania
3.5% of GDP (2005)
Russia
3.8% of GDP (2005)
Rwanda
3.8% of GDP (2005)
Saint Helena
NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis
9.3% of GDP (2005)
Saint Lucia
6.6% of GDP (2006)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
8.1% of GDP (2005)
Samoa
4.3% of GDP (2002)
San Marino
NA
Sao Tome and Principe
NA
Saudi Arabia
6.8% of GDP (2004)
Senegal
5% of GDP (2006)
Serbia
NA
Seychelles
6.5% of GDP (2006)
Sierra Leone
3.8% of GDP (2005)
Singapore
3.7% of GDP (2001)
Slovakia
3.9% of GDP (2005)
Slovenia
6% of GDP (2005)
Solomon Islands
3.3% of GDP (1999)
Somalia
NA
South Africa
5.4% of GDP (2006)
Spain
4.2% of GDP (2005)
Sri Lanka
NA
Sudan
6% of GDP (1991)
Suriname
NA
Swaziland
7% of GDP (2005)
Sweden
7.1% of GDP (2005)
Switzerland
5.8% of GDP (2005)
Syria
3.9% of GDP (1999)
Taiwan
NA
Tajikistan
3.4% of GDP (2006)
Tanzania
2.2% of GDP (1999)
Thailand
4.2% of GDP (2005)
Timor-Leste
NA
Togo
2.6% of GDP (2002)
Tokelau
NA
Tonga
5% of GDP (2004)
Trinidad and Tobago
4.2% of GDP (200)
Tunisia
7.3% of GDP (2005)
Turkey
4% of GDP (2004)
Turkmenistan
3.9% of GDP (1991)
Turks and Caicos Islands
NA
Tuvalu
NA
Uganda
5.2% of GDP (2004)
Ukraine
6.3% of GDP (2006)
United Arab Emirates
1.3% of GDP (2005)
United Kingdom
5.6% of GDP (2005)
United States
5.3% of GDP (2005)
Uruguay
2.9% of GDP (2006)
Uzbekistan
9.4% of GDP (1991)
Vanuatu
9.5% of GDP (2003)
Venezuela
3.7% of GDP (2006)
Vietnam
1.8% of GDP (1991)
Virgin Islands
NA
West Bank
NA
Yemen
9.6% of GDP (2001)
Zambia
2% of GDP (2005)
Zimbabwe
4.6% of GDP (2000)
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@2207 Central bank discount rate (%)
Afghanistan
NA
Albania
6.25% (31 December 2007)
Algeria
4% (31 December 2007)
Angola
19.57% (31 December
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