The 2010 CIA World Factbook

Part 404

Chapter 4044,452 wordsPublic domain

Uruguay 139 cu km (2000)

Uzbekistan 72.2 cu km (2003)

Venezuela 1,233.2 cu km (2000)

Vietnam 891.2 cu km (1999)

Yemen 4.1 cu km (1997)

Zambia 105.2 cu km (2001)

Zimbabwe 20 cu km (1987)

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Field Listing :: Freshwater withdrawal

(domestic/industrial/agricultural)

This entry provides the annual quantity of water in cubic kilometers removed from available sources for use in any purpose. Water drawn-off is not necessarily entirely consumed and some portion may be returned for further use downstream. Domestic sector use refers to water supplied by public distribution systems. Note that some of this total may be used for small industrial and/or limited agricultural purposes. Industrial sector use is the quantity of water used by self-supplied industries not connected to a public distribution system. Agricultural sector use includes water used for irrigation and livestock watering, and does not account for agriculture directly dependent on rainfall. Included are figures for total annual water withdrawal and per capita water withdrawal. Country

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)()

Afghanistan total: 23.26 cu km/yr (2%/0%/98%) per capita: 779 cu m/yr (2000)

Albania total: 1.71 cu km/yr (27%/11%/62%) per capita: 546 cu m/yr (2000)

Algeria total: 6.07 cu km/yr (22%/13%/65%) per capita: 185 cu m/yr (2000)

Angola total: 0.35 cu km/yr (23%/17%/60%) per capita: 22 cu m/yr (2000)

Antigua and Barbuda total: 0.005 cu km/yr (60%/20%/20%) per capita: 63 cu m/yr (1990)

Argentina total: 29.19 cu km/yr (17%/9%/74%) per capita: 753 cu m/yr (2000)

Armenia total: 2.95 cu km/yr (30%/4%/66%) per capita: 977 cu m/yr (2000)

Australia total: 24.06 cu km/yr (15%/10%/75%) per capita: 1,193 cu m/yr (2000)

Austria total: 3.67 cu km/yr (35%/64%/1%) per capita: 448 cu m/yr (1999)

Azerbaijan total: 17.25 cu km/yr (5%/28%/68%) per capita: 2,051 cu m/yr (2000)

Bahrain total: 0.3 cu km/yr (40%/3%/57%) per capita: 411 cu m/yr (2000)

Bangladesh total: 79.4 cu km/yr (3%/1%/96%) per capita: 560 cu m/yr (2000)

Barbados total: 0.09 cu km/yr (33%/44%/22%) per capita: 333 cu m/yr (2000)

Belarus total: 2.79 cu km/yr (23%/47%/30%) per capita: 286 cu m/yr (2000)

Belgium total: 7.44 cu km/yr (13%/85%/1%) per capita: 714 cu m/yr (1998)

Belize total: 0.15 cu km/yr (7%/73%/20%) per capita: 556 cu m/yr (2000)

Benin total: 0.13 cu km/yr (32%/23%/45%) per capita: 15 cu m/yr (2001)

Bhutan total: 0.43 cu km/yr (5%/1%/94%) per capita: 199 cu m/yr (2000)

Bolivia total: 1.44 cu km/yr (13%/7%/81%) per capita: 157 cu m/yr (2000)

Botswana total: 0.19 cu km/yr (41%/18%/41%) per capita: 107 cu m/yr (2000)

Brazil total: 59.3 cu km/yr (20%/18%/62%) per capita: 318 cu m/yr (2000)

Brunei total: 0.09 per capita: 243 cu m/yr (1994)

Bulgaria total: 6.92 cu km/yr (3%/78%/19%) per capita: 895 cu m/yr (2003)

Burkina Faso total: 0.8 cu km/yr (13%/1%/86%) per capita: 60 cu m/yr (2000)

Burma total: 33.23 cu km/yr (1%/1%/98%) per capita: 658 cu m/yr (2000)

Burundi total: 0.29 cu km/yr (17%/6%/77%) per capita: 38 cu m/yr (2000)

Cambodia total: 4.08 cu km/yr (1%/0%/98%) per capita: 290 cu m/yr (2000)

Cameroon total: 0.99 cu km/yr (18%/8%/74%) per capita: 61 cu m/yr (2000)

Canada total: 44.72 cu km/yr (20%/69%/12%) per capita: 1,386 cu m/yr (1996)

Cape Verde total: 0.02 cu km/yr (7%/2%/91%) per capita: 39 cu m/yr (2000)

Central African Republic total: 0.03 cu km/yr (80%/16%/4%) per capita: 7 cu m/yr (2000)

Chad total: 0.23 cu km/yr (17%/0%/83%) per capita: 24 cu m/yr (2000)

Chile total: 12.55 cu km/yr (11%/25%/64%) per capita: 770 cu m/yr (2000)

China total: 549.76 cu km/yr (7%/26%/68%) per capita: 415 cu m/yr (2000)

Colombia total: 10.71 cu km/yr (50%/4%/46%) per capita: 235 cu m/yr (2000)

Comoros total: 0.01 cu km/yr (48%/5%/47%) per capita: 13 cu m/yr (1999)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 0.36 cu km/yr (53%/17%/31%) per capita: 6 cu m/yr (2000)

Congo, Republic of the total: 0.03 cu km/yr (59%/29%/12%) per capita: 8 cu m/yr (2000)

Costa Rica total: 2.68 cu km/yr (29%/17%/53%) per capita: 619 cu m/yr (2000)

Cote d'Ivoire total: 0.93 cu km/yr (24%/12%/65%) per capita: 51 cu m/yr (2000)

Cuba total: 8.2 cu km/yr (19%/12%/69%) per capita: 728 cu m/yr (2000)

Curacao NA

Cyprus total: 0.21 cu km/yr (27%/1%/71%) per capita: 250 cu m/yr (2000)

Czech Republic total: 1.91 cu km/yr (41%/57%/2%) per capita: 187 cu m/yr (2002)

Denmark total: 0.67 cu km/yr (32%/26%/42%) per capita: 123 cu m/yr (2002)

Djibouti total: 0.02 cu km/yr (84%/0%/16%) per capita: 25 cu m/yr (2000)

Dominica total: 0.02 cu km/yr per capita: 213 cu m/yr (1996)

Dominican Republic total: 3.39 cu km/yr (32%/2%/66%) per capita: 381 cu m/yr (2000)

Ecuador total: 16.98 cu km/yr (12%/5%/82%) per capita: 1,283 cu m/yr (2000)

Egypt total: 68.3 cu km/yr (8%/6%/86%) per capita: 923 cu m/yr (2000)

El Salvador total: 1.28 cu km/yr (25%/16%/59%) per capita: 186 cu m/yr (2000)

Equatorial Guinea total: 0.11 cu km/yr (83%/16%/1%) per capita: 220 cu m/yr (2000)

Eritrea total: 0.3 cu km/yr (3%/0%/97%) per capita: 68 cu m/yr (2000)

Estonia total: 1.41 cu km/yr (56%/39%/5%) per capita: 1,060 cu m/yr (2002)

Ethiopia total: 5.56 cu km/yr (6%/0%/94%) per capita: 72 cu m/yr (2002)

Fiji total: 0.07 cu km/yr (14%/14%/71%) per capita: 82 cu m/yr (2000)

Finland total: 2.33 cu km/yr (14%/84%/3%) per capita: 444 cu m/yr (1999)

France total: 33.16 cu km/yr (16%/74%/10%) per capita: 548 cu m/yr (2000)

Gabon total: 0.12 cu km/yr (50%/8%/42%) per capita: 87 cu m/yr (2000)

Gambia, The total: 0.03 cu km/yr (23%/12%/65%) per capita: 20 cu m/yr (2000)

Georgia total: 3.61 cu km/yr (20%/21%/59%) per capita: 808 cu m/yr (2000)

Germany total: 38.01 cu km/yr (12%/68%/20%) per capita: 460 cu m/yr (2001)

Ghana total: 0.98 cu km/yr (24%/10%/66%) per capita: 44 cu m/yr (2000)

Greece total: 8.7 cu km/yr (16%/3%/81%) per capita: 782 cu m/yr (1997)

Guatemala total: 2.01 cu km/yr (6%/13%/80%) per capita: 160 cu m/yr (2000)

Guinea total: 1.51 cu km/yr (8%/2%/90%) per capita: 161 cu m/yr (2000)

Guinea-Bissau total: 0.18 cu km/yr (13%/5%/82%) per capita: 113 cu m/yr (2000)

Guyana total: 1.64 cu km/yr (2%/1%/98%) per capita: 2,187 cu m/yr (2000)

Haiti total: 0.99 cu km/yr (5%/1%/94%) per capita: 116 cu m/yr (2000)

Honduras total: 0.86 cu km/yr (8%/12%/80%) per capita: 119 cu m/yr (2000)

Hungary total: 21.03 cu km/yr (9%/59%/32%) per capita: 2,082 cu m/yr (2001)

Iceland total: 0.17 cu km/yr (34%/66%/0%) per capita: 567 cu m/yr (2003)

India total: 645.84 cu km/yr (8%/5%/86%) per capita: 585 cu m/yr (2000)

Indonesia total: 82.78 cu km/yr (8%/1%/91%) per capita: 372 cu m/yr (2000)

Iran total: 72.88 cu km/yr (7%/2%/91%) per capita: 1,048 cu m/yr (2000)

Iraq total: 42.7 cu km/yr (3%/5%/92%) per capita: 1,482 cu m/yr (2000)

Ireland total: 1.18 cu km/yr (23%/77%/0%) per capita: 284 cu m/yr (1994)

Israel total: 2.05 cu km/yr (31%/7%/62%) per capita: 305 cu m/yr (2000)

Italy total: 41.98 cu km/yr (18%/37%/45%) per capita: 723 cu m/yr (1998)

Jamaica total: 0.41 cu km/yr (34%/17%/49%) per capita: 155 cu m/yr (2000)

Japan total: 88.43 cu km/yr (20%/18%/62%) per capita: 690 cu m/yr (2000)

Jordan total: 1.01 cu km/yr (21%/4%/75%) per capita: 177 cu m/yr (2000)

Kazakhstan total: 35 cu km/yr (2%/17%/82%) per capita: 2,360 cu m/yr (2000)

Kenya total: 1.58 cu km/yr (30%/6%/64%) per capita: 46 cu m/yr (2000)

Korea, North total: 9.02 cu km/yr (20%/25%/55%) per capita: 401 cu m/yr (2000)

Korea, South total: 18.59 cu km/yr (36%/16%/48%) per capita: 389 cu m/yr (2000)

Kuwait total: 0.44 cu km/yr (45%/2%/52%) per capita: 164 cu m/yr (2000)

Kyrgyzstan total: 10.08 cu km/yr (3%/3%/94%) per capita: 1,916 cu m/yr (2000)

Laos total: 3 cu km/yr (4%/6%/90%) per capita: 507 cu m/yr (2000)

Latvia total: 0.25 cu km/yr (55%/33%/12%) per capita: 108 cu m/yr (2003)

Lebanon total: 1.38 cu km/yr (33%/1%/67%) per capita: 385 cu m/yr (2000)

Lesotho total: 0.05 cu km/yr (40%/40%/20%) per capita: 28 cu m/yr (2000)

Liberia total: 0.11 cu km/yr (27%/18%/55%) per capita: 34 cu m/yr (2000)

Libya total: 4.27 cu km/yr (14%/3%/83%) per capita: 730 cu m/yr (2000)

Lithuania total: 3.33 cu km/yr (78%/15%/7%) per capita: 971 cu m/yr (2003)

Luxembourg total: 0.06 cu km/yr (42%/45%/13%) per capita: 121 cu m/yr (1999)

Macedonia total: 2.27 per capita: 1,118 cu m/yr (2000)

Madagascar total: 14.96 cu km/yr (3%/2%/96%) per capita: 804 cu m/yr (2000)

Malawi total: 1.01 cu km/yr (15%/5%/80%) per capita: 78 cu m/yr (2000)

Malaysia total: 9.02 cu km/yr (17%/21%/62%) per capita: 356 cu m/yr (2000)

Maldives total: 0.003 cu km/yr (98%/2%/0%) per capita: 9 cu m/yr (1987)

Mali total: 6.55 cu km/yr (9%/1%/90%) per capita: 484 cu m/yr (2000)

Malta total: 0.02 cu km/yr (74%/1%/25%) per capita: 50 cu m/yr (2000)

Mauritania total: 1.7 cu km/yr (9%/3%/88%) per capita: 554 cu m/yr (2000)

Mauritius total: 0.61 cu km/yr (25%/14%/60%) per capita: 488 cu m/yr (2000)

Mexico total: 78.22 cu km/yr (17%/5%/77%) per capita: 731 cu m/yr (2000)

Moldova total: 2.31 cu km/yr (10%/58%/33%) per capita: 549 cu m/yr (2000)

Mongolia total: 0.44 cu km/yr (20%/27%/52%) per capita: 166 cu m/yr (2000)

Morocco total: 12.6 cu km/yr (10%/3%/87%) per capita: 400 cu m/yr (2000)

Mozambique total: 0.63 cu km/yr (11%/2%/87%) per capita: 32 cu m/yr (2000)

Namibia total: 0.3 cu km/yr (24%/5%/71%) per capita: 148 cu m/yr (2000)

Nepal total: 10.18 cu km/yr (3%/1%/96%) per capita: 375 cu m/yr (2000)

Netherlands total: 8.86 cu km/yr (6%/60%/34%) per capita: 544 cu m/yr (2001)

New Zealand total: 2.11 cu km/yr (48%/9%/42%) per capita: 524 cu m/yr (2000)

Nicaragua total: 1.3 cu km/yr (15%/2%/83%) per capita: 237 cu m/yr (2000)

Niger total: 2.18 cu km/yr (4%/0%/95%) per capita: 156 cu m/yr (2000)

Nigeria total: 8.01 cu km/yr (21%/10%/69%) per capita: 61 cu m/yr (2000)

Norway total: 2.4 cu km/yr (23%/67%/10%) per capita: 519 cu m/yr (1996)

Oman total: 1.36 cu km/yr (7%/2%/90%) per capita: 529 cu m/yr (2000)

Pakistan total: 169.39 cu km/yr (2%/2%/96%) per capita: 1,072 cu m/yr (2000)

Panama total: 0.82 cu km/yr (67%/5%/28%) per capita: 254 cu m/yr (2000)

Papua New Guinea total: 0.1 cu km/yr (56%/43%/1%) per capita: 17 cu m/yr (1987)

Paraguay total: 0.49 cu km/yr (20%/8%/71%) per capita: 80 cu m/yr (2000)

Peru total: 20.13 cu km/yr (8%/10%/82%) per capita: 720 cu m/yr (2000)

Philippines total: 28.52 cu km/yr (17%/9%/74%) per capita: 343 cu m/yr (2000)

Poland total: 11.73 cu km/yr (13%/79%/8%) per capita: 304 cu m/yr (2002)

Portugal total: 11.09 cu km/yr (10%/12%/78%) per capita: 1,056 cu m/yr (1998)

Qatar total: 0.29 cu km/yr (24%/3%/72%) per capita: 358 cu m/yr (2000)

Romania total: 6.5 cu km/yr (9%/34%/57%) per capita: 299 cu m/yr (2003)

Russia total: 76.68 cu km/yr (19%/63%/18%) per capita: 535 cu m/yr (2000)

Rwanda total: 0.15 cu km/yr (24%/8%/68%) per capita: 17 cu m/yr (2000)

Saint Lucia total: 0.01 per capita: 81 cu m/yr (1997)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total: 0.01 per capita: 83 cu m/yr (1995)

Saudi Arabia total: 17.32 cu km/yr (10%/1%/89%) per capita: 705 cu m/yr (2000)

Senegal total: 2.22 cu km/yr (4%/3%/93%) per capita: 190 cu m/yr (2002)

Sierra Leone total: 0.38 cu km/yr (5%/3%/92%) per capita: 69 cu m/yr (2000)

Singapore total: 0.19 cu km/yr (45%/51%/4%) per capita: 44 cu m/yr (1975)

Slovakia total: 1.04 per capita: 193 cu m/yr (2003)

Slovenia total: 0.9 per capita: 457 cu m/yr (2002)

Somalia total: 3.29 cu km/yr (0%/0%/100%) per capita: 400 cu m/yr (2000)

South Africa total: 12.5 cu km/yr (31%/6%/63%) per capita: 264 cu m/yr (2000)

Spain total: 37.22 cu km/yr (13%/19%/68%) per capita: 864 cu m/yr (2002)

Sri Lanka total: 12.61 cu km/yr (2%/2%/95%) per capita: 608 cu m/yr (2000)

Sudan total: 37.32 cu km/yr (3%/1%/97%) per capita: 1,030 cu m/yr (2000)

Suriname total: 0.67 cu km/yr (4%/3%/93%) per capita: 1,489 cu m/yr (2000)

Swaziland total: 1.04 cu km/yr (2%/1%/97%) per capita: 1,010 cu m/yr (2000)

Sweden total: 2.68 cu km/yr (37%/54%/9%) per capita: 296 cu m/yr (2002)

Switzerland total: 2.52 cu km/yr (24%/74%/2%) per capita: 348 cu m/yr (2002)

Syria total: 19.95 cu km/yr (3%/2%/95%) per capita: 1,048 cu m/yr (2000)

Tajikistan total: 11.96 cu km/yr (4%/5%/92%) per capita: 1,837 cu m/yr (2000)

Tanzania total: 5.18 cu km/yr (10%/0%/89%) per capita: 135 cu m/yr (2000)

Thailand total: 82.75 cu km/yr (2%/2%/95%) per capita: 1,288 cu m/yr (2000)

Togo total: 0.17 cu km/yr (53%/2%/45%) per capita: 28 cu m/yr (2000)

Trinidad and Tobago total: 0.31 cu km/yr (68%/26%/6%) per capita: 237 cu m/yr (2000)

Tunisia total: 2.64 cu km/yr (14%/4%/82%) per capita: 261 cu m/yr (2000)

Turkey total: 39.78 cu km/yr (15%/11%/74%) per capita: 544 cu m/yr (2001)

Turkmenistan total: 24.65 cu km/yr (2%/1%/98%) per capita: 5,104 cu m/yr (2000)

Uganda total: 0.3 cu km/yr (43%/17%/40%) per capita: 10 cu m/yr (2002)

Ukraine total: 37.53 cu km/yr (12%/35%/52%) per capita: 807 cu m/yr (2000)

United Arab Emirates total: 2.3 cu km/yr (23%/9%/68%) per capita: 511 cu m/yr (2000)

United Kingdom total: 11.75 cu km/yr (22%/75%/3%) per capita: 197 cu m/yr (1994)

United States total: 477 cu km/yr (13%/46%/41%) per capita: 1,600 cu m/yr (2000)

Uruguay total: 3.15 cu km/yr (2%/1%/96%) per capita: 910 cu m/yr (2000)

Uzbekistan total: 58.34 cu km/yr (5%/2%/93%) per capita: 2,194 cu m/yr (2000)

Venezuela total: 8.37 cu km/yr (6%/7%/47%) per capita: 313 cu m/yr (2000)

Vietnam total: 71.39 cu km/yr (8%/24%/68%) per capita: 847 cu m/yr (2000)

Yemen total: 6.63 cu km/yr (4%/1%/95%) per capita: 316 cu m/yr (2000)

Zambia total: 1.74 cu km/yr (17%/7%/76%) per capita: 149 cu m/yr (2000)

Zimbabwe total: 4.21 cu km/yr (14%/7%/79%) per capita: 324 cu m/yr (2002)

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Field Listing :: Geographic overview

Country

Geographic overview

World The surface of the earth is approximately 70.9% water and 29.1% land. The former portion is divided into large water bodies termed oceans. The World Factbook recognizes and describes five oceans, which are in decreasing order of size: the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean. The land portion is generally divided into several, large, discrete landmasses termed continents. Depending on the convention used, the number of continents can vary from five to seven. The most common classification recognizes seven, which are (from largest to smallest): Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. Asia and Europe are sometimes lumped together into a Eurasian continent resulting in six continents. Alternatively, North and South America are sometimes grouped as simply the Americas, resulting in a continent total of six (or five, if the Eurasia designation is used). North America is commonly understood to include the island of Greenland, the isles of the Caribbean, and to extend south all the way to the Isthmus of Panama. The easternmost extent of Europe is generally defined as being the Ural Mountains and the Ural River; on the southeast the Caspian Sea; and on the south the Caucasus Mountains, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean. Portions of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey fall within both Europe and Asia, but in every instance the larger section is in Asia. These countries are considered part of both continents. Armenia and Cyprus, which lie completely in Western Asia, are geopolitically European countries. Asia usually incorporates all the islands of the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The islands of the Pacific are often lumped with Australia into a "land mass" termed Oceania or Australasia. Africa's northeast extremity is frequently delimited at the Isthmus of Suez, but for geopolitical purposes, the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula is often included as part of Africa. Although the above groupings are the most common, different continental dispositions are recognized or taught in certain parts of the world, with some arrangements more heavily based on cultural spheres rather than physical geographic considerations.

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Field Listing :: Economy of the area administered by Turkish Cypriots

Country

Economy of the area administered by Turkish Cypriots

Cyprus Economy - overview: The Turkish Cypriot economy has roughly half the per capita GDP of the south, and economic growth tends to be volatile, given the north's relative isolation, bloated public sector, reliance on the Turkish lira, and small market size. Agriculture and services, together, employ more than half of the work force. The Turkish Cypriot economy grew around 10.6% in 2006, fueled by growth in the construction and education sectors, as well as increased employment of Turkish Cypriots in the area under government control. GDP declined about 2.0% in 2007. The Turkish Cypriots are heavily dependent on transfers from the Turkish Government. Ankara directly finances about one-third of the "TRNC's" budget. Aid from Turkey has exceeded $400 million annually in recent years. The Turkish Cypriot economy experienced a sharp slowdown in 2008-09 due to the global financial crisis and, because of its reliance on British and Turkish tourism, which has declined due to the recession. Turkish Cypriot finances also deteriorated in 2009 as decreased state revenues and increased government expenditures on public sector salaries and social services led to a large budget deficit. As tourism and the world economy picked up, the economy grew about 0.6% in 2010. GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.829 billion (2007 est.) GDP - real growth rate: -0.6% (2010 est.) GDP - per capita: $11,700 (2007 est.) GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 8.6%, industry: 22.5%, services: 69.1% (2006 est.) Labor force: 95,030 (2007 est.) Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 14.5%, industry: 29%, services: 56.5% (2004) Unemployment rate: 9.4% (2005 est.) Population below poverty line: %NA Inflation rate: 11.4% (2006) Budget: revenues: $2.5 billion, expenditures: $2.5 billion (2006) Agriculture - products: citrus fruit, dairy, potatoes, grapes, olives, poultry, lamb Industries: foodstuffs, textiles, clothing, ship repair, clay, gypsum, copper, furniture Industrial production growth rate: -0.3% (2007 est.) Electricity production: 998.9 million kWh (2005) Electricity consumption: 797.9 million kWh (2005) Exports: $68.1 million, f.o.b. (2007 est.) Export - commodities: citrus, dairy, potatoes, textiles Export - partners: Turkey 40%; direct trade between the area administered by Turkish Cypriots and the area under government control remains limited Imports: $1.2 billion, f.o.b. (2007 est.) Import - commodities: vehicles, fuel, cigarettes, food, minerals, chemicals, machinery Import - partners: Turkey 60%; direct trade between the area administered by Turkish Cypriots and the area under government control remains limited Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $NA Debt - external: $NA Currency (code): Turkish new lira (YTL) Exchange rates: Turkish new lira per US dollar: 1.319 (2007) 1.4286 (2006) 1.3436 (2005) 1.4255 (2004) 1.5009 (2003)

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Field Listing :: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary

education)

School life expectancy (SLE) is the total number of years of schooling (primary to tertiary) that a child can expect to receive, assuming that the probability of his or her being enrolled in school at any particular future age is equal to the current enrollment ratio at that age. Caution must be maintained when utilizing this indicator in international comparisons. For example, a year or grade completed in one country is not necessarily the same in terms of educational content or quality as a year or grade completed in another country. SLE represents the expected number of years of schooling that will be completed, including years spent repeating one or more grades. Country

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)(years)

Afghanistan total: 8 years male: 11 years female: 5 years (2004)

Albania total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2004)

Algeria total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2005)

Andorra total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2008)

Anguilla total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2008)

Argentina total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2007)

Armenia total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2007)

Aruba total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2008)

Australia total: 21 years male: 20 years female: 21 years (2008)

Austria total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2008)

Azerbaijan total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2008)

Bahrain total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2006)

Bangladesh total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2007)

Barbados total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2001)

Belarus total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2007)

Belgium total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2008)

Belize total: 12 years male: 13 years female: 12 years (2004)

Benin total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 6 years (2005)

Bermuda total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2005)

Bhutan total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2008)

Bolivia total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2007)

Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 13 years (2007)

Botswana total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2006)

Brazil total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2008)

British Virgin Islands total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 19 years (2005)

Brunei total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2008)

Bulgaria total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2008)

Burkina Faso total: 6 years male: 7 years female: 6 years (2009)

Burma total: 9 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2007)

Burundi total: 10 years male: 9 years female: 7 years (2008)

Cambodia total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2007)

Cameroon total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 9 years (2008)

Canada total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 17 years (2004)

Cape Verde total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2006)

Cayman Islands total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2008)

Central African Republic total: 7 years male: 8 years female: 5 years (2009)

Chad total: 6 years male: 8 years female: 4 years (2005)

Chile total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 14 years (2007)

China total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2008)

Colombia total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2008)

Comoros total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 10 years (2004)