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                                         |           |                    Major areas of the world
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                                         | total\1\  |          |          |              | Central  | Northern |
                                         |           |Africa\2\ | Asia\3\  |    Europe\4\ |and South |America\5\|Oceania\6\
                                         |           |          |          |              |America\5\|          |
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                  1980                   |           |          |          |              |          |          |
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Population, all ages,\7\ in thousands ...| 4,444,361 |  475,666 |2,642,110 |      692,997 |  358,440 |  252,461 |   22,687
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Enrollment, all levels,\8\ in thousands .|   858,235 |   80,146 |  494,052 |      132,101 |   87,216 |   59,904 |    4,815
   First (primary) level ................|   539,471 |   64,249 |  335,871 |       48,669 |   65,319 |   22,611 |    2,752
   Second level\9\ ......................|   268,187 |   14,355 |  144,495 |       66,810 |   16,967 |   23,914 |    1,647
   Third level\10\ ......................|    50,578 |    1,543 |   13,687 |       16,623 |    4,930 |   13,379 |      416
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Teachers, all levels,\8\ in thousands....|    38,124 |    2,406 |   19,466 |        8,233 |    3,732 |    4,015 |      272
   First (primary) level ................|    18,854 |    1,712 |   10,830 |        2,343 |    2,261 |    1,579 |      129
   Second level\9\ ......................|    15,525 |      600 |    7,477 |        4,573 |    1,083 |    1,679 |      112
   Third level\10\ ......................|     3,745 |       94 |    1,159 |        1,317 |      388 |      757 |       31
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Public expenditures on education, in     |           |          |          |              |          |          |
   millions of U.S. dollars .............|  $526,700 |  $22,900 | $103,500 |     $200,600 |  $34,200 | $155,100 |  $10,400
As a percent of gross national product ..|       4.9 |      5.3 |      4.4 |\11\      5.1 |      3.9 |      5.2 |      5.6
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                  1990                   |           |          |          |              |          |          |
                                         |           |          |          |              |          |          |
Population, all ages,\7\ in thousands ...| 5,284,843 |  632,672 |3,186,447 |      721,739 |  439,719 |  277,838 |   26,428
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Enrollment, all levels,\8\ in thousands .|   977,149 |  108,274 |  564,914 |      131,805 |  104,974 |   61,971 |    5,211
   First (primary) level ................|   593,177 |   80,815 |  361,881 |       47,504 |   75,479 |   24,774 |    2,724
   Second level\9\ ......................|   315,412 |   24,509 |  179,989 |       65,408 |   22,079 |   21,569 |    1,859
   Third level\10\ ......................|    68,560 |    2,950 |   23,045 |       18,893 |    7,416 |   15,627 |      628
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Teachers, all levels,\8\ in thousands ...|    46,793 |    3,809 |   24,069 |        9,399 |    5,154 |    4,031 |      331
   First (primary) level ................|    22,614 |    2,411 |   12,670 |        2,697 |    3,006 |    1,686 |      144
   Second level\9\ ......................|    19,216 |    1,241 |    9,680 |        5,180 |    1,520 |    1,450 |      146
   Third level\10\ ......................|     4,964 |      157 |    1,719 |        1,522 |      628 |      896 |       42
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Public expenditures on education, in     |           |          |          |              |          |          |
   millions of U.S. dollars .............|$1,017,000 |  $26,000 | $227,100 |     $368,000 |  $47,100 | $330,200 |  $18,600
As a percent of gross national product ..|       4.9 |      5.7 |      4.2 |\11\      5.0 |      4.1 |      5.4 |      5.6
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                  1992                   |           |          |          |              |          |          |
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Population, all ages,\7\ in thousands ...| 5,457,896 |  669,631 |3,295,787 |      724,826 |  456,588 |  283,803 |   27,261
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Enrollment, all levels,\8\ in thousands .| 1,018,220 |  116,438 |  590,319 |      132,033 |  109,242 |   64,730 |    5,458
   First (primary) level ................|   610,842 |   86,149 |  370,556 |       47,606 |   77,980 |   25,744 |    2,806
   Second level\9\ ......................|   333,651 |   27,000 |  193,743 |       65,076 |   23,383 |   22,541 |    1,908
   Third level\10\ ......................|    73,728 |    3,289 |   26,020 |       19,351 |    7,879 |   16,445 |      744
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Teachers, all levels,\8\ in thousands ...|    48,448 |    4,121 |   24,748 |        9,654 |    5,421 |    4,162 |      342
   First (primary) level ................|    23,395 |    2,628 |   12,881 |        2,786 |    3,190 |    1,763 |      148
   Second level\9\ ......................|    19,868 |    1,322 |   10,016 |        5,322 |    1,559 |    1,498 |      152
   Third level\10\ ......................|     5,185 |      170 |    1,852 |        1,547 |      672 |      902 |       42
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Public expenditures on education, in     |           |          |          |              |          |          |
   millions of U.S. dollars .............|$1,231,900 |  $24,700 | $300,600 |     $469,900 |  $56,700 | $360,500 |  $19,500
As a percent of gross national product ..|       5.1 |      5.9 |      4.3 |          5.4 |      4.4 |      5.6 |      5.8
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                  1993                   |           |          |          |              |          |          |
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Population, all ages,\7\ in thousands ...| 5,543,607 |  688,786 |3,349,520 |      725,679 |  465,065 |  286,867 |   27,690
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Enrollment, all levels,\8\ in thousands .| 1,041,496 |  120,412 |  605,844 |      131,696 |  112,368 |   65,609 |    5,568
   First (primary) level ................|   622,059 |   88,615 |  377,148 |       47,296 |   80,008 |   26,140 |    2,852
   Second level\9\ ......................|   341,063 |   28,340 |  198,919 |       64,697 |   24,187 |   22,984 |    1,936
   Third level\10\ ......................|    78,374 |    3,456 |   29,777 |       19,703 |    8,173 |   16,485 |      780
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Teachers, all levels,\8\ in thousands ...|    49,501 |    4,229 |   25,355 |        9,756 |    5,606 |    4,204 |      350
   First (primary) level ................|    23,778 |    2,661 |   13,046 |        2,833 |    3,279 |    1,806 |      153
   Second level\9\ ......................|    20,291 |    1,389 |   10,256 |        5,377 |    1,626 |    1,489 |      155
   Third level\10\ ......................|     5,431 |      179 |    2,053 |        1,546 |      700 |      910 |       43
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Public expenditures on education, in     |           |          |          |              |          |          |
   millions of U.S. dollars .............|$1,176,000 |  $26,200 | $289,800 |     $391,100 |  $66,600 | $382,100 |  $20,200
As a percent of gross national product ..|       5.1 |      6.2 |      4.3 |          5.2 |      4.6 |      5.6 |      6.0
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1 Enrollment and teacher data exclude the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Expenditure data exclude Albania, Cambodia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Mongolia, Mozambique, South Africa, and Viet Nam.

2 Excludes Rodrigues and other small islands.

3 Excludes the former U.S.S.R., the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Arab states, but includes both the Asian and the European portions of Turkey.

4 Includes the former U.S.S.R.

5 Northern America includes Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, St.Pierre, and the United States of America. Hawaii is included in Northern America rather than Oceania. Central and South America includes Latin America and the Caribbean.

6 Includes American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Republic of Vanuatu, and and Wallis and Fortuna Islands.

7 Estimate of midyear population.

8 Excludes special and adult education provided outside regular schools. Data prior to 1992 exclude preprimary.

9 Includes general, teacher training and vocational education.

10 Includes universities and other institutions of higher education.

11 This figure is for Europe, not including the former U.S.S.R.

SOURCE: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris, 1995 Statistical Yearbook, Facts on Education, Technology, and Culture Worldwide. (This table was prepared May 1996.)