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Blue numbers are estimated
Educational attendance children 18-20
| 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
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| Total | 19.4 | 19.8 | 20.1 | 20.5 | 20.9 | 21.3 | 21.7 | 22.0 | 22.4 | 24.6 | 26.8 | 29.0 | 31.2 | 33.4 | 37.0 | 40.5 | 44.0 | 47.6 | 51.1 | 49.2 | 47.3 | 45.4 | 43.5 | 41.6 | 39.7 | 37.8 | ||
| Urban | 39.0 | 39.6 | 40.2 | 40.8 | 41.4 | 42.0 | 42.6 | 43.3 | 43.9 | 45.5 | 47.1 | 48.7 | 50.3 | 51.9 | 54.9 | 58.0 | 61.0 | 64.0 | 67.1 | 63.0 | 59.0 | 54.9 | 50.8 | 46.8 | 42.7 | 38.7 | ||
| Rural | 17.5 | 17.8 | 18.1 | 18.3 | 18.6 | 18.8 | 19.1 | 19.4 | 19.6 | 21.5 | 23.4 | 25.3 | 27.2 | 29.1 | 32.9 | 36.7 | 40.5 | 44.2 | 48.0 | 44.8 | 41.6 | 38.5 | 35.3 | 32.1 | 28.9 | 25.7 | ||
| Poor | 14.4 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 17.3 | 18.2 | 19.2 | 20.1 | 21.1 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 23.9 | 24.9 | 25.8 | 26.8 | 28.7 | 30.7 | 32.7 | 34.6 | 36.6 | 35.1 | 33.6 | 32.2 | 30.7 | 29.2 | 27.7 | 26.2 | ||
| Nonpoor | 52.5 | 53.0 | 53.6 | 54.1 | 54.6 | 55.2 | 55.7 | 56.2 | 56.8 | 57.3 | 57.8 | 58.4 | 58.9 | 59.5 | 61.1 | 62.8 | 64.5 | 66.2 | 67.9 | 64.5 | 61.1 | 57.7 | 54.3 | 51.0 | 47.6 | 44.2 | ||
| Lowest 25% | 6.58 | 7.27 | 7.95 | 8.63 | 9.31 | 9.99 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 13.3 | 14.7 | 16.0 | 17.3 | 18.6 | 22.1 | 25.6 | 29.1 | 32.6 | 36.1 | 35.5 | 35.0 | 34.5 | 33.9 | 33.4 | 32.9 | 32.4 | ||
| Second 25% | 9.89 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 16.4 | 17.3 | 18.1 | 21.8 | 25.5 | 29.3 | 33.0 | 36.7 | 35.2 | 33.7 | 32.1 | 30.6 | 29.0 | 27.5 | 26.0 | ||
| Third 25% | 15.1 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 17.5 | 18.2 | 19.0 | 19.8 | 20.6 | 21.4 | 24.1 | 26.8 | 29.5 | 32.3 | 35.0 | 39.2 | 43.4 | 47.7 | 51.9 | 56.1 | 52.4 | 48.7 | 45.0 | 41.3 | 37.6 | 33.8 | 30.1 | ||
| Highest 25% | 36.8 | 36.9 | 37.0 | 37.1 | 37.3 | 37.4 | 37.5 | 37.6 | 37.7 | 41.0 | 44.3 | 47.6 | 50.9 | 54.2 | 58.1 | 62.0 | 65.8 | 69.7 | 73.6 | 71.7 | 69.8 | 67.9 | 66.0 | 64.0 | 62.1 | 60.2 | ||
| Central | 22.8 | 22.2 | 21.7 | 21.1 | 20.6 | 20.0 | 19.5 | 18.9 | 18.4 | 20.8 | 23.3 | 25.7 | 28.2 | 30.6 | 34.1 | 37.6 | 41.1 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 47.2 | 46.3 | 45.5 | 44.7 | 43.8 | 43.0 | 42.2 | ||
| Eastern | 25.5 | 25.7 | 25.9 | 26.1 | 26.3 | 26.5 | 26.7 | 26.9 | 27.1 | 28.5 | 30.0 | 31.5 | 32.9 | 34.4 | 37.9 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 48.6 | 52.1 | 48.3 | 44.5 | 40.7 | 36.9 | 33.1 | 29.3 | 25.5 | ||
| Far-western | 17.1 | 18.0 | 18.9 | 19.9 | 20.8 | 21.7 | 22.6 | 23.6 | 24.5 | 26.7 | 28.9 | 31.0 | 33.2 | 35.4 | 39.9 | 44.4 | 48.8 | 53.3 | 57.8 | 56.4 | 55.1 | 53.7 | 52.4 | 51.0 | 49.7 | 48.3 | ||
| Mid-western | 12.6 | 13.8 | 15.1 | 16.3 | 17.5 | 18.7 | 19.9 | 21.1 | 22.3 | 25.4 | 28.5 | 31.7 | 34.8 | 37.9 | 40.8 | 43.7 | 46.5 | 49.4 | 52.3 | 50.1 | 48.0 | 45.8 | 43.6 | 41.5 | 39.3 | 37.2 | ||
| Western | 12.1 | 13.4 | 14.6 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 18.4 | 19.6 | 20.8 | 22.1 | 24.3 | 26.4 | 28.6 | 30.8 | 33.0 | 36.6 | 40.2 | 43.8 | 47.3 | 50.9 | 49.3 | 47.8 | 46.2 | 44.6 | 43.0 | 41.4 | 39.8 | ||