definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74.1% male: 84.1% female: 64.2% (2000 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 8 years (2005)

Education expenditures:

NA

Government
Iraq

Country name:

conventional long form: Republic of Iraq conventional short form: Iraq local long form: Al Jumhuriyah al-Iraqiyah local short form: Al Iraq

Government type:

parliamentary democracy