Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.3% male: 95.3% female: 87.8% (2001 census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

total: 15 years male: 16 years female: 14 years (2006)

Education expenditures:

2.4% of GDP (2005)

Government
Macau

Country name:

conventional long form: Macau Special Administrative Region conventional short form: Macau local long form: Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu (Chinese); Regiao Administrativa Especial de Macau (Portuguese) local short form: Aomen (Chinese); Macau (Portuguese)

Dependency status: