| Countries' Indicators (Source: United Nations) |
| China; Macao Special Administrative Region |
| Indicator |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
Education; primary completion rate; both sexes (UNESCO) |
.. |
.. |
95 |
96 |
97 |
97 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Education; primary completion rate; boys (UNESCO) |
.. |
.. |
96 |
93 |
95 |
95 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Education; primary completion rate; girls (UNESCO) |
.. |
.. |
95 |
100 |
99 |
99 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Education enrolment ratio; net; primary level; both sexes (UNESCO) |
.. |
.. |
84.30 |
85 |
83.90 |
85.70 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Education enrolment ratio; net; primary level; girls (UNESCO) |
.. |
.. |
84.60 |
84.90 |
83.30 |
84.80 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Education enrolment ratio; net; primary level; boys (UNESCO) |
.. |
.. |
83.90 |
85.20 |
84.50 |
86.60 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Education; percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5; both sexes (UNESCO) |
.. |
.. |
.. |
99.40 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Education; percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5; girls (UNESCO) |
.. |
.. |
.. |
100 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Education; percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5; boys (UNESCO) |
.. |
.. |
.. |
98.90 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Literacy rates; aged 15-24; both sexes; per cent (UNESCO) |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
99.60 |
.. |
Literacy rates; aged 15-24; women; per cent (UNESCO) |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
99.80 |
.. |
Literacy rates; aged 15-24; men; per cent (UNESCO) |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
99.40 |
.. |
Girls to boys ratio; primary level enrolment (UNESCO) |
.. |
.. |
.95 |
.95 |
.95 |
.94 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Girls to boys ratio; secondary level enrolment (UNESCO) |
.. |
.. |
1.10 |
1.07 |
1.06 |
1.06 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Girls to boys ratio; tertiary level enrolment (UNESCO) |
.. |
.. |
.77 |
.94 |
.69 |
.51 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Women to men parity index; as ratio of literacy rates; aged 15-24 (UNESCO) |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1 |
.. |
Women wage employment in non-agricultural sector as percentage of total non-agric. employees (ILO) |
46.50 |
46.50 |
47.30 |
48.80 |
49 |
49 |
50 |
49.30 |
.. |
.. |
Tuberculosis prevalence rate per 100;000 population (WHO) |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
87 |
87 |
89 |
89 |
.. |
.. |
Tuberculosis death rate per 100;000 (WHO) |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
8 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
.. |
.. |
Tuberculosis; DOTS detection rate; per cent (WHO) |
115 |
173 |
130 |
.. |
93 |
91 |
79 |
76 |
.. |
.. |
Tuberculosis; DOTS treatment success; per cent (WHO) |
.. |
81 |
.. |
78 |
78 |
89 |
86 |
89 |
.. |
.. |
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2); metric tons of CO2 per capita(CDIAC) |
3.40 |
3.50 |
3.50 |
3.40 |
3.70 |
3.70 |
4 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2); thousand metric tons of CO2 (CDIAC) |
1,410 |
1,490 |
1,533 |
1,503 |
1,638 |
1,678 |
1,810 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Slum population as percentage of urban (secure tenure index) (UN-HABITAT) |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
2 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Slum population in urban areas (UN-HABITAT) |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
8,836 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Youth unemployment rate; aged 15-24; both sexes (ILO estimates) |
7.20 |
8.40 |
10.70 |
.. |
9.90 |
10 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Youth unemployment rate; aged 15-24; women (ILO estimates) |
4 |
6.90 |
8.10 |
.. |
6.70 |
6.50 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Youth unemployment rate; aged 15-24; men (ILO estimates) |
11 |
10 |
13.70 |
.. |
14.20 |
14.90 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Youth unemployment; ratio of youth unemp. rate to adult unemployment rate; both sexes (ILO est.) |
1.90 |
3.50 |
2.80 |
.. |
1.60 |
1.70 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Youth unemployment; ratio of youth unemp. rate to adult unemployment rate; women (ILO est.) |
1.10 |
3.60 |
3 |
.. |
1.70 |
1.60 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Youth unemployment; ratio of youth unemp. rate to adult unemployment rate; men (ILO est.) |
2.90 |
3.60 |
3 |
.. |
1.80 |
2 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Youth unemployment; share of youth unemployed to total unemployed; both sexes; per cent (ILO est.) |
23.30 |
32.30 |
27.10 |
24.10 |
19.40 |
19.40 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Youth unemployment; share of youth unemployed to total unemployed; women; per cent (ILO est.) |
18.20 |
37.50 |
31.20 |
28.60 |
24.40 |
22.20 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Youth unemployment; share of youth unemployed to total unemployed; men; per cent (ILO est.) |
26.40 |
29.30 |
25 |
22 |
17.20 |
18.10 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Youth unemployment; share of youth unemployed to youth population; women; per cent (ILO est.) |
2.30 |
3.30 |
3.60 |
.. |
2.90 |
3.10 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Youth unemployment; share of youth unemployed to youth population; men; per cent (ILO est.) |
5.90 |
4.40 |
5.70 |
.. |
5.20 |
6 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Youth unemployment; share of youth unemployed to youth population; both sexes; per cent (ILO est.) |
4.10 |
3.90 |
4.60 |
.. |
4 |
4.40 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Telephone lines and cellular subscribers per 100 population (ITU estimates) |
49.60 |
52.18 |
59.46 |
67.79 |
72.25 |
84.94 |
102.41 |
120.10 |
.. |
.. |
Personal computers per 100 population (ITU estimates) |
.. |
.. |
.. |
13.72 |
15.91 |
18.32 |
20.83 |
26.09 |
.. |
.. |
Internet users per 100 population (ITU estimates) |
.73 |
2.37 |
6.97 |
9.14 |
13.64 |
23.13 |
26.04 |
26.76 |
.. |
.. |
Telephone lines and cellular subscribers (ITU estimates) |
206,273 |
220,215 |
256,007 |
296,546 |
317,889 |
370,925 |
452,244 |
538,652 |
.. |
.. |
Personal computers (ITU estimates) |
.. |
.. |
.. |
60,000 |
70,000 |
80,000 |
92,000 |
117,000 |
.. |
.. |
Internet users (ITU estimates) |
3,037 |
10,000 |
30,000 |
40,000 |
60,000 |
101,000 |
115,000 |
120,000 |
.. |
.. |