Seychelles

Caribbean

Mauritius

None

Egypt

Libya

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Burundi

Comoros

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

Eritrea

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Kenya

Madagascar

Malawi

Rwanda

Sudan

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map shows COMESA members highlighted in orange: Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, an organization founded in 1994 to promote free trade among its members

Countries

World

COMESA

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Members

Australia

Fiji

Kiribati

Papua New Guinea

Australia & Oceania

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Haiti

Jamaica

St. Lucia

Trinidad and Tobago

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Mongolia

Nepal

South Korea

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cyprus

Czechia

Greece

Italy

Lithuania

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovenia

Spain

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Europe

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

Mauritania

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

Vanuatu

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Syria

Tunisia

Turkey

Yemen

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Côte d'Ivoire

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Lesotho

Liberia

Mali

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Republic of the Congo

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

A map displays adult females with no formal education by country. Dark blue indicates the highest percentage with most of the regions in Africa (Sudan). Medium blue such as Pakistan. Light green indicates the lowest percentage and covers most of the world.

The percentage of the female population ages 25 and older that has no formal education

United Nations

Adult Females with no Formal Education

Percent

Iran

A map of the world highlighting Iraq and Iran with ethnic regions: Kurds in northern Iraq (light lavender), Sunni Arabs in northwestern Iraq (peach), Shiite Arabs in southern Iraq (lavender), Persians in eastern Iran (orange), and Turkmen near Iran’s border (pink).

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Members	Adult Females with no Formal Education			Ethnic Groups (Iraq and Iran)
Value	Class	Rank	Percent	Azeri	Baluchi	Kurd	Persian	Shiite Arab	Sunni Arab	Shiite and Sunni Arab	Sparsely populated












				1.02%	10.7%	7.45%	35.3%	6.77%	13.7%	1.03%	2.77%