LionKing wrote:
I have to be careful here as I don't want Admin to think this is a political statement.

And this was written by who?

The CIA.

One of the most corrupt agencies in our government.

There must be some momentary reason for these high figures. If I'm wrong, I stand corrected, but it still sounds high. Just my 2 cents.
LK, as for literacy, think about it this way, if elementary school is just slightly good, they can teach most people to read and write pretty good by 6th grade. From grade 1 to 6, K*ds do soak it up especially in environments such as CR where it is a stable country and K*ds aren't really consumed by computers and xbox and ipods and the like so this really does leave them to concentrate on their studies.
The employment number is high, but the jobs are not high end jobs so they are employed, but it doesn't mean they are doing anything that will change the world or make anyone anywhere near rich.
I have to admit though, the employment number does seem false when I look at data about the Philippines on the CIA site. They have unemployment in the Philippines pegged at 7.9%, however when I'm there, it seems like a hell of a lot more people than 7.9% are unemployed.
Actually now that I think about it a bit more, I think the USA, if you are out of the job market for X amount of time, you are not any longer counted as unemployed. After X amount of time, they label you as retired or willingly unemployed.