Country Year of Data Rate of Males Rate of Females Total Sri Lanka 1986 43.9 49.3 46.5 Lithuania 2002 38.4 8.8 23.9 Russian Federation 2002 38.5 8.3 23.6 Kazakhstan 2002 31.2 10.5 21.0 Luxembourg 2002 23.5 8.2 16.0 New Zealand 2000 22.3 8.2 15.3 El Salvador 1993 13.2 15.8 14.5 Belarus 2001 23.6 3.9 14.0 Estonia 2002 24.1 1.9 13.2 Turkmenistan 1998 16.6 8.8 12.8 Ukraine 2000 19.6 4.9 12.4 Ireland 2000 19.8 4.3 12.3 Mauritius 2000 10.1 12.5 11.3 Norway 2001 15.3 6.2 10.9 Canada 2000 16.3 5.2 10.8 Latvia 2002 16.9 4.4 10.8 Kyrgyzstan 2002 15.2 4.8 10.0 Austria 2002 15.1 3.8 9.6 Trinidad and Tobago 1994 8.9 10.5 9.6 Finland 2002 15.0 3.8 9.5 Uzbekistan 2000 12.5 6.4 9.5 Belgium 1997 14.5 3.9 9.3 Cuba 1996 6.1 12.5 9.2 Ecuador 1991 6.9 11.4 9.1 Australia 2001 13.8 3.8 8.9 Singapore 2001 9.2 7.8 8.5 Poland 2001 14.1 2.4 8.4 Switzerland 2000 12.6 4.0 8.4 Croatia 2002 14.0 2.1 8.2 USA 2000 13.0 2.7 8.0 Slovenia 1987 12.0 3.1 7.6 Hungary 2002 11.2 3.8 7.5 Japan 2000 8.8 3.8 6.4 Uruguay 1990 8.3 3.9 6.2 Bulgaria 2002 9.2 2.3 5.8 Czech Republic 2001 9.5 1.8 5.7 Argentina 1996 7.1 4.0 5.6 Costa Rica 1995 7.1 4.0 5.6 Germany 2001 8.7 2.4 5.6 Thailand 1994 6.1 5.1 5.6 Colombia 1994 6.7 4.2 5.5 Venezuela 1994 7.1 3.8 5.5 Republic of Korea 2001 5.9 4.9 5.4 Hong Kong 1999 5.1 5.3 5.2 France 1999 7.5 2.5 5.0 Denmark 1999 9.0 0.7 4.9 Israel 1999 8.7 0.0 4.9 Romania 2002 7.0 2.2 4.7 Netherlands 2000 7.4 1.8 4.6 Sweden 2001 5.7 2.8 4.3 Brazil* 1995 5.7 2.6 4.2 Puerto Rico 1992 8.3 0.0 4.2 United Kingdom 1999 6.5 1.8 4.2 Republic of Moldova 2002 7.1 1.1 4.1 China* 1999 3.2 4.8 4.0 Slovakia 2002 5.8 1.9 3.9 Chile 1994 6.2 1.3 3.8 Mexico 1995 5.1 2.3 3.7 Spain 2000 5.3 1.4 3.4 Panama 1987 4.6 1.6 3.1 Albania 2001 2.8 3.3 3.0 Dominican Republic 1985 2.7 3.2 2.9 Italy 2000 3.6 1.7 2.7 Macedonia 2000 1.2 3.7 2.4 Tajikistan 1999 3.3 0.9 2.1 Portugal 2000 2.6 0.9 1.8 Greece 1999 2.7 0.6 1.7 Peru 1983 1.3 0.7 1.0