Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
4.47 % of GNI
4.76 % of GNI
DEFINITION:
Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 65th in 2005.
Ranked 61st in 2005. 6% more than Algeria
Average years of schooling of adults
5.4
10.9
DEFINITION:
Average years of schooling of adults is the years of formal schooling received, on average, by adults over age 15. (Data Source: Barro-Lee Data Set www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/ddbarle2.htm )
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 60th.
Ranked 6th. 102% more than Algeria
Children out of school, primary
41,488
77,047
DEFINITION:
Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 50th in 2004.
Ranked 37th in 2004. 86% more than Algeria
Duration of compulsory education
9 years
11 years
DEFINITION:
Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 82nd.
Ranked 22nd. 22% more than Algeria
Duration of education > Primary level
6
7
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 73rd.
Ranked 12th. 17% more than Algeria
Duration of education > Secondary level
6
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 102nd.
Ranked 104th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
4,612,574
1,933,765
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 26th in 2002. 139% more than Australia
Ranked 57th in 2002.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
682,775
1,012,210
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 30th in 2002.
Ranked 23rd in 2002. 48% more than Algeria
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
61.8%
89.7%
DEFINITION:
Net enrolment ratio, secondary level, is the ratio of the number of children of official secondary school age enrolled in school to the number of children of official secondary school age in the population .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 77th.
Ranked 14th. 45% more than Algeria
Female enrolment share > Primary level
46.8%
48.6%
DEFINITION:
Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 142nd.
Ranked 65th. 4% more than Algeria
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
50.7%
48.9%
DEFINITION:
Girls' enrolment share, secondary level is the number of girls enrolled in secondary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in secondary school.
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 39th. 4% more than Australia
Ranked 96th.
Geographical aptitude results
74.03
73.319
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 66th. 1% more than Australia
Ranked 74th.
Primary school girls out of school
11%
1%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 58th. 10 times more than Australia
Ranked 91st.
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
5.1 %
4.9 %
DEFINITION:
Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 46th in 1991. 5% more than Australia
Ranked 53rd in 1991.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
22.05 %
14.76 %
DEFINITION:
Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 11th in 1991. 49% more than Australia
Ranked 49th in 1991.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
28.19
17.88
DEFINITION:
Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 56th in 1999. 58% more than Australia
Ranked 115th in 1999.
School life expectancy > Total
11.5 years
16.6 years
DEFINITION:
School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 56th.
Ranked 3rd. 44% more than Algeria
Scientific and technical journal articles
285
15,809
DEFINITION:
Scientific and technical journal articles refer to the number of scientific and engineering articles published in the following fields: physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 58th in 2003.
Ranked 10th in 2003. 54 times more than Algeria
Tertiary enrollment
15%
63.3%
DEFINITION:
Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 82nd.
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Algeria
Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment
55.6 %
52.4 %
DEFINITION:
Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 20th in 1995. 6% more than Australia
Ranked 24th in 1995.
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