Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
4.76 % of GNI
6.03 % 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 61st in 2005.
Ranked 24th in 2005. 27% more than Australia
Children out of school, primary
77,047
5,831
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 37th in 2004. 12 times more than Cape Verde
Ranked 86th in 2004.
Duration of compulsory education
11 years
6 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 22nd. 83% more than Cape Verde
Ranked 143rd.
Duration of education > Primary level
7
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 12th. 17% more than Cape Verde
Ranked 36th.
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 104th.
Ranked 75th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
1,933,765
87,841
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 57th in 2002. 21 times more than Cape Verde
Ranked 139th in 2002.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
1,012,210
2,215
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 23rd in 2002. 456 times more than Cape Verde
Ranked 123rd in 2002.
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI
4.9%
7.2%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 52nd in 2004.
Ranked 10th in 2004. 47% more than Australia
Education spending (% of GDP)
4.9%
7.9%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 59th.
Ranked 11th. 61% more than Australia
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
13.3%
17%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 59th.
Ranked 40th. 28% more than Australia
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
89.7%
47.9%
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 14th. 87% more than Cape Verde
Ranked 91st.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.6%
48.9%
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 65th.
Ranked 29th. 1% more than Australia
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
48.9%
48.8%
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 96th.
Ranked 98th.
Geographical aptitude results
73.319
65.068
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 74th. 13% more than Cape Verde
Ranked 138th.
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
4.8 %
7.6 %
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 58th in 2003.
Ranked 11th in 2003. 60% more than Australia
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
14.76 %
19.9 %
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 49th in 1991.
Ranked 17th in 1991. 35% more than Australia
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
17.88
28.73
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 115th in 1999.
Ranked 55th in 1999. 61% more than Australia
School enrollment, tertiary > % gross
72.21 % gross
5.55 % gross
DEFINITION:
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 12th in 2004. 12 times more than Cape Verde
Ranked 102nd in 2004.
Scientific and technical journal articles
15,186
1
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 10th in 1999. 15185 times more than Cape Verde
Ranked 172nd in 1999.
Secondary education, teachers (per capita)
6.4
per 1,000 people
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 33rd in 1991.
Ranked th in 1970.
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