Average years of schooling of adults
10.9
5.3
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 6th. 106% more than Jamaica
Ranked 62nd.
Children out of school, primary
77,047
29,931
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. 157% more than Jamaica
Ranked 53rd in 2004.
Duration of compulsory education
11 years
7 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. 57% more than Jamaica
Ranked 136th.
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 Jamaica
Ranked 115th.
Duration of education > Secondary level
6
5
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 104th. 20% more than Jamaica
Ranked 171st.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
1,012,210
45,770
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 23rd in 2002. 21 times more than Jamaica
Ranked 92nd in 2002.
Education spending (% of GDP)
4.9%
6.1%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 59th.
Ranked 28th. 24% more than Australia
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
13.3%
12.3%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 59th. 8% more than Jamaica
Ranked 72nd.
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
89.7%
74.4%
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. 21% more than Jamaica
Ranked 50th.
Expected duration of education for all students
20.7 years
14.4 years
DEFINITION:
Expected years of schooling for a 5-year-old under current conditions, excluding education for children under 5. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 1st. 44% more than Jamaica
Ranked 25th.
Geographical aptitude results
73.319
73.754
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 74th.
Ranked 70th. 1% more than Australia
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13
1,023 hours
950 hours
DEFINITION:
Intended hours of instruction per year for 14 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 13th. 8% more than Jamaica
Ranked 19th.
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9
986 hours
950 hours
DEFINITION:
Intended hours of instruction per year for 9 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 9th. 4% more than Jamaica
Ranked 13th.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
13.32 %
10.8 %
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 54th in 2000. 23% more than Jamaica
Ranked 71st in 2000.
Public spending per student > Primary level
15.9
16.2
DEFINITION:
Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education , divided by the total number of pupils in primary education , expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 48th.
Ranked 45th. 2% more than Australia
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
16.73
33.95
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 122nd in 1991.
Ranked 38th in 1991. 103% more than Australia
School life expectancy > Male
16.4 years
10.5 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 1st. 56% more than Jamaica
Ranked 67th.
School life expectancy > Total
16.6 years
10.8 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 3rd. 54% more than Jamaica
Ranked 66th.
Teaching weeks per year > Primary
40 weeks per year
38 weeks per year
DEFINITION:
Average number of weeks taught per year by primary level teachers. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 8th. 5% more than Jamaica
Ranked 22nd.
Tertiary enrollment
63.3%
16.4%
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 7th. 3 times more than Jamaica
Ranked 78th.
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