Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
4.76 % of GNI
1.43 % 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. 2 times more than Laos
Ranked 160th in 2005.
Children out of school, primary
77,047
118,737
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.
Ranked 31st in 2004. 54% more than Australia
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
1,933,765
875,300
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 57th in 2002. 121% more than Laos
Ranked 80th in 2002.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
1,012,210
28,117
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 23rd in 2002. 35 times more than Laos
Ranked 99th in 2002.
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level
97%
84%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 47th in 2005. 15% more than Laos
Ranked 111st in 2005.
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI
4.9%
2.4%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 52nd in 2004. 104% more than Laos
Ranked 91st in 2004.
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government
13.3%
7.4%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 55th in 2000. 80% more than Laos
Ranked 84th in 2000.
Education spending (% of GDP)
4.9%
2.8%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 59th. 75% more than Laos
Ranked 111st.
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
13.3%
11%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 59th. 21% more than Laos
Ranked 81st.
Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita
16.4 %
6.6 %
DEFINITION:
Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 44th in 2003. 149% more than Laos
Ranked 84th in 2003.
Geographical aptitude results
73.319
71.36
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 74th. 3% more than Laos
Ranked 85th.
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
4.8 %
2.3 %
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. 111% more than Laos
Ranked 104th in 2003.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
13.32 %
7.38 %
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. 80% more than Laos
Ranked 83rd in 2000.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
17.88
30.56
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 52nd in 1999. 71% more than Australia
School enrollment, tertiary > % gross
72.21 % gross
5.87 % 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. 11 times more than Laos
Ranked 99th in 2004.
School life expectancy > Male
16.4 years
9.3 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. 76% more than Laos
Ranked 78th.
School life expectancy > Total
16.6 years
8.3 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. 100% more than Laos
Ranked 92nd.
Scientific and technical journal articles
15,186
2
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. 7592 times more than Laos
Ranked 160th in 1999.
Secondary education, pupils
2,492,235
379,579
DEFINITION:
Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 29th in 2004. 6 times more than Laos
Ranked 83rd in 2004.
Secondary education, teachers (per capita)
6.4
per 1,000 people
2.9
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. 123% more than Laos
Ranked 84th in 1991.
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