Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
4.76 % of GNI
0.85 % 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. 5 times more than Nigeria
Ranked 167th in 2005.
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 Nigeria
Ranked 149th.
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 Nigeria
Ranked 57th.
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 91st.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
1,933,765
24,563,004
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 57th in 2002.
Ranked 5th in 2002. 12 times more than Australia
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
1,012,210
947,538
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 23rd in 2002. 7% more than Nigeria
Ranked 26th in 2002.
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level
97%
70%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 47th in 2005. 39% more than Nigeria
Ranked 127th in 2005.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.6%
44.5%
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. 9% more than Nigeria
Ranked 156th.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
48.9%
45.6%
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. 7% more than Nigeria
Ranked 129th.
Geographical aptitude results
73.319
63.808
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 74th. 15% more than Nigeria
Ranked 145th.
Girls to boys ratio, primary level enrolment
0.99
0.86
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 55th in 2005. 15% more than Nigeria
Ranked 131st in 2005.
Primary school girls out of school
1%
51%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 91st.
Ranked 22nd. 50 times more than Australia
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
4.9 %
0.9 %
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 53rd in 1991. 4 times more than Nigeria
Ranked 136th in 1991.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
17.88
40.66
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 28th in 1999. 127% more than Australia
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment
95.96
81.14
DEFINITION:
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 107th in 2004. 18% more than Nigeria
Ranked 129th in 2004.
School enrollment, secondary, male > % gross
151.55 % gross
38.13 % 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. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 1st in 2004. 3 times more than Nigeria
Ranked 133rd in 2004.
School enrollment, tertiary > % gross
72.21 % gross
10.18 % 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. 6 times more than Nigeria
Ranked 92nd in 2004.
Scientific and technical journal articles
15,809
384
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 2003. 40 times more than Nigeria
Ranked 53rd in 2003.
Secondary education, teachers (per capita)
6.4
per 1,000 people
1.5
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. 3 times more than Nigeria
Ranked 111st in 1991.
Tertiary enrollment
63.3%
4.3%
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 7th. 14 times more than Nigeria
Ranked 116th.
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