Average years of schooling of adults
10.9
8.2
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. 33% more than Philippines
Ranked 28th.
Children out of school, primary
77,047
646,449
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 15th in 2004. 7 times more than Australia
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 Philippines
Ranked 128th.
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 Philippines
Ranked 64th.
Duration of education > Secondary level
6
4
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 104th. 50% more than Philippines
Ranked 180th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
1,012,210
2,427,211
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 23rd in 2002.
Ranked 9th in 2002. 140% more than Australia
Education spending (% of GDP)
4.9%
3.1%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 59th. 58% more than Philippines
Ranked 104th.
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
13.3%
17.8%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 59th.
Ranked 33rd. 34% more than Australia
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
89.7%
52.6%
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. 71% more than Philippines
Ranked 84th.
Geographical aptitude results
73.319
78.427
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 74th.
Ranked 1st. 7% more than Australia
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13
1,023 hours
1,467 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.
Ranked 1st. 43% more than Australia
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9
986 hours
1,067 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.
Ranked 3rd. 8% more than Australia
Library books
2,441,000
1,244,110
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 38th. 96% more than Philippines
Ranked 45th.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
13.32 %
13.95 %
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.
Ranked 42nd in 2000. 5% more than Australia
Public spending per student > Primary level
15.9
14.3
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. 11% more than Philippines
Ranked 55th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
17.88
34.69
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 40th in 1999. 94% more than Australia
School life expectancy > Total
16.6 years
11.2 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. 48% more than Philippines
Ranked 62nd.
Teaching weeks per year > Primary
40 weeks per year
40 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.
Ranked 11th.
Tertiary enrollment
63.3%
31.2%
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. 103% more than Philippines
Ranked 48th.
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