Average years of schooling of adults
10.9
12
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.
Ranked 1st. 10% more than Australia
Duration of compulsory education
11 years
12 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.
Ranked 12th. 9% more than Australia
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 United States
Ranked 83rd.
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 109th.
Educational attainment > Tertiary
29%
37%
DEFINITION:
Percentage of adult population (aged 25-64) educated till tertiary level (year 2000).
SOURCE:
OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003
Ranked 7th.
Ranked 2nd. 28% more than Australia
Education spending (% of GDP)
4.9%
5.7%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 59th.
Ranked 39th. 16% more than Australia
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
89.7%
88.1%
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. 2% more than United States
Ranked 21st.
Grade 12 advanced students math
525
442
DEFINITION:
Results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) involving a half-million students in 41 countries.
SOURCE:
TIMSS
Ranked 3rd. 19% more than United States
Ranked 15th.
Grade 12 advanced students science
518
423
DEFINITION:
Results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) involving a half-million students in 41 countries.
SOURCE:
TIMSS
Ranked 6th. 22% more than United States
Ranked 16th.
Literacy > Adults at high literacy level
17.4%
19%
DEFINITION:
Percentage of adults whose level of document literacy is rated 'high'. Data for 1998.
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 12th.
Ranked 9th. 9% more than Australia
Literacy > Adults at low literacy level
44.8%
49.6%
DEFINITION:
Percentage of adults whose level of document literacy is rated 'low'. Data for 1998
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 9th.
Ranked 7th. 11% more than Australia
Mathematical literacy
533
493
DEFINITION:
Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 5th. 8% more than United States
Ranked 18th.
Primary teacher salary > Starting
$25,661.00
$25,707.00
DEFINITION:
Annual statutory teachers' salaries in public institutions in primary education , in equivalent US dollars converted using PPPs. Data for 1999.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 6th.
Ranked 5th.
Reading literacy
528
504
DEFINITION:
Reading literacy mean value of performance scale (15 years old, 2000)
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 4th. 5% more than United States
Ranked 15th.
School life expectancy > Male
16.4 years
14.8 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 1st. 11% more than United States
Ranked 16th.
School life expectancy > Total
16.6 years
15.2 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. 9% more than United States
Ranked 14th.
Scientific literacy
528
499
DEFINITION:
Scientific literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old (2000)
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 6th. 6% more than United States
Ranked 14th.
Student attitude > Find school boring
60%
61%
DEFINITION:
Percentage of students who do find school boring (2000).
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 4th.
Ranked 2nd. 2% more than Australia
Student attitude > Dislike of school
34%
35%
DEFINITION:
Percentage of schoolgoing children who do not like going to school (2000).
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 7th.
Ranked 5th. 3% more than Australia
Tertiary enrollment
63.3%
72.6%
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.
Ranked 1st. 15% more than Australia
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