Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
3.04 % of GNI
3.99 % 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 119th in 2005.
Ranked 88th in 2005. 31% more than Belgium
Average years of schooling of adults
9.3
5.1
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 17th. 82% more than India
Ranked 65th.
Duration of compulsory education
13 years
8 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 2nd. 63% more than India
Ranked 116th.
Duration of education > Primary level
6
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 38th.
Ranked 96th.
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 77th. 20% more than India
Ranked 164th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
374,532
11,295,041
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 46th in 2002.
Ranked 3rd in 2002. 29 times more than Belgium
Education, primary completion rate
79
68
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 40th in 1991. 16% more than India
Ranked 49th in 1991.
Education spending (% of GDP)
6.3%
4.1%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 27th. 54% more than India
Ranked 82nd.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.6%
43.6%
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 60th. 11% more than India
Ranked 161st.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
50.6%
39.6%
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 41st. 28% more than India
Ranked 152nd.
Geographical aptitude results
78.352
77.883
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 5th. 1% more than India
Ranked 17th.
Primary school girls out of school
3%
39%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 87th.
Ranked 31st. 12 times more than Belgium
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
11.85 %
10.74 %
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 49th in 2003. 10% more than India
Ranked 57th in 2003.
Public spending per student > Primary level
17
7.2
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 42nd. 136% more than India
Ranked 107th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
11.57
40.2
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 135th in 2004.
Ranked 27th in 2004. 2 times more than Belgium
Tertiary enrollment
57%
10.5%
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 16th. 4 times more than India
Ranked 94th.
Universities > Top 100
3
2
DEFINITION:
Number of universities in the top 100
SOURCE:
The Times, 2005
Ranked 10th. 50% more than India
Ranked 14th.
Universities > Top 500
7
3
DEFINITION:
Number of universities in the top 500
SOURCE:
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ranked 15th. 133% more than India
Ranked 26th.
Universities > Top 200
3
3
DEFINITION:
Number of universities in the top 200
SOURCE:
The Times, 2005
Ranked 16th.
Ranked 20th.
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