Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
3.96 % of GNI
2.82 % 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 91st in 2005. 40% more than Philippines
Ranked 128th in 2005.
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 29th. 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 20th. 17% more than Philippines
Ranked 64th.
Duration of education > Secondary level
4
4
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 181st.
Ranked 180th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
91,390
12,970,635
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 138th in 2002.
Ranked 10th in 2002. 141 times more than Bhutan
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
1,893
2,467,267
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 123rd in 2001.
Ranked 9th in 2001. 1302 times more than Bhutan
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI
5.6%
3%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 39th in 2001. 87% more than Philippines
Ranked 104th in 2001.
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government
12.9%
14%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 50th in 2001.
Ranked 41st in 2001. 9% more than Bhutan
Education spending (% of GDP)
5.2%
3.1%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 49th. 68% more than Philippines
Ranked 104th.
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
12.9%
17.8%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 62nd.
Ranked 33rd. 38% more than Bhutan
Female enrolment share > Primary level
46.1%
48.9%
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 148th.
Ranked 31st. 6% more than Bhutan
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
44.7%
51.3%
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 136th.
Ranked 28th. 15% more than Bhutan
Geographical aptitude results
64.151
78.427
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 144th.
Ranked 1st. 22% more than Bhutan
Private school enrolment > Secondary level
0.4
30.8
DEFINITION:
Private sector enrolment share, secondary level is the share of students in general secondary education who attend a privately managed school, regardless of whether or not the school receives subsidies from the government .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 124th.
Ranked 32nd. 76 times more than Bhutan
Primary school girls out of school
64%
9%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 15th. 6 times more than Philippines
Ranked 65th.
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
5.6 %
3.2 %
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 38th in 2001. 73% more than Philippines
Ranked 97th in 2001.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
12.86 %
14.03 %
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 2001.
Ranked 40th in 2001. 9% more than Bhutan
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
37.87
35.39
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 32nd in 2002. 7% more than Philippines
Ranked 35th in 2002.
Scientific and technical journal articles
1
187
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 166th in 1999.
Ranked 64th in 1999. 186 times more than Bhutan
Secondary education, teachers (per capita)
per 1,000 people
2.1
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 th in 1970.
Ranked 109th in 2004.
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