Average years of schooling of adults
5.6
9.4
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 57th.
Ranked 14th. 68% more than Bolivia
Children out of school, primary
47,468
13,817
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 45th in 2004. 2 times more than Netherlands
Ranked 69th in 2004.
Duration of compulsory education
8 years
13 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 106th.
Ranked 1st. 63% more than Bolivia
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 26th.
Ranked 29th.
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 71st.
Ranked 72nd.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
311,015
526,767
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 48th in 2002.
Ranked 36th in 2002. 69% more than Bolivia
Education, primary completion rate
101
100
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 33rd in 2003. 1% more than Netherlands
Ranked 38th in 2003.
Education spending (% of GDP)
6.3%
5.1%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 25th. 24% more than Netherlands
Ranked 56th.
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
19.7%
10.7%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 21st. 84% more than Netherlands
Ranked 82nd.
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
68.1%
89.9%
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 66th.
Ranked 13th. 32% more than Bolivia
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
48.2%
48.1%
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 111st.
Ranked 113rd.
Geographical aptitude results
65.973
76.665
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 132nd.
Ranked 39th. 16% more than Bolivia
Library books
125,036
2,656,000
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 65th.
Ranked 34th. 20 times more than Bolivia
Primary school girls out of school
11%
4%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 56th. 175% more than Netherlands
Ranked 82nd.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
18.06 %
10.78 %
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 15th in 2003. 68% more than Netherlands
Ranked 55th in 2003.
Public spending per student > Primary level
13.3
15.4
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 67th.
Ranked 50th. 16% more than Bolivia
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
24.42
17.17
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 81st in 1991. 42% more than Netherlands
Ranked 121st in 1991.
School life expectancy > Total
9.9 years
15.9 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 78th.
Ranked 7th. 61% more than Bolivia
Tertiary enrollment
35.7%
55%
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 42nd.
Ranked 19th. 54% more than Bolivia
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