Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
2.38 % of GNI
5.77 % 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 144th in 2005.
Ranked 28th in 2005. 142% more than Burkina Faso
Children out of school, primary
1,294,455
221,833
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 5th in 2003. 5 times more than Malaysia
Ranked 26th in 2003.
Duration of compulsory education
10 years
9 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 57th. 11% more than Malaysia
Ranked 104th.
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 103rd.
Ranked 129th.
Duration of education > Secondary level
7
5
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 53rd. 40% more than Malaysia
Ranked 178th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
16,054
632,309
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 105th in 2002.
Ranked 33rd in 2002. 38 times more than Burkina Faso
Education, primary completion rate
29
92
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 143rd in 2004.
Ranked 82nd in 2004. 2 times more than Burkina Faso
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
8%
70.2%
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 133rd.
Ranked 60th. 8 times more than Burkina Faso
Female enrolment share > Primary level
41.3%
48.7%
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 167th.
Ranked 55th. 18% more than Burkina Faso
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
39.2%
51.2%
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 155th.
Ranked 32nd. 31% more than Burkina Faso
Geographical aptitude results
56.896
76.266
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 183rd.
Ranked 42nd. 34% more than Burkina Faso
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+
73.4%
11.1%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 2nd in 2003. 6 times more than Malaysia
Ranked 78th in 2003.
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above
21.82 %
88.69 %
DEFINITION:
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 114th in 2006.
Ranked 55th in 2006. 3 times more than Burkina Faso
Public spending per student > Primary level
22.2
11.2
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 21st. 98% more than Malaysia
Ranked 84th.
Public spending per student > Tertiary level
620
86.1
DEFINITION:
Public expenditure per student, tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the government on tertiary education , divided by the total number of pupils in tertiary education , expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 6th. 6 times more than Malaysia
Ranked 35th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
44.66
17.51
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 20th in 2003. 155% more than Malaysia
Ranked 112nd in 2003.
School life expectancy > Male
3.5 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 97th.
Ranked 62nd. 2 times more than Burkina Faso
School life expectancy > Total
2.8 years
11.5 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 109th.
Ranked 57th. 3 times more than Burkina Faso
Tertiary enrollment
1%
28.2%
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 144th.
Ranked 57th. 27 times more than Burkina Faso
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
0.53
0.99
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 20th in 1991.
Ranked 13th in 1991. 87% more than Burkina Faso
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