Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
5.23 % of GNI
4.96 % 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 47th in 2005. 5% more than Dominica
Ranked 54th in 2005.
Children out of school, primary
12,419
1,994
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 69th in 2001. 5 times more than Dominica
Ranked 98th in 2001.
Duration of compulsory education
11 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 19th.
Ranked 4th. 18% more than Canada
Duration of education > Primary level
6
7
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 53rd.
Ranked 10th. 17% more than Canada
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 88th. 20% more than Dominica
Ranked 154th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
2,482,315
10,984
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 49th in 2001. 225 times more than Dominica
Ranked 164th in 2001.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
1,746,919
484
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 8th in 1992. 3608 times more than Dominica
Ranked 115th in 1992.
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level
99%
97%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 26th in 2000. 2% more than Dominica
Ranked 44th in 2000.
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI
6%
5.5%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 27th in 1999. 9% more than Dominica
Ranked 39th in 1999.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.8%
48.3%
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 41st. 1% more than Dominica
Ranked 104th.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
49.1%
52.2%
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 86th.
Ranked 18th. 6% more than Canada
Geographical aptitude results
69.639
67.168
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 100th. 4% more than Dominica
Ranked 118th.
Private school enrolment > Secondary level
6.7
43.5
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 84th.
Ranked 17th. 5 times more than Canada
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
5.8 %
5.0 %
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 28th in 1999. 16% more than Dominica
Ranked 46th in 1999.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
17.42
18.53
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 124th in 2001.
Ranked 113rd in 2001. 6% more than Canada
Scientific and technical journal articles
22,796
1
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 6th in 1998. 22795 times more than Dominica
Ranked 167th in 1998.
Secondary education, pupils
2,709,024
7,500
DEFINITION:
Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 27th in 2002. 360 times more than Dominica
Ranked 144th in 2002.
Secondary education, teachers (per capita)
4.8
per 1,000 people
5.3
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 71st in 2001.
Ranked 64th in 2001. 11% more than Canada
Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment
34.1 %
91.5 %
DEFINITION:
Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 43rd in 1997.
Ranked 1st in 1997. 168% more than Canada
Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment
30.5 %
1.8 %
DEFINITION:
Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 51st in 1997. 16 times more than Dominica
Ranked 76th in 1997.
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