Children out of school, primary
12,419
1,048
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. 11 times more than Luxembourg
Ranked 109th in 2001.
Duration of compulsory education
11 years
10 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. 10% more than Luxembourg
Ranked 58th.
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 53rd.
Ranked 104th.
Duration of education > Secondary level
6
7
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 88th.
Ranked 54th. 17% more than Canada
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
1,192,570
2,965
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 21st in 2001. 401 times more than Luxembourg
Ranked 120th in 2001.
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
97.9%
78.3%
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 2nd. 25% more than Luxembourg
Ranked 41st.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
49.1%
50.4%
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 50th. 3% more than Canada
Geographical aptitude results
69.639
77.201
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 100th.
Ranked 27th. 11% more than Canada
Library books
7,267,860
800,000
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 10th. 8 times more than Luxembourg
Ranked 52nd.
Mathematical literacy
533
446
DEFINITION:
Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 6th. 20% more than Luxembourg
Ranked 26th.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
14.23 %
10.77 %
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 57th in 1991. 32% more than Luxembourg
Ranked 83rd in 1991.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
17.42
11.74
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. 48% more than Luxembourg
Ranked 151st in 2001.
Reading literacy
534
441
DEFINITION:
Reading literacy mean value of performance scale (15 years old, 2000)
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 2nd. 21% more than Luxembourg
Ranked 26th.
School life expectancy > Male
14.4 years
12.9 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 22nd. 12% more than Luxembourg
Ranked 38th.
School life expectancy > Total
14.8 years
13.1 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 18th. 13% more than Luxembourg
Ranked 39th.
Scientific literacy
529
443
DEFINITION:
Scientific literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old (2000)
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 5th. 19% more than Luxembourg
Ranked 26th.
Teachers as percentage of labor force
3.5%
3.7%
DEFINITION:
The percentage share of the total labor force who are classroom, academic staff, and other teachers. Data for 1999.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 26th.
Ranked 23rd. 6% more than Canada
Tertiary enrollment
60%
9.3%
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 10th. 5 times more than Luxembourg
Ranked 99th.
Young longtext readers
28.7
19.9
DEFINITION:
Share of 15-year-olds who are frequent longtext readers(2000)
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 5th. 44% more than Luxembourg
Ranked 17th.
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