Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
5.23 % of GNI
5.39 % 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.
Ranked 39th in 2005. 3% more than Canada
Children out of school, primary
12,419
862
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. 13 times more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 113rd 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 6th. 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 23rd. 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 Saint Lucia
Ranked 175th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
2,482,315
24,954
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 49th in 2001. 98 times more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 158th in 2001.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
1,763,105
2,760
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 11th in 1995. 638 times more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 107th in 1995.
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI
5.4%
8.4%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 47th in 2002.
Ranked 10th in 2002. 56% more than Canada
Education spending (% of GDP)
5.2%
7.7%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 50th.
Ranked 12th. 48% more than Canada
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
97.9%
79.9%
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 2nd. 23% more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 37th.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.8%
47.5%
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. 3% more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 133rd.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
49.1%
57.2%
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 3rd. 16% more than Canada
Geographical aptitude results
69.639
66.573
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 100th. 5% more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 127th.
Private school enrolment > Secondary level
6.7
4
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. 68% more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 100th.
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
5.2 %
7.8 %
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 48th in 2002.
Ranked 13th in 2002. 50% more than Canada
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
17.42
24.22
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 73rd in 2001. 39% more than Canada
Scientific and technical journal articles
23,417
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 1999. 23416 times more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 163rd in 1999.
Tertiary enrollment
60%
25.4%
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. 136% more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 60th.
Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment
32.8 %
53.5 %
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 40th in 2000.
Ranked 15th in 2000. 63% more than Canada
Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment
31.9 %
28.5 %
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 51st in 2000. 12% more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 53rd in 2000.
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