Average years of schooling of adults
11.6
9.3
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 4th. 25% more than Slovakia
Ranked 18th.
Class size > Age 13
17.8 students
20.6 students
DEFINITION:
The average number of 13-year-old students per class.
SOURCE:
"Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Ranked 19th.
Ranked 12th. 16% more than Canada
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 Slovakia
Ranked 45th.
Duration of education > Primary level
6
4
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 53rd. 50% more than Slovakia
Ranked 161st.
Duration of education > Secondary level
6
9
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 88th.
Ranked 2nd. 50% more than Canada
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
1,192,570
152,182
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 21st in 2001. 7 times more than Slovakia
Ranked 61st in 2001.
Education spending (% of GDP)
5.2%
4.4%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 50th. 18% more than Slovakia
Ranked 73rd.
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
12.7%
7.5%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 66th. 69% more than Slovakia
Ranked 95th.
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
97.9%
74.9%
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. 31% more than Slovakia
Ranked 47th.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.8%
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 41st.
Ranked 49th.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
49.1%
49.3%
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 81st.
Female teachers > Lower secondary
68%
75.6%
DEFINITION:
Percentage share of lower secondary level teachers at who are female. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 7th.
Ranked 3rd. 11% more than Canada
Geographical aptitude results
69.639
75.409
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 100th.
Ranked 54th. 8% more than Canada
Library books
7,267,860
6,035,140
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 10th. 20% more than Slovakia
Ranked 13th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
17.42
19.7
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 102nd in 2001. 13% more than Canada
Students from households with calculator > Age 13
96%
98%
DEFINITION:
Percentage of 13-year-old students who come from households containing at least one calculator.
SOURCE:
"Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Ranked 15th.
Ranked 4th. 2% more than Canada
Students from households with computer > Age 13
59%
32%
DEFINITION:
Percentage of 13-year-old students who come from households with at least one computer.
SOURCE:
"Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Ranked 10th. 84% more than Slovakia
Ranked 23rd.
Students whose mothers have secondary education > Age 13
60%
60%
DEFINITION:
Percentage of 13-year-old students whose mothers have at least secondary education .
SOURCE:
"Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Tertiary enrollment
60%
30.3%
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. 98% more than Slovakia
Ranked 50th.
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