Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
6.03 % of GNI
5.33 % 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 24th in 2005. 13% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 42nd in 2005.
Children out of school, primary
5,831
1,069
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 86th in 2004. 4 times more than United Kingdom
Ranked 105th in 2004.
Duration of compulsory education
6 years
12 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 143rd.
Ranked 9th. 100% more than Cape Verde
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 36th.
Ranked 50th.
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 75th.
Ranked 27th. 17% more than Cape Verde
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
87,841
4,488,162
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 139th in 2002.
Ranked 27th in 2002. 50 times more than Cape Verde
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
2,215
2,287,833
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 123rd in 2002.
Ranked 12th in 2002. 1032 times more than Cape Verde
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI
7.2%
5.3%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 10th in 2004. 36% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 43rd in 2004.
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government
20.7%
12.1%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 10th in 2004. 71% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 56th in 2004.
Education spending (% of GDP)
7.9%
5.3%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 11th. 49% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 47th.
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
17%
11.5%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 40th. 48% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 75th.
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
47.9%
93.7%
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 91st.
Ranked 6th. 96% more than Cape Verde
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.9%
48.8%
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 29th.
Ranked 40th.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
48.8%
52.7%
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 98th.
Ranked 15th. 8% more than Cape Verde
Geographical aptitude results
65.068
66.685
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 138th.
Ranked 126th. 2% more than Cape Verde
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
7.6 %
5.5 %
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 11th in 2003. 39% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 42nd in 2003.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
16.98 %
11.5 %
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 27th in 2002. 48% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 61st in 2002.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
26.87
18.09
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 57th in 2004. 49% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 99th in 2004.
Scientific and technical journal articles
1
48,965
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 172nd in 1999.
Ranked 3rd in 1999. 48964 times more than Cape Verde
Secondary education, teachers (per capita)
4.4
per 1,000 people
6.2
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 82nd in 2004.
Ranked 55th in 2004. 41% more than Cape Verde
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