Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
1.58 % of GNI
3.12 % 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 155th in 2005.
Ranked 116th in 2005. 97% more than Central African Republic
Average years of schooling of adults
2.5
9.5
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 91st.
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Central African Republic
Duration of compulsory education
6 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 162nd.
Ranked 34th. 67% more than Central African Republic
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 114th.
Ranked 32nd.
Duration of education > Secondary level
7
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 61st. 17% more than Japan
Ranked 74th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
414,537
7,268,928
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 106th in 2002.
Ranked 17th in 2002. 17 times more than Central African Republic
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
6,323
3,982,069
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 106th in 1999.
Ranked 4th in 1999. 629 times more than Central African Republic
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level
52%
100%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 115th in 1991.
Ranked 4th in 1991. 92% more than Central African Republic
Education, primary completion rate
27
101
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 76th in 1991.
Ranked 9th in 1991. 3 times more than Central African Republic
Female enrolment share > Primary level
40.8%
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 170th.
Ranked 38th. 20% more than Central African Republic
Girls to boys ratio, primary level enrolment
0.66
1
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 148th in 2005.
Ranked 21st in 2005. 52% more than Central African Republic
Primary school girls out of school
54%
0%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 19th.
Ranked 97th.
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
1.9 %
3.4 %
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 102nd in 1998.
Ranked 76th in 1998. 85% more than Central African Republic
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
77.03
20.7
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 1st in 1991. 3 times more than Japan
Ranked 104th in 1991.
School enrollment, tertiary > % gross
1.66 % gross
53.98 % gross
DEFINITION:
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 122nd in 2004.
Ranked 30th in 2004. 32 times more than Central African Republic
Scientific and technical journal articles
4
56,134
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 146th in 1999.
Ranked 2nd in 1999. 14033 times more than Central African Republic
Secondary education, pupils
66,492
8,131,217
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 122nd in 2003.
Ranked 12th in 2003. 121 times more than Central African Republic
Tertiary enrollment
1.9%
47.7%
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 134th.
Ranked 29th. 24 times more than Central African Republic
Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment
57.4 %
24.1 %
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 17th in 1995. 138% more than Japan
Ranked 53rd in 1995.
Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment
3.9 %
52.4 %
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 69th in 1995.
Ranked 19th in 1995. 12 times more than Central African Republic
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