Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
4.9 % of GNI
3.99 % 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 56th in 2005. 23% more than India
Ranked 88th in 2005.
Average years of schooling of adults
5.3
5.1
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 63rd. 4% more than India
Ranked 65th.
Duration of compulsory education
8 years
8 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 121st.
Ranked 116th.
Duration of education > Primary level
5
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 150th.
Ranked 96th. 20% more than Colombia
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 133rd. 20% more than India
Ranked 164th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
989,745
11,295,041
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 24th in 2002.
Ranked 3rd in 2002. 10 times more than Colombia
Education, primary completion rate
97
90
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 43rd in 2005. 8% more than India
Ranked 71st in 2005.
Education spending (% of GDP)
5.2%
4.1%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 52nd. 27% more than India
Ranked 82nd.
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
15.6%
12.7%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 42nd. 23% more than India
Ranked 68th.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.9%
43.6%
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 37th. 12% more than India
Ranked 161st.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
51.5%
39.6%
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 25th. 30% more than India
Ranked 152nd.
Geographical aptitude results
77.164
77.883
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 28th.
Ranked 17th. 1% more than Colombia
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+
7.6%
40.5%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 87th in 2003.
Ranked 26th in 2003. 4 times more than Colombia
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above
92.8 %
61.01 %
DEFINITION:
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 37th in 2006. 52% more than India
Ranked 95th in 2006.
Primary school girls out of school
21%
39%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 47th.
Ranked 31st. 86% more than Colombia
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
17.37 %
12.71 %
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 24th in 2000. 37% more than India
Ranked 57th in 2000.
Public spending per student > Tertiary level
31
68.4
DEFINITION:
Public expenditure per student, tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the government on tertiary education , divided by the total number of pupils in tertiary education , expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 83rd.
Ranked 44th. 121% more than Colombia
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
27.95
40.2
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 53rd in 2004.
Ranked 27th in 2004. 44% more than Colombia
Tertiary enrollment
23.3%
10.5%
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 65th. 122% more than India
Ranked 94th.
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
1.01
0.68
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 20th in 1984. 49% more than India
Ranked 109th in 1984.
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