Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
4.04 % 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 86th in 2005. 1% more than India
Ranked 88th in 2005.
Average years of schooling of adults
6
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 54th. 18% more than India
Ranked 65th.
Duration of compulsory education
10 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 62nd. 25% more than India
Ranked 116th.
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 120th.
Ranked 96th.
Duration of education > Secondary level
5
5
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 173rd.
Ranked 164th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
77,283
11,295,041
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 86th in 2002.
Ranked 3rd in 2002. 145 times more than Costa Rica
Education, primary completion rate
92
90
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 66th in 2005. 2% more than India
Ranked 71st in 2005.
Education spending (% of GDP)
5.1%
4.1%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 55th. 24% more than India
Ranked 82nd.
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
22.4%
12.7%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 11th. 76% more than India
Ranked 68th.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.1%
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 116th. 10% more than India
Ranked 161st.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
50.8%
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 38th. 28% more than India
Ranked 152nd.
Geographical aptitude results
71.382
77.883
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 84th.
Ranked 17th. 9% more than Costa Rica
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+
4%
40.5%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 104th in 2003.
Ranked 26th in 2003. 9 times more than Costa Rica
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above
94.87 %
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 34th in 2006. 55% more than India
Ranked 95th in 2006.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
21.78 %
12.24 %
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 12th in 1991. 78% more than India
Ranked 69th in 1991.
Public spending per student > Primary level
14.9
7.2
DEFINITION:
Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education , divided by the total number of pupils in primary education , expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 52nd. 107% more than India
Ranked 107th.
Public spending per student > Tertiary level
55.7
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 51st.
Ranked 44th. 23% more than Costa Rica
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
22.35
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 74th in 2004.
Ranked 27th in 2004. 80% more than Costa Rica
Tertiary enrollment
16%
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 79th. 52% 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 15th in 1984. 49% more than India
Ranked 109th in 1984.
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