Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
4.41 % of GNI
5.77 % 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 67th in 2005.
Ranked 28th in 2005. 31% more than Egypt
Children out of school, primary
296,246
221,833
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 24th in 2003. 34% more than Malaysia
Ranked 26th in 2003.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
2,153,865
632,309
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 15th in 2002. 2 times more than Malaysia
Ranked 33rd in 2002.
Education, primary completion rate
95
92
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 68th in 2004. 3% more than Malaysia
Ranked 82nd in 2004.
Geographical aptitude results
71.135
76.266
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 86th.
Ranked 42nd. 7% more than Egypt
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 12
1,026 hours
1,230 hours
DEFINITION:
Intended hours of instruction per year for 12 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 9th.
Ranked 2nd. 20% more than Egypt
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13
0 hours
1,230 hours
DEFINITION:
Intended hours of instruction per year for 14 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 38th.
Ranked 6th.
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9
1,026 hours
964 hours
DEFINITION:
Intended hours of instruction per year for 9 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 6th. 6% more than Malaysia
Ranked 11th.
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+
42.3%
11.1%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 24th in 2003. 3 times more than Malaysia
Ranked 78th in 2003.
Library books
1,001,200
1,108,000
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 47th.
Ranked 46th. 11% more than Egypt
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above
71.41 %
88.69 %
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 82nd in 2006.
Ranked 55th in 2006. 24% more than Egypt
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24
84.93 %
97.24 %
DEFINITION:
Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 75th in 2006.
Ranked 47th in 2006. 14% more than Egypt
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
3.9 %
5.1 %
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 72nd in 1991.
Ranked 45th in 1991. 32% more than Egypt
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
22.19
17.51
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 77th in 2003. 27% more than Malaysia
Ranked 112nd in 2003.
School life expectancy > Male
11.2 years
11.2 years
DEFINITION:
School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 61st.
Ranked 62nd.
School life expectancy > Total
10.3 years
11.5 years
DEFINITION:
School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 73rd.
Ranked 57th. 12% more than Egypt
Scientific and technical journal articles
1,720
520
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 38th in 2003. 2 times more than Malaysia
Ranked 50th in 2003.
Teaching weeks per year > Primary
36 weeks per year
41 weeks per year
DEFINITION:
Average number of weeks taught per year by primary level teachers. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 30th.
Ranked 7th. 14% more than Egypt
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
0.65
0.97
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 111st in 1984.
Ranked 68th in 1984. 49% more than Egypt
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