Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
2.96 % 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 121st in 2005.
Ranked 88th in 2005. 35% more than Ethiopia
Duration of compulsory education
6 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 146th.
Ranked 116th. 33% more than Ethiopia
Duration of education > Primary level
4
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 156th.
Ranked 96th. 50% more than Ethiopia
Duration of education > Secondary level
8
5
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 6th. 60% more than India
Ranked 164th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
147,954
11,295,041
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 68th in 2002.
Ranked 3rd in 2002. 75 times more than Ethiopia
Education, primary completion rate
55
90
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 107th in 2005.
Ranked 71st in 2005. 64% more than Ethiopia
Education spending (% of GDP)
4.6%
4.1%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 68th. 12% more than India
Ranked 82nd.
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
13.8%
12.7%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 53rd. 9% more than India
Ranked 68th.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
40.6%
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 172nd.
Ranked 161st. 7% more than Ethiopia
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
39.7%
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 150th.
Ranked 152nd.
Geographical aptitude results
66.117
77.883
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 131st.
Ranked 17th. 18% more than Ethiopia
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+
57.3%
40.5%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 11th in 2003. 41% more than India
Ranked 26th in 2003.
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above
28.6 %
49.32 %
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 115th in 1990.
Ranked 95th in 1990. 72% more than Ethiopia
Primary school girls out of school
84%
39%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 5th. 115% more than India
Ranked 31st.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
16.1 %
10.74 %
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 25th in 2003. 50% more than India
Ranked 57th in 2003.
Public spending per student > Primary level
33.6
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 7th. 4 times more than India
Ranked 107th.
Public spending per student > Tertiary level
951.1
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 4th. 13 times more than India
Ranked 44th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
72.21
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 2nd in 2004. 80% more than India
Ranked 27th in 2004.
Tertiary enrollment
1.6%
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 138th.
Ranked 94th. 6 times more than Ethiopia
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
0.58
0.68
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 120th in 1984.
Ranked 109th in 1984. 17% more than Ethiopia
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