Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
6.58 % 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 18th in 2005. 111% more than Japan
Ranked 116th in 2005.
Average years of schooling of adults
8.3
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 27th.
Ranked 13th. 14% more than Fiji
Children out of school, primary
1,415
6,844
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 104th in 2004.
Ranked 83rd in 2004. 4 times more than Fiji
Duration of compulsory education
10 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 54th.
Ranked 34th.
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 92nd.
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 45th. 17% more than Japan
Ranked 74th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
115,014
7,325,866
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 133rd in 2001.
Ranked 15th in 2001. 63 times more than Fiji
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
7,908
2,899,143
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 99th in 1991.
Ranked 4th in 1991. 366 times more than Fiji
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI
6.4%
3.5%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 19th in 2004. 83% more than Japan
Ranked 80th in 2004.
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government
20%
10.6%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 16th in 2002. 89% more than Japan
Ranked 65th in 2002.
Education spending (% of GDP)
5.6%
3.6%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 42nd. 56% more than Japan
Ranked 94th.
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
19.4%
10.5%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 22nd. 85% more than Japan
Ranked 83rd.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.3%
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 105th.
Ranked 38th. 1% more than Fiji
Geographical aptitude results
54.98
68.122
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 189th.
Ranked 111st. 24% more than Fiji
Grade 1 intake rate
80.5
100
DEFINITION:
Total number of new entrants in first grade of primary education , regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population at the official primary school-entrance age
SOURCE:
World Bank
Ranked 31st.
Ranked 3rd. 24% more than Fiji
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
6.4 %
3.7 %
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 27th in 2003. 74% more than Japan
Ranked 85th in 2003.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
20.04 %
10.59 %
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 15th in 2002. 89% more than Japan
Ranked 66th in 2002.
Public spending per student > Primary level
16.5
21.3
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 43rd.
Ranked 22nd. 29% more than Fiji
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
28.16
19.15
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 51st in 2004. 47% more than Japan
Ranked 91st in 2004.
Scientific and technical journal articles
13
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 127th in 1999.
Ranked 2nd in 1999. 4317 times more than Fiji
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