Class size > Age 13
15.9 students
11.8 students
DEFINITION:
The average number of 13-year-old students per class.
SOURCE:
"Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Ranked 21st. 35% more than Russia
Ranked 27th.
Duration of compulsory education
13 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 3rd. 30% more than Russia
Ranked 47th.
Duration of education > Primary level
4
4
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 157th.
Ranked 163rd.
Duration of education > Secondary level
9
7
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 1st. 29% more than Russia
Ranked 34th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
2,334,569
8,151,438
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 10th in 2002.
Ranked 4th in 2002. 2 times more than Germany
Education spending (% of GDP)
4.6%
3.8%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 69th. 21% more than Russia
Ranked 89th.
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
9.5%
11.5%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 88th.
Ranked 76th. 21% more than Germany
Geographical aptitude results
75.494
73.775
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 53rd. 2% more than Russia
Ranked 69th.
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13
918 hours
998 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 23rd.
Ranked 17th. 9% more than Germany
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9
752 hours
630 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 27th. 19% more than Russia
Ranked 35th.
Library books
34,687,800
73,631,800
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 3rd.
Ranked 2nd. 112% more than Germany
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
9.72 %
12.25 %
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 61st in 2003.
Ranked 46th in 2003. 26% more than Germany
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
14.19
16.65
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 122nd in 2004.
Ranked 111st in 2004. 17% more than Germany
Students from households with computer > Age 13
69%
35%
DEFINITION:
Percentage of 13-year-old students who come from households with at least one computer.
SOURCE:
"Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Ranked 5th. 97% more than Russia
Ranked 22nd.
Students whose mothers have secondary education > Age 13
24%
78%
DEFINITION:
Percentage of 13-year-old students whose mothers have at least secondary education .
SOURCE:
"Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Teaching weeks per year > Primary
39 weeks per year
43 weeks per year
DEFINITION:
Average number of weeks taught per year by primary level teachers. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 17th.
Ranked 3rd. 10% more than Germany
Tertiary enrollment
46.3%
64.1%
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 31st.
Ranked 6th. 38% more than Germany
Universities > Top 100
2
1
DEFINITION:
Number of universities in the top 100
SOURCE:
The Times, 2005
Ranked 13th. 100% more than Russia
Ranked 17th.
Universities > Top 500
40
2
DEFINITION:
Number of universities in the top 500
SOURCE:
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ranked 2nd. 19 times more than Russia
Ranked 33rd.
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