Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
4.31 % of GNI
1.01 % 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 75th in 2005. 3 times more than Sierra Leone
Ranked 163rd in 2005.
Average years of schooling of adults
10.2
2.4
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 8th. 3 times more than Sierra Leone
Ranked 92nd.
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 157th.
Ranked 84th. 50% more than Germany
Duration of education > Secondary level
9
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 1st. 50% more than Sierra Leone
Ranked 111st.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
3,519,051
554,308
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 34th in 2000. 5 times more than Sierra Leone
Ranked 92nd in 2000.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
2,183,129
8,795
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 9th in 2000. 247 times more than Sierra Leone
Ranked 104th in 2000.
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI
4.6%
4.3%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 59th in 2004. 7% more than Sierra Leone
Ranked 64th in 2004.
Education spending (% of GDP)
4.6%
3.7%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 69th. 24% more than Sierra Leone
Ranked 91st.
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
87.7%
26.5%
DEFINITION:
Net enrolment ratio, secondary level, is the ratio of the number of children of official secondary school age enrolled in school to the number of children of official secondary school age in the population .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 24th. 2 times more than Sierra Leone
Ranked 110th.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.5%
43.3%
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 78th. 12% more than Sierra Leone
Ranked 163rd.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
48.4%
45.3%
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 106th. 7% more than Sierra Leone
Ranked 131st.
Geographical aptitude results
75.494
70.748
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 53rd. 7% more than Sierra Leone
Ranked 90th.
Library books
34,687,800
20,000
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 3rd. 1733 times more than Sierra Leone
Ranked 73rd.
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
4.7 %
4.6 %
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. 3% more than Sierra Leone
Ranked 66th in 2003.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
14.19
66.86
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 4th in 2004. 4 times more than Germany
School enrollment, tertiary > % gross
33.82 % gross
1.29 % gross
DEFINITION:
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 23rd in 1991. 25 times more than Sierra Leone
Ranked 116th in 1991.
Scientific and technical journal articles
43,550
3
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 4th in 1999. 14516 times more than Sierra Leone
Ranked 148th in 1999.
Secondary education, teachers (per capita)
7.2
per 1,000 people
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 40th in 2004.
Ranked th in 1970.
Tertiary enrollment
46.3%
2.2%
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. 20 times more than Sierra Leone
Ranked 131st.
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