Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
2.85 % 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 126th in 2005.
Ranked 28th in 2005. 102% more than Ghana
Average years of schooling of adults
3.9
6.8
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 76th.
Ranked 42nd. 74% more than Ghana
Children out of school, primary
1,221,606
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 7th in 2003. 5 times more than Malaysia
Ranked 26th in 2003.
Duration of compulsory education
8 years
9 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 115th.
Ranked 104th. 13% more than Ghana
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 82nd.
Ranked 129th.
Duration of education > Secondary level
6
5
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 108th. 20% more than Malaysia
Ranked 178th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
70,293
632,309
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 88th in 2002.
Ranked 33rd in 2002. 8 times more than Ghana
Education, primary completion rate
65
92
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 120th in 2004.
Ranked 82nd in 2004. 42% more than Ghana
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
30.8%
70.2%
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 108th.
Ranked 60th. 128% more than Ghana
Female enrolment share > Primary level
47.4%
48.7%
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 134th.
Ranked 55th. 3% more than Ghana
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
44.7%
51.2%
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 135th.
Ranked 32nd. 15% more than Ghana
Geographical aptitude results
78.376
76.266
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 4th. 3% more than Malaysia
Ranked 42nd.
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+
25.1%
11.1%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 44th in 2003. 126% more than Malaysia
Ranked 78th in 2003.
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above
57.9 %
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 98th in 2006.
Ranked 55th in 2006. 53% more than Ghana
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24
70.66 %
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 90th in 2006.
Ranked 47th in 2006. 38% more than Ghana
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
4.1 %
5.7 %
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 76th in 1999.
Ranked 30th in 1999. 38% more than Ghana
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
31.31
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 44th in 2003. 79% more than Malaysia
Ranked 112nd in 2003.
Scientific and technical journal articles
83
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 87th in 2003.
Ranked 50th in 2003. 5 times more than Ghana
Tertiary enrollment
3.3%
28.2%
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 123rd.
Ranked 57th. 8 times more than Ghana
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
0.86
1
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 28th in 2000.
Ranked 18th in 2000. 16% more than Ghana
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