Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
1.46 % 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 157th in 2005.
Ranked 28th in 2005. 3 times more than Haiti
Average years of schooling of adults
2.8
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 84th.
Ranked 42nd. 143% more than Haiti
Duration of compulsory education
6 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 156th.
Ranked 104th. 50% more than Haiti
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 87th.
Ranked 129th.
Duration of education > Secondary level
7
5
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 41st. 40% more than Malaysia
Ranked 178th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
1,485,722
2,840,667
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 41st in 1997.
Ranked 25th in 1997. 91% more than Haiti
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
6,288
93,249
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 106th in 1985.
Ranked 60th in 1985. 14 times more than Haiti
Education, primary completion rate
27
91
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 78th in 1991.
Ranked 30th in 1991. 2 times more than Haiti
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48%
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 120th.
Ranked 55th. 1% more than Haiti
Geographical aptitude results
71.512
76.266
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 82nd.
Ranked 42nd. 7% more than Haiti
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+
47.1%
11.1%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 21st in 2003. 3 times more than Malaysia
Ranked 78th in 2003.
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Women
48.8%
14.7%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 29th in 2003. 2 times more than Malaysia
Ranked 74th in 2003.
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above
39.66 %
80.68 %
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 102nd in 1990.
Ranked 51st in 1990. 103% more than Haiti
Literacy rate, youth female > % of females ages 15-24
53.8 %
94.19 %
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 99th in 1990.
Ranked 48th in 1990. 75% more than Haiti
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24
54.82 %
94.76 %
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 106th in 1990.
Ranked 49th in 1990. 73% more than Haiti
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
1.4 %
5.1 %
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 133rd in 1991.
Ranked 45th in 1991. 3 times more than Haiti
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
20.01 %
18 %
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 1991. 11% more than Malaysia
Ranked 30th in 1991.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
23.07
20.14
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 88th in 1991. 15% more than Malaysia
Ranked 108th in 1991.
Scientific and technical journal articles
1
493
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 164th in 1999.
Ranked 51st in 1999. 492 times more than Haiti
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
0.93
0.97
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 77th in 1984.
Ranked 68th in 1984. 4% more than Haiti
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