Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
1.46 % of GNI
4.79 % 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 59th in 2005. 2 times more than Haiti
Average years of schooling of adults
2.8
12
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 1st. 3 times more than Haiti
Duration of compulsory education
6 years
12 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 12th. 100% 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 83rd.
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 41st. 17% more than United States
Ranked 109th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
1,305,620
24,045,967
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 56th in 1995.
Ranked 5th in 1995. 17 times more than Haiti
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level
307,417
21,473,692
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 75th in 1995.
Ranked 3rd in 1995. 69 times more than Haiti
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
6,288
12,247,055
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 106th in 1985.
Ranked 1st in 1985. 1947 times more than Haiti
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level
23%
98%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 135th in 1991.
Ranked 24th in 1991. 3 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 50th. 1% more than Haiti
Geographical aptitude results
71.512
70.069
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 82nd. 2% more than United States
Ranked 96th.
Girls to boys ratio, primary level enrolment
0.94
0.98
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 104th in 1991.
Ranked 71st in 1991. 4% more than Haiti
Primary school girls out of school
74%
0%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 8th.
Ranked 96th.
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 47th in 1991. 3 times more than Haiti
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
20.01 %
12.34 %
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. 62% more than United States
Ranked 67th in 1991.
Pupils-teacher ratio > primary level
33.7
15.4
DEFINITION:
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary level is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary education . Cross-country comparisons may be affected by such factors as the composition of teachers by part- and full-time employment.
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 49th. 119% more than United States
Ranked 144th.
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment
95.69
101.35
DEFINITION:
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 78th in 1991.
Ranked 57th in 1991. 6% more than Haiti
School enrollment, secondary, male > % gross
21.08 % gross
91.31 % 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. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 116th in 1991.
Ranked 25th in 1991. 3 times more than Haiti
Scientific and technical journal articles
1
198,524
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 1st in 1999. 198523 times more than Haiti
Secondary education, teachers (per capita)
1.4
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 113rd in 1991.
Ranked th in 1970.
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