Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
3.55 % of GNI
3.12 % 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 105th in 2005. 14% more than Japan
Ranked 116th in 2005.
Average years of schooling of adults
4.8
9.5
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 70th.
Ranked 13th. 98% more than Honduras
Children out of school, primary
70,026
6,844
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 41st in 2004. 9 times more than Japan
Ranked 83rd in 2004.
Duration of compulsory education
6 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 159th.
Ranked 34th. 67% more than Honduras
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 98th.
Ranked 32nd.
Duration of education > Secondary level
5
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 165th.
Ranked 74th. 20% more than Honduras
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
1,115,579
7,325,866
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 67th in 2001.
Ranked 15th in 2001. 6 times more than Honduras
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
96,612
3,966,667
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 77th in 2001.
Ranked 5th in 2001. 40 times more than Honduras
Education, primary completion rate
65
101
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 50th in 1991.
Ranked 9th in 1991. 55% more than Honduras
Female enrolment share > Primary level
49.6%
48.8%
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 9th. 2% more than Japan
Ranked 38th.
Geographical aptitude results
59.724
68.122
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 175th.
Ranked 111st. 14% more than Honduras
Grade 1 intake rate
48.5
100
DEFINITION:
Total number of new entrants in first grade of primary education , regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population at the official primary school-entrance age
SOURCE:
World Bank
Ranked 80th.
Ranked 3rd. 106% more than Honduras
Primary school girls out of school
9%
0%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 64th.
Ranked 97th.
Public spending per student > Tertiary level
59.4
13.6
DEFINITION:
Public expenditure per student, tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the government on tertiary education , divided by the total number of pupils in tertiary education , expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 47th. 3 times more than Japan
Ranked 117th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
32.9
19.15
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 40th in 2004. 72% more than Japan
Ranked 91st in 2004.
Pupils reaching grade 5
59.8
100
DEFINITION:
Pupils reaching grade 5 is the percentage of children who start primary school and eventually reach grade 5.
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 96th.
Ranked 8th. 67% more than Honduras
School life expectancy > Total
8.7 years
14.3 years
DEFINITION:
School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 89th.
Ranked 25th. 64% more than Honduras
Scientific and technical journal articles
11
56,134
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 128th in 1999.
Ranked 2nd in 1999. 5102 times more than Honduras
Tertiary enrollment
14.7%
47.7%
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 84th.
Ranked 29th. 2 times more than Honduras
Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment
63.1 %
23.9 %
DEFINITION:
Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 7th in 1998. 164% more than Japan
Ranked 60th in 1998.
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