Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
3.75 % 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 99th in 2005.
Ranked 28th in 2005. 54% more than Hong Kong
Children out of school, primary
12,570
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 66th in 2003.
Ranked 26th in 2003. 17 times more than Hong Kong
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
487,465
3,009,009
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 96th in 2002.
Ranked 38th in 2002. 5 times more than Hong Kong
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
159,254
632,309
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 65th in 2002.
Ranked 33rd in 2002. 3 times more than Hong Kong
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI
4.5%
6.6%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 62nd in 2004.
Ranked 16th in 2004. 47% more than Hong Kong
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government
23.3%
25.2%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 9th in 2004.
Ranked 6th in 2004. 8% more than Hong Kong
Education, primary completion rate
111
92
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 6th in 2004. 21% more than Malaysia
Ranked 82nd in 2004.
Education spending (% of GDP)
4.4%
8.1%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 76th.
Ranked 10th. 84% more than Hong Kong
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
23.3%
20.3%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 9th. 15% more than Malaysia
Ranked 19th.
Geographical aptitude results
77.896
76.266
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 14th. 2% more than Malaysia
Ranked 42nd.
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+
6%
11.1%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 96th in 2003.
Ranked 78th in 2003. 85% more than Hong Kong
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Women
9.5%
14.7%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 84th in 2003.
Ranked 74th in 2003. 55% more than Hong Kong
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
4.3 %
8.0 %
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 73rd in 2003.
Ranked 9th in 2003. 84% more than Hong Kong
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
23.33 %
28.02 %
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 5th in 2003.
Ranked 2nd in 2003. 20% more than Hong Kong
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
19.77
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 91st in 2003. 13% more than Malaysia
Ranked 112nd in 2003.
Scientific and technical journal articles
1,817
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 35th in 1999. 3 times more than Malaysia
Ranked 51st in 1999.
Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment
48.4 %
32 %
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 12th in 2003. 51% more than Malaysia
Ranked 30th in 2003.
Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment
39.2 %
48.8 %
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 39th in 2003.
Ranked 29th in 2003. 24% more than Hong Kong
Universities > Top 200
4
1
DEFINITION:
Number of universities in the top 200
SOURCE:
The Times, 2005
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Malaysia
Ranked 30th.
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
0.98
0.97
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 66th in 1984. 1% more than Malaysia
Ranked 68th in 1984.
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