Average years of schooling of adults
9.1
5.1
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 20th. 78% more than India
Ranked 65th.
Duration of compulsory education
10 years
8 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 61st. 25% more than India
Ranked 116th.
Duration of education > Primary level
4
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 171st.
Ranked 96th. 50% more than Hungary
Duration of education > Secondary level
8
5
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 14th. 60% more than India
Ranked 164th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
390,453
11,295,041
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 44th in 2002.
Ranked 3rd in 2002. 28 times more than Hungary
Education, primary completion rate
94
90
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 52nd in 2005. 4% more than India
Ranked 71st in 2005.
Education spending (% of GDP)
5.5%
4.1%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 43rd. 34% more than India
Ranked 82nd.
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
14.1%
12.7%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 52nd. 11% more than India
Ranked 68th.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
49.1%
39.6%
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 87th. 24% more than India
Ranked 152nd.
Geographical aptitude results
75.769
77.883
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 49th.
Ranked 17th. 3% more than Hungary
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13
902 hours
1,176 hours
DEFINITION:
Intended hours of instruction per year for 14 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 24th.
Ranked 7th. 30% more than Hungary
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9
733 hours
1,051 hours
DEFINITION:
Intended hours of instruction per year for 9 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 30th.
Ranked 5th. 43% more than Hungary
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+
0.6%
40.5%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 127th in 2003.
Ranked 26th in 2003. 67 times more than Hungary
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
14.08 %
12.71 %
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 41st in 2000. 11% more than India
Ranked 57th in 2000.
Public spending per student > Primary level
17.7
7.2
DEFINITION:
Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education , divided by the total number of pupils in primary education , expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 38th. 146% more than India
Ranked 107th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
10.47
40.2
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 142nd in 2004.
Ranked 27th in 2004. 3 times more than Hungary
Teaching weeks per year > Primary
37 weeks per year
42 weeks per year
DEFINITION:
Average number of weeks taught per year by primary level teachers. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 27th.
Ranked 4th. 14% more than Hungary
Tertiary enrollment
40%
10.5%
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 38th. 3 times more than India
Ranked 94th.
Universities > Top 500
2
3
DEFINITION:
Number of universities in the top 500
SOURCE:
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ranked 31st.
Ranked 26th. 50% more than Hungary
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
1
0.68
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 43rd in 1984. 47% more than India
Ranked 109th in 1984.
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