Average years of schooling of adults
9.1
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 20th.
Ranked 13th. 4% more than Hungary
Duration of compulsory education
10 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 61st.
Ranked 34th.
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 32nd. 50% more than Hungary
Duration of education > Secondary level
8
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 14th. 33% more than Japan
Ranked 74th.
Education spending (% of GDP)
5.5%
3.6%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 43rd. 53% more than Japan
Ranked 94th.
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
14.1%
10.5%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 52nd. 34% more than Japan
Ranked 83rd.
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
87.2%
101.2%
DEFINITION:
Net enrolment ratio, secondary level, is the ratio of the number of children of official secondary school age enrolled in school to the number of children of official secondary school age in the population .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 27th.
Ranked 1st. 16% more than Hungary
Expected duration of education for females
16.6 years
15.5 years
DEFINITION:
Expected years of schooling for a female 5-year-old under current conditions, excluding education for children under 5. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 18th. 7% more than Japan
Ranked 25th.
Geographical aptitude results
75.769
68.122
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 49th. 11% more than Japan
Ranked 111st.
Library books
7,553,780
7,312,180
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 8th. 3% more than Japan
Ranked 9th.
Mathematical literacy
488
557
DEFINITION:
Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 20th.
Ranked 1st. 14% more than Hungary
Public spending per student > Primary level
17.7
21.3
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.
Ranked 22nd. 20% more than Hungary
Reading literacy
480
522
DEFINITION:
Reading literacy mean value of performance scale (15 years old, 2000)
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 22nd.
Ranked 8th. 9% more than Hungary
School life expectancy > Male
13.4 years
14.4 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 34th.
Ranked 21st. 7% more than Hungary
School life expectancy > Total
13.6 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 31st.
Ranked 25th. 5% more than Hungary
Scientific literacy
496
550
DEFINITION:
Scientific literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old (2000)
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 16th.
Ranked 2nd. 11% more than Hungary
Spending per primary school student
$2,028.00 per student
$5,075.00 per student
DEFINITION:
Primary school spending per pupil in 1998, converted into US dollars by purchasing power parity.
SOURCE:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2001)
Ranked 19th.
Ranked 8th. 150% more than Hungary
Teaching weeks per year > Primary
37 weeks per year
35 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. 6% more than Japan
Ranked 31st.
Tertiary enrollment
40%
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 38th.
Ranked 29th. 19% more than Hungary
Universities > Top 500
2
34
DEFINITION:
Number of universities in the top 500
SOURCE:
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ranked 31st.
Ranked 4th. 16 times more than Hungary
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