Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
3.99 % of GNI
4.39 % 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 88th in 2005.
Ranked 72nd in 2005. 10% more than India
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
125,568,597
7,028,924
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 1st in 2002. 17 times more than Iran
Ranked 18th in 2002.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
11,295,041
1,714,433
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 3rd in 2002. 6 times more than Iran
Ranked 22nd in 2002.
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI
3.8%
4.7%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 76th in 2004.
Ranked 57th in 2004. 24% more than India
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government
10.7%
17.7%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 57th in 2003.
Ranked 15th in 2003. 65% more than India
Education, primary completion rate
90
96
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 71st in 2005.
Ranked 48th in 2005. 7% more than India
Education spending (% of GDP)
4.1%
4.9%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 82nd.
Ranked 58th. 20% more than India
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
12.7%
17.7%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 68th.
Ranked 34th. 39% more than India
Geographical aptitude results
77.883
60.4
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 17th. 29% more than Iran
Ranked 167th.
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+
40.5%
20.9%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 26th in 2003. 94% more than Iran
Ranked 52nd in 2003.
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Women
51.7%
27.4%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 25th in 2003. 89% more than Iran
Ranked 51st in 2003.
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above
61.01 %
77 %
DEFINITION:
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 95th in 2006.
Ranked 75th in 2006. 26% more than India
Literacy rate, youth female > % of females ages 15-24
54.22 %
80.82 %
DEFINITION:
Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 97th in 1990.
Ranked 75th in 1990. 49% more than India
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24
64.25 %
86.33 %
DEFINITION:
Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 98th in 1990.
Ranked 70th in 1990. 34% more than India
Primary school girls out of school
39%
7%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 31st. 5 times more than Iran
Ranked 71st.
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
3.7 %
4.8 %
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 83rd in 2003.
Ranked 59th in 2003. 29% more than India
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
10.74 %
17.69 %
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 57th in 2003.
Ranked 16th in 2003. 65% more than India
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
40.2
20.01
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 27th in 2004. 101% more than Iran
Ranked 88th in 2004.
Scientific and technical journal articles
12,774
1,806
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 14th in 2003. 6 times more than Iran
Ranked 36th in 2003.
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
0.67
0.88
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 19th in 1991.
Ranked 15th in 1991. 31% more than India
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