Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
3.99 % of GNI
5.29 % 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 44th in 2005. 33% more than India
Average years of schooling of adults
5.1
6.1
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 65th.
Ranked 51st. 20% more than India
Duration of compulsory education
8 years
9 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 116th.
Ranked 103rd. 13% more than India
Duration of education > Primary level
6
7
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 96th.
Ranked 24th. 17% more than India
Duration of education > Secondary level
5
5
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 164th.
Ranked 176th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
11,295,041
675,160
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 3rd in 2002. 16 times more than South Africa
Ranked 31st in 2002.
Education, primary completion rate
89
99
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 91st in 2004.
Ranked 42nd in 2004. 11% more than India
Education spending (% of GDP)
4.1%
5.3%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 82nd.
Ranked 48th. 29% more than India
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
12.7%
18.5%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 68th.
Ranked 27th. 46% more than India
Female enrolment share > Primary level
43.6%
48.6%
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 161st.
Ranked 73rd. 11% more than India
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
39.6%
52.4%
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 152nd.
Ranked 17th. 32% more than India
Geographical aptitude results
77.883
72.134
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 17th. 8% more than South Africa
Ranked 79th.
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+
40.5%
13.6%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 26th in 2003. 198% more than South Africa
Ranked 68th in 2003.
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 South Africa
Ranked 72nd.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
10.74 %
18.49 %
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 13th in 2003. 72% more than India
Public spending per student > Primary level
7.2
14
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 107th.
Ranked 58th. 94% more than India
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
40.2
35.64
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. 13% more than South Africa
Ranked 33rd in 2004.
Tertiary enrollment
10.5%
15.2%
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 94th.
Ranked 80th. 45% more than India
Universities > Top 500
3
4
DEFINITION:
Number of universities in the top 500
SOURCE:
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ranked 26th.
Ranked 23rd. 33% more than India
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
0.68
1
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 109th in 1984.
Ranked 24th in 1984. 47% more than India
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