Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
4.39 % of GNI
2.82 % 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 72nd in 2005. 56% more than Philippines
Ranked 128th in 2005.
Children out of school, primary
802,747
646,449
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 11th in 2004. 24% more than Philippines
Ranked 15th in 2004.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
1,714,433
2,427,211
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 22nd in 2002.
Ranked 9th in 2002. 42% more than Iran
Education, primary completion rate
96
97
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 48th in 2005.
Ranked 42nd in 2005. 1% more than Iran
Education spending (% of GDP)
4.9%
3.1%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 58th. 58% more than Philippines
Ranked 104th.
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
17.7%
17.8%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 34th.
Ranked 33rd. 1% more than Iran
Geographical aptitude results
60.4
78.427
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 167th.
Ranked 1st. 30% more than Iran
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+
20.9%
4.4%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 52nd in 2003. 4 times more than Philippines
Ranked 101st in 2003.
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Women
27.4%
4.5%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 51st in 2003. 5 times more than Philippines
Ranked 102nd in 2003.
Library books
411,000
1,244,110
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 58th.
Ranked 45th. 2 times more than Iran
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above
77 %
92.6 %
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 75th in 2006.
Ranked 40th in 2006. 20% more than Iran
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24
86.33 %
97.26 %
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 70th in 1990.
Ranked 34th in 1990. 13% more than Iran
Primary school girls out of school
7%
9%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 71st.
Ranked 65th. 29% more than Iran
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
4.8 %
3.2 %
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 59th in 2003. 47% more than Philippines
Ranked 93rd in 2003.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
17.69 %
17.22 %
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 16th in 2003. 3% more than Philippines
Ranked 19th in 2003.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
20.01
34.53
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 88th in 2004.
Ranked 38th in 2004. 73% more than Iran
School life expectancy > Total
11.3 years
11.2 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 60th. 1% more than Philippines
Ranked 62nd.
Scientific and technical journal articles
1,806
179
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 36th in 2003. 9 times more than Philippines
Ranked 70th in 2003.
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
0.81
1
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 92nd in 1984.
Ranked 56th in 1984. 23% more than Iran
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