Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
4.39 % of GNI
4.79 % 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.
Ranked 59th in 2005. 9% more than Iran
Children out of school, primary
802,747
1,621,339
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.
Ranked 2nd in 2004. 102% more than Iran
Class size > Age 9
31.9 students
23.5 students
DEFINITION:
The average number of children in every class of nine-year-olds.
SOURCE:
"Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Ranked 2nd. 36% more than United States
Ranked 6th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
7,028,924
24,848,518
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 18th in 2002.
Ranked 4th in 2002. 3 times more than Iran
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
1,714,433
16,611,711
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 22nd in 2002.
Ranked 1st in 2002. 9 times more than Iran
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI
4.7%
5.9%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 57th in 2004.
Ranked 25th in 2004. 26% more than Iran
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government
17.9%
15.3%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 21st in 2004. 17% more than United States
Ranked 37th in 2004.
Education spending (% of GDP)
4.9%
5.7%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 58th.
Ranked 39th. 16% more than Iran
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
17.7%
17.1%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 34th. 4% more than United States
Ranked 38th.
Geographical aptitude results
60.4
70.069
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 167th.
Ranked 96th. 16% more than Iran
Primary school girls out of school
7%
0%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 71st.
Ranked 96th.
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
4.8 %
5.9 %
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.
Ranked 34th in 2003. 23% more than Iran
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
17.69 %
15.25 %
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. 16% more than United States
Ranked 32nd in 2003.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
20.01
14.21
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. 41% more than United States
Ranked 121st in 2004.
School life expectancy > Male
12 years
14.8 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 43rd.
Ranked 16th. 23% more than Iran
School life expectancy > Total
11.3 years
15.2 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.
Ranked 14th. 35% more than Iran
Scientific and technical journal articles
1,806
211,233
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.
Ranked 1st in 2003. 116 times more than Iran
Students from households with computer > Age 9
8%
51%
DEFINITION:
Percentage of nine-year-old students who come from households with at least one computer.
SOURCE:
"Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Ranked 15th.
Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Iran
Students from households with study desk > Age 9
23%
81%
DEFINITION:
Percentage of nine-year-old students who come from households where there is at least one study desk.
SOURCE:
"Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Ranked 16th.
Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Iran
Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment
38.3 %
18.7 %
DEFINITION:
Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 30th in 2002. 105% more than United States
Ranked 62nd in 2002.
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