Average years of schooling of adults
9.6
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 12th. 1% more than Japan
Ranked 13th.
Children out of school, primary
16,168
6,844
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 64th in 2004. 136% more than Japan
Ranked 83rd in 2004.
Duration of compulsory education
11 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 32nd. 10% more than Japan
Ranked 34th.
Duration of education > Primary level
6
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 116th.
Ranked 32nd.
Duration of education > Secondary level
6
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 125th.
Ranked 74th.
Education spending (% of GDP)
7.5%
3.6%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 17th. 108% more than Japan
Ranked 94th.
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
88.4%
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 19th.
Ranked 1st. 14% more than Israel
Geographical aptitude results
78.317
68.122
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 7th. 15% more than Japan
Ranked 111st.
Library books
3,000,000
7,312,180
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 28th.
Ranked 9th. 144% more than Israel
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
13.69 %
10.68 %
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 36th in 2003. 28% more than Japan
Ranked 58th in 2003.
Public spending per student > Primary level
21.2
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 24th.
Ranked 22nd.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
12.42
19.15
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 133rd in 2004.
Ranked 91st in 2004. 54% more than Israel
School life expectancy > Male
14.2 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 23rd.
Ranked 21st. 1% more than Israel
School life expectancy > Total
14.6 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 22nd. 2% more than Japan
Ranked 25th.
Spending per primary school student
$4,135.00 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 9th.
Ranked 8th. 23% more than Israel
Spending per secondary school student
$5,115.00 per student
$5,890.00 per student
DEFINITION:
Secondary school spending per pupil in 1998, converted into US dollars by purchasing power parity.
SOURCE:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2001)
Ranked 14th.
Ranked 9th. 15% more than Israel
Tertiary enrollment
52.7%
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 21st. 10% more than Japan
Ranked 29th.
Universities > Top 100
1
3
DEFINITION:
Number of universities in the top 100
SOURCE:
The Times, 2005
Ranked 20th.
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Israel
Universities > Top 500
7
34
DEFINITION:
Number of universities in the top 500
SOURCE:
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ranked 16th.
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Israel
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