Average years of schooling of adults
5.3
12
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 62nd.
Ranked 1st. 126% more than Jamaica
Children out of school, primary
29,931
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 53rd in 2004.
Ranked 2nd in 2004. 53 times more than Jamaica
Duration of compulsory education
7 years
12 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 136th.
Ranked 12th. 71% more than Jamaica
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 115th.
Ranked 83rd.
Duration of education > Secondary level
5
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 171st.
Ranked 109th. 20% more than Jamaica
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
45,770
16,611,711
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 92nd in 2002.
Ranked 1st in 2002. 362 times more than Jamaica
Education spending (% of GDP)
6.1%
5.7%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 28th. 7% more than United States
Ranked 39th.
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
12.3%
17.1%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 72nd.
Ranked 38th. 39% more than Jamaica
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
74.4%
88.1%
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 50th.
Ranked 21st. 18% more than Jamaica
Expected duration of education for all students
14.4 years
16.7 years
DEFINITION:
Expected years of schooling for a 5-year-old under current conditions, excluding education for children under 5. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 25th.
Ranked 14th. 16% more than Jamaica
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.9%
48.7%
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 36th.
Ranked 50th.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
50.5%
49%
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 48th. 3% more than United States
Ranked 92nd.
Female teachers > Lower secondary
66.6%
60.2%
DEFINITION:
Percentage share of lower secondary level teachers at who are female. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 8th. 11% more than United States
Ranked 14th.
Geographical aptitude results
73.754
70.069
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 70th. 5% more than United States
Ranked 96th.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
9.54 %
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 62nd in 2003.
Ranked 32nd in 2003. 60% more than Jamaica
Public spending per student > Primary level
16.2
17.9
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 45th.
Ranked 36th. 10% more than Jamaica
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
27.53
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 55th in 2004. 94% more than United States
Ranked 121st in 2004.
School life expectancy > Male
10.5 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 67th.
Ranked 16th. 41% more than Jamaica
School life expectancy > Total
10.8 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 66th.
Ranked 14th. 41% more than Jamaica
Tertiary enrollment
16.4%
72.6%
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 78th.
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Jamaica
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