Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
3.12 % of GNI
3.93 % 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 116th in 2005.
Ranked 92nd in 2005. 26% more than Japan
Average years of schooling of adults
9.5
6
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 13th. 58% more than Mauritius
Ranked 53rd.
Children out of school, primary
6,844
5,975
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 83rd in 2004. 15% more than Mauritius
Ranked 85th in 2004.
Duration of compulsory education
10 years
6 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 34th. 67% more than Mauritius
Ranked 150th.
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 32nd.
Ranked 62nd.
Duration of education > Secondary level
6
5
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 74th. 20% more than Mauritius
Ranked 153rd.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
3,984,400
16,764
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 5th in 2002. 237 times more than Mauritius
Ranked 104th in 2002.
Education, primary completion rate
101
107
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 9th in 1991.
Ranked 2nd in 1991. 6% more than Japan
Education spending (% of GDP)
3.6%
4.7%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 94th.
Ranked 64th. 31% more than Japan
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
10.5%
13.3%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 83rd.
Ranked 58th. 27% more than Japan
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
101.2%
64.2%
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 1st. 58% more than Mauritius
Ranked 72nd.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.8%
49.2%
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 38th.
Ranked 17th. 1% more than Japan
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
49%
47.8%
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 91st. 3% more than Mauritius
Ranked 117th.
Geographical aptitude results
68.122
74.239
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 111st.
Ranked 64th. 9% more than Japan
Grade 1 intake rate
100
24.5
DEFINITION:
Total number of new entrants in first grade of primary education , regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population at the official primary school-entrance age
SOURCE:
World Bank
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Mauritius
Ranked 106th.
Primary school girls out of school
0%
6%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 97th.
Ranked 74th.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
10.54 %
12.07 %
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 69th in 2001.
Ranked 59th in 2001. 15% more than Japan
Public spending per student > Primary level
21.3
10.8
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 22nd. 97% more than Mauritius
Ranked 88th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
19.15
21.99
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 91st in 2004.
Ranked 76th in 2004. 15% more than Japan
Tertiary enrollment
47.7%
11.4%
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 29th. 3 times more than Mauritius
Ranked 92nd.
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