Children out of school, primary
6,207
428
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 81st in 2003. 14 times more than Netherlands Antilles
Ranked 112nd in 2003.
Duration of compulsory education
10 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 34th.
Ranked 42nd.
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 63rd.
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 Netherlands Antilles
Ranked 155th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
7,268,928
22,667
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 17th in 2002. 320 times more than Netherlands Antilles
Ranked 159th in 2002.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
3,966,667
2,285
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 5th in 2001. 1735 times more than Netherlands Antilles
Ranked 121st in 2001.
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government
10.5%
12.8%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 70th in 2001.
Ranked 53rd in 2001. 22% more than Japan
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
101.2%
73.6%
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. 38% more than Netherlands Antilles
Ranked 52nd.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.8%
45.9%
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. 6% more than Netherlands Antilles
Ranked 149th.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
49%
52.6%
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.
Ranked 16th. 7% more than Japan
Grade 1 intake rate
100
86.1
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. 16% more than Netherlands Antilles
Ranked 18th.
Private school enrolment > Secondary level
16.5
78
DEFINITION:
Private sector enrolment share, secondary level is the share of students in general secondary education who attend a privately managed school, regardless of whether or not the school receives subsidies from the government .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 57th.
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Japan
Progression to secondary level
100
51.1
DEFINITION:
Progression to secondary level is the number of new entrants to the first grade of general secondary education , expressed as a percentage of the number of pupils in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 7th. 96% more than Netherlands Antilles
Ranked 82nd.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
10.54 %
12.8 %
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 50th in 2001. 21% more than Japan
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
19.56
19.8
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 92nd in 2003.
Ranked 90th in 2003. 1% more than Japan
School life expectancy > Male
14.4 years
11.6 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 21st. 24% more than Netherlands Antilles
Ranked 53rd.
School life expectancy > Total
14.3 years
11.8 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 25th. 21% more than Netherlands Antilles
Ranked 49th.
Tertiary enrollment
47.7%
21.8%
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. 119% more than Netherlands Antilles
Ranked 69th.
Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment
22.8 %
89.3 %
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 63rd in 1997.
Ranked 2nd in 1997. 3 times more than Japan
Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment
53.6 %
8.3 %
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 22nd in 1997. 5 times more than Netherlands Antilles
Ranked 74th in 1997.
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