Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
3.12 % of GNI
2.7 % 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. 16% more than Singapore
Ranked 134th in 2005.
Average years of schooling of adults
9.5
7
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. 36% more than Singapore
Ranked 39th.
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 90th.
Duration of education > Secondary level
6
7
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 74th.
Ranked 44th. 17% more than Japan
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
3,917,709
75,985
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 5th in 1994. 51 times more than Singapore
Ranked 72nd in 1994.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.8%
47.6%
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. 3% more than Singapore
Ranked 129th.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
49%
46.8%
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. 5% more than Singapore
Ranked 124th.
Geographical aptitude results
68.122
63.255
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 111st. 8% more than Singapore
Ranked 149th.
Library books
7,312,180
5,419,800
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 9th. 35% more than Singapore
Ranked 18th.
Primary school girls out of school
0%
0%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 97th.
Ranked 98th.
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
3.6 %
3.7 %
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 89th in 2001.
Ranked 86th in 2001. 4% more than Japan
Public spending per student > Tertiary level
13.6
34.1
DEFINITION:
Public expenditure per student, tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the government on tertiary education , divided by the total number of pupils in tertiary education , expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 117th.
Ranked 75th. 151% more than Japan
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
20.7
26.44
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 104th in 1991.
Ranked 72nd in 1991. 28% more than Japan
Scientific and technical journal articles
60,067
3,122
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 2nd in 2003. 18 times more than Singapore
Ranked 28th in 2003.
Tertiary enrollment
47.7%
33.7%
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 29th. 42% more than Singapore
Ranked 46th.
Universities > Top 100
3
2
DEFINITION:
Number of universities in the top 100
SOURCE:
The Times, 2005
Ranked 9th. 50% more than Singapore
Ranked 15th.
Universities > Top 500
34
2
DEFINITION:
Number of universities in the top 500
SOURCE:
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ranked 4th. 16 times more than Singapore
Ranked 30th.
Universities > Top 200
10
2
DEFINITION:
Number of universities in the top 200
SOURCE:
The Times, 2005
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Singapore
Ranked 23rd.
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