Average years of schooling of adults
9.5
6.1
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. 56% more than South Africa
Ranked 51st.
Children out of school, primary
6,844
568,936
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.
Ranked 17th in 2004. 82 times more than Japan
Duration of compulsory education
10 years
9 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. 11% more than South Africa
Ranked 103rd.
Duration of education > Primary level
6
7
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 32nd.
Ranked 24th. 17% more than Japan
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 South Africa
Ranked 176th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
3,984,400
675,160
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 5th in 2002. 5 times more than South Africa
Ranked 31st in 2002.
Education, primary completion rate
101
75
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 9th in 1991. 35% more than South Africa
Ranked 42nd in 1991.
Education spending (% of GDP)
3.6%
5.3%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 94th.
Ranked 48th. 47% more than Japan
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
10.5%
18.5%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 83rd.
Ranked 27th. 76% more than Japan
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
101.2%
57.2%
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. 77% more than South Africa
Ranked 82nd.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.8%
48.6%
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.
Ranked 73rd.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
49%
52.4%
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 17th. 7% more than Japan
Geographical aptitude results
68.122
72.134
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 111st.
Ranked 79th. 6% more than Japan
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
10.68 %
18.49 %
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 58th in 2003.
Ranked 13th in 2003. 73% more than Japan
Public spending per student > Primary level
21.3
14
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. 52% more than South Africa
Ranked 58th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
19.15
35.64
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 33rd in 2004. 86% more than Japan
School life expectancy > Male
14.4 years
14.1 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. 2% more than South Africa
Ranked 25th.
School life expectancy > Total
14.3 years
14.1 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. 1% more than South Africa
Ranked 29th.
Tertiary enrollment
47.7%
15.2%
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. 2 times more than South Africa
Ranked 80th.
Universities > Top 500
34
4
DEFINITION:
Number of universities in the top 500
SOURCE:
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ranked 4th. 8 times more than South Africa
Ranked 23rd.
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