Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
3.12 % of GNI
3.68 % 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 103rd in 2005. 18% more than Japan
Children out of school, primary
1,871
59
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 95th in 2002. 31 times more than Tonga
Ranked 125th in 2002.
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 Tonga
Ranked 101st.
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 125th.
Duration of education > Secondary level
6
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 74th.
Ranked 134th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
3,966,667
380
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 5th in 2001. 10438 times more than Tonga
Ranked 131st in 2001.
Education, primary completion rate
101
103
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 9th in 1991.
Ranked 5th in 1991. 2% more than Japan
Education spending (% of GDP)
3.6%
4.9%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 94th.
Ranked 61st. 36% more than Japan
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
10.5%
13.2%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 83rd.
Ranked 60th. 26% more than Japan
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
101.2%
70.5%
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. 44% more than Tonga
Ranked 58th.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.8%
46.4%
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. 5% more than Tonga
Ranked 145th.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
49%
50%
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 62nd. 2% more than Japan
Geographical aptitude results
68.122
77.079
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 111st.
Ranked 30th. 13% more than Japan
Grade 1 intake rate
100
51.7
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. 93% more than Tonga
Ranked 77th.
Private school enrolment > Secondary level
16.5
74.5
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 8th. 4 times more than Japan
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
3.7 %
5.2 %
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 85th in 2003.
Ranked 48th in 2003. 42% more than Japan
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
10.68 %
13.5 %
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 37th in 2003. 26% more than Japan
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
19.15
20.3
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 84th in 2004. 6% more than Japan
Scientific and technical journal articles
56,134
1
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 1999. 56133 times more than Tonga
Ranked 161st in 1999.
Tertiary enrollment
47.7%
3.8%
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. 12 times more than Tonga
Ranked 118th.
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