Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
5.57 % of GNI
5.33 % 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 35th in 2005. 5% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 42nd in 2005.
Duration of compulsory education
9 years
12 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 87th.
Ranked 9th. 33% more than Latvia
Duration of education > Primary level
4
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 167th.
Ranked 50th. 50% more than Latvia
Duration of education > Secondary level
8
7
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 11th. 14% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 27th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
118,944
2,287,833
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 74th in 2002.
Ranked 12th in 2002. 18 times more than Latvia
Education spending (% of GDP)
5.8%
5.3%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 36th. 9% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 47th.
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
74.4%
93.7%
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 49th.
Ranked 6th. 26% more than Latvia
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.6%
48.8%
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 67th.
Ranked 40th.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
49.3%
52.7%
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 82nd.
Ranked 15th. 7% more than Latvia
Geographical aptitude results
67.706
66.685
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 115th. 2% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 126th.
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
5.3 %
5.5 %
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 44th in 2003.
Ranked 42nd in 2003. 3% more than Latvia
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
15.37 %
11.93 %
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 31st in 2003. 29% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 48th in 2003.
Public spending per student > Primary level
23.6
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 14th. 69% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 57th.
Public spending per student > Secondary level
25.2
14.9
DEFINITION:
Public expenditure per student, secondary level is the total reported current spending by the government on secondary education , divided by the total number of pupils in secondary education , expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 40th. 69% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 86th.
Public spending per student > Tertiary level
22.5
26.3
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 101st.
Ranked 94th. 17% more than Latvia
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
12.98
18.09
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 129th in 2004.
Ranked 99th in 2004. 39% more than Latvia
School life expectancy > Male
11.2 years
16 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 60th.
Ranked 5th. 43% more than Latvia
School life expectancy > Total
11.2 years
16.4 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 61st.
Ranked 4th. 46% more than Latvia
Scientific and technical journal articles
153
48,288
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 73rd in 2003.
Ranked 3rd in 2003. 315 times more than Latvia
Tertiary enrollment
63.1%
59.5%
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 8th. 6% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 11th.
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