Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
1.92 % of GNI
7.42 % 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 121st in 1975.
Ranked 6th in 1975. 3 times more than Liberia
Average years of schooling of adults
2.5
12
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 90th.
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Liberia
Children out of school, primary
171,431
1,064,907
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 27th in 2000.
Ranked 10th in 2000. 5 times more than Liberia
Duration of compulsory education
10 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 53rd.
Ranked 12th. 20% more than Liberia
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 89th.
Ranked 83rd.
Duration of education > Secondary level
7
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 43rd. 17% more than United States
Ranked 109th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
496,253
24,973,176
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 94th in 1999.
Ranked 3rd in 1999. 49 times more than Liberia
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
44,107
13,202,880
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 83rd in 1999.
Ranked 1st in 1999. 298 times more than Liberia
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
24.7%
88.1%
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 114th.
Ranked 21st. 3 times more than Liberia
Female enrolment share > Primary level
40.8%
48.7%
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 169th.
Ranked 50th. 19% more than Liberia
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
41.4%
49%
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 145th.
Ranked 92nd. 18% more than Liberia
Geographical aptitude results
73.273
70.069
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 75th. 5% more than United States
Ranked 96th.
Private school enrolment > Secondary level
41.1
9.6
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 20th. 3 times more than United States
Ranked 73rd.
Primary school girls out of school
47%
0%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 24th.
Ranked 96th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
38.27
15.01
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 32nd in 2000. 155% more than United States
Ranked 133rd in 2000.
School enrollment, tertiary > % gross
15.54 % gross
69.16 % gross
DEFINITION:
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 78th in 2000.
Ranked 4th in 2000. 3 times more than Liberia
School life expectancy > Male
11.7 years
14.8 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 51st.
Ranked 16th. 26% more than Liberia
School life expectancy > Total
9.5 years
15.2 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 82nd.
Ranked 14th. 60% more than Liberia
Scientific and technical journal articles
1
198,524
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 171st in 1999.
Ranked 1st in 1999. 198523 times more than Liberia
Secondary education, teachers (per capita)
1.7
per 1,000 people
5.5
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 104th in 2000.
Ranked 54th in 2000. 2 times more than Liberia
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