Children out of school, primary
2,868
1,069
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 94th in 2004. 168% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 105th in 2004.
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 58th.
Ranked 9th. 20% more than Luxembourg
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 104th.
Ranked 50th.
Duration of education > Secondary level
7
7
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 54th.
Ranked 27th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
3,077
2,287,833
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 122nd in 2002.
Ranked 12th in 2002. 743 times more than Luxembourg
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
78.3%
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 41st.
Ranked 6th. 20% more than Luxembourg
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
50.4%
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 50th.
Ranked 15th. 5% more than Luxembourg
Geographical aptitude results
77.201
66.685
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 27th. 16% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 126th.
Library books
800,000
27,900,000
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 52nd.
Ranked 4th. 34 times more than Luxembourg
Mathematical literacy
446
529
DEFINITION:
Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 26th.
Ranked 8th. 19% more than Luxembourg
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
8.5 %
11.4 %
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 74th in 1999.
Ranked 59th in 1999. 34% more than Luxembourg
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
11.53
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 136th in 2004.
Ranked 99th in 2004. 57% more than Luxembourg
Reading literacy
441
523
DEFINITION:
Reading literacy mean value of performance scale (15 years old, 2000)
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 26th.
Ranked 7th. 19% more than Luxembourg
School life expectancy > Male
12.9 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 38th.
Ranked 5th. 24% more than Luxembourg
School life expectancy > Total
13.1 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 39th.
Ranked 4th. 25% more than Luxembourg
Scientific literacy
443
532
DEFINITION:
Scientific literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old (2000)
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 26th.
Ranked 4th. 20% more than Luxembourg
Teachers as percentage of labor force
3.7%
3.8%
DEFINITION:
The percentage share of the total labor force who are classroom, academic staff, and other teachers. Data for 1999.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 23rd.
Ranked 22nd. 3% more than Luxembourg
Tertiary enrollment
9.3%
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 99th.
Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Luxembourg
Young longtext readers
19.9
35
DEFINITION:
Share of 15-year-olds who are frequent longtext readers(2000)
SOURCE:
OECD
Ranked 17th.
Ranked 3rd. 76% more than Luxembourg
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