Children out of school, primary
221,833
63,537
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 26th in 2003. 2 times more than Oman
Ranked 39th in 2003.
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 129th.
Ranked 58th.
Duration of education > Secondary level
5
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 178th.
Ranked 92nd. 20% more than Malaysia
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
557,118
19,864
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 31st in 2001. 27 times more than Oman
Ranked 98th in 2001.
Education, primary completion rate
92
91
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 82nd in 2004. 1% more than Oman
Ranked 88th in 2004.
Education spending (% of GDP)
8.1%
4.6%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 10th. 76% more than Oman
Ranked 66th.
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
70.2%
59.2%
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 60th. 19% more than Oman
Ranked 80th.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
51.2%
48.9%
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 32nd. 5% more than Oman
Ranked 94th.
Geographical aptitude results
76.266
59.529
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 42nd. 28% more than Oman
Ranked 176th.
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+
11.1%
24.2%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 78th in 2003.
Ranked 45th in 2003. 118% more than Malaysia
Library books
1,108,000
114,886
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 46th. 9 times more than Oman
Ranked 66th.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
28.02 %
21.26 %
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 2nd in 2003. 32% more than Oman
Ranked 8th in 2003.
Public spending per student > Primary level
11.2
11.4
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 84th.
Ranked 83rd. 2% more than Malaysia
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
19.67
23.66
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 103rd in 2001.
Ranked 77th in 2001. 20% more than Malaysia
School life expectancy > Male
11.2 years
9 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 62nd. 24% more than Oman
Ranked 81st.
School life expectancy > Total
11.5 years
8.8 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 57th. 31% more than Oman
Ranked 88th.
Spending on teaching materials
13.6
1.3
DEFINITION:
Public expenditure on teaching materials, primary level is the amount spent on teaching materials expressed as a percentage of total public current spending on primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 3rd. 9 times more than Oman
Ranked 19th.
Tertiary enrollment
28.2%
8.5%
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 57th. 2 times more than Oman
Ranked 100th.
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
0.97
0.59
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 68th in 1984. 64% more than Oman
Ranked 119th in 1984.
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