Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
5.77 % of GNI
3.54 % 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 28th in 2005. 63% more than Rwanda
Ranked 106th in 2005.
Average years of schooling of adults
6.8
2.6
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 42nd. 162% more than Rwanda
Ranked 88th.
Children out of school, primary
221,833
326,809
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.
Ranked 23rd in 2003. 47% more than Malaysia
Duration of compulsory education
9 years
6 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 104th. 50% more than Rwanda
Ranked 164th.
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 124th.
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 132nd. 20% more than Malaysia
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
632,309
20,393
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 33rd in 2002. 30 times more than Rwanda
Ranked 101st in 2002.
Education, primary completion rate
92
37
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 82nd in 2004. 149% more than Rwanda
Ranked 138th in 2004.
Education spending (% of GDP)
8.1%
2.8%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 10th. 189% more than Rwanda
Ranked 115th.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.7%
50%
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 55th.
Ranked 5th. 3% more than Malaysia
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
51.2%
49.1%
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. 4% more than Rwanda
Ranked 90th.
Geographical aptitude results
76.266
75.803
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 42nd. 1% more than Rwanda
Ranked 47th.
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+
11.1%
29.6%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 78th in 2003.
Ranked 40th in 2003. 167% more than Malaysia
Library books
1,108,000
1,197
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 46th. 925 times more than Rwanda
Ranked 81st.
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above
88.69 %
64.9 %
DEFINITION:
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 55th in 2006. 37% more than Rwanda
Ranked 93rd in 2006.
Public spending per student > Primary level
11.2
6.9
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. 62% more than Rwanda
Ranked 108th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
17.51
59.91
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 112nd in 2003.
Ranked 6th in 2003. 2 times more than Malaysia
Tertiary enrollment
28.2%
1.7%
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. 16 times more than Rwanda
Ranked 137th.
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
1
0.98
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 18th in 2000. 2% more than Rwanda
Ranked 22nd in 2000.
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