Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
5.77 % of GNI
5.39 % 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. 7% more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 39th in 2005.
Children out of school, primary
221,833
673
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. 329 times more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 107th in 2003.
Duration of compulsory education
9 years
13 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.
Ranked 6th. 44% more than Malaysia
Duration of education > Primary level
6
7
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 129th.
Ranked 23rd. 17% more than Malaysia
Duration of education > Secondary level
5
5
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 178th.
Ranked 175th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
210,724
2,760
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 36th in 1995. 75 times more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 107th in 1995.
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government
25.2%
15.6%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 6th in 2004. 62% more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 35th in 2004.
Education, primary completion rate
92
102
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 82nd in 2004.
Ranked 26th in 2004. 11% more than Malaysia
Education spending (% of GDP)
8.1%
7.7%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 10th. 5% more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 12th.
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
70.2%
79.9%
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.
Ranked 37th. 14% more than Malaysia
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.7%
47.5%
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. 3% more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 133rd.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
51.2%
57.2%
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.
Ranked 3rd. 12% more than Malaysia
Geographical aptitude results
76.266
66.573
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 42nd. 15% more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 127th.
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
8.0 %
5.0 %
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 9th in 2003. 58% more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 53rd in 2003.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
25.18 %
21.27 %
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 5th in 1999. 18% more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 12th in 1999.
Public spending per student > Primary level
11.2
13.8
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 62nd. 23% more than Malaysia
Public spending per student > Secondary level
19.9
18.7
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 63rd. 6% more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 69th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
17.51
22.28
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 76th in 2003. 27% more than Malaysia
Scientific and technical journal articles
493
1
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 51st in 1999. 492 times more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 163rd in 1999.
Tertiary enrollment
28.2%
25.4%
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. 11% more than Saint Lucia
Ranked 60th.
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