Children out of school, primary
428
654,239
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 112nd in 2003.
Ranked 15th in 2003. 1528 times more than Netherlands Antilles
Duration of compulsory education
10 years
7 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 42nd. 43% more than Philippines
Ranked 128th.
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 63rd.
Ranked 64th.
Duration of education > Secondary level
5
4
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 155th. 25% more than Philippines
Ranked 180th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
2,285
2,467,267
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 121st in 2001.
Ranked 9th in 2001. 1079 times more than Netherlands Antilles
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government
12.8%
14%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 53rd in 2001.
Ranked 41st in 2001. 9% more than Netherlands Antilles
Education, primary completion rate
101
98
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 29th in 2003. 3% more than Philippines
Ranked 50th in 2003.
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
73.6%
52.6%
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 52nd. 40% more than Philippines
Ranked 84th.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
45.9%
48.9%
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 149th.
Ranked 31st. 7% more than Netherlands Antilles
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
52.6%
51.3%
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 16th. 3% more than Philippines
Ranked 28th.
Grade 1 intake rate
86.1
47.1
DEFINITION:
Total number of new entrants in first grade of primary education , regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population at the official primary school-entrance age
SOURCE:
World Bank
Ranked 18th. 83% more than Philippines
Ranked 81st.
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+
3.2%
4.4%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 106th in 2003.
Ranked 101st in 2003. 38% more than Netherlands Antilles
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Women
3.2%
4.5%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 108th in 2003.
Ranked 102nd in 2003. 41% more than Netherlands Antilles
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above
95.65 %
91.73 %
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 22nd in 1990. 4% more than Philippines
Ranked 30th in 1990.
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24
97.49 %
97.26 %
DEFINITION:
Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 32nd in 1990.
Ranked 34th in 1990.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
12.8 %
14.03 %
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 50th in 2001.
Ranked 40th in 2001. 10% more than Netherlands Antilles
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
19.8
34.93
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 90th in 2003.
Ranked 33rd in 2003. 76% more than Netherlands Antilles
School life expectancy > Total
11.8 years
11.2 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 49th. 5% more than Philippines
Ranked 62nd.
Tertiary enrollment
21.8%
31.2%
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 69th.
Ranked 48th. 43% more than Netherlands Antilles
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
1.01
1
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 17th in 1984. 1% more than Philippines
Ranked 56th in 1984.
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