Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
1.63 % of GNI
4.79 % 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 154th in 2005.
Ranked 59th in 2005. 194% more than Pakistan
Average years of schooling of adults
3.9
12
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 75th.
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Pakistan
Children out of school, primary
6,781,940
1,621,339
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 1st in 2004. 3 times more than United States
Ranked 2nd in 2004.
Duration of compulsory education
5 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 169th.
Ranked 12th. 140% more than Pakistan
Duration of education > Primary level
5
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 143rd.
Ranked 83rd. 20% more than Pakistan
Duration of education > Secondary level
7
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 38th. 17% more than United States
Ranked 109th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
401,056
16,611,711
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 41st in 2002.
Ranked 1st in 2002. 40 times more than Pakistan
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI
2%
5.9%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 97th in 2004.
Ranked 25th in 2004. 195% more than Pakistan
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government
6.4%
15.3%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 75th in 2004.
Ranked 37th in 2004. 139% more than Pakistan
Education spending (% of GDP)
1.8%
5.7%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 127th.
Ranked 39th. 2 times more than Pakistan
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
7.8%
17.1%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 93rd.
Ranked 38th. 119% more than Pakistan
Female enrolment share > Primary level
35.9%
48.7%
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 176th.
Ranked 50th. 36% more than Pakistan
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
39.5%
49%
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 153rd.
Ranked 92nd. 24% more than Pakistan
Geographical aptitude results
69.666
70.069
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 99th.
Ranked 96th. 1% more than Pakistan
Private school enrolment > Secondary level
22.4
9.6
DEFINITION:
Private sector enrolment share, secondary level is the share of students in general secondary education who attend a privately managed school, regardless of whether or not the school receives subsidies from the government .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 49th. 133% more than United States
Ranked 73rd.
Primary school girls out of school
55%
0%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 16th.
Ranked 96th.
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
2.0 %
5.9 %
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 108th in 2003.
Ranked 34th in 2003. 197% more than Pakistan
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
9 %
15.25 %
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 64th in 2003.
Ranked 32nd in 2003. 69% more than Pakistan
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
37.5
14.21
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 29th in 2004. 164% more than United States
Ranked 121st in 2004.
Scientific and technical journal articles
368
211,233
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 54th in 2003.
Ranked 1st in 2003. 573 times more than Pakistan
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