Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
2.88 % 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 125th in 2005.
Ranked 59th in 2005. 66% more than Peru
Average years of schooling of adults
7.6
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 31st.
Ranked 1st. 58% more than Peru
Children out of school, primary
14,606
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 66th in 2004.
Ranked 2nd in 2004. 110 times more than Peru
Duration of compulsory education
11 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 18th.
Ranked 12th. 9% more than Peru
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 51st.
Ranked 83rd.
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 149th.
Ranked 109th. 20% more than Peru
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
831,345
16,611,711
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 28th in 2002.
Ranked 1st in 2002. 19 times more than Peru
Education spending (% of GDP)
3%
5.7%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 108th.
Ranked 39th. 90% more than Peru
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
17.1%
17.1%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 39th.
Ranked 38th.
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
61.5%
88.1%
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 78th.
Ranked 21st. 43% more than Peru
Female enrolment share > Primary level
49%
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 25th. 1% more than United States
Ranked 50th.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
47.9%
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 116th.
Ranked 92nd. 2% more than Peru
Geographical aptitude results
77.271
70.069
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 25th. 10% more than United States
Ranked 96th.
Primary school girls out of school
11%
0%
SOURCE:
Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Ranked 57th.
Ranked 96th.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
23.5 %
17.15 %
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 6th in 2001. 37% more than United States
Ranked 30th in 2001.
Public spending per student > Primary level
8
17.9
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 103rd.
Ranked 36th. 124% more than Peru
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
22.24
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 75th in 2004. 57% more than United States
Ranked 121st in 2004.
School life expectancy > Total
12.4 years
15.2 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 43rd.
Ranked 14th. 23% more than Peru
Teachers as percentage of labor force
4.9%
4.2%
DEFINITION:
The percentage share of the total labor force who are classroom, academic staff, and other teachers. Data for 1999.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 7th. 17% more than United States
Ranked 16th.
Tertiary enrollment
28.8%
72.6%
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 53rd.
Ranked 1st. 152% more than Peru
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