Children out of school, primary
815,985
8,254
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 11th in 2001. 98 times more than Serbia and Montenegro
Ranked 80th in 2001.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
12,759,918
379,575
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 10th in 2000. 33 times more than Serbia and Montenegro
Ranked 110th in 2000.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
2,432,002
208,689
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 8th in 2000. 11 times more than Serbia and Montenegro
Ranked 50th in 2000.
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level
93%
98%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 78th in 2001.
Ranked 28th in 2001. 5% more than Philippines
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI
3.3%
3.3%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 86th in 2000.
Ranked 85th in 2000.
Education, primary completion rate
104
96
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 23rd in 2001. 8% more than Serbia and Montenegro
Ranked 59th in 2001.
Geographical aptitude results
78.427
72.434
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 1st. 8% more than Serbia and Montenegro
Ranked 77th.
Girls to boys ratio, primary level enrolment
1
1
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 48th in 2001.
Ranked 32nd in 2001.
Library books
1,244,110
5,977,300
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 45th.
Ranked 14th. 4 times more than Philippines
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above
92.6 %
96.4 %
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 40th in 2006.
Ranked 28th in 2006. 4% more than Philippines
Literacy rate, youth female > % of females ages 15-24
95.72 %
99.32 %
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 55th in 2006.
Ranked 27th in 2006. 4% more than Philippines
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24
95.09 %
99.36 %
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 59th in 2006.
Ranked 25th in 2006. 4% more than Philippines
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
3.5 %
3.3 %
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 82nd in 2000. 6% more than Serbia and Montenegro
Ranked 85th in 2000.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
35.21
19.77
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 40th in 2001. 78% more than Serbia and Montenegro
Ranked 100th in 2001.
School enrollment, secondary, male > % gross
73.62 % gross
88.25 % gross
DEFINITION:
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 88th in 2001.
Ranked 53rd in 2001. 20% more than Philippines
School enrollment, tertiary > % gross
30.53 % gross
36.25 % gross
DEFINITION:
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 53rd in 2001.
Ranked 46th in 2001. 19% more than Philippines
School life expectancy > Total
11.2 years
10.5 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 62nd. 7% more than Serbia and Montenegro
Ranked 71st.
Scientific and technical journal articles
179
600
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 70th in 2003.
Ranked 46th in 2003. 2 times more than Philippines
Secondary education, teachers (per capita)
1.9
per 1,000 people
6.9
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 102nd in 2001.
Ranked 44th in 2001. 3 times more than Philippines
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