Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
7.92 % of GNI
7.42 % 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 5th in 1975. 7% more than United States
Ranked 6th in 1975.
Duration of compulsory education
10 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 64th.
Ranked 12th. 20% more than Puerto Rico
Duration of education > Primary level
8
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 2nd. 33% more than United States
Ranked 83rd.
Duration of education > Secondary level
4
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 182nd.
Ranked 109th. 50% more than Puerto Rico
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Tertiary level
60.49%
51.7%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 5th in 1981. 17% more than United States
Ranked 20th in 1981.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
492,908
20,609,000
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 84th in 1981.
Ranked 5th in 1981. 41 times more than Puerto Rico
Education enrolment by level > Primary level (per capita)
0.2 per capita
0.1 per capita
DEFINITION:
Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 64th in 1981. 69% more than United States
Ranked 125th in 1981.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
137,171
12,371,672
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 37th in 1981.
Ranked 1st in 1981. 89 times more than Puerto Rico
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level (per capita)
42.3 per 1,000 people
53.9 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 3rd in 1981.
Ranked 1st in 1981. 27% more than Puerto Rico
Elementary school starting age > years
5
6
DEFINITION:
Primary school starting age is the age at which students would enter primary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade."
SOURCE:
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Ranked 174th in 2008.
Ranked 159th in 2008. 20% more than Puerto Rico
Outcomes > Primary education, duration > years
8
6
DEFINITION:
Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.
SOURCE:
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Ranked 3rd in 2008. 33% more than United States
Ranked 44th in 2008.
Spending > Proportion
7.92
7.42
DEFINITION:
Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment. Expressed as a proportion of GNI."
SOURCE:
World Bank staff estimates using data from the United Nations Statistics Division's Statistical Yearbook, and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics online database.
Ranked 5th in 1975. 7% more than United States
Ranked 6th in 1975.
Spending > USD
568,355,331.06
120,131,820,433.04
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 Bank staff estimates using data from the United Nations Statistics Division's Statistical Yearbook, and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics online database.
Ranked 33rd in 1975.
Ranked 1st in 1975. 210 times more than Puerto Rico
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