Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
1.01 % 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 163rd in 2005.
Ranked 59th in 2005. 4 times more than Sierra Leone
Average years of schooling of adults
2.4
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 92nd.
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Sierra Leone
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 84th.
Ranked 83rd.
Duration of education > Secondary level
6
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 111st.
Ranked 109th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
554,308
25,297,600
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 92nd in 2000.
Ranked 4th in 2000. 45 times more than Sierra Leone
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
9,041
15,927,987
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 109th in 2001.
Ranked 1st in 2001. 1761 times more than Sierra Leone
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level
43%
98%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 125th in 1991.
Ranked 24th in 1991. 128% more than Sierra Leone
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI
4.3%
5.9%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 64th in 2004.
Ranked 25th in 2004. 37% more than Sierra Leone
Education spending (% of GDP)
3.7%
5.7%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 91st.
Ranked 39th. 54% more than Sierra Leone
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
26.5%
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 110th.
Ranked 21st. 2 times more than Sierra Leone
Female enrolment share > Primary level
43.3%
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 163rd.
Ranked 50th. 12% more than Sierra Leone
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
45.3%
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 131st.
Ranked 92nd. 8% more than Sierra Leone
Geographical aptitude results
70.748
70.069
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 90th. 1% more than United States
Ranked 96th.
Girls to boys ratio, primary level enrolment
0.81
0.99
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 139th in 2005.
Ranked 47th in 2005. 22% more than Sierra Leone
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
4.6 %
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 66th in 2003.
Ranked 34th in 2003. 28% more than Sierra Leone
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
66.86
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 4th in 2004. 4 times more than United States
Ranked 121st in 2004.
School enrollment, tertiary > % gross
2.14 % gross
80.68 % 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 122nd in 2002.
Ranked 3rd in 2002. 37 times more than Sierra Leone
Scientific and technical journal articles
3
198,524
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 148th in 1999.
Ranked 1st in 1999. 66174 times more than Sierra Leone
Secondary education, teachers (per capita)
per 1,000 people
5.5
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 th in 1970.
Ranked 66th in 2004.
Tertiary enrollment
2.2%
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 131st.
Ranked 1st. 32 times more than Sierra Leone
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