Average years of schooling of adults
7.1
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 37th.
Ranked 1st. 69% more than Slovenia
Children out of school, primary
256
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 119th in 2004.
Ranked 2nd in 2004. 6332 times more than Slovenia
Class size > Age 13
21.3 students
18.3 students
DEFINITION:
The average number of 13-year-old students per class.
SOURCE:
"Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Ranked 10th. 16% more than United States
Ranked 15th.
Class size > Age 9
21.9 students
23.5 students
DEFINITION:
The average number of children in every class of nine-year-olds.
SOURCE:
"Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Ranked 8th.
Ranked 6th. 7% more than Slovenia
Duration of compulsory education
7 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 132nd.
Ranked 12th. 71% more than Slovenia
Duration of education > Primary level
4
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 168th.
Ranked 83rd. 50% more than Slovenia
Duration of education > Secondary level
8
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 12th. 33% more than United States
Ranked 109th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
101,458
16,611,711
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 79th in 2002.
Ranked 1st in 2002. 163 times more than Slovenia
Education spending (% of GDP)
6.1%
5.7%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 29th. 7% more than United States
Ranked 39th.
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
88.6%
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 16th. 1% more than United States
Ranked 21st.
Geographical aptitude results
75.008
70.069
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 59th. 7% more than United States
Ranked 96th.
Grade 12 advanced students math
475
442
DEFINITION:
Results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) involving a half-million students in 41 countries.
SOURCE:
TIMSS
Ranked 11th. 7% more than United States
Ranked 15th.
Grade 12 advanced students science
523
423
DEFINITION:
Results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) involving a half-million students in 41 countries.
SOURCE:
TIMSS
Ranked 4th. 24% more than United States
Ranked 16th.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
12.56 %
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 44th in 2003.
Ranked 32nd in 2003. 21% more than Slovenia
Public spending per student > Primary level
20.6
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 26th. 15% more than United States
Ranked 36th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
15.1
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 116th in 2004. 6% more than United States
Ranked 121st in 2004.
School life expectancy > Male
13.6 years
14.8 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 30th.
Ranked 16th. 9% more than Slovenia
School life expectancy > Total
14.1 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 28th.
Ranked 14th. 8% more than Slovenia
Students whose mothers have secondary education > Age 13
60%
75%
DEFINITION:
Percentage of 13-year-old students whose mothers have at least secondary education .
SOURCE:
"Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Tertiary enrollment
60.5%
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 9th.
Ranked 1st. 20% more than Slovenia
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