Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
3.98 % of GNI
5.33 % 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 89th in 2005.
Ranked 42nd in 2005. 34% more than Uganda
Average years of schooling of adults
3.5
9.4
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 79th.
Ranked 16th. 169% more than Uganda
Duration of education > Primary level
7
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 25th. 17% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 50th.
Duration of education > Secondary level
6
7
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 136th.
Ranked 27th. 17% more than Uganda
Education enrolment by level > Primary level
7,354,153
4,488,162
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 16th in 2002. 64% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 27th in 2002.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
74,090
2,287,833
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 87th in 2002.
Ranked 12th in 2002. 30 times more than Uganda
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level
53%
98%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 135th in 1990.
Ranked 21st in 1990. 85% more than Uganda
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI
5.3%
5.3%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 44th in 2004.
Ranked 43rd in 2004.
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government
18.3%
12.1%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 17th in 2004. 51% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 56th in 2004.
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
12%
93.7%
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 128th.
Ranked 6th. 7 times more than Uganda
Female enrolment share > Primary level
47.4%
48.8%
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 136th.
Ranked 40th. 3% more than Uganda
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
42.8%
52.7%
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 143rd.
Ranked 15th. 23% more than Uganda
Geographical aptitude results
70.627
66.685
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 91st. 6% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 126th.
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
2.5 %
4.6 %
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 105th in 2000.
Ranked 51st in 2000. 89% more than Uganda
Public spending per student > Primary level
7.7
14
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 104th.
Ranked 57th. 82% more than Uganda
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
50.09
18.09
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 17th in 2004. 177% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 99th in 2004.
School enrollment, tertiary > % gross
3.44 % gross
60.13 % 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 108th in 2004.
Ranked 23rd in 2004. 16 times more than Uganda
Scientific and technical journal articles
90
48,288
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 84th in 2003.
Ranked 3rd in 2003. 536 times more than Uganda
Secondary education, teachers (per capita)
1.4
per 1,000 people
6.2
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 116th in 2004.
Ranked 55th in 2004. 3 times more than Uganda
Tertiary enrollment
3%
59.5%
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 125th.
Ranked 11th. 19 times more than Uganda
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