Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
4.79 % of GNI
5.94 % 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 59th in 2005.
Ranked 25th in 2005. 24% more than United States
Children out of school, primary
1,621,339
1,628
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 2nd in 2004. 995 times more than Vanuatu
Ranked 102nd in 2004.
Duration of compulsory education
12 years
7 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 12th. 71% more than Vanuatu
Ranked 133rd.
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 83rd.
Ranked 100th.
Duration of education > Secondary level
6
8
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 109th.
Ranked 13th. 33% more than United States
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
15,927,987
675
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 1st in 2001. 23596 times more than Vanuatu
Ranked 129th in 2001.
Education spending (% of GDP)
5.7%
11%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 39th.
Ranked 2nd. 93% more than United States
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
17.1%
28.1%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 38th.
Ranked 3rd. 64% more than United States
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
88.1%
22.6%
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 21st. 3 times more than Vanuatu
Ranked 117th.
Female enrolment share > Primary level
48.7%
49.7%
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 50th.
Ranked 8th. 2% more than United States
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
49%
43.5%
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 92nd. 13% more than Vanuatu
Ranked 142nd.
Geographical aptitude results
70.069
62.753
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 96th. 12% more than Vanuatu
Ranked 153rd.
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP
5.9 %
9.6 %
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 34th in 2003.
Ranked 3rd in 2003. 64% more than United States
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
17.15 %
26.71 %
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 30th in 2001.
Ranked 2nd in 2001. 56% more than United States
Public spending per student > Primary level
17.9
13.2
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 36th. 36% more than Vanuatu
Ranked 71st.
Public spending per student > Secondary level
22.4
79.9
DEFINITION:
Public expenditure per student, secondary level is the total reported current spending by the government on secondary education , divided by the total number of pupils in secondary education , expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 51st.
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United States
Public spending per student > Tertiary level
23.9
2,074.6
DEFINITION:
Public expenditure per student, tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the government on tertiary education , divided by the total number of pupils in tertiary education , expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 98th.
Ranked 1st. 86 times more than United States
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
14.21
20.01
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 121st in 2004.
Ranked 87th in 2004. 41% more than United States
Scientific and technical journal articles
198,524
3
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 1st in 1999. 66174 times more than Vanuatu
Ranked 152nd in 1999.
Tertiary enrollment
72.6%
0.3%
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 1st. 241 times more than Vanuatu
Ranked 151st.
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