Education > High school Stats: compare key data on Australia & South Africa

Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for secondary level enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
Lower secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the lower secondary (middle school) level.
Lower secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin lower secondary (middle school) education.
Population with at least high school education > Men: Gender Inequality Index.
Population with at least high school education > Women: Population with at least high school education > Women.
Private school share: Percentage of secondary students who attend a private school.
Proportion spent on all staff salaries: Percentage of public funding for secondary education that goes to school staff salaries.
Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to secondary education.
Upper secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the upper secondary (high school) level.
Upper secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin upper secondary (high school) education.

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STAT	Australia	South Africa
Gender parity index	0.951 Ranked 109th.	1.05 Ranked 33th. 10% more than Australia
Gender ratio	95.35 Ranked 82nd.	104.66 Ranked 34th. 10% more than Australia
Lower secondary school duration	4 Ranked 60th. Twice as much as South Africa	2 Ranked 192nd.
Lower secondary starting age	12 Ranked 113th.	14 Ranked 3rd. 17% more than Australia
Population with at least high school education > Men	92.2% Ranked 25th. 28% more than South Africa	72.2% Ranked 59th.
Population with at least high school education > Women	92.2% Ranked 21st. 34% more than South Africa	68.9% Ranked 57th.
Private school share	35.24% Ranked 16th. 9 times more than South Africa	4.11% Ranked 47th.
Proportion spent on all staff salaries	75% Ranked 55th.	100% Ranked 1st. 33% more than Australia
Share of total education spending	36.79% Ranked 43th. 17% more than South Africa	31.45% Ranked 63th.
Upper secondary school duration	2 Ranked 188th.	3 Ranked 68th. 50% more than Australia
Upper secondary starting age	16 Ranked 48th. The same as South Africa	16 Ranked 25th.

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