Education > High school Stats: compare key data on China & 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.
Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for all levels of 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	China	South Africa
Gender parity index	1.05 Ranked 27th.	1.05 Ranked 33th. About the same as China
Gender ratio	105.08 Ranked 28th. About the same as South Africa	104.66 Ranked 34th.
Lower secondary school duration	3 Ranked 108th. 50% more than South Africa	2 Ranked 192nd.
Lower secondary starting age	12 Ranked 63th.	14 Ranked 3rd. 17% more than China
Population with at least high school education > Men	70.4% Ranked 61st.	72.2% Ranked 59th. 3% more than China
Population with at least high school education > Women	54.8% Ranked 78th.	68.9% Ranked 57th. 26% more than China
Private school share	10.72% Ranked 73th. 3 times more than South Africa	4.11% Ranked 47th.
Proportion spent on all staff salaries	58.8% Ranked 45th.	100% Ranked 1st. 70% more than China
Share of total education spending	37.41% Ranked 30th. 19% more than South Africa	31.45% Ranked 63th.
Students per teacher	15.15 Ranked 49th.	25.05 Ranked 18th. 65% more than China
Upper secondary school duration	3 Ranked 75th. The same as South Africa	3 Ranked 68th.
Upper secondary starting age	15 Ranked 94th.	16 Ranked 25th. 7% more than China

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