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Average years of schooling of adults
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9.3 |
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[17th of 100]
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Class size > Age 13
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17.2 students |
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[20th of 29]
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DEFINITION: The average number of 13-year-old students per class. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Duration of compulsory education
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13 years |
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[2nd of 171]
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DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school. |
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SOURCE: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002 |
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Duration of education > Primary level
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6 |
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[38th of 181]
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DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Duration of education > Secondary level
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6 |
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[77th of 181]
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DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Education spending (% of GDP)
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6.3% |
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[27th of 132]
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DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002) |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Educational attainment > Senior secondary
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31% |
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[16th of 18]
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DEFINITION: Percentage of adult population (aged 25-64) educated till senior secondary level (year 2000). |
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SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme |
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Educational attainment > Tertiary
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27% |
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[10th of 18]
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DEFINITION: Percentage of adult population (aged 25-64) educated till tertiary level (year 2000). |
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SOURCE: OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003 |
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Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
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88% |
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[22nd of 135]
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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. |
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SOURCE: OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003 |
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Geographical aptitude results
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78.352 |
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[5th of 191]
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DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Mathematical literacy
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520 |
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[9th of 27]
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DEFINITION: Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000 |
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SOURCE: The Geography Zone |
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Public spending per student > Primary level
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17 |
|
[42nd of 126]
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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. |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Reading literacy
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507 |
|
[10th of 27]
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DEFINITION: Reading literacy mean value of performance scale (15 years old, 2000) |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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School life expectancy > Male
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15.7 years |
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[6th of 97]
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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. |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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School life expectancy > Total
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15.8 years |
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[8th of 110]
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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. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
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Scientific literacy
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496 |
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[15th of 27]
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DEFINITION: Scientific literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old (2000) |
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SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
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Student attitude > Dislike of school
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42% |
|
[1st of 17]
|
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DEFINITION: Percentage of schoolgoing children who do not like going to school (2000). |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Student attitude > Find school boring
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46% |
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[13th of 17]
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DEFINITION: Percentage of students who do find school boring (2000). |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Student attitude > Report class disorder
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36% |
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[6th of 17]
|
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DEFINITION: Percentage of students who report high noise level and disorder in classes (2000). |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Tertiary enrollment
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57% |
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[16th of 151]
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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. |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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