Education in Bhutan: International Education Statistics

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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	3.96 % of GNI		[91st of 168]
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Duration of compulsory education	11 years		[29th of 171]
DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level	7		[20th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	4		[181st of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	1,893		[123rd of 150]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI	5.6%		[39th of 127]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government	12.9%		[50th of 85]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.2%		[49th of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	12.9%		[62nd of 96]
DEFINITION: Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme
Female enrolment share > Primary level	46.1%		[148th of 176]
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: United Nations Human Development Programme
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	44.7%		[136th of 170]
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
Geographical aptitude results	64.151		[144th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	59.5 %		[1st of 121]
DEFINITION: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.		View time series
SOURCE: The Geography Zone
Primary school girls out of school	64%		[15th of 99]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Private school enrolment > Secondary level	0.4		[124th of 131]
DEFINITION: Private sector enrolment share, secondary level is the share of students in general secondary education who attend a privately managed school, regardless of whether or not the school receives subsidies from the government.
SOURCE: Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP	5.62 %		[38th of 136]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: UNESCO
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	12.86 %		[49th of 103]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	31.05		[39th of 159]
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).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Pupils reaching grade 5	90.4		[49th of 108]
DEFINITION: Pupils reaching grade 5 is the percentage of children who start primary school and eventually reach grade 5.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Scientific and technical journal articles	1		[166th of 175]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: UNESCO