NationMaster - Bhutanese Education statistics

Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	3.96 % of GNI	...	[91st of 168]
Duration of compulsory education	11 years		[29th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	7		[20th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	4		[181st of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.2%		[49th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	12.9%		[62nd of 96]
Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita	14.38 %	...	[44th of 101]
Expenditure per student, secondary > % of GDP per capita	103.2 %	...	[1st of 93]
Expenditure per student, tertiary > % of GDP per capita	573.98 %	...	[4th of 81]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	46.1%		[148th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	44.7%		[136th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	64.151		[144th of 191]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, total > % of relevant age group	109 %	...	[34th of 157]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Female	34 %		[184th of 197]
Literacy > Male	60 %		[179th of 197]
Literacy > Total population	47 %		[192nd of 205]
Literacy rate, adult female > % of females ages 15 and above	48.7 %	...	[1st of 121]
Literacy rate, adult male > % of males ages 15 and above	69.1 %	...	[1st of 121]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	59.5 %	...	[1st of 121]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; UNESCO; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan

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