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Average years of schooling of adults
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11.6 |
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[4th of 100]
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Class size > Age 13
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17.8 students |
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[19th 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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11 years |
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[19th 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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[53rd 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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[88th 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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5.2% |
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[50th 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 > Tertiary
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42% |
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[1st 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: United Nations Human Development Programme |
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Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
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97.9% |
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[2nd 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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Grade 12 advanced students math
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509 |
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[9th of 15]
|
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DEFINITION: Results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) involving a half-million students in 41 countries. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Grade 12 advanced students science
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485 |
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[12th of 15]
|
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DEFINITION: Results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) involving a half-million students in 41 countries. |
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SOURCE: TIMSS |
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Literacy > Adults at high literacy level
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25.1% |
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[5th of 17]
|
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DEFINITION: Percentage of adults whose level of document literacy is rated 'high'. Data for 1998. |
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SOURCE: TIMSS |
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Literacy > Adults at low literacy level
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42.9% |
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[10th of 17]
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DEFINITION: Percentage of adults whose level of document literacy is rated 'low'. Data for 1998 |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Mathematical literacy
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533 |
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[6th of 27]
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DEFINITION: Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000 |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Reading literacy
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534 |
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[2nd of 27]
|
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DEFINITION: Reading literacy mean value of performance scale (15 years old, 2000) |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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School life expectancy > Male
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14.4 years |
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[22nd 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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14.8 years |
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[18th 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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529 |
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[5th 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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37% |
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[3rd 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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58% |
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[6th 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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Tertiary enrollment
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60% |
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[10th 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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