NationMaster - Canadian Education statistics

Average years of schooling of adults	11.6	[4th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	11 years	[19th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6	[53rd of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.2%	[50th of 132]
Educational attainment > Tertiary	42%	[1st of 18]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	49.1%	[86th of 170]
Female teachers > Lower secondary	68%	[7th of 20]
Grade 12 advanced students math	509	[9th of 15]
Grade 12 advanced students science	485	[12th of 15]
Mathematical literacy	533	[6th of 27]
School life expectancy > Male	14.4 years	[22nd of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	14.8 years	[18th of 110]
Student attitude > Dislike of school	37%	[3rd of 17]
Student attitude > Report class disorder	33%	[7th of 17]
Students from households with calculator > Age 13	96%	[15th of 28]
Students from households with calculator > Age 9	81%	[7th of 16]
Students from households with computer > Age 13	59%	[10th of 28]
Students from households with computer > Age 9	51%	[6th of 16]
Students from households with study desk > Age 9	73%	[12th of 16]
Students whose mothers have secondary education > Age 13	60%

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SOURCES: UNESCO; United Nations Human Development Programme; OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; TIMSS; OECD; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; OECD; "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002

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