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Southeast Asia > Cambodia > Education

CAMBODIAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Duration of compulsory education 160 years [160th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 99 [99th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 118 [118th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP) 126% [126th of 132]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 123% [123rd of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level 146% [146th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 160% [160th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results 157 [157th of 191]
Grade 1 intake rate 50 [50th of 114]
Literacy > Female 149 % [149th of 197]
Literacy > Total population 154 % [154th of 205]
Private school enrolment > Secondary level 121 [121st of 131]
Public spending per student > Primary level 119 [119th of 126]
Public spending per student > Tertiary level 56 [56th of 123]
Pupils reaching grade 5 94 [94th of 108]
Pupils-teacher ratio > secondary level 61 [61st of 121]
Repitition rate > Primary level 22 [22nd of 143]
School life expectancy > Male 85 years [85th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total 95 years [95th of 110]
Tertiary enrollment 126% [126th of 151]

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SOURCES: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.; Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.; Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.; Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002); 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.; 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.; 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.; Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.; Total number of new entrants in first grade of primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population at the official primary school-entrance age; This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons. ; 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.; 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.; Public expenditure per student, tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the government on tertiary education, divided by the total number of pupils in tertiary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.; Pupils reaching grade 5 is the percentage of children who start primary school and eventually reach grade 5.; Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary level is the average number of pupils per teacher in secondary education. Cross-country comparisons may be affected by such factors as the composition of teachers by part- and full-time employment.; Repetition rate is the percentage of primary school pupils who are currently enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year.; 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.; 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.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Cambodia, Kingdom of Cambodia, Preahreacheanachakr Kampuchea, Kampuchea

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