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Europe > Germany > Education

GERMAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average years of schooling of adults 10.2 [8th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education 13 years [3rd of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 4 [157th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 9 [1st of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP) 4.6% [69th of 132]
Educational attainment > Tertiary 23% [15th of 18]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 87.7% [24th of 135]
Grade 12 advanced students math 465 [14th of 15]
Grade 12 advanced students science 522 [5th of 15]
Literacy > Adults at high literacy level 18.9% [10th of 17]
Literacy > Total population 99% Time series [17th of 160]
Mathematical literacy 490 [19th of 27]
Primary teacher salary > Starting $29,697.00 [2nd of 22]
Reading literacy 484 [21st of 27]
School life expectancy > Male 15.5 years [9th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total 15.3 years [12th of 110]
Scientific literacy 487 [20th of 27]
Student attitude > Dislike of school 25% [14th of 17]
Student attitude > Find school boring 49% [12th of 17]
Tertiary enrollment 46.3% [31st of 151]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; United Nations Human Development Programme; OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003; TIMSS; OECD; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; OECD

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Deutschland, west germany

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