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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	3.75 % of GNI		[99th of 168]
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Children out of school, primary	12,977		[49th of 126]
DEFINITION: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Class size > Age 13	31.9 students		[2nd of 29]
DEFINITION: The average number of 13-year-old students per class.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Class size > Age 9	36.2 students		[1st of 17]
DEFINITION: The average number of children in every class of nine-year-olds.
SOURCE: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	159,254		[65th of 150]
SOURCE: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002		View time series
Education spending (% of GDP)	4.4%		[76th of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	23.3%		[9th of 96]
DEFINITION: Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme
Education, primary completion rate	110		[9th of 148]
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme		View time series
Geographical aptitude results	77.896		[14th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	6%		[96th of 138]
SOURCE: The Geography Zone		View time series
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	22.99 %		[8th of 103]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.		View time series
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	18.35		[72nd of 159]
DEFINITION: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Scientific and technical journal articles	1,817		[35th of 175]
DEFINITION: Scientific and technical journal articles refer to the number of scientific and engineering articles published in the following fields: physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Students from households with calculator > Age 13	97%		[11th of 28]
DEFINITION: Percentage of 13-year-old students who come from households containing at least one calculator.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Students from households with computer > Age 13	37%		[19th of 28]
DEFINITION: Percentage of 13-year-old students who come from households with at least one computer.
SOURCE: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Students whose mothers have secondary education > Age 13	26%
DEFINITION: Percentage of 13-year-old students whose mothers have at least secondary education.
SOURCE: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Universities > Top 100	3		[8th of 22]
DEFINITION: Number of universities in the top 100
SOURCE: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Universities > Top 200	4		[12th of 31]
DEFINITION: Number of universities in the top 200
SOURCE: The Times, 2005
Universities > Top 500	5		[20th of 38]
DEFINITION: Number of universities in the top 500
SOURCE: The Times, 2005
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.98		[66th of 138]
SOURCE: Shanghai Jiao Tong University		View time series

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; The Times, 2005; Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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