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Average years of schooling of adults	8.8		[22nd of 100]
Class size > Age 13	11.7 students		[28th of 29]
Duration of compulsory education	11 years		[24th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	7		[16th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	7		[48th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	6%		[31st of 132]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	83.4%		[32nd of 135]
Expected duration of education for all students	18 years		[6th of 30]
Geographical aptitude results	75.04		[58th of 191]
Literacy > Male	99%		[32nd of 156]
Literacy > Total population	99%		[24th of 160]
Mathematical literacy	514		[12th of 27]
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$19,939.00		[11th of 22]
Public spending per student > Primary level	13.2		[70th of 126]
Reading literacy	507		[11th of 27]
School life expectancy > Male	15.1 years		[13th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	15.8 years		[9th of 110]
Scientific literacy	496		[17th of 27]
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	38 weeks per year		[24th of 36]
Tertiary enrollment	48.7%		[27th of 151]

Interesting facts on Icelandic Education

• The women of Iceland earn two-thirds of their nation\'s university degrees.
• Teachers make up 7.8 percent of Iceland’s labor force - and they only have to teach 38 weeks per year.

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