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Arctic Region > Iceland > Education

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]
Expected duration of education for females 18.6 years [6th of 28]
Geographical aptitude results 75.04 [58th of 191]
Library books 840,152 [50th of 81]
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]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002; United Nations Human Development Programme; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; The Geography Zone; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; OECD

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Iceland, Republic of Iceland, Lydhveldidh Island, Island

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