NationMaster - Icelandic Education statistics

Average years of schooling of adults	8.8	[22nd of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	11 years	[24th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	7	[16th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	6%	[31st of 132]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	50.4%	[49th of 170]
Grade 1 intake rate	96.3	[6th of 114]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 11	747 hours	[33rd of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 12	793 hours	[34th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13	817 hours	[33rd of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	630 hours	[34th of 38]
Mathematical literacy	514	[12th of 27]
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$19,939.00	[11th of 22]
School life expectancy > Male	15.1 years	[13th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	15.8 years	[9th of 110]
Students from households with calculator > Age 13	98%	[1st of 28]
Students from households with calculator > Age 9	75%	[9th of 16]
Students from households with computer > Age 13	71%	[4th of 28]
Students from households with computer > Age 9	73%	[1st of 16]
Students from households with study desk > Age 9	85%	[3rd of 16]
Students whose mothers have secondary education > Age 13	42%

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

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

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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