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Children out of school, primary
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14,161
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[48th of 126]
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Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
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3,223,431 |
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[1st of 150]
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Education spending (% of GDP)
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4.2% |
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[79th of 132]
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Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
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15.5% |
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[44th of 96]
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Education, primary completion rate
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101 |
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[1st of 148]
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Geographical aptitude results
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59.809 |
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[174th of 191]
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Library books
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2,576,000 |
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[35th of 81]
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Literacy > Male
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99.3% |
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[17th of 156]
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Literacy > Total population
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98.1% |
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[39th of 160]
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Mathematical literacy
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547 |
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[2nd of 27]
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Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
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14.98 %
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[34th of 103]
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Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
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29.02
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[43rd of 159]
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Reading literacy
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525 |
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[6th of 27]
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School life expectancy > Male
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15.3 years |
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[10th of 97]
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School life expectancy > Total
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14.6 years |
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[21st of 110]
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Scientific literacy
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552 |
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[1st of 27]
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Universities > Top 100
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1 |
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[21st of 22]
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Universities > Top 200
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3 |
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[13th of 31]
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Universities > Top 500
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8 |
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[13th of 38]
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Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
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1 |
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[22nd of 138]
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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD; The Times, 2005; Shanghai Jiao Tong University
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Korea, South, Republic of Korea, South Korea, Taehan-min'guk, korea, republic of, korea, rep. of, korea-south, SKOREA, Korea Republic, Korean Republic, Korea (Rep.), Korea
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