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Southeast Asia > Macau > Education

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Children out of school, primary	3,192		[55th of 126]
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Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[68th of 171]
DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[131st of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[138th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	26,272		[100th of 150]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education, primary completion rate	96		[46th of 148]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	69.4%		[64th of 135]
DEFINITION: Net enrolment ratio, secondary level, is the ratio of the number of children of official secondary school age enrolled in school to the number of children of official secondary school age in the population.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Female enrolment share > Primary level	47.3%		[138th of 176]
DEFINITION: Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	50.2%		[55th of 170]
DEFINITION: Girls' enrolment share, secondary level is the number of girls enrolled in secondary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in secondary school.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Grade 1 intake rate	70.7		[46th of 114]
DEFINITION: Total number of new entrants in first grade of primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population at the official primary school-entrance age
SOURCE: UNESCO
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	5.5%		[99th of 138]
SOURCE: World Bank		View time series
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	91.3 %		[44th of 121]
DEFINITION: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.		View time series
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24	99.63 %		[20th of 123]
DEFINITION: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	14.03 %		[34th 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: World Development Indicators database
Public spending per student > Primary level	10.1		[92nd of 126]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Public spending per student > Secondary level	11.9		[103rd of 123]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student, secondary level is the total reported current spending by the government on secondary education, divided by the total number of pupils in secondary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Public spending per student > Tertiary level	38		[71st of 123]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student, tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the government on tertiary education, divided by the total number of pupils in tertiary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	23.24		[56th 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: UNESCO
Tertiary enrollment	52.1%		[23rd of 151]
DEFINITION: Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1		[7th of 138]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; UNESCO; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; World Bank

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu (Chinese); Regiao Administrativa Especial de Macau (Portuguese), Aomen (Chinese); Macau (Portuguese), macao, macau sar, China, Macao Special Administrative Region, Macau S.A.R.