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Average years of schooling of adults
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7.2 |
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[36th of 100]
|
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Duration of compulsory education
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10 years |
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[46th of 171]
|
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DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Duration of education > Primary level
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6 |
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[72nd of 181]
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DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Duration of education > Secondary level
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6 |
|
[101st of 181]
|
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DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Education spending (% of GDP)
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5.3% |
|
[46th of 132]
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DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002) |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
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59.7% |
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[79th of 135]
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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. |
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SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme |
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Expected duration of education for all students
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12.6 years |
|
[27th of 30]
|
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DEFINITION: Expected years of schooling for a 5-year-old under current conditions, excluding education for children under 5. Data for 2000. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Geographical aptitude results
|
76.135 |
|
[43rd of 191]
|
|
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics |
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Library books
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538,596 |
|
[56th of 81]
|
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SOURCE: The Geography Zone |
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Mathematical literacy
|
387 |
|
[27th of 27]
|
|
DEFINITION: Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000 |
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SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
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Primary teacher salary > Starting
|
$10,465.00 |
|
[19th of 22]
|
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DEFINITION: Annual statutory teachers' salaries in public institutions in primary education, in equivalent US dollars converted using PPPs. Data for 1999. |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Public spending per student > Primary level
|
11.7 |
|
[80th of 126]
|
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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. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics |
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Reading literacy
|
422 |
|
[27th of 27]
|
|
DEFINITION: Reading literacy mean value of performance scale (15 years old, 2000) |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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School life expectancy > Male
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11.6 years |
|
[55th of 97]
|
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DEFINITION: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999. |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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School life expectancy > Total
|
11.5 years |
|
[55th of 110]
|
|
DEFINITION: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
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Scientific literacy
|
422 |
|
[27th of 27]
|
|
DEFINITION: Scientific literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old (2000) |
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SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
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Teaching weeks per year > Primary
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42 weeks per year |
|
[5th of 36]
|
|
DEFINITION: Average number of weeks taught per year by primary level teachers. Data for 2000. |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Tertiary enrollment
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20.7% |
|
[73rd of 151]
|
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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. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics |
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Universities > Top 100
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1 |
|
[19th of 22]
|
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DEFINITION: Number of universities in the top 100 |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Universities > Top 500
|
1 |
|
[36th of 38]
|
|
DEFINITION: Number of universities in the top 500 |
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SOURCE: The Times, 2005 |
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