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Europe > Norway > Education

Average years of schooling of adults 11.8 [2nd of 100]
Class size > Age 13 14.6 students [23rd of 29]
Duration of compulsory education 11 years [27th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 7 [17th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 6 [119th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP) 7.6% [15th of 132]
Educational attainment > Tertiary 28% [9th of 18]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 95% [4th of 135]
Grade 12 advanced students science 581 [1st of 15]
Literacy > Adults at high literacy level 29.4% [2nd of 17]
Literacy > Adults at low literacy level 29.7% [16th of 17]
Mathematical literacy 499 [16th of 27]
Primary teacher salary > Starting $22,194.00 [8th of 22]
Reading literacy 505 [14th of 27]
School life expectancy > Male 16.3 years [2nd of 97]
School life expectancy > Total 16.9 years [1st of 110]
Scientific literacy 500 [13th of 27]
Student attitude > Dislike of school 23% [15th of 17]
Student attitude > Find school boring 58% [8th of 17]
Tertiary enrollment 70% [4th 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; OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003; TIMSS; OECD; OECD; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; OECD

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Norway, Kingdom of Norway, Kongeriket Norge, Norge

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