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Average years of schooling of adults	11.8	[2nd of 100]
Class size > Age 13	14.6 students	[23rd of 29]
DEFINITION: The average number of 13-year-old students per class.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of compulsory education	11 years	[27th of 171]
DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Duration of education > Primary level	7	[17th 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	[119th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education spending (% of GDP)	7.6%	[15th of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: UNESCO
Educational attainment > Tertiary	28%	[9th of 18]
DEFINITION: Percentage of adult population (aged 25-64) educated till tertiary level (year 2000).
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	95%	[4th 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: OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003
Grade 12 advanced students science	581	[1st of 15]
DEFINITION: Results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) involving a half-million students in 41 countries.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Literacy > Adults at high literacy level	29.4%	[2nd of 17]
DEFINITION: Percentage of adults whose level of document literacy is rated 'high'. Data for 1998.
SOURCE: TIMSS
Literacy > Adults at low literacy level	29.7%	[16th of 17]
DEFINITION: Percentage of adults whose level of document literacy is rated 'low'. Data for 1998
SOURCE: OECD
Mathematical literacy	499	[16th of 27]
DEFINITION: Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000
SOURCE: OECD
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$22,194.00	[8th of 22]
DEFINITION: Annual statutory teachers' salaries in public institutions in primary education, in equivalent US dollars converted using PPPs. Data for 1999.
SOURCE: OECD
Reading literacy	505	[14th of 27]
DEFINITION: Reading literacy mean value of performance scale (15 years old, 2000)
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
School life expectancy > Male	16.3 years	[2nd of 97]
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.
SOURCE: OECD
School life expectancy > Total	16.9 years	[1st 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.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Scientific literacy	500	[13th of 27]
DEFINITION: Scientific literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old (2000)
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Student attitude > Dislike of school	23%	[15th of 17]
DEFINITION: Percentage of schoolgoing children who do not like going to school (2000).
SOURCE: OECD
Student attitude > Find school boring	58%	[8th of 17]
DEFINITION: Percentage of students who do find school boring (2000).
SOURCE: OECD
Tertiary enrollment	70%	[4th 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: OECD

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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