Education of New Zealand - New Zealand Education statistics

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Average years of schooling of adults	11.7	[3rd of 100]
Class size > Age 13	20.8 students	[11th of 29]
DEFINITION: The average number of 13-year-old students per class.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of compulsory education	12 years	[11th 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	6	[76th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	7	[35th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education spending (% of GDP)	6.7%	[21st of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: UNESCO
Educational attainment > Tertiary	29%	[8th 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	91.6%	[10th 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
Literacy > Adults at high literacy level	17.6%	[11th of 17]
DEFINITION: Percentage of adults whose level of document literacy is rated 'high'. Data for 1998.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Literacy > Adults at low literacy level	50.6%	[5th of 17]
DEFINITION: Percentage of adults whose level of document literacy is rated 'low'. Data for 1998
SOURCE: OECD
Mathematical literacy	537	[3rd of 27]
DEFINITION: Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000
SOURCE: OECD
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$16,678.00	[18th 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	529	[3rd of 27]
DEFINITION: Reading literacy mean value of performance scale (15 years old, 2000)
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
School life expectancy > Male	15.6 years	[7th 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	16.2 years	[5th 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	528	[7th of 27]
DEFINITION: Scientific literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old (2000)
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Student attitude > Dislike of school	34%	[6th of 17]
DEFINITION: Percentage of schoolgoing children who do not like going to school (2000).
SOURCE: OECD
Student attitude > Find school boring	60%	[3rd of 17]
DEFINITION: Percentage of students who do find school boring (2000).
SOURCE: OECD
Student attitude > Report class disorder	32%	[9th of 17]
DEFINITION: Percentage of students who report high noise level and disorder in classes (2000).
SOURCE: OECD
Tertiary enrollment	69.2%	[5th 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; OECD; OECD; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; OECD

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