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Average years of schooling of adults
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5.9 |
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[55th of 100]
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Class size > Age 13
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22.2 students |
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[7th of 29]
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DEFINITION: The average number of 13-year-old students per class. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Duration of compulsory education
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9 years |
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[81st 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: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002 |
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Duration of education > Primary level
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6 |
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[69th 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 |
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[98th 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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5.8% |
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[35th 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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85.2% |
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[30th 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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17 years |
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[13th 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
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67.337 |
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[116th of 191]
|
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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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Literacy > Adults at high literacy level
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3.2% |
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[17th of 17]
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DEFINITION: Percentage of adults whose level of document literacy is rated 'high'. Data for 1998. |
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SOURCE: The Geography Zone |
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Literacy > Adults at low literacy level
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80.1% |
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[1st of 17]
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DEFINITION: Percentage of adults whose level of document literacy is rated 'low'. Data for 1998 |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Mathematical literacy
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454 |
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[24th of 27]
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DEFINITION: Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000 |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Primary teacher salary > Starting
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$18,751.00 |
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[15th 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
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20.5 |
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[28th 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
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470 |
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[25th of 27]
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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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14.7 years |
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[18th 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
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15.2 years |
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[15th of 110]
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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: UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
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Scientific literacy
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459 |
|
[25th of 27]
|
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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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34 weeks per year |
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[35th of 36]
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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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50.2% |
|
[24th 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 |