Education in Romania: International Education Statistics

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Children out of school, primary	46,827		[47th of 126]
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Class size > Age 13	18 students		[16th of 29]
DEFINITION: The average number of 13-year-old students per class.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of compulsory education	8 years		[122nd 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	4		[181st of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level	8		[19th of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	643,911		[32nd of 150]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education spending (% of GDP)	3.5%		[96th of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Education, primary completion rate	93		[75th of 148]
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme		View time series
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	79.6%		[38th 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: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	49.3%		[84th of 170]
DEFINITION: Girls' enrolment share, secondary level is the number of girls enrolled in secondary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in secondary school.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Geographical aptitude results	77.557		[22nd of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Library books	19,035,000		[5th of 81]
SOURCE: The Geography Zone
Public spending per student > Primary level	19.9		[31st of 126]
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.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	17.48		[106th of 159]
DEFINITION: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).		View time series
SOURCE: UNESCO
School life expectancy > Male	11.5 years		[56th 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: World Development Indicators database
School life expectancy > Total	11.6 years		[53rd 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
Students from households with computer > Age 13	17%		[25th of 28]
DEFINITION: Percentage of 13-year-old students who come from households with at least one computer.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Students whose mothers have secondary education > Age 13	39%
DEFINITION: Percentage of 13-year-old students whose mothers have at least secondary education.
SOURCE: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Tertiary enrollment	27.3%		[59th 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: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1		[7th of 138]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series