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Children out of school, primary	369,274		[22nd of 126]
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Class size > Age 13	11.8 students		[27th of 29]
DEFINITION: The average number of 13-year-old students per class.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[47th 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		[163rd 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		[34th 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	8,151,438		[4th of 150]
SOURCE: UNESCO		View time series
Education spending (% of GDP)	3.8%		[89th of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	11.5%		[76th of 96]
DEFINITION: Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme
Geographical aptitude results	73.775		[69th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13	998 hours		[17th of 38]
DEFINITION: Intended hours of instruction per year for 14 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: The Geography Zone
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	630 hours		[35th of 38]
DEFINITION: Intended hours of instruction per year for 9 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Library books	73,631,800		[2nd of 81]
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	12.25 %		[46th of 103]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.		View time series
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	16.65		[111st 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: World Development Indicators database
Students whose mothers have secondary education > Age 13	78%
DEFINITION: Percentage of 13-year-old students whose mothers have at least secondary education.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	43 weeks per year		[3rd of 36]
DEFINITION: Average number of weeks taught per year by primary level teachers. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Tertiary enrollment	64.1%		[6th 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: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Universities > Top 100	1		[17th of 22]
DEFINITION: Number of universities in the top 100
SOURCE: UNESCO
Universities > Top 500	2		[33rd of 38]
DEFINITION: Number of universities in the top 500
SOURCE: The Times, 2005
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1		[4th of 138]
SOURCE: Shanghai Jiao Tong University		View time series

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