NationMaster - Swedish Education statistics

Average years of schooling of adults	11.4	[5th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	10 years	[37th of 171]
Education spending (% of GDP)	7.7%	[13th of 132]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	54.4%	[7th of 170]
Female teachers > Lower secondary	62.1%	[13th of 20]
Grade 12 advanced students math	512	[8th of 15]
Grade 12 advanced students science	573	[2nd of 15]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 11	741 hours	[34th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 12	741 hours	[37th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13	741 hours	[35th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	741 hours	[29th of 38]
Mathematical literacy	510	[14th of 27]
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$18,581.00	[16th of 22]
School life expectancy > Male	15.1 years	[14th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	16 years	[6th of 110]
Student attitude > Dislike of school	20%	[16th of 17]
Student attitude > Report class disorder	38%	[5th of 17]
Students from households with calculator > Age 13	98%	[8th of 28]
Students from households with computer > Age 13	58%	[12th of 28]
Students whose mothers have secondary education > Age 13	45%

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SOURCES: UNESCO; United Nations Human Development Programme; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; TIMSS; OECD; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; OECD; "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sweden, Kingdom of Sweden, Konungariket Sverige, Sverige

COMMENTARY

pantea (sweden)
28th February 2007

Duration of compulsory education in sweden is 12 years not 10 years as stated her.

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