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Average years of schooling of adults	10.5	[7th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	9 years	[70th of 171]
DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Duration of education > Primary level	6	[34th 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	[22nd of 181]
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.8%	[34th of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: UNESCO
Educational attainment > Tertiary	25%	[13th 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	87.9%	[23rd 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
Grade 12 advanced students math	533	[2nd of 15]
DEFINITION: Results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) involving a half-million students in 41 countries.
SOURCE: UNESCO
Grade 12 advanced students science	488	[9th of 15]
DEFINITION: Results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) involving a half-million students in 41 countries.
SOURCE: TIMSS
Literacy > Adults at high literacy level	16.1%	[13th of 17]
DEFINITION: Percentage of adults whose level of document literacy is rated 'high'. Data for 1998.
SOURCE: TIMSS
Literacy > Adults at low literacy level	47.2%	[8th of 17]
DEFINITION: Percentage of adults whose level of document literacy is rated 'low'. Data for 1998
SOURCE: OECD
Mathematical literacy	529	[7th of 27]
DEFINITION: Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000
SOURCE: OECD
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$33,209.00	[1st 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	494	[17th 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	[8th 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	15 years	[16th 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	496	[18th of 27]
DEFINITION: Scientific literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old (2000)
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Student attitude > Dislike of school	28%	[10th of 17]
DEFINITION: Percentage of schoolgoing children who do not like going to school (2000).
SOURCE: OECD
Student attitude > Find school boring	38%	[15th of 17]
DEFINITION: Percentage of students who do find school boring (2000).
SOURCE: OECD
Tertiary enrollment	42.1%	[35th 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; United Nations Human Development Programme; OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003; TIMSS; OECD; OECD; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; OECD

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confederation Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera