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Europe > Switzerland > Education

SWISS EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average years of schooling of adults 7 [7th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education 70 years [70th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 34 [34th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP) 34% [34th of 132]
Educational attainment > Tertiary 13% [13th of 18]
Expected duration of education for females 21 years [21st of 28]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 120% [120th of 170]
Grade 1 intake rate 65 [65th of 114]
Grade 12 advanced students math 2 [2nd of 15]
Grade 12 advanced students science 9 [9th of 15]
Mathematical literacy 7 [7th of 27]
Primary teacher salary > Starting $1.00 [1st of 22]
School life expectancy > Male 8 years [8th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total 16 years [16th of 110]
Scientific literacy 18 [18th of 27]
Student attitude > Dislike of school 10% [10th of 17]
Student attitude > Report class disorder 16% [16th of 17]
Students from households with calculator > Age 13 5% [5th of 28]
Students from households with computer > Age 13 8% [8th of 28]
Students whose mothers have secondary education > Age 13 49%

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SOURCES: Average years of schooling of adults is the years of formal schooling received, on average, by adults over age 15. (Data Source: Barro-Lee Data Set www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/ddbarle2.htm); Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.; Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.; Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002); Percentage of adult population (aged 25-64) educated till tertiary level (year 2000).; Expected years of schooling for a female 5-year-old under current conditions, excluding education for children under 5. Data for 2000.; 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.; Total number of new entrants in first grade of primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population at the official primary school-entrance age; Results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) involving a half-million students in 41 countries.; Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000; Annual statutory teachers' salaries in public institutions in primary education, in equivalent US dollars converted using PPPs. Data for 1999.; 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.; Scientific literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old (2000); Percentage of schoolgoing children who do not like going to school (2000).; Percentage of students who report high noise level and disorder in classes (2000).; Percentage of 13-year-old students who come from households containing at least one calculator.; Percentage of 13-year-old students who come from households with at least one computer.; Percentage of 13-year-old students whose mothers have at least secondary education.

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

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