NationMaster - Trinidadian-Tobagonian Education statistics

Average years of schooling of adults	7.8	[30th of 100]
Children out of school, primary	351	[70th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	7 years	[130th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	7	[14th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	5	[163rd of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	12,316	[110th of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	4.3%	[77th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	13.4%	[57th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	91	[69th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	70.7%	[57th of 135]
Geographical aptitude results	77.573	[21st of 191]
Literacy > Male	99.1%	[22nd of 156]
Literacy > Total population	98.6%	[34th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	13.4 %	[46th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	16.2	[44th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	17.52	[79th of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	11.3 years	[58th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	11.5 years	[54th of 110]
Spending on teaching materials	0.4	[25th of 30]
Tertiary enrollment	6.5%	[108th of 151]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; World Development Indicators database; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; UNESCO Institute for Statistics

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, trinidad & tobago, trinidad tobago, trin. and tob.

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