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Average years of schooling of adults
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12 |
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[1st of 100]
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Duration of compulsory education
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12 years |
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[12th of 171]
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DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Duration of education > Primary level
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6 |
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[83rd of 181]
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DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Duration of education > Secondary level
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6 |
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[109th of 181]
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DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Education spending (% of GDP)
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5.7% |
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[39th of 132]
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DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002) |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Educational attainment > Tertiary
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37% |
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[2nd of 18]
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DEFINITION: Percentage of adult population (aged 25-64) educated till tertiary level (year 2000). |
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SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme |
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Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
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88.1% |
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[21st of 135]
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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. |
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SOURCE: OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003 |
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Grade 12 advanced students math
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442 |
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[15th of 15]
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DEFINITION: Results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) involving a half-million students in 41 countries. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Grade 12 advanced students science
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423 |
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[16th of 15]
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DEFINITION: Results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) involving a half-million students in 41 countries. |
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SOURCE: TIMSS |
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Literacy > Adults at high literacy level
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19% |
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[9th of 17]
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DEFINITION: Percentage of adults whose level of document literacy is rated 'high'. Data for 1998. |
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SOURCE: TIMSS |
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Literacy > Adults at low literacy level
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49.6% |
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[7th of 17]
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DEFINITION: Percentage of adults whose level of document literacy is rated 'low'. Data for 1998 |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Mathematical literacy
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493 |
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[18th of 27]
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DEFINITION: Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000 |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Primary teacher salary > Starting
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$25,707.00 |
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[5th of 22]
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DEFINITION: Annual statutory teachers' salaries in public institutions in primary education, in equivalent US dollars converted using PPPs. Data for 1999. |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Reading literacy
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504 |
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[15th of 27]
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DEFINITION: Reading literacy mean value of performance scale (15 years old, 2000) |
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SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics |
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School life expectancy > Male
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14.8 years |
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[16th of 97]
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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. |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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School life expectancy > Total
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15.2 years |
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[14th of 110]
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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. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
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Scientific literacy
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499 |
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[14th of 27]
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DEFINITION: Scientific literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old (2000) |
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SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
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Student attitude > Dislike of school
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35% |
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[5th of 17]
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DEFINITION: Percentage of schoolgoing children who do not like going to school (2000). |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Student attitude > Find school boring
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61% |
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[2nd of 17]
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DEFINITION: Percentage of students who do find school boring (2000). |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Tertiary enrollment
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72.6% |
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[1st of 151]
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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. |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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