NationMaster - Uruguayan Education statistics

Average years of schooling of adults	32	[32nd of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	59 years	[59th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	105	[105th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	121	[121st of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	118%	[118th of 132]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	62%	[62nd of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	85%	[85th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	19%	[19th of 170]
Grade 1 intake rate	92	[92nd of 114]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 11	37 hours	[37th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 12	27 hours	[27th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13	15 hours	[15th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	36 hours	[36th of 38]
Private school enrolment > Secondary level	59	[59th of 131]
Public spending per student > Primary level	101	[101st of 126]
Public spending per student > Tertiary level	106	[106th of 123]
School life expectancy > Male	37 years	[37th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	30 years	[30th of 110]
Teachers as percentage of labor force	15%	[15th of 36]
Tertiary enrollment	41%	[41st of 151]

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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.; Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.; Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002); 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.; Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.; 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; Intended hours of instruction per year for 11 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.; Intended hours of instruction per year for 12 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.; Intended hours of instruction per year for 14 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.; Intended hours of instruction per year for 9 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.; Private sector enrolment share, secondary level is the share of students in general secondary education who attend a privately managed school, regardless of whether or not the school receives subsidies from the government.; Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.; Public expenditure per student, tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the government on tertiary education, divided by the total number of pupils in tertiary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.; 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.; The percentage share of the total labor force who are classroom, academic staff, and other teachers. Data for 1999.; 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.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Uruguay, Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Republica Oriental del Uruguay

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