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South America > Uruguay > Education

Average years of schooling of adults 7.6 [32nd of 100]
Duration of compulsory education 10 years [59th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 6 [105th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 6 [121st of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 98,520 Time series [81st of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP) 2.6% [118th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure) 9.6% [87th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate 91 Time series [87th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 69.9% [62nd of 135]
Geographical aptitude results 77.018 [32nd of 191]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13 1,011 hours [15th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9 455 hours [36th of 38]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure 7.86 % Time series [67th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level 8.2 [101st of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 20.83 Time series [84th of 159]
School life expectancy > Male 13 years [37th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total 13.7 years [30th of 110]
Teachers as percentage of labor force 4.2% [15th of 36]
Tertiary enrollment 36.1% [41st of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24 1.01 Time series [1st of 138]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; World Development Indicators database; UNESCO Institute for Statistics

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

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24th February 2005
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