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Europe > Belgium > Education

Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI 3.04 % of GNI Time series [119th of 168]
Average years of schooling of adults 9.3 [17th of 100]
Children out of school, primary 6,984 Time series [82nd of 126]
Children out of school, primary, female 3,047 Time series [79th of 117]
Children out of school, primary, male 3,937 Time series [76th of 117]
Class size > Age 13 17.2 students [20th of 29]
Committee on Culture and Education > Members > Number of CULT member 2 [15th of 21]
Duration of compulsory education 13 years [2nd of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 6 [38th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 6 [77th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Primary level 761,730 Time series [86th of 189]
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level 1,181,327 Time series [50th of 171]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 374,532 Time series [46th of 150]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Primary level 48.66% Time series [60th of 179]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Secondary level 51.26% Time series [30th of 162]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Tertiary level 53.35% Time series [59th of 126]
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level 99% Time series [15th of 160]
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level > Men 99% Time series [21st of 160]
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level > Women 99% Time series [16th of 160]
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI 6% Time series [22nd of 127]
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government 12.2% Time series [55th of 85]
Education spending (% of GDP) 6.3% [27th of 132]
Education spending (% Primary) 31.6% [87th of 110]
Education spending (% Secondary) 44.5% [22nd of 107]
Education spending (% Tertiary) 21.7% [36th of 108]
Education, percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 87.2% Time series [36th of 112]
Education, percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Men 86.1% Time series [27th of 101]
Education, percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Women 88.5% Time series [28th of 101]
Education, primary completion rate 79 Time series [40th of 148]
Education, primary completion rate > Men 76 Time series [31st of 145]
Education, primary completion rate > Women 82 Time series [28th of 145]
Educational attainment > Junior secondary 42% [3rd of 18]
Educational attainment > Senior secondary 31% [16th of 18]
Educational attainment > Tertiary 27% [10th of 18]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 88% [22nd of 135]
Expected duration of education for all students 18.7 years [4th of 30]
Expected duration of education for females 19.2 years [5th of 28]
Expected duration of education for males 18.3 years [3rd of 28]
Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita 20.18 % Time series [26th of 101]
Expenditure per student, secondary > % of GDP per capita 23.07 % Time series [35th of 93]
Expenditure per student, tertiary > % of GDP per capita 37.09 % Time series [28th of 81]
Female enrolment share > Primary level 48.6% [60th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 50.6% [41st of 170]
Geographical aptitude results 78.352 [5th of 191]
Girls to boys ratio, primary level enrolment 0.99 Time series [46th of 183]
Girls to boys ratio, secondary level enrolment 0.97 Time series [87th of 172]
Girls to boys ratio, tertiary level enrolment 1.24 Time series [38th of 139]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, female > % of relevant age group 103.66 % Time series [52nd of 156]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, male > % of relevant age group 103.02 % Time series [68th of 156]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, total > % of relevant age group 103.34 % Time series [66th of 157]
Library books 5,000,000 [19th of 81]
Library employees 200 [40th of 68]
Library members 15,495 [42nd of 68]
Mathematical literacy 520 [9th of 27]
Persistence to grade 5, female > % of cohort 91.59 % Time series [27th of 83]
Persistence to grade 5, male > % of cohort 90.19 % Time series [29th of 83]
Persistence to grade 5, total > % of cohort 90.88 % Time series [32nd of 92]
Primary completion rate, female > % of relevant age group 81.63 % Time series [28th of 138]
Primary completion rate, male > % of relevant age group 75.95 % Time series [31st of 138]
Primary completion rate, total > % of relevant age group 78.73 % Time series [41st of 141]
Primary education, duration > years 6 years Time series [32nd of 197]
Primary education, pupils 747,111 Time series [81st of 176]
Primary education, pupils > % female 48.81 % female Time series [36th of 175]
Primary education, teachers 64,556 Time series [46th of 159]
Primary education, teachers > % female 78.09 % female Time series [58th of 153]
Primary school girls out of school 3% [87th of 99]
Private school enrolment > Primary level 54.4 [8th of 148]
Private school enrolment > Secondary level 69.3 [9th of 131]
Proportion of 15 year-olds in secondary education 100% [4th of 37]
Proportion of 16 year-olds in secondary education 99% [3rd of 37]
Proportion of 17 year olds in secondary education 96% [2nd of 37]
Proportion of 17 year olds in tertiary education 1% [13th of 37]
Proportion of 18 year olds in secondary education 44% [16th of 37]
Proportion of 18 year olds in tertiary education 36% [2nd of 37]
Proportion of 19 year olds in secondary education 22% [16th of 37]
Proportion of 19 year olds in tertiary education 45% [2nd of 37]
Proportion of 20 year olds in secondary education 12% [16th of 37]
Proportion of 20 year olds in tertiary education 46% [2nd of 37]
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP 6.17 % Time series [28th of 136]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure 11.85 % Time series [49th of 103]
Public spending on private institutions 56.7% [2nd of 29]
Public spending on public institutions 43.3% [29th of 31]
Public spending per student > Primary level 17 [42nd of 126]
Public spending per student > Secondary level 13.5 [92nd of 123]
Public spending per student > Tertiary level 17.6 [114th of 123]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 11.57 Time series [135th of 159]
Pupils-teacher ratio > primary level 12.1 [163rd of 175]
Ratio of female to male enrollments in tertiary education 121.21 Time series [53rd of 137]
Ratio of female to male primary enrollment 99.34 Time series [53rd of 174]
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment 96.7 Time series [101st of 162]
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education > % 102.76 % Time series [59th of 157]
Reading literacy 507 [10th of 27]
Repetition rate, primary > % of total enrollment 15.85 % Time series [21st of 128]
Repetition rate, primary, female > % of total enrollment 14.28 % Time series [18th of 125]
Repetition rate, primary, male > % of total enrollment 17.36 % Time series [17th of 125]
Repitition rate > Secondary level 3.2 [47th of 82]
School enrollment, preprimary > % gross 116.3 % gross Time series [4th of 159]
School enrollment, preprimary, female > % gross 116.06 % gross Time series [3rd of 153]
School enrollment, preprimary, male > % gross 116.53 % gross Time series [4th of 153]
School enrollment, primary > % gross 103.95 % gross Time series [76th of 176]
School enrollment, primary > % net 98.77 % net Time series [10th of 139]
School enrollment, primary, female > % gross 103.6 % gross Time series [72nd of 174]
School enrollment, primary, female > % net 98.84 % net Time series [9th of 137]
School enrollment, primary, male > % gross 104.28 % gross Time series [82nd of 174]
School enrollment, primary, male > % net 98.71 % net Time series [17th of 136]
School enrollment, primary, private > % of total primary 54.66 % Time series [9th of 139]
School enrollment, secondary > % gross 108.89 % gross Time series [12th of 164]
School enrollment, secondary > % net 97.05 % net Time series [3rd of 121]
School enrollment, secondary, female > % gross 107.03 % gross Time series [12th of 162]
School enrollment, secondary, female > % net 97.16 % net Time series [4th of 119]
School enrollment, secondary, male > % gross 110.68 % gross Time series [8th of 162]
School enrollment, secondary, male > % net 96.94 % net Time series [1st of 119]
School enrollment, secondary, private > % of total secondary 67.77 % Time series [7th of 124]
School enrollment, tertiary > % gross 62.54 % gross Time series [20th of 141]
School enrollment, tertiary, female > % gross 68.66 % gross Time series [22nd of 137]
School enrollment, tertiary, male > % gross 56.65 % gross Time series [18th of 137]
School life expectancy > Female 16 years [8th of 96]
School life expectancy > Male 15.7 years [6th of 97]
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary 16 years Time series [21st of 93]
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary > Female 16 years Time series [28th of 93]
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary > Male 16 years Time series [15th of 93]
School life expectancy > Total 15.8 years [8th of 110]
Schools connected to the Internet > % 93 % Time series [16th of 39]
Scientific and technical journal articles 6,604 Time series [20th of 175]
Scientific literacy 496 [15th of 27]
Scouting > Membership > Guiding introduced 1915
Scouting > Membership > Scouting introduced 1911
Secondary education, general pupils 479,769 Time series [71st of 183]
Secondary education, pupils 805,778 Time series [53rd of 166]
Secondary education, pupils > % female 48.03 % female Time series [90th of 153]
Secondary education, teachers 80,257 Time series [39th of 141]
Secondary education, teachers > % female 57.42 % female Time series [52nd of 131]
Secondary education, vocational pupils 326,009 Time series [27th of 163]
Share of university qualifications awarded to females 50% [23rd of 30]
Share of university qualifications awarded to females > Advanced research degree 34% [22nd of 29]
Share of university qualifications awarded to females > First degree 50% [23rd of 31]
Share of university qualifications awarded to females > Second degree 53% [12th of 24]
Share of vocational tertiary qualifications awarded to females > First degree 61 % awarded to females [13th of 30]
Student attitude > Dislike of school 42% [1st of 17]
Student attitude > Find school boring 46% [13th of 17]
Student attitude > Report class disorder 36% [6th of 17]
Students from households with calculator > Age 13 97% [9th of 28]
Students from households with computer > Age 13 67% [6th of 28]
Students from households with dictionary > Age 13 99% [1st of 28]
Students from households with more than 25 books > Age 13 75% [15th of 28]
Students from households with study desk > Age 13 96% [3rd of 28]
Students living with mother > Age 13 96% [3rd of 28]
Students whose father has secondary education 41%
Students whose mothers have secondary education > Age 13 37%
Teacher qualifications > Years experience > Age 13 23.5 years experience [15th of 29]
Tertiary enrollment 57% [16th of 151]
Total expenditure as % of GDP 5.5 % of GDP [12th of 18]
Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment 43.7 % Time series [16th of 78]
Unemployment with primary education, female > % of female unemployment 38 % Time series [16th of 72]
Unemployment with primary education, male > % of male unemployment 48.7 % Time series [15th of 72]
Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment 38.1 % Time series [42nd of 77]
Universities > Top 100 3 [10th of 22]
    Universities > Top 100 (per $ GDP) 0.121 per $14.1 billion of GDP [6th of 22]
Universities > Top 200 3 [16th of 31]
    Universities > Top 200 (per $ GDP) 0.009 per $1 billion of GDP [13th of 30]
Universities > Top 500 7 [15th of 38]
    Universities > Top 500 (per $ GDP) 0.02 per $1 billion of GDP [12th of 37]
World Organization of the Scout Movement > Members > Admits Boys/Girls both
Young longtext readers 12.5 [25th of 27]
Young shorttext readers 31.6 [9th of 27]

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; UNESCO; "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002; Wikipedia: Committee on Culture and Education ; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; United Nations Human Development Programme; OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; The Geography Zone; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; OECD; Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Scouting ; OECD; OECD Historical Statistics ; The Times, 2005; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Wikipedia: List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Royaume de Belgique/Koninkrijk Belgie, Belgique/Belgie

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