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South America > Paraguay > Education

PARAGUAYAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average years of schooling of adults 6.2 [48th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education 9 years [86th of 171]
Source: UNESCO
Duration of education > Primary level 6 [85th of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level 6 [112nd of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Education spending (% of GDP) 4.4% [74th of 132]
Source: UNESCO
Education spending (% of total government expenditure) 11.4% [77th of 96]
Source: United Nations Human Development Programme
Education, primary completion rate 89 Time series [90th of 148]
Source: United Nations Human Development Programme
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 46.7% [93rd of 135]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Geographical aptitude results 73.507 [72nd of 191]
Source: UNESCO
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13 1,011 hours [16th of 38]
Source: The Geography Zone
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9 753 hours [25th of 38]
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Literacy > Male 94.9% Time series [64th of 156]
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Literacy > Total population 94% Time series [60th of 160]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure 10.75 % Time series [56th of 103]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public spending per student > Primary level 10.9 [86th of 126]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 27.84 Time series [55th of 159]
Source: UNESCO
School life expectancy > Male 10 years [75th of 97]
Source: World Development Indicators database
School life expectancy > Total 10 years [75th of 110]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Teaching weeks per year > Primary 35 weeks per year [32nd of 36]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Tertiary enrollment 10.1% [96th of 151]
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics

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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Paraguay, Republic of Paraguay, Republica del Paraguay

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