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Middle East > Syria > Education

SYRIAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI 2.6 % of GNI Time series [138th of 168]
Average years of schooling of adults 5.8 [56th of 100]
Children out of school, primary 70,395 Time series [42nd of 126]
    Children out of school, primary (per capita) 3.981 per 1,000 people Time series [76th of 150]
Children out of school, primary, female 70,395 Time series [33rd of 117]
    Children out of school, primary, female (per capita) 3.981 per 1,000 people Time series [48th of 147]
Children out of school, primary, male 5,145 Time series [68th of 117]
    Children out of school, primary, male (per capita) 306.016 per 1,000 people Time series [121st of 148]
Duration of compulsory education 6 years [152nd of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 6 [71st of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 6 [100th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Primary level 2,984,834 Time series [39th of 189]
    Education enrolment by level > Primary level (per capita) 0.169 per capita Time series [25th of 172]
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level 1,284,357 Time series [49th of 171]
    Education enrolment by level > Secondary level (per capita) 72.632 per 1,000 people Time series [113rd of 159]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 215,734 Time series [43rd of 150]
    Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level (per capita) 15.016 per 1,000 people Time series [61st of 146]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Primary level 47.51% Time series [133rd of 179]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Secondary level 46.92% Time series [125th of 162]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Tertiary level 41.14% Time series [70th of 126]
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level 97% Time series [44th of 160]
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level > Men 100% Time series [7th of 160]
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level > Women 95% Time series [59th of 160]
Education, percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 94.2% Time series [38th of 112]
Education, percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Men 93.5% Time series [36th of 101]
Education, percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Women 95% Time series [34th of 101]
Education, primary completion rate 111 Time series [7th of 148]
Education, primary completion rate > Men 112 Time series [6th of 145]
Education, primary completion rate > Women 109 Time series [8th of 145]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 39.1% [101st of 135]
Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita 14.24 % Time series [57th of 101]
Expenditure per student, secondary > % of GDP per capita 26.33 % Time series [20th of 93]
Female enrolment share > Primary level 47.2% [139th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 46.4% [127th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results 64.688 [139th of 191]
Girls to boys ratio, primary level enrolment 0.95 Time series [105th of 183]
Girls to boys ratio, secondary level enrolment 0.94 Time series [98th of 172]
Girls to boys ratio, tertiary level enrolment 0.64 Time series [68th of 139]
Grade 1 intake rate 61.9 [61st of 114]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, female > % of relevant age group 119.37 % Time series [16th of 156]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, male > % of relevant age group 122.55 % Time series [20th of 156]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, total > % of relevant age group 121 % Time series [18th of 157]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ 23.1% Time series [48th of 138]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Men 10.3% Time series [68th of 138]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Women 36.1% Time series [40th of 138]
Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ 2,490,700 Time series [35th of 138]
    Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ (per capita) 137.389 per 1,000 people Time series [48th of 138]
Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ > Men 558,400 Time series [48th of 138]
    Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ > Men (per capita) 30.802 per 1,000 people Time series [69th of 138]
Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ > Women 1,927,600 Time series [33rd of 138]
    Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ > Women (per capita) 106.328 per 1,000 people Time series [37th of 138]
Library employees 391 [25th of 68]
    Library employees (per capita) 0.0211936 per 1,000 people [36th of 68]
Library members 85,275 [19th of 68]
    Library members (per capita) 4.6222 per 1,000 people [34th of 68]
Literacy > Definition
age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Female 73.6% Time series [13th of 157]
Literacy > Male 86% Time series [13th of 156]
Literacy > Total population 79.6% Time series [13th of 160]
Literacy rate, adult female > % of females ages 15 and above 73.63 % Time series [73rd of 121]
Literacy rate, adult male > % of males ages 15 and above 86.04 % Time series [68th of 121]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above 79.56 % Time series [73rd of 121]
Literacy rate, youth female > % of females ages 15-24 90.22 % Time series [71st of 123]
Literacy rate, youth male > % of males ages 15-24 94.26 % Time series [64th of 123]
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24 92.22 % Time series [70th of 123]
Literacy rates, aged 15-24 92.5% Time series [25th of 138]
Literacy rates, aged 15-24 > Men 94.6% Time series [25th of 138]
Literacy rates, aged 15-24 > Women 90.2% Time series [26th of 138]
Net intake rate in grade 1 > % of official school-age population 61.75 % Time series [36th of 95]
Net intake rate in grade 1, female > % of official school-age population 61.16 % Time series [33rd of 93]
Net intake rate in grade 1, male > % of official school-age population 62.3 % Time series [33rd of 93]
Persistence to grade 5, female > % of cohort 91.78 % Time series [33rd of 83]
Persistence to grade 5, male > % of cohort 92.93 % Time series [26th of 83]
Persistence to grade 5, total > % of cohort 92.37 % Time series [36th of 92]
Primary completion rate, female > % of relevant age group 108.81 % Time series [5th of 138]
Primary completion rate, male > % of relevant age group 112.47 % Time series [4th of 138]
Primary completion rate, total > % of relevant age group 110.68 % Time series [6th of 141]
Primary education, duration > years 4 years Time series [186th of 197]
Primary education, pupils 2,252,145 Time series [30th of 176]
    Primary education, pupils (per capita) 0.118 per capita Time series [62nd of 193]
Primary education, pupils > % female 47.77 % female Time series [67th of 175]
Primary education, teachers 114,676 Time series [37th of 159]
    Primary education, teachers (per capita) 6.485 per 1,000 people Time series [37th of 191]
Primary education, teachers > % female 69.02 % female Time series [85th of 153]
Primary school girls out of school 9% [66th of 99]
Private school enrolment > Primary level 4.3 [94th of 148]
Private school enrolment > Secondary level 5.9 [89th of 131]
Progression to secondary school > % 94.55 % Time series [27th of 123]
Progression to secondary school, female > % 95.03 % Time series [26th of 118]
Progression to secondary school, male > % 94.12 % Time series [24th of 118]
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP 3.86 % Time series [73rd of 136]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure 14.2 % Time series [58th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level 12.9 [72nd of 126]
Public spending per student > Secondary level 23.3 [46th of 123]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 25.33 Time series [66th of 159]
Pupils reaching grade 5 93.5 [39th of 108]
Pupils-teacher ratio > primary level 24.1 [84th of 175]
Pupils-teacher ratio > secondary level 14.7 [80th of 121]
Ratio of female to male enrollments in tertiary education 64.45 Time series [68th of 137]
Ratio of female to male primary enrollment 95.4 Time series [60th of 174]
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment 93.51 Time series [62nd of 162]
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education > % 93.89 % Time series [48th of 157]
Ratio of young literate females to males > % ages 15-24 95.71 % Time series [72nd of 123]
Repetition rate, primary > % of total enrollment 7.31 % Time series [39th of 128]
Repetition rate, primary, female > % of total enrollment 6.43 % Time series [37th of 125]
Repetition rate, primary, male > % of total enrollment 8.11 % Time series [40th of 125]
Repitition rate > Primary level 7.2 [59th of 143]
Repitition rate > Secondary level 12.3 [21st of 82]
School enrollment, preprimary > % gross 10.37 % gross Time series [66th of 159]
School enrollment, preprimary, female > % gross 9.89 % gross Time series [66th of 153]
School enrollment, preprimary, male > % gross 10.83 % gross Time series [65th of 153]
School enrollment, primary > % gross 124.23 % gross Time series [7th of 176]
School enrollment, primary > % net 94.52 % net Time series [48th of 139]
School enrollment, primary, female > % gross 121.25 % gross Time series [10th of 174]
School enrollment, primary, female > % net 91.93 % net Time series [63rd of 137]
School enrollment, primary, male > % gross 127.09 % gross Time series [7th of 174]
School enrollment, primary, male > % net 97.01 % net Time series [27th of 136]
School enrollment, primary, private > % of total primary 4.42 % Time series [52nd of 139]
School enrollment, secondary > % gross 67.57 % gross Time series [53rd of 164]
School enrollment, secondary > % net 62.03 % net Time series [40th of 121]
School enrollment, secondary, female > % gross 65.26 % gross Time series [55th of 162]
School enrollment, secondary, female > % net 60.11 % net Time series [39th of 119]
School enrollment, secondary, male > % gross 69.79 % gross Time series [49th of 162]
School enrollment, secondary, male > % net 63.87 % net Time series [33rd of 119]
School enrollment, secondary, private > % of total secondary 4.1 % Time series [53rd of 124]
School enrollment, tertiary > % gross 17.69 % gross Time series [58th of 141]
School enrollment, tertiary, female > % gross 13.83 % gross Time series [50th of 137]
School enrollment, tertiary, male > % gross 21.46 % gross Time series [37th of 137]
School life expectancy > Female 8.8 years [74th of 96]
School life expectancy > Male 10.1 years [74th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total 9.5 years [84th of 110]
Scientific and technical journal articles 67 Time series [91st of 175]
Secondary education, general pupils 2,267,027 Time series [14th of 183]
    Secondary education, general pupils (per capita) 0.119 per 1,000 people Time series [12th of 196]
Secondary education, pupils 2,389,383 Time series [13th of 166]
    Secondary education, pupils (per capita) 0.125 per capita Time series [10th of 185]
Secondary education, pupils > % female 47.36 % female Time series [56th of 153]
Secondary education, teachers 65,218 Time series [46th of 141]
    Secondary education, teachers (per capita) 3.688 per 1,000 people Time series [110th of 188]
Secondary education, teachers > % female 51.31 % female Time series [77th of 131]
Secondary education, vocational pupils 122,356 Time series [17th of 163]
    Secondary education, vocational pupils (per capita) 6.425 per 1,000 people Time series [24th of 183]
Tertiary enrollment 6.1% [109th of 151]
Trained teachers in primary education > % of total teachers 88.39 % Time series [22nd of 61]
Trained teachers in primary education, female > % of female teachers 88.61 % Time series [23rd of 56]
Trained teachers in primary education, male > % of male teachers 86.58 % Time series [22nd of 56]
Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment 75.2 % Time series [2nd of 78]
Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment 10.3 % Time series [73rd of 77]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24 0.95 Time series [28th of 138]

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; UNESCO; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; The Geography Zone; World Bank; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Syria, Syrian Arab Republic, Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah, Suriyah

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