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Southeast Asia > Thailand > Education

THAI EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average years of schooling of adults 6.5 [44th of 100]
Class size > Age 13 23.8 students [5th of 29]
Source: UNESCO
Class size > Age 9 19.4 students [12th of 17]
Source: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Duration of compulsory education 9 years [74th of 171]
Source: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002
Duration of education > Primary level 6 [42nd of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level 6 [82nd of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Education spending (% of GDP) 5.2% [54th of 132]
Source: UNESCO
Education spending (% of total government expenditure) 28.3% [2nd of 96]
Source: United Nations Human Development Programme
Education, primary completion rate 86 Time series [84th of 148]
Source: United Nations Human Development Programme
Geographical aptitude results 76.61 [40th of 191]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9 1,080 hours [2nd of 38]
Source: The Geography Zone
Literacy > Male 97.5% Time series [44th of 156]
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Literacy > Total population 96% Time series [52nd of 160]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public spending per student > Primary level 12.5 [75th of 126]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
School life expectancy > Male 10.7 years [65th of 97]
Source: UNESCO
School life expectancy > Total 10.8 years [65th of 110]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Spending on teaching materials 3.2 [12th of 30]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Spending per primary school student $1,048.00 per student [21st of 21]
Source: UNESCO
Teaching weeks per year > Primary 40 weeks per year [13th of 36]
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2001)
Tertiary enrollment 35.3% [43rd of 151]
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics

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SOURCES: UNESCO; "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002; 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; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2001)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Thailand, Kingdom of Thailand

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