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Europe > United Kingdom > Education

BRITISH EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI 5.33 % of GNI Time series [42nd of 168]
Average years of schooling of adults 9.4 [16th of 100]
Children out of school, primary 1,069 Time series [105th of 126]
    Children out of school, primary (per capita) 0.018 per 1,000 people Time series [128th of 150]
Children out of school, primary, female 216 Time series [110th of 117]
    Children out of school, primary, female (per capita) 3.61 per 1,000 people Time series [121st of 147]
Children out of school, primary, male 853 Time series [96th of 117]
    Children out of school, primary, male (per capita) 14.256 per 1,000 people Time series [118th of 148]
Committee on Culture and Education > Members > Number of CULT member 4 [8th of 21]
Duration of compulsory education 12 years [9th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 6 [50th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 7 [27th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Primary level 4,488,162 Time series [27th of 189]
    Education enrolment by level > Primary level (per capita) 0.076 per capita Time series [130th of 172]
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level 9,706,320 Time series [10th of 171]
    Education enrolment by level > Secondary level (per capita) 163.676 per 1,000 people Time series [2nd of 159]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 2,287,833 Time series [12th of 150]
    Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level (per capita) 38.579 per 1,000 people Time series [29th of 146]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Primary level 48.79% Time series [50th of 179]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Secondary level 54.2% Time series [6th of 162]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Tertiary level 55.9% Time series [42nd of 126]
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level 100% Time series [8th of 160]
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level > Men 100% Time series [13th of 160]
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level > Women 100% Time series [9th of 160]
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI 5.3% Time series [43rd of 127]
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government 12.1% Time series [56th of 85]
Education spending (% of GDP) 5.3% [47th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure) 11.5% [75th of 96]
Education spending (% Primary) 32.2% [83rd of 110]
Education spending (% Secondary) 47.1% [16th of 107]
Education spending (% Tertiary) 20.6% [41st of 108]
Educational attainment > Junior secondary 37% [6th of 18]
Educational attainment > Senior secondary 37% [13th of 18]
Educational attainment > Tertiary 26% [12th of 18]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 93.7% [6th of 135]
Expected duration of education for all students 18.9 years [3rd of 30]
Expected duration of education for females 19.8 years [3rd of 28]
Expected duration of education for males 17.9 years [5th of 28]
Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita 18.44 % Time series [37th of 101]
Expenditure per student, secondary > % of GDP per capita 28.36 % Time series [16th of 93]
Expenditure per student, tertiary > % of GDP per capita 28.06 % Time series [44th of 81]
Female enrolment share > Primary level 48.8% [40th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 52.7% [15th of 170]
Female teachers > Lower secondary 58.8% [15th of 20]
Geographical aptitude results 66.685 [126th of 191]
Girls to boys ratio, primary level enrolment 1 Time series [41st of 183]
Girls to boys ratio, secondary level enrolment 1.03 Time series [58th of 172]
Girls to boys ratio, tertiary level enrolment 1.37 Time series [37th of 139]
Library books 27,900,000 [4th of 81]
    Library books (per capita) 461.607 per 1,000 people [30th of 81]
Library employees 2,868 [2nd of 68]
    Library employees (per capita) 0.0474512 per 1,000 people [18th of 68]
Library members 66,000 [22nd of 68]
    Library members (per capita) 1.09197 per 1,000 people [52nd of 68]
Literacy > Adults at high literacy level 19.1% [8th of 17]
Literacy > Adults at low literacy level 50.4% [6th of 17]
Literacy > Adults at moderate literacy level 30.5% [14th of 17]
Literacy > Adults with at least moderate literacy 49.6% [12th of 17]
Literacy > Adults with at least moderate literacy > female 44.6% [16th of 17]
Literacy > Adults with at least moderate literacy > male 55.4% [2nd of 17]
Literacy > Definition
age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling
Literacy > Female 99% Time series [25th of 157]
Literacy > Male 99% Time series [34th of 156]
Literacy > Total population 99% Time series [26th of 160]
Mathematical literacy 529 [8th of 27]
Primary education, duration > years 6 years Time series [108th of 197]
Primary education, pupils 4,685,733 Time series [24th of 176]
    Primary education, pupils (per capita) 0.078 per capita Time series [127th of 193]
Primary education, pupils > % female 48.77 % female Time series [41st of 175]
Primary education, teachers 258,966 Time series [16th of 159]
    Primary education, teachers (per capita) 4.328 per 1,000 people Time series [85th of 191]
Primary education, teachers > % female 81.46 % female Time series [44th of 153]
Primary school girls out of school 4% [83rd of 99]
Primary teacher age > Proportion aged 30-39 20% [22nd of 24]
Primary teacher age > Proportion aged 40-49 37% [8th of 24]
Primary teacher age > Proportion aged 50-59 22% [12th of 24]
Primary teacher age > Proportion aged 60+ 1% [19th of 20]
Primary teacher age > Proportion under 30 21% [10th of 24]
Private school enrolment > Primary level 4.8 [90th of 148]
Private school enrolment > Secondary level 102.9 [1st of 131]
Progression to secondary level 96 [35th of 97]
Proportion of 15 year-olds in secondary education 103% [2nd of 37]
Proportion of 16 year-olds in secondary education 84% [25th of 37]
Proportion of 17 year olds in secondary education 71% [24th of 37]
Proportion of 17 year olds in tertiary education 2% [11th of 37]
Proportion of 18 year olds in secondary education 32% [22nd of 37]
Proportion of 18 year olds in tertiary education 24% [9th of 37]
Proportion of 19 year olds in secondary education 18% [20th of 37]
Proportion of 19 year olds in tertiary education 33% [9th of 37]
Proportion of 20 year olds in secondary education 13% [15th of 37]
Proportion of 20 year olds in tertiary education 33% [11th of 37]
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP 5.48 % Time series [42nd of 136]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure 11.93 % Time series [48th of 103]
Public spending on private institutions 35.3% [4th of 29]
Public spending on public institutions 64.7% [27th of 31]
Public spending per student > Primary level 14 [57th of 126]
Public spending per student > Secondary level 14.9 [86th of 123]
Public spending per student > Tertiary level 26.3 [94th of 123]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 18.09 Time series [99th of 159]
Pupils-teacher ratio > primary level 18.2 [126th of 175]
Pupils-teacher ratio > secondary level 17.2 [66th of 121]
Ratio of female to male enrollments in tertiary education 137.34 Time series [34th of 137]
Ratio of female to male primary enrollment 99.93 Time series [28th of 174]
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment 102.94 Time series [49th of 162]
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education > % 106.95 % Time series [28th of 157]
Reading literacy 523 [7th of 27]
School enrollment, preprimary > % gross 58.99 % gross Time series [65th of 159]
School enrollment, preprimary, female > % gross 59.12 % gross Time series [62nd of 153]
School enrollment, preprimary, male > % gross 58.86 % gross Time series [64th of 153]
School enrollment, primary > % gross 106.54 % gross Time series [56th of 176]
School enrollment, primary > % net 98.69 % net Time series [12th of 139]
School enrollment, primary, female > % gross 106.5 % gross Time series [52nd of 174]
School enrollment, primary, female > % net 98.7 % net Time series [10th of 137]
School enrollment, primary, male > % gross 106.58 % gross Time series [69th of 174]
School enrollment, primary, male > % net 98.69 % net Time series [18th of 136]
School enrollment, primary, private > % of total primary 5.03 % Time series [80th of 139]
School enrollment, secondary > % gross 104.53 % gross Time series [16th of 164]
School enrollment, secondary > % net 94.94 % net Time series [8th of 121]
School enrollment, secondary, female > % gross 106.08 % gross Time series [14th of 162]
School enrollment, secondary, female > % net 96.55 % net Time series [7th of 119]
School enrollment, secondary, male > % gross 103.05 % gross Time series [19th of 162]
School enrollment, secondary, male > % net 93.42 % net Time series [8th of 119]
School enrollment, secondary, private > % of total secondary 28.98 % Time series [24th of 124]
School enrollment, tertiary > % gross 60.13 % gross Time series [23rd of 141]
School enrollment, tertiary, female > % gross 69.77 % gross Time series [20th of 137]
School enrollment, tertiary, male > % gross 50.8 % gross Time series [24th of 137]
School life expectancy > Female 16.8 years [5th of 96]
School life expectancy > Male 16 years [5th of 97]
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary 16 years Time series [16th of 93]
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary > Female 17 years Time series [13th of 93]
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary > Male 16 years Time series [11th of 93]
School life expectancy > Total 16.4 years [4th of 110]
Schools connected to the Internet > % 99 % Time series [8th of 39]
Scientific and technical journal articles 48,288 Time series [3rd of 175]
Scientific literacy 532 [4th of 27]
Scouting > Membership > Guiding introduced 1909
Scouting > Membership > Scouting introduced 1907
Secondary education, general pupils 4,401,785 Time series [15th of 183]
    Secondary education, general pupils (per capita) 0.074 per 1,000 people Time series [72nd of 196]
Secondary education, pupils 5,699,526 Time series [14th of 166]
    Secondary education, pupils (per capita) 0.095 per capita Time series [51st of 185]
Secondary education, pupils > % female 49.37 % female Time series [52nd of 153]
Secondary education, teachers 372,887 Time series [15th of 141]
    Secondary education, teachers (per capita) 6.232 per 1,000 people Time series [57th of 188]
Secondary education, teachers > % female 60.18 % female Time series [41st of 131]
Secondary education, vocational pupils 1,297,741 Time series [10th of 163]
    Secondary education, vocational pupils (per capita) 21.689 per 1,000 people Time series [29th of 183]
Share of university qualifications awarded to females 54% [18th of 30]
Share of university qualifications awarded to females > Advanced research degree 38% [17th of 29]
Share of university qualifications awarded to females > First degree 54% [18th of 31]
Share of university qualifications awarded to females > Second degree 54% [11th of 24]
Share of vocational tertiary qualifications awarded to females > First degree 59 % awarded to females [15th of 30]
Spending per primary school student $3,329.00 per student [14th of 21]
    Spending per primary school student (per $ GDP) $0.00 per student per $1,000 [18th of 21]
Spending per secondary school student $5,230.00 per student [13th of 21]
    Spending per secondary school student (per $ GDP) $0.00 per student per $1,000 [17th of 21]
Student attitude > Dislike of school 28% [11th of 17]
Student attitude > Find school boring 54% [10th of 17]
Student attitude > Report class disorder 27% [12th of 17]
Teachers as percentage of labor force 3.8% [22nd of 36]
Tertiary enrollment 59.5% [11th of 151]
Total expenditure as % of GDP 5.3 % of GDP [14th of 18]
Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment 30.3 % Time series [31st of 78]
Unemployment with primary education, female > % of female unemployment 29.2 % Time series [24th of 72]
Unemployment with primary education, male > % of male unemployment 30.9 % Time series [31st of 72]
Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment 44.4 % Time series [33rd of 77]
Universities > Top 10 2 [2nd of 3]
    Universities > Top 10 (per $ GDP) 0.013 per $14.1 billion of GDP [1st of 3]
    Universities > Top 10 (per capita) 0.003 per 100,000 people [1st of 3]
Universities > Top 100 13 [2nd of 22]
    Universities > Top 100 (per $ GDP) 0.086 per $14.1 billion of GDP [10th of 22]
    Universities > Top 100 (per capita) 0.215 per capita [9th of 22]
Universities > Top 200 24 [2nd of 31]
    Universities > Top 200 (per $ GDP) 0.011 per $1 billion of GDP [10th of 30]
    Universities > Top 200 (per capita) 0.397 per capita [10th of 31]
Universities > Top 50 8 [2nd of 12]
    Universities > Top 50 (per $ GDP) 0.053 per $14.1 billion of GDP [5th of 12]
    Universities > Top 50 (per capita) 1.324 per 10 million people [5th of 12]
Universities > Top 500 40 [3rd of 38]
    Universities > Top 500 (per $ GDP) 0.019 per $1 billion of GDP [16th of 37]
    Universities > Top 500 (per capita) 0.662 per capita [15th of 38]
World Organization of the Scout Movement > Members > Admits Boys/Girls both
Young longtext readers 35 [3rd of 27]
Young shorttext readers 8.5 [27th of 27]

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; UNESCO; 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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD; Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices; Wikipedia: Scouting ; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2001); OECD; OECD Historical Statistics ; The Times, 2005; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Wikipedia: List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, britain, great britain, united kingdom of great britain and northern irela, united king., The United Kingdom

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