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  • Adult literacy rate > Total: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Average years of schooling of adults: Average years of schooling of adults is the years of formal schooling received, on average, by adults over age 15. (Data Source: Barro-Lee Data Set www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/ddbarle2.htm)
  • Children out of school, primary: Children out of school, primary. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Total is the total number of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools.
  • Children out of school, primary per 1000: Children out of school, primary. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Total is the total number of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Children out of school, primary, female: Children out of school, primary, female. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Female is the total number of female primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools.
  • College and university > Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for college and university enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
  • Compulsary education duration: Number of years students are required to be enrolled in school for all levels of education. For instance, compulsary education lasts for 12 years in the United States.
  • Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP: Percentage of public funding for education out of country's total GDP.
  • High school enrolment rate: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • Literacy > Total population: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Primary education, duration > Years: Primary education, duration (years). Duration of primary is the number of grades (years) in primary education.
  • Primary education, teachers per 1000: Primary education, teachers. Teaching staff in primary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, primary: Pupil-teacher ratio, primary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Primary is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary: Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Secondary is the number of pupils enrolled in secondary school divided by the number of secondary school teachers.
  • Secondary education, duration > Years: Secondary education, duration (years). Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (years) in secondary education (ISCED 2 & 3).
  • College and university > Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to post-secondary education.
  • Average IQ: Average IQ of different countries according to the controversial book "IQ and the Wealth of Nations".
  • Literacy > Female: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Children out of school, primary, female per 1000: Children out of school, primary, female. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Female is the total number of female primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • College and university > Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment is the percentage of men to women enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.
  • Child care (preschool) > Duration: Number of years students study at the pre-primary (preschool) level. It should be noted that not all countries require pre-primary education.
  • Secondary education > Teachers > Per capita: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Duration of compulsory education: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
  • Secondary education, pupils: Secondary education, pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled at public and private secondary education institutions.
  • College and university > Private school share: Percentage of post-secondary students who attend a private school, college, or university.
  • School life expectancy > Total: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
  • Literacy > Adult literacy: Adult literacy rate (%).
  • Primary education, teachers: Primary education, teachers. Teaching staff in primary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Primary education, pupils: Primary education, pupils. Enrolment in primary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions.
  • Adult literacy rate > Female: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Tertiary enrollment: Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.
  • Spending per student > College and university: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • High school > Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • Compulsary education starting age: Age at which children must be enrolled in school.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary per million: Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Secondary is the number of pupils enrolled in secondary school divided by the number of secondary school teachers. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Literacy > Definition: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • High school > Upper secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the upper secondary (high school) level.
  • Literacy > Male: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Spending > USD: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment."
  • High school > Private school share: Percentage of secondary students who attend a private school.
  • Spending > Proportion: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment. Expressed as a proportion of GNI."
  • Pupil-teacher ratio > Primary: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).
  • Child care (preschool) > Starting age: Average age at which students begin pre-primary (preschool) education.
  • High school repeaters > Male: Repeaters in secondary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in secondary school."
  • Preschool enrollment rate: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Tertiary > Students studying abroad: Total number of post-secondary students who were studying abroad during given year.
  • Teachers as percentage of labor force: The percentage share of the total labor force who are classroom, academic staff, and other teachers. Data for 1999.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Overall: Overall.

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  • Elementary (primary school) > Duration: Number of years students study at the primary level.
  • Children out of school > Primary: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
  • Secondary education, teachers: Secondary education, teachers. Teaching staff in total secondary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private secondary education institutions (ISCED 2 and 3). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Secondary education, teachers per 1000: Secondary education, teachers. Teaching staff in total secondary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private secondary education institutions (ISCED 2 and 3). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Child care (preschool) > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for pre-primary (preschool) education.
  • High school > Lower secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the lower secondary (middle school) level.
  • Children out of school, primary, male per 1000: Children out of school, primary, male. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Male is the total number of male primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Spending per student > High school: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • Secondary education, general pupils: Secondary education, general pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. General programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in general programmes at public and private secondary education institutions.
  • High school > Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for secondary level enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Overall reading skills: Overall.

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  • Scientific and technical journal articles: Scientific and technical journal articles refer to the number of scientific and engineering articles published in the following fields: physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Access and retrieve: Access and retrieve.

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  • College and university > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female: Percentage of country's college and university professors that are female.
  • Tertiary > Students studying abroad proportion: The number of students from a given country studying abroad in a given year, expressed as a percentage of total tertiary enrollment in that country. Ratios greater than 100 % are possible, because those currently studying abroad do not count towards total enrollment.
  • Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Scouting > Genders admitted: Admits boys/girls.
  • Elementary (primary school) > Starting age: Average age at which students begin primary education.
  • Children out of school, primary, male: Children out of school, primary, male. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Male is the total number of male primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools.
  • High school > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for all levels of secondary education.
  • Secondary education > General pupils: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.
  • Spending per student > Elementary school: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • Secondary school starting age > Years: Secondary school starting age (years). Entrance age of 2A lower secondary is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.
  • High school starting age > Years: Secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade."
  • Primary education > Teachers > Per capita: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people: Number of females aged 15-19 years, who are literate. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • High school > Population with at least high school education > Women: Population with at least high school education > Women.
  • Elementary school graduate rate: Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
  • Literacy rate > People aged 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Public spending per student > Primary level: Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
  • Primary education, pupils per 1000: Primary education, pupils. Enrolment in primary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Secondary education, pupils per 1000: Secondary education, pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled at public and private secondary education institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged over 10 per thousand people: Number of females older than 10 years, who are literate. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Tertiary > Students studying abroad per thousand people: Total number of post-secondary students who were studying abroad during given year. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Outcomes > Secondary education > Duration > Years: Secondary education, duration (years) is the number of grades (years) in secondary school."
  • Teacher student ratio > High school: Secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in secondary school divided by the number of secondary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).
  • Children out of school > Primary per 1000: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Inequality adjusted index: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index.
  • High school repeaters > Female: Repeaters in secondary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in secondary school."
  • Teacher student ratio > Elementary school: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).
  • Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries: Percentage of public education funding for all levels that goes to teachers' salaries.
  • Literacy rate > Females aged 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Hours of instruction for pupils aged 11: Intended hours of instruction per year for 11 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
  • Elementary school > Enrolled students: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Primary education > Duration > Years: Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.
  • Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ per capita: Services, etc., value added (constant 2000 US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • School enrolment rate > 1st grade: Gross intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age."
  • Secondary education, general pupils per 1000: Secondary education, general pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. General programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in general programmes at public and private secondary education institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Hours of instruction for pupils aged 12: Intended hours of instruction per year for 12 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Integrate and interpret: Integrate and interpret.

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  • Elementary (primary) school) > Private school share: Percentage of primary students who attend a private school.
  • High school > Lower secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin lower secondary (middle school) education.
  • Elementary school > Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male primary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • High school enrolment rate > Female: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • Duration of education > Secondary level: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
  • Public spending per student > Tertiary level: Public expenditure per student, tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the government on tertiary education, divided by the total number of pupils in tertiary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
  • Primary education > Pupils: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Secondary education > Pupils: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • High school > Population with at least high school education > Men: Gender Inequality Index.
  • Literacy rate > Males aged 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Education enrolment by level > Secondary level > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Secondary education, vocational pupils: Secondary education, vocational pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. Technical/vocational programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in technical/vocational programmes at public and private secondary education institutions.
  • Elementary (primary) school > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for primary education.
  • Spending on education > Proportion spent on all staff salaries: Percentage of public funding for education that goes to school staff salaries.
  • Secondary education > Teachers: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • School enrolment rate > 5th grade: Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 30-34 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 30 to 34. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Scientific and technical journal articles per million: Scientific and technical journal articles refer to the number of scientific and engineering articles published in the following fields: physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Continuous texts: Continuous texts.

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  • Literacy > Reading performance > Non-continuous texts: Non-continuous texts.

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  • Duration of education > Primary level: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
  • Participation > Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education: Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary and secondary levels in public and private schools.
  • Participation > Children out of school > Elementary: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
  • Public spending per student > Secondary level: Public expenditure per student, secondary level is the total reported current spending by the government on secondary education, divided by the total number of pupils in secondary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
  • Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Progression to secondary school: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • Children out of school > Primary > Per capita: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 35-39: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 35 to 39. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 15-19: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Reflect and evaluate: Reflect and evaluate.

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  • High school > Upper secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin upper secondary (high school) education.
  • Elementary school starting age > Years: Primary school starting age is the age at which students would enter primary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade."
  • Teaching weeks per year > Primary: Average number of weeks taught per year by primary level teachers. Data for 2000.
  • Elementary school repeaters > All: Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school."
  • School life expectancy > Male: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
  • Secondary education > General pupils > Per capita: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Education enrolment by level > Primary level > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Education enrolment by level > Primary level per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Pupils-teacher ratio > Primary level: Pupil-teacher ratio, primary level is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary education. Cross-country comparisons may be affected by such factors as the composition of teachers by part- and full-time employment.
  • Elementary (primary school) > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female: Percentage of country's elementary, or primary, teachers that are female.
  • Primary education > Teachers: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Secondary education > Vocational pupils: Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 35-39 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged over 10 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 10-14: Compares countries by number of male illiterates, in the age range 10 to 14. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
  • Private school enrolment > Primary level: Private sector enrolment share, primary level is the share of primary school pupils who attend a privately managed school, regardless of whether or not the school receives subsidies from the government.
  • Outcomes > Primary education > Duration > Years: Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.
  • Hours of instruction for pupils aged 10: Intended hours of instruction per year for 10 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
  • Secondary education > Pupils per 1000: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Primary education > Teachers per 1000: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Literacy > Men above 14 years: Percent of male population above the age of 14 years that is literate.
  • Children out of school > Primary > Female > Per capita: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Female enrolment share > Primary level: Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.
  • Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$: Services, etc., value added (constant 2000 US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent learning technology: Intended instruction time spent studying technology, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • Primary school starting age > Years: Primary school starting age (years). Entrance age of primary is the age at which students would enter primary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.
  • Scouting > Members: Members of boy or girl scout groups which are members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).
  • Elementary (primary) school) > Proportion spent on all staff salaries: Percentage of public funding for primary education that goes to school staff salaries.
  • High school> Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries: Percentage of public funding for secondary education that goes to teachers' salaries.
  • Elementary (primary) school > Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries: Percentage of public funding for primary education that goes to teachers' salaries.
  • High school > Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to secondary education.
  • Enrolment ratio > Secondary level: Net enrolment ratio, secondary level, is the ratio of the number of children of official secondary school age enrolled in school to the number of children of official secondary school age in the population.
  • Participation > Secondary education > General pupils: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training."
  • Secondary education > General pupils per 1000: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Ratio of female to male primary enrollment: Ratio of female to male primary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Secondary education > Teachers per 1000: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Children out of school > Primary > Male: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
  • Elementary (primary) school > Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index in primary, or elementary, school. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled. 
  • Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13: Intended hours of instruction per year for 14 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
  • Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9: Intended hours of instruction per year for 9 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
  • Female enrolment share > Secondary level: Girls' enrolment share, secondary level is the number of girls enrolled in secondary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in secondary school.
  • Education enrolment by level > Secondary level per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 35-39 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 35-39: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 15-19: Number of females aged 15-19 years, who are literate.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 25 to 29. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 40-44 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 50-54 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 50 to 54. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 20-24: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 20 to 24. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 15 to 19. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Scouting > Members per thousand people: Membership (from 2012). Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent learning science: Intended instruction time spent studying science, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • School life expectancy > Female: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
  • Elementary school repeaters > Male: Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school."
  • Elementary school repeaters > Female: Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school."
  • Children out of school > Primary > Male > Per capita: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • High school teachers: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Elementary school teachers: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • High school enrolment rate > Male: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • Literacy > Women above 14 years: Percent of female population above the age of 14 years that is literate.
  • Gender ratio > Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds: Literacy gender parity rate of 15-24 year olds in each country. This number is achieved by dividing the total amount of females who are literate by the total amount of males who are literate. Numbers below 1 mean that more males are literate, while numbers over 1 indicate that more females are literate, with the difference in the numbers indicating to what extent this is true. For instance, in Chad (with a parity rate of .42%) a substantial amount of more males are literate than females. These numbers are only for 15-24 year olds.
  • Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Participation > Secondary education > Pupils: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent learning vocational skills: Intended instruction time spent studying vocational skills, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • Secondary education > Pupils > Per capita: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment: Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • Primary education > Pupils per 1000: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Intake ratio to last grade of primary > Females: Number of female entrants in the last grade of primary education (regardless of age) expressed as a percentage of the female population at entrance age to the last grade.
  • Pupils-teacher ratio > Secondary level: Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary level is the average number of pupils per teacher in secondary education. Cross-country comparisons may be affected by such factors as the composition of teachers by part- and full-time employment.
  • Repitition rate > Secondary level: Repetition rate is the percentage of secondary school pupils who are currently enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year.
  • Primary teacher age > Proportion aged 30-39: Percentage of primary teachers who are aged 30-39. Data for 1999.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent learning foreign languages: Intended instruction time spent studying modern foreign languages, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • Pupils reaching grade 5: Pupils reaching grade 5 is the percentage of children who start primary school and eventually reach grade 5.
  • Progression to secondary level: Progression to secondary level is the number of new entrants to the first grade of general secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the number of pupils in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • Participation > Secondary education > General pupils > % female: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training."
  • Participation > Secondary education > Pupils > % female: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.
  • Literacy > Male literates > Aged 25-29: Compares countries by number of male illiterates, in the age range 25 to 29. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
  • Literacy > Male literates > Aged 20-24: Compares countries by number of male literates, in the age range 20 to 24. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 60-64 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 50-54 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged over 10 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Male literates > Aged 35-39 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of male literates, in the age range 35 to 39. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Participation > School enrollment > Secondary > Female > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Tertiary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level."
  • Literacy > Male literates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of male illiterates, in the age range 25 to 29. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged over 10 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals aged over 10. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 60-64 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of male illiterates, in the age range 60 to 64. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 30-34: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • School enrollment > Primary > Female > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 20-24: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • School enrollment > Primary > Male > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 25-29: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 20-24: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 25-29: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 55-59: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 20-24: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Services, etc., value added > % of GDP: Services, etc., value added (% of GDP). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99 and they include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 40-44: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 40-44: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 50-54: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 55-59: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 45-49: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 60-64: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Primary education, teachers > % female: Primary education, teachers (% female). Percentage female teachers. Primary is the number of female teachers at the primary level expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers (male and female) at the primary level in a given school year. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Tertiary education, teachers > % female: Tertiary education, teachers (% female). Percentage female teachers. Tertiary is the number of female teachers at the tertiary level expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers (male and female) at the tertiary level in a given school year. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure: Public spending on education, total (% of government expenditure). Public expenditure on education as % of total government expenditure is the total public education expenditure (current and capital) expressed as a percentage of total government expenditure for all sectors in a given financial year. Public education expenditure includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration, and subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities).
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 30-34 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 50-54 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 45-49 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 55-59 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Labor force with secondary education, female > % of female labor force: Labor force with secondary education, female (% of female labor force). Labor force with secondary education is the proportion of the labor force that has a secondary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.
  • Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment: Unemployment with secondary education, female (% of female unemployment). Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
  • Education spending > % of GDP: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
  • Public spending on public institutions: Percentage share of total public education expenditure which is spent directly on public educational institutions. Data for 1999.
  • School enrollment > Preprimary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment.
  • Ratio of female to male enrollments in tertiary education: Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment is the percentage of men to women enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.
  • Expenditure per student > Secondary > % of GDP per capita: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita.
  • Gross intake rate in grade 1 > Male > % of relevant age group: Gross intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.
  • Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Men > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Primary teacher age > Proportion aged 40-49: Percentage of primary teachers who are ages 40-49. Data for 1999.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent in physical education: Intended instruction time spent studying physical education, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • Government spending on education > % of GDP: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Secondary > Private > % of total secondary: Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organisation, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise."
  • School enrollment > Tertiary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.
  • Participation > School enrollment > Tertiary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Tertiary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level."
  • Participation > Total enrollment > Primary > % net: Total enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers."
  • Literacy > Ratio of young literate females to males > % ages 15-24: Ratio of young literate females to males (% ages 15-24). Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is the ratio of female youth literacy rate to male youth literacy rate. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.
  • Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education > %: Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%). Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary and secondary levels in public and private schools.
  • School enrollment, preprimary, female > % gross: School enrollment, preprimary, female (% gross). Gross enrolment ratio. Pre-primary. Female is the total female enrollment in pre-primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of official pre-primary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.
  • School enrollment, preprimary, male > % gross: School enrollment, preprimary, male (% gross). Gross enrolment ratio. Pre-primary. Male is the total male enrollment in pre-primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total male population of official pre-primary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.
  • Secondary education, pupils > % female: Secondary education, pupils (% female). Percentage of female students. Total secondary. All programmes is the number of female students enrolled in all secondary education programmes expressed as a percentage of the total number of students (male and female) enrolled at the secondary education level in a given school year.
  • Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita: Expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita). Public expenditure per pupil as a % of GDP per capita. Primary is the total public expenditure per student in primary education as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities).
  • Literacy > Literacy rate, youth male > % of males ages 15-24: Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24). Youth (15-24) literacy rate (%). Male is the number of males age 15 to 24 years who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life, divided by the male population in that age group. Generally, u2018literacyu2019 also encompasses u2018numeracyu2019, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations.
  • Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment > %: Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment (%). Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • Ratio of female to male primary enrollment > %: Ratio of female to male primary enrollment (%). Ratio of female to male primary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 55-59: Compares countries by number of male iliterate individuals, in the age range 55 to 59. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 45-49: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 45-49: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Male literates > Aged 55-59 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of male literates, in the age range 55 to 59. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 40-44 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 40 to 44. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 45-49 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 55-59 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of male iliterate individuals, in the age range 55 to 59. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 60-64 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Male literates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of male literates, in the age range 15 to 19. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Participation > School enrollment > Preprimary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Primary > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Male > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Private > % of total primary: Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organisation, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise."
  • Literacy > Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above). Adult (15+) literacy rate (%). Total is the percentage of the population age 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life. Generally, u2018literacyu2019 also encompasses u2018numeracyu2019, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of literates aged 15 years and over by the corresponding age group population and multiplying the result by 100.
  • Adjusted savings > Education expenditure > % of GNI: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment.
  • Public spending on education > Total > % of GDP: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.
  • Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment: Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
  • Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment: Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
  • Expenditure per student > Primary > % of GDP per capita: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita.
  • School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
  • Expenditure per student > Tertiary > % of GDP per capita: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita.
  • School enrollment > Primary > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 50-54: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy rate > Youth male > % of males ages 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
  • Literacy rate > Adult female > % of females ages 15 and above: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
  • School enrollment > Secondary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
  • Primary teacher age > Proportion aged 50-59: Percentage of primary teachers aged 50-59. Data for 1999.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 25-29: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$, % of GDP: Services, etc., value added (constant 2000 US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 55-59: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • School enrollment > Secondary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
STAT Argentina Italy HISTORY
Adult literacy rate > Total 97.7
Ranked 30th.
98.8
Ranked 20th. 1% more than Argentina

Average years of schooling of adults 8.8
Ranked 22nd. 22% more than Italy
7.2
Ranked 36th.
Children out of school, primary 36,270
Ranked 60th. 42% more than Italy
25,573
Ranked 58th.

Children out of school, primary per 1000 0.938
Ranked 111th. 2 times more than Italy
0.421
Ranked 106th.

Children out of school, primary, female 19,867
Ranked 53th. 11% more than Italy
17,905
Ranked 48th.

College and university > Gender parity index 1.51
Ranked 21st. 9% more than Italy
1.39
Ranked 35th.

Compulsary education duration 13
Ranked 6th. 30% more than Italy
10
Ranked 64th.

Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP 5.78%
Ranked 34th. 28% more than Italy
4.5%
Ranked 64th.

High school enrolment rate 94.35
Ranked 55th.
99.72
Ranked 10th. 6% more than Argentina

Literacy > Total population 97.1%
Ranked 47th.
98.6%
Ranked 36th. 2% more than Argentina

Primary education, duration > Years 6
Ranked 83th. 20% more than Italy
5
Ranked 167th.

Primary education, teachers per 1000 7.28
Ranked 18th. 58% more than Italy
4.6
Ranked 70th.

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 16.33
Ranked 98th. 58% more than Italy
10.33
Ranked 139th.

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 10.9
Ranked 77th. 8% more than Italy
10.1
Ranked 100th.

Secondary education, duration > Years 6
Ranked 120th.
8
Ranked 15th. 33% more than Argentina

College and university > Share of total education spending 19.86%
Ranked 55th. 6% more than Italy
18.76%
Ranked 63th.

Average IQ 96
Ranked 19th.
102
Ranked 6th. 6% more than Argentina
Literacy > Female 97.1%
Ranked 43th.
98.3%
Ranked 33th. 1% more than Argentina

Children out of school, primary, female per 1000 0.523
Ranked 91st. 77% more than Italy
0.295
Ranked 86th.

College and university > Gender ratio 152.25
Ranked 17th. 8% more than Italy
140.71
Ranked 27th.

Child care (preschool) > Duration 3
Ranked 76th. The same as Italy
3
Ranked 89th.

Secondary education > Teachers > Per capita 5.32 per 1,000 people
Ranked 72nd.
7.17 per 1,000 people
Ranked 41st. 35% more than Argentina

Duration of compulsory education 9 years
Ranked 80th. The same as Italy
9 years
Ranked 86th.
Secondary education, pupils 3.69 million
Ranked 24th.
4.63 million
Ranked 17th. 25% more than Argentina

College and university > Private school share 27.08%
Ranked 49th. 3 times more than Italy
9.59%
Ranked 90th.

Girls to boys ratio > Primary level enrolment 0.99
Ranked 65th.
1
Ranked 43th. 1% more than Argentina

School life expectancy > Total 14.3 years
Ranked 25th.
14.7 years
Ranked 20th. 3% more than Argentina
Literacy > Adult literacy 97.6%
Ranked 27th.
98.9%
Ranked 19th. 1% more than Argentina
Primary education, teachers 288,776
Ranked 13th. 6% more than Italy
273,113
Ranked 18th.

Primary education, pupils 4.7 million
Ranked 24th. 66% more than Italy
2.83 million
Ranked 37th.

Adult literacy rate > Female 97.7
Ranked 30th.
98.5
Ranked 22nd. 1% more than Argentina

Tertiary enrollment 48%
Ranked 3rd.
49.9%
Ranked 22nd. 4% more than Argentina
Spending per student > College and university 15.64
Ranked 50th.
22.28
Ranked 36th. 42% more than Argentina

High school > Gender ratio 113.19
Ranked 9th. 14% more than Italy
99.03
Ranked 81st.

Compulsary education starting age 5
Ranked 94th.
6
Ranked 103th. 20% more than Argentina

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary per million 0.275
Ranked 92nd. 61% more than Italy
0.17
Ranked 107th.

Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write age 15 and over can read and write
High school > Upper secondary school duration 3
Ranked 92nd.
5
Ranked 4th. 67% more than Argentina

Literacy > Male 97.1%
Ranked 50th.
99%
Ranked 32nd. 2% more than Argentina

Spending > USD 14.58 billion
Ranked 26th.
101.89 billion
Ranked 6th. 7 times more than Argentina

High school > Private school share 27.76%
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than Italy
8.52%
Ranked 84th.

Spending > Proportion 4.54
Ranked 69th. About the same as Italy
4.52
Ranked 70th.

Pupil-teacher ratio > Primary 17.34
Ranked 114th. 63% more than Italy
10.62
Ranked 138th.

Child care (preschool) > Starting age 3
Ranked 139th. The same as Italy
3
Ranked 158th.

High school repeaters > Male 15.83
Ranked 10th. 4 times more than Italy
3.86
Ranked 53th.

Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 98.9%
Ranked 9th.
99.8%
Ranked 1st. 1% more than Argentina

Preschool enrollment rate 115.65
Ranked 22nd. 11% more than Italy
103.82
Ranked 80th.

Tertiary > Students studying abroad 9,528.76
Ranked 81st.
47,272.98
Ranked 12th. 5 times more than Argentina

Primary completion rate 99
Ranked 43th.
101
Ranked 31st. 2% more than Argentina

Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 2.03 million
Ranked 17th. 6% more than Italy
1.91 million
Ranked 20th.

Teachers as percentage of labor force 5.9%
Ranked 4th. 26% more than Italy
4.7%
Ranked 10th.
Literacy > Reading performance > Overall 398
Ranked 55th.
486
Ranked 27th. 22% more than Argentina
Elementary (primary school) > Duration 6
Ranked 89th. 20% more than Italy
5
Ranked 177th.

Children out of school > Primary 21,899
Ranked 55th. 96% more than Italy
11,194
Ranked 73th.

Secondary education, teachers 323,957
Ranked 13th.
450,757
Ranked 10th. 39% more than Argentina

Secondary education, teachers per 1000 8.17
Ranked 26th. 8% more than Italy
7.59
Ranked 33th.

Child care (preschool) > Students per teacher 19.91
Ranked 42nd. 71% more than Italy
11.62
Ranked 101st.

High school > Lower secondary school duration 3
Ranked 132nd. The same as Italy
3
Ranked 146th.

Children out of school, primary, male per 1000 0.0843
Ranked 101st.
0.126
Ranked 97th. 50% more than Argentina

Spending per student > High school 21.93
Ranked 28th.
25.38
Ranked 17th. 16% more than Argentina

Secondary education, general pupils 3.41 million
Ranked 21st. 17% more than Italy
2.92 million
Ranked 21st.

Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ 2.9%
Ranked 108th. 2 times more than Italy
1.4%
Ranked 122nd.

High school > Gender parity index 1.11
Ranked 11th. 13% more than Italy
0.986
Ranked 91st.

Literacy > Reading performance > Overall reading skills 398
Ranked 55th.
486
Ranked 27th. 22% more than Argentina
Scientific and technical journal articles 3,086
Ranked 29th.
24,696
Ranked 8th. 8 times more than Argentina

Literacy > Reading performance > Access and retrieve 394
Ranked 54th.
482
Ranked 30th. 22% more than Argentina
College and university > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 49%
Ranked 5th. 36% more than Italy
36%
Ranked 21st.
Tertiary > Students studying abroad proportion 0.388%
Ranked 129th.
2.4%
Ranked 88th. 6 times more than Argentina

Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level per 1000 53.86
Ranked 7th. 61% more than Italy
33.48
Ranked 40th.

Scouting > Genders admitted both both
Elementary (primary school) > Starting age 6
Ranked 111th. The same as Italy
6
Ranked 130th.

Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government 13.1%
Ranked 47th. 36% more than Italy
9.6%
Ranked 70th.

Children out of school, primary, male 3,200
Ranked 79th.
7,668
Ranked 57th. 2 times more than Argentina

Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI 4%
Ranked 73th.
4.7%
Ranked 56th. 18% more than Argentina

High school > Students per teacher 10.9
Ranked 77th. 8% more than Italy
10.1
Ranked 103th.

Secondary education > General pupils 2.21 million
Ranked 34th.
2.81 million
Ranked 26th. 27% more than Argentina

Spending per student > Elementary school 14.69
Ranked 40th.
22.8
Ranked 17th. 55% more than Argentina

Secondary school starting age > Years 12
Ranked 86th. 9% more than Italy
11
Ranked 168th.

High school starting age > Years 12
Ranked 80th. 9% more than Italy
11
Ranked 147th.

Primary education > Teachers > Per capita 7.09 per 1,000 people
Ranked 26th. 58% more than Italy
4.48 per 1,000 people
Ranked 78th.

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people 41.94
Ranked 9th. 66% more than Italy
25.34
Ranked 27th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level 4.91 million
Ranked 24th. 77% more than Italy
2.78 million
Ranked 45th.

High school > Population with at least high school education > Women 57%
Ranked 75th.
68%
Ranked 60th. 19% more than Argentina

Elementary school graduate rate 94.91
Ranked 43th.
99.56
Ranked 8th. 5% more than Argentina

Literacy rate > People aged 15-24 99.1
Ranked 37th.
99.9
Ranked 3rd. 1% more than Argentina

Public spending per student > Primary level 12.5
Ranked 43th.
21.2
Ranked 14th. 70% more than Argentina
Primary education, pupils per 1000 116.36
Ranked 67th. 2 times more than Italy
46.56
Ranked 138th.

Secondary education, pupils per 1000 91.49
Ranked 45th. 20% more than Italy
76.25
Ranked 85th.

Girls to boys ratio > Tertiary level enrolment 1.41
Ranked 29th. 5% more than Italy
1.34
Ranked 42nd.

Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ 819,900
Ranked 65th. 20% more than Italy
685,500
Ranked 70th.

Girls to boys ratio > Secondary level enrolment 1.07
Ranked 31st. 8% more than Italy
0.99
Ranked 97th.

Literacy > Female literates > Aged over 10 per thousand people 398.39
Ranked 12th.
462.13
Ranked 5th. 16% more than Argentina
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level > Per capita 53.84 per 1,000 people
Ranked 7th. 61% more than Italy
33.48 per 1,000 people
Ranked 40th.

Tertiary > Students studying abroad per thousand people 0.234
Ranked 171st.
0.778
Ranked 126th. 3 times more than Argentina

Outcomes > Secondary education > Duration > Years 6
Ranked 104th.
8
Ranked 14th. 33% more than Argentina

Teacher student ratio > High school 12.19
Ranked 81st. 21% more than Italy
10.1
Ranked 97th.

Children out of school > Primary per 1000 0.577
Ranked 104th. 3 times more than Italy
0.192
Ranked 115th.

Inequality adjusted index 0.716
Ranked 39th.
0.74
Ranked 36th. 3% more than Argentina
High school repeaters > Female 11.78
Ranked 16th. 5 times more than Italy
2.18
Ranked 59th.

Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women 420,500
Ranked 71st.
447,300
Ranked 69th. 6% more than Argentina

Teacher student ratio > Elementary school 15.53
Ranked 104th. 50% more than Italy
10.33
Ranked 132nd.

Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries 64.47%
Ranked 17th. 12% more than Italy
57.73%
Ranked 23th.

Literacy rate > Females aged 15-24 99.3
Ranked 36th.
99.9
Ranked 6th. 1% more than Argentina

Hours of instruction for pupils aged 11 729 hours
Ranked 35th.
1,020 hours
Ranked 6th. 40% more than Argentina
Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 95.7%
Ranked 35th.
99.8%
Ranked 4th. 4% more than Argentina

Elementary school > Enrolled students 4.7 million
Ranked 25th. 67% more than Italy
2.82 million
Ranked 42nd.

Primary education > Duration > Years 6 years
Ranked 81st. 20% more than Italy
5 years
Ranked 159th.

Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ per capita $2,558.17
Ranked 66th.
$19,316.27
Ranked 16th. 8 times more than Argentina

School enrolment rate > 1st grade 110.92
Ranked 41st. 5% more than Italy
105.66
Ranked 56th.

Secondary education, general pupils per 1000 84.41
Ranked 40th. 75% more than Italy
48.17
Ranked 127th.

Hours of instruction for pupils aged 12 912 hours
Ranked 21st.
1,020 hours
Ranked 10th. 12% more than Argentina
Literacy > Literates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people 84.72
Ranked 9th. 63% more than Italy
51.94
Ranked 27th.
Literacy > Reading performance > Integrate and interpret 398
Ranked 53th.
490
Ranked 25th. 23% more than Argentina
Elementary (primary) school) > Private school share 24.82%
Ranked 34th. 4 times more than Italy
6.93%
Ranked 87th.

High school > Lower secondary starting age 12
Ranked 87th. 9% more than Italy
11
Ranked 174th.

Elementary school > Gender ratio 98.52
Ranked 78th.
99.14
Ranked 61st. 1% more than Argentina

High school enrolment rate > Female 95.65
Ranked 45th.
99.42
Ranked 18th. 4% more than Argentina

Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ > Women 2.9%
Ranked 112th. 71% more than Italy
1.7%
Ranked 121st.

Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level 99%
Ranked 23th. The same as Italy
99%
Ranked 20th.

Duration of education > Secondary level 6
Ranked 99th.
8
Ranked 15th. 33% more than Argentina
Public spending per student > Tertiary level 17.7
Ranked 64th.
26
Ranked 56th. 47% more than Argentina
Primary education > Pupils 4.67 million
Ranked 26th. 69% more than Italy
2.77 million
Ranked 43th.

Secondary education > Pupils 3.5 million
Ranked 26th.
4.51 million
Ranked 18th. 29% more than Argentina

High school > Population with at least high school education > Men 54.9%
Ranked 84th.
78.1%
Ranked 49th. 42% more than Argentina

Literacy rate > Males aged 15-24 99
Ranked 37th.
99.9
Ranked 2nd. 1% more than Argentina

Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Tertiary level 59.31%
Ranked 23th. 5% more than Italy
56.25%
Ranked 38th.

Education enrolment by level > Secondary level > Per capita 105.63 per 1,000 people
Ranked 36th. 33% more than Italy
79.22 per 1,000 people
Ranked 95th.

Secondary education, vocational pupils 285,749
Ranked 34th.
1.71 million
Ranked 6th. 6 times more than Argentina

Elementary (primary) school > Students per teacher 16.33
Ranked 98th. 58% more than Italy
10.33
Ranked 141st.

Spending on education > Proportion spent on all staff salaries 89.65%
Ranked 10th. 14% more than Italy
78.45%
Ranked 33th.

Secondary education > Teachers 202,320.9
Ranked 21st.
417,023.3
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Argentina

School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary 15 years
Ranked 2nd.
16 years
Ranked 20th. 7% more than Argentina
School enrolment rate > 5th grade 96.37
Ranked 28th.
99.56
Ranked 7th. 3% more than Argentina

Education enrolment by level > Secondary level 3.98 million
Ranked 25th.
4.53 million
Ranked 22nd. 14% more than Argentina

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 30-34 per thousand people 1.02
Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Italy
0.318
Ranked 21st.
Scientific and technical journal articles per million 81.27
Ranked 41st.
428.72
Ranked 22nd. 5 times more than Argentina

Literacy > Reading performance > Continuous texts 400
Ranked 55th.
489
Ranked 26th. 22% more than Argentina
Literacy > Reading performance > Non-continuous texts 391
Ranked 54th.
476
Ranked 29th. 22% more than Argentina
Duration of education > Primary level 6
Ranked 77th. 20% more than Italy
5
Ranked 141st.
Women to men parity index > As ratio of literacy rates > Aged 15-24 1
Ranked 9th. The same as Italy
1
Ranked 14th.

Participation > Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education 104.5%
Ranked 11th. 5% more than Italy
99.07%
Ranked 81st.

Participation > Children out of school > Elementary 35,465
Ranked 60th. 86% more than Italy
19,018
Ranked 68th.

Public spending per student > Secondary level 16.4
Ranked 44th.
27.1
Ranked 18th. 65% more than Argentina
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ per 1000 21.59
Ranked 105th. 81% more than Italy
11.9
Ranked 115th.

Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Primary level 49.15%
Ranked 22nd. 2% more than Italy
48.41%
Ranked 85th.

Progression to secondary school 92.76%
Ranked 63th.
99.65%
Ranked 12th. 7% more than Argentina

Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 > Women 99.1%
Ranked 9th.
99.8%
Ranked 3rd. 1% more than Argentina

Children out of school > Primary > Per capita 0.576 per 1,000 people
Ranked 105th. 3 times more than Italy
0.192 per 1,000 people
Ranked 116th.

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 35-39 46,423
Ranked 8th. Twice as much as Italy
23,155
Ranked 11th.
Literacy > Literates > Aged 15-19 3.16 million
Ranked 4th. 7% more than Italy
2.96 million
Ranked 5th.
Literacy > Reading performance > Reflect and evaluate 402
Ranked 54th.
482
Ranked 30th. 20% more than Argentina
Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level > Women 99%
Ranked 20th. The same as Italy
99%
Ranked 19th.

High school > Upper secondary starting age 15
Ranked 121st. 7% more than Italy
14
Ranked 192nd.

Elementary school starting age > Years 6
Ranked 101st. The same as Italy
6
Ranked 117th.

Teaching weeks per year > Primary 38 weeks per year
Ranked 23th. 12% more than Italy
34 weeks per year
Ranked 34th.
Elementary school repeaters > All 6.13
Ranked 50th. 26 times more than Italy
0.24
Ranked 123th.

School life expectancy > Male 13.6 years
Ranked 29th.
14.5 years
Ranked 19th. 7% more than Argentina
Secondary education > General pupils > Per capita 58.24 per 1,000 people
Ranked 113th. 21% more than Italy
48.3 per 1,000 people
Ranked 127th.

Education enrolment by level > Primary level > Per capita 0.131 per capita
Ranked 63th. 3 times more than Italy
0.049 per capita
Ranked 151st.

Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ > Men 3%
Ranked 103th. 3 times more than Italy
1%
Ranked 117th.

Education enrolment by level > Primary level per 1000 130.61
Ranked 64th. 3 times more than Italy
48.62
Ranked 155th.

Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level > Men 100%
Ranked 7th. The same as Italy
100%
Ranked 13th.

Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 > Men 98.7%
Ranked 11th.
99.8%
Ranked 1st. 1% more than Argentina

Pupils-teacher ratio > Primary level 21.8
Ranked 10th. 2 times more than Italy
10.7
Ranked 132nd.
Elementary (primary school) > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 87%
Ranked 2nd.
95%
Ranked 2nd. 9% more than Argentina
Primary education > Teachers 269,587.5
Ranked 16th. 3% more than Italy
260,769.1
Ranked 15th.

Secondary education > Vocational pupils 1.29 million
Ranked 8th.
1.7 million
Ranked 6th. 32% more than Argentina

Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Secondary level 50.69%
Ranked 37th. 5% more than Italy
48.46%
Ranked 100th.

Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 35-39 per thousand people 0.66
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Italy
0.221
Ranked 20th.
Literacy > Literates > Aged over 10 per thousand people 769.25
Ranked 12th.
893.72
Ranked 2nd. 16% more than Argentina
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 10-14 36,939
Ranked 10th. 21 times more than Italy
1,771
Ranked 17th.
Private school enrolment > Primary level 19.9
Ranked 21st. 3 times more than Italy
7
Ranked 44th.
Outcomes > Primary education > Duration > Years 6
Ranked 75th. 20% more than Italy
5
Ranked 148th.

Hours of instruction for pupils aged 10 729 hours
Ranked 33th.
1,020 hours
Ranked 7th. 40% more than Argentina
Secondary education > Pupils per 1000 92.16
Ranked 61st. 19% more than Italy
77.45
Ranked 78th.

Primary education > Teachers per 1000 7.1
Ranked 23th. 58% more than Italy
4.48
Ranked 76th.

Literacy > Men above 14 years 97.2%
Ranked 10th.
98.8%
Ranked 6th. 2% more than Argentina
Children out of school > Primary > Female > Per capita 0.492 per 1,000 people
Ranked 95th. 4 times more than Italy
0.118 per 1,000 people
Ranked 109th.

Female enrolment share > Primary level 49.1%
Ranked 20th. 1% more than Italy
48.5%
Ranked 78th.
Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ $99.74 billion
Ranked 29th.
$1.17 trillion
Ranked 5th. 12 times more than Argentina

Proportion of primary education time spent learning technology 8 9
Primary school starting age > Years 6
Ranked 112th. The same as Italy
6
Ranked 130th.

Scouting > Members 42,779
Ranked 33th.
102,066
Ranked 16th. 2 times more than Argentina
Elementary (primary) school) > Proportion spent on all staff salaries 89.93%
Ranked 21st. 9% more than Italy
82.58%
Ranked 43th.

High school> Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries 67.39%
Ranked 25th. 3% more than Italy
65.39%
Ranked 30th.

Elementary (primary) school > Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries 69.59%
Ranked 26th. 9% more than Italy
63.76%
Ranked 31st.

High school > Share of total education spending 39.65%
Ranked 30th.
42.94%
Ranked 22nd. 8% more than Argentina

Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 79.1%
Ranked 29th.
90.5%
Ranked 10th. 14% more than Argentina
Participation > Secondary education > General pupils 2.26 million
Ranked 34th.
2.87 million
Ranked 25th. 27% more than Argentina

Secondary education > General pupils per 1000 58.29
Ranked 114th. 21% more than Italy
48.3
Ranked 126th.

Ratio of female to male primary enrollment 99.3
Ranked 46th.
99.51
Ranked 46th. About the same as Argentina

Secondary education > Teachers per 1000 5.33
Ranked 71st.
7.17
Ranked 40th. 35% more than Argentina

Children out of school > Primary > Male 3,192
Ranked 76th.
4,320
Ranked 74th. 35% more than Argentina

Elementary (primary) school > Gender parity index 0.982
Ranked 92nd.
0.986
Ranked 86th. About the same as Argentina

Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13 936 hours
Ranked 20th.
0.0
Ranked 38th.
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9 729 hours
Ranked 31st.
1,020 hours
Ranked 7th. 40% more than Argentina
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 50.9%
Ranked 31st. 6% more than Italy
48.1%
Ranked 89th.
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level per 1000 105.67
Ranked 40th. 33% more than Italy
79.23
Ranked 95th.

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people 0.396
Ranked 16th. 4 times more than Italy
0.106
Ranked 23th.
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 35-39 per thousand people 0.585
Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Italy
0.185
Ranked 21st.
Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 35-39 24,617
Ranked 7th. 95% more than Italy
12,610
Ranked 10th.
Literacy > Female literates > Aged 15-19 1.56 million
Ranked 4th. 8% more than Italy
1.44 million
Ranked 5th.
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people 0.938
Ranked 15th. 4 times more than Italy
0.223
Ranked 24th.
Literacy > Literates > Aged 40-44 per thousand people 55.83
Ranked 16th.
70.95
Ranked 8th. 27% more than Argentina
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 50-54 per thousand people 2.01
Ranked 15th. 4 times more than Italy
0.522
Ranked 19th.
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 20-24 38,768
Ranked 9th. 5 times more than Italy
7,648
Ranked 17th.
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people 0.816
Ranked 14th. 11 times more than Italy
0.0764
Ranked 27th.
Scouting > Members per thousand people 1.04
Ranked 88th.
1.68
Ranked 70th. 61% more than Argentina
Primary completion rate > Women 102
Ranked 25th. 1% more than Italy
101
Ranked 30th.

Proportion of primary education time spent learning science 13%
Ranked 10th. 30% more than Italy
10%
Ranked 26th.
School life expectancy > Female 15.1 years
Ranked 18th. 2% more than Italy
14.8 years
Ranked 20th.
Elementary school repeaters > Male 7.31
Ranked 47th. 24 times more than Italy
0.3
Ranked 120th.

Elementary school repeaters > Female 4.89
Ranked 55th. 27 times more than Italy
0.18
Ranked 121st.

Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Men 94.4%
Ranked 30th.
100%
Ranked 6th. 6% more than Argentina

Children out of school > Primary > Male > Per capita 0.084 per 1,000 people
Ranked 110th. 14% more than Italy
0.074 per 1,000 people
Ranked 111th.

High school teachers 285,764
Ranked 16th.
450,757
Ranked 11th. 58% more than Argentina

Elementary school teachers 302,654
Ranked 13th. 11% more than Italy
273,113
Ranked 16th.

High school enrolment rate > Male 93.06
Ranked 49th.
100
Ranked 9th. 7% more than Argentina

Literacy > Women above 14 years 97.2%
Ranked 7th.
98%
Ranked 5th. 1% more than Argentina
Gender ratio > Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds 1%
Ranked 9th. The same as Italy
1%
Ranked 14th.
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Per capita 21.57 per 1,000 people
Ranked 108th. 81% more than Italy
11.9 per 1,000 people
Ranked 119th.

Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women per 1000 11.07
Ranked 109th. 43% more than Italy
7.76
Ranked 116th.

Participation > Secondary education > Pupils 3.52 million
Ranked 26th.
4.51 million
Ranked 17th. 28% more than Argentina

Primary completion rate > Men 97
Ranked 49th.
101
Ranked 28th. 4% more than Argentina

Proportion of primary education time spent learning vocational skills a n
Secondary education > Pupils > Per capita 92.07 per 1,000 people
Ranked 62nd. 19% more than Italy
77.45 per 1,000 people
Ranked 83th.

Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment 107.09
Ranked 37th. 8% more than Italy
98.81
Ranked 88th.

Primary education > Pupils per 1000 123.12
Ranked 74th. 3 times more than Italy
47.59
Ranked 155th.

Intake ratio to last grade of primary > Females None
None

Pupils-teacher ratio > Secondary level 13.8
Ranked 83th. 31% more than Italy
10.5
Ranked 102nd.
Repitition rate > Secondary level 9.2
Ranked 14th. 4 times more than Italy
2.6
Ranked 29th.
Primary teacher age > Proportion aged 30-39 31%
Ranked 6th. 15% more than Italy
27%
Ranked 11th.
Proportion of primary education time spent learning foreign languages 8 11
Pupils reaching grade 5 90.3
Ranked 33th.
98.5
Ranked 3rd. 9% more than Argentina
Progression to secondary level 94.1
Ranked 17th.
100
Ranked 2nd. 6% more than Argentina
Participation > Secondary education > General pupils > % female 51.05%
Ranked 46th.
53.6%
Ranked 9th. 5% more than Argentina

Participation > Secondary education > Pupils > % female 52.32%
Ranked 9th. 8% more than Italy
48.34%
Ranked 96th.

Literacy > Male literates > Aged 25-29 1.31 million
Ranked 6th.
2.13 million
Ranked 3rd. 63% more than Argentina
Literacy > Male literates > Aged 20-24 1.57 million
Ranked 6th.
1.74 million
Ranked 4th. 10% more than Argentina
Literacy > Literates > Aged 60-64 per thousand people 32.8
Ranked 13th.
59.62
Ranked 2nd. 82% more than Argentina
Literacy > Literates > Aged 50-54 per thousand people 47.64
Ranked 13th.
67.04
Ranked 3rd. 41% more than Argentina
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged over 10 per thousand people 10.6
Ranked 20th. 21% more than Italy
8.77
Ranked 21st.
Literacy > Male literates > Aged 35-39 per thousand people 28.49
Ranked 17th.
40.39
Ranked 3rd. 42% more than Argentina
Participation > School enrollment > Secondary > Female > % net 83.79%
Ranked 42nd.
93.2%
Ranked 10th. 11% more than Argentina

Participation > School enrollment > Tertiary > Male > % gross 53.85%
Ranked 23th.
56%
Ranked 19th. 4% more than Argentina

Literacy > Male literates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people 35.13
Ranked 10th.
37.41
Ranked 7th. 6% more than Argentina
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged over 10 per thousand people 20.58
Ranked 18th. 51% more than Italy
13.62
Ranked 21st.
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 60-64 per thousand people 1.66
Ranked 16th. 39% more than Italy
1.19
Ranked 20th.
Literacy > Female literates > Aged 30-34 1.19 million
Ranked 6th.
2.25 million
Ranked 2nd. 90% more than Argentina
School enrollment > Primary > Female > % net 98.45% net
Ranked 13th.
98.66% net
Ranked 11th. About the same as Argentina

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 20-24 1.59 million
Ranked 5th.
1.68 million
Ranked 4th. 6% more than Argentina
School enrollment > Primary > Male > % net 99.2% net
Ranked 13th. About the same as Italy
99.01% net
Ranked 11th.

Literacy > Literates > Aged 25-29 2.66 million
Ranked 6th.
4.23 million
Ranked 3rd. 59% more than Argentina
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 20-24 15,797
Ranked 10th. 4 times more than Italy
3,647
Ranked 17th.
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 25-29 14,767
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Italy
6,015
Ranked 12th.
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 55-59 33,508
Ranked 8th. 51% more than Italy
22,226
Ranked 11th.
Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 20-24 22,971
Ranked 8th. 6 times more than Italy
4,001
Ranked 16th.
Services, etc., value added > % of GDP 60.41%
Ranked 46th.
72.84%
Ranked 26th. 21% more than Argentina

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 40-44 26,208
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Italy
10,787
Ranked 11th.
Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 40-44 29,469
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Italy
12,487
Ranked 10th.
Literacy > Female literates > Aged 50-54 918,471
Ranked 5th.
1.94 million
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Argentina
Literacy > Literates > Aged 55-59 1.44 million
Ranked 5th.
3.29 million
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Argentina
Literacy > Female literates > Aged 45-49 982,691
Ranked 5th.
1.88 million
Ranked 2nd. 91% more than Argentina
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 60-64 33,738
Ranked 10th.
42,695
Ranked 8th. 27% more than Argentina
Primary education, teachers > % female 87.42%
Ranked 27th.
95.25%
Ranked 11th. 9% more than Argentina

Tertiary education, teachers > % female 48.56%
Ranked 23th. 34% more than Italy
36.22%
Ranked 69th.

Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure 13.95%
Ranked 52nd. 54% more than Italy
9.05%
Ranked 93th.

Literacy > Literates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people 71.37
Ranked 11th.
74.31
Ranked 8th. 4% more than Argentina
Literacy > Literates > Aged 30-34 per thousand people 62.43
Ranked 18th.
79.43
Ranked 3rd. 27% more than Argentina
Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 50-54 per thousand people 1.02
Ranked 12th. 4 times more than Italy
0.244
Ranked 19th.
Literacy > Female literates > Aged 45-49 per thousand people 26.36
Ranked 13th.
32.95
Ranked 9th. 25% more than Argentina
Literacy > Female literates > Aged 55-59 per thousand people 20.19
Ranked 11th.
29.53
Ranked 3rd. 46% more than Argentina
Labor force with secondary education, female > % of female labor force 39.9%
Ranked 31st.
49.1%
Ranked 22nd. 23% more than Argentina

Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 52%
Ranked 5th. 21% more than Italy
43.1%
Ranked 51st.

Education spending > % of GDP 4%
Ranked 83th.
4.7%
Ranked 64th. 18% more than Argentina
Public spending on public institutions 88.1%
Ranked 19th.
91.6%
Ranked 14th. 4% more than Argentina
School enrollment > Preprimary > % gross 61.98% gross
Ranked 60th.
102.7% gross
Ranked 14th. 66% more than Argentina

Ratio of female to male enrollments in tertiary education 150.89
Ranked 24th. 13% more than Italy
133.69
Ranked 38th.

Expenditure per student > Secondary > % of GDP per capita 14.31%
Ranked 63th.
29.17%
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Argentina

Gross intake rate in grade 1 > Male > % of relevant age group 109.87%
Ranked 45th. 6% more than Italy
103.36%
Ranked 66th.

Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Men > Per capita 10.51 per 1,000 people
Ranked 106th. 3 times more than Italy
4.14 per 1,000 people
Ranked 116th.

Primary teacher age > Proportion aged 40-49 28%
Ranked 16th.
40%
Ranked 2nd. 43% more than Argentina
Proportion of primary education time spent in physical education 8 7
Government spending on education > % of GDP 5.78%
Ranked 34th. 28% more than Italy
4.5%
Ranked 64th.

Participation > School enrollment > Secondary > Private > % of total secondary 28.17%
Ranked 24th. 6 times more than Italy
5.01%
Ranked 83th.

School enrollment > Tertiary > Male > % gross 51.01% gross
Ranked 22nd.
54.15% gross
Ranked 20th. 6% more than Argentina

Participation > School enrollment > Tertiary > % gross 67.73%
Ranked 18th. 1% more than Italy
67.11%
Ranked 20th.

Participation > School enrollment > Tertiary > Female > % gross 81.99%
Ranked 17th. 4% more than Italy
78.8%
Ranked 21st.

Participation > Total enrollment > Primary > % net 99.14%
Ranked 18th.
99.3%
Ranked 12th. About the same as Argentina

Participation > School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % net 74.8%
Ranked 52nd.
91.68%
Ranked 10th. 23% more than Argentina

School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary > Female 16 years
Ranked 2nd.
17 years
Ranked 15th. 6% more than Argentina
Literacy > Ratio of young literate females to males > % ages 15-24 100.38%
Ranked 19th. About the same as Italy
100.01%
Ranked 44th.

Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education > % 103.81%
Ranked 14th. 5% more than Italy
98.77%
Ranked 70th.

School enrollment, preprimary, female > % gross 75.63%
Ranked 65th.
97.27%
Ranked 27th. 29% more than Argentina

School enrollment, preprimary, male > % gross 74.5%
Ranked 65th.
99.38%
Ranked 21st. 33% more than Argentina

Secondary education, pupils > % female 51.9%
Ranked 8th. 8% more than Italy
48.15%
Ranked 86th.

Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita 16.43%
Ranked 50th.
24.09%
Ranked 16th. 47% more than Argentina

Literacy > Literacy rate, youth male > % of males ages 15-24 99.03%
Ranked 31st.
99.91%
Ranked 5th. 1% more than Argentina

Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment > % 111.44%
Ranked 12th. 13% more than Italy
98.66%
Ranked 73th.

Ratio of female to male primary enrollment > % 98.21%
Ranked 88th.
98.94%
Ranked 68th. 1% more than Argentina

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 55-59 65,253
Ranked 5th. 72% more than Italy
37,996
Ranked 10th.
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 45-49 30,085
Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Italy
11,874
Ranked 11th.
Literacy > Literates > Aged 45-49 1.91 million
Ranked 6th.
3.72 million
Ranked 2nd. 95% more than Argentina
Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people 0.542
Ranked 15th. 5 times more than Italy
0.118
Ranked 23th.
Literacy > Male literates > Aged 55-59 per thousand people 18.42
Ranked 11th.
28.16
Ranked 2nd. 53% more than Argentina
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 40-44 per thousand people 1.49
Ranked 16th. 4 times more than Italy
0.408
Ranked 21st.
Literacy > Literates > Aged 45-49 per thousand people 51.24
Ranked 14th.
65.21
Ranked 8th. 27% more than Argentina
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 55-59 per thousand people 1.75
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Italy
0.667
Ranked 20th.
Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 60-64 per thousand people 0.752
Ranked 15th. 69% more than Italy
0.444
Ranked 17th.
Literacy > Male literates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people 42.78
Ranked 10th. 61% more than Italy
26.6
Ranked 27th.
Participation > School enrollment > Preprimary > % gross 68.81%
Ranked 57th.
101.3%
Ranked 13th. 47% more than Argentina

Participation > School enrollment > Primary > % net 98.51%
Ranked 12th.
98.63%
Ranked 9th. About the same as Argentina

Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Male > % gross 116.49%
Ranked 28th. 12% more than Italy
104.26%
Ranked 79th.

Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Male > % net 99.59%
Ranked 2nd. 1% more than Italy
99.06%
Ranked 7th.

Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Private > % of total primary 22.89%
Ranked 31st. 3 times more than Italy
6.98%
Ranked 81st.

Literacy > Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above 97.86%
Ranked 26th.
98.98%
Ranked 15th. 1% more than Argentina

Adjusted savings > Education expenditure > % of GNI 4.09% of GNI
Ranked 83th.
4.61% of GNI
Ranked 62nd. 13% more than Argentina

Public spending on education > Total > % of GDP 3.54%
Ranked 88th.
4.87%
Ranked 55th. 38% more than Argentina

Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment 42.8%
Ranked 18th.
49.4%
Ranked 17th. 15% more than Argentina

Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment 38.5%
Ranked 41st.
41.4%
Ranked 38th. 8% more than Argentina

Expenditure per student > Primary > % of GDP per capita 10.93%
Ranked 72nd.
25.91%
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Argentina

School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % gross 83.5% gross
Ranked 75th.
99.63% gross
Ranked 25th. 19% more than Argentina

Expenditure per student > Tertiary > % of GDP per capita 10.35%
Ranked 68th.
24.09%
Ranked 50th. 2 times more than Argentina

Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Women 97%
Ranked 28th.
99.6%
Ranked 8th. 3% more than Argentina

School enrollment > Primary > % net 98.83% net
Ranked 13th.
98.84% net
Ranked 9th. The same as Argentina

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 50-54 36,883
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Italy
15,861
Ranked 10th.
Literacy rate > Youth male > % of males ages 15-24 98.71%
Ranked 35th.
99.8%
Ranked 7th. 1% more than Argentina
Literacy rate > Adult female > % of females ages 15 and above 97.19%
Ranked 21st.
98.04%
Ranked 17th. 1% more than Argentina
School enrollment > Secondary > % gross 86.42% gross
Ranked 73th.
99.05% gross
Ranked 27th. 15% more than Argentina

Primary teacher age > Proportion aged 50-59 10%
Ranked 21st.
25%
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Argentina
Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 25-29 20,211
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Italy
6,710
Ranked 13th.
Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$, % of GDP 46.59%
Ranked 98th.
57.22%
Ranked 19th. 23% more than Argentina

School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary > Male 14 years
Ranked 3rd.
16 years
Ranked 15th. 14% more than Argentina
Literacy > Female literates > Aged 55-59 752,379
Ranked 5th.
1.68 million
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Argentina
School enrollment > Secondary > Female > % gross 89.42% gross
Ranked 65th.
98.45% gross
Ranked 33th. 10% more than Argentina

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