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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."
  • 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.
  • Homeschooling legal status: Legal status of homeschooling.
  • 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, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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."
  • Schools connected to the Internet: Schools connected to the Internet are the share of primary and secondary schools in the country that have access to the Internet.
  • 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).
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 > Non-continuous texts: Non-continuous texts.

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  • Literacy > Reading performance > Continuous texts: 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 > Children out of school > Elementary: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 > Literates > Aged 15-19: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • 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 > 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."
  • 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.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged over 100 per million people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • 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.
  • Library books 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 > 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 > 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 > 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • Secondary education > Teachers per 1000: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. 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.
  • 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. 
  • 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.
  • Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary > Teachers > Women: Number of female teaching staff in post-secondary non-tertiary education. Post-secondary non-tertiary education serves to broaden the knowledge of participants, who have already gained an upper secondary qualification.
  • Private school enrolment > Secondary level: Private sector enrolment share, secondary level is the share of students in general secondary education who attend a privately managed school, regardless of whether or not the school receives subsidies from the government.
  • Education enrolment by level > Secondary level per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 15-19: Number of females aged 15-19 years, who are literate.
  • 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 > Female illiterates > Aged 65-69 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 25-29 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • 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.
  • 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 > 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 > Male illiterates > Aged 35-39: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • 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.
  • Scouting > Members per thousand people: Membership (from 2012). Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 85-89 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • 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 > 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."
  • 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."
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged over 100 per million people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • 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.
  • Elementary school teachers: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • High school teachers: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Homeschooling prevalance: Prevalence of homeschooling.
  • 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+ > Women per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Participation > Secondary education > Pupils: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Library members per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Library employees per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • 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.
  • 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 organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 75-79 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 85-89: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 85 to 89. 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 literates > Aged 75-79: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 75-79: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 75 to 79. 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
  • High school > Proportion spent on all staff salaries: Percentage of public funding for secondary education that goes to school staff salaries.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 65-69: Compares countries by number of male illiterates, in the age range 65 to 69. 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 over 10: 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
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 45-49: Compares countries by number of male illiterates, in the age range 45 to 49. 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 15-19:

    Number of females aged 15-19 years, who are illiterate.

  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 70-74: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 70 to 74. 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 80-84: Compares countries by number of male illiterates, in the age range 80 to 84. 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 30-34 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • School enrollment, preprimary > % gross: School enrollment, preprimary (% gross). Gross enrolment ratio. Pre-primary. Total is the total enrollment in pre-primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total 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, primary > % net: School enrollment, primary (% net). Net enrolment rate. Primary. Total is the ratio of children of the official primary school age who are enrolled in primary school to the total population of the official primary school age.
  • School enrollment, secondary > % gross: School enrollment, secondary (% gross). Gross enrolment ratio. Secondary. All programmes. Total is the total enrollment in secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of official secondary 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, secondary, private > % of total secondary: School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary). Percentage of private enrolment. Secondary is the enrolment in private secondary schools expressed as a percentage of total enrolment (public and private) in secondary schools. 'Private' refers to all educational institutions not operated by a public authority, regardless of whether they receive financial support from public authorities. A high percentage indicates strong involvement of the non-governmental sector (including religious bodies, other organizations, associations, communities, private enterprises or persons) in providing organized educational programmes.
  • Progression to secondary school, male > %: Progression to secondary school, male (%). Transition from primary (ISCED 1) to secondary (ISCED 2), general programmes (%). Male is the number of new male entrants to the first grade of secondary education (general programmes only) in a given year, expressed as a percentage of the number of male pupils enrolled in the final grade of primary education in the previous year.
  • School enrollment, tertiary, female > % gross: School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross). Gross enrolment ratio. Tertiary (ISCED 5 and 6). Female is the total female enrollment in tertiary education (ISCED 5 and 6), regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of the five-year age group following on from secondary school leaving.
  • Expenditure per student, tertiary > % of GDP per capita: Expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita). Public expenditure per pupil as a % of GDP per capita. Tertiary is the total public expenditure per student in tertiary 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 > Female 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.
  • Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • 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.
  • Net intake rate in grade 1 > Female > % of official school-age population: Net intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education who are of official primary school entrance age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the corresponding age.
  • Primary completion rate > Female > % of relevant age group: Primary completion rate is the percentage of students completing the last year of primary school. It is calculated by taking the total number of students in the last grade of primary school, minus the number of repeaters in that grade, divided by the total number of children of official graduation age.
  • Primary completion rate > Male > % of relevant age group: Primary completion rate is the percentage of students completing the last year of primary school. It is calculated by taking the total number of students in the last grade of primary school, minus the number of repeaters in that grade, divided by the total number of children of official graduation age.
  • 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.
  • School enrollment > Preprimary > 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. Preprimary education refers to the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment.
  • Persistence to grade 5 > Total > % of cohort: 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.
  • Ratio of young literate females to males > % ages 15-24: Ratio of young literate females to males is the percentage of females to males ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged over 10: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Net intake rate in grade 1 > % of official school-age population: Net intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education who are of official primary school entrance age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the corresponding age.
  • Unemployment with primary education, female > % of female unemployment: Unemployment with primary 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).
  • Literacy > Male literates > Aged 30-34: Compares countries by number of male literates, 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
  • Literacy > Male literates > Aged over 10: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Primary education > Pupils > % female: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.
  • Expenditure per student, secondary > % of GDP per capita: Expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita). Public expenditure per pupil as a % of GDP per capita. Secondary is the total public expenditure per student in secondary 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).
  • Primary education > Pupils > Per capita: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Net intake rate in grade 1 > Male > % of official school-age population: Net intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education who are of official primary school entrance age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the corresponding age.
  • Persistence to grade 5 > Female > % of cohort: 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.
  • Researchers in R&D > Per million people: Researchers in R&D (per million people). Researchers in R&D are professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge, products, processes, methods, or systems and in the management of the projects concerned. Postgraduate PhD students (ISCED97 level 6) engaged in R&D are included.
  • Repeaters, secondary, male > % of male enrollment: Repeaters, secondary, male (% of male enrollment). Percentage of repeaters in secondary. All grades. Male is the number of male students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all male students enrolled in secondary school. It is calculated by dividing the sum of male repeaters in all grades of secondary education by the total male enrolment of secondary education and multiplying the result by 100.
  • High school teachers > % female: Female teachers as a percentage of total secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Secondary education, vocational pupils > % female: Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female). Percentage of female students. Total secondary. Technical/vocational programmes is the number of female students enrolled in technical/vocational programmes at the secondary education level expressed as a percentage of the total number of students (male and female) enrolled in technical/vocational programmes at the secondary education level in a given school year.
  • School enrollment, secondary > % net: School enrollment, secondary (% net). Net enrolment rate. Secondary. All programmes. Total is the ratio of children of the official secondary school age who are enrolled in secondary school to the population of the official secondary school age.
  • Total enrollment, primary > % net: Total enrollment, primary (% net). Adjusted net 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.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 45-49 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Efficiency > Net intake rate in grade 1 > % of official school-age population: Net intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education who are of official primary school entrance age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the corresponding age."
  • Efficiency > Net intake rate in grade 1 > Female > % of official school-age population: Net intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education who are of official primary school entrance age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the corresponding age."
  • Total enrollment, primary, female > % net: Total enrollment, primary, female (% net). Adjusted net 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.
  • Repeaters, primary, total > % of total enrollment: Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment). Percentage of repeaters in primary. All grades. Total is the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school. It is calculated by dividing the sum of repeaters in all grades of primary education by the total enrolment of primary education and multiplying the result by 100.
  • Elementary school graduate rate > Male: 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.
  • 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.
  • Gross intake rate in grade 1 > Total > % 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.
  • Efficiency > Net intake rate in grade 1 > Male > % of official school-age population: Net intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education who are of official primary school entrance age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the corresponding age."
  • Elementary school > Enrolled students > % female: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.
  • Elementary school teachers > % female: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Participation > Secondary education > Vocational pupils > % female: Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training."
  • Participation > Secondary education > Vocational pupils: Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training."
  • High school > Upper Secondary > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for upper secondary (high school) education.
  • Participation > Total enrollment > Primary > Male > % 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."
  • Preschool enrollment rate > Female: 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."
  • Preschool enrollment rate > Male: 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."
  • School enrolment rate > 1st grade > Female: 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."
  • School enrolment rate > 1st grade > Male: 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."
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 90-94 per million people: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 90 to 94. 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 million people for the same year.
  • 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 > Female illiterates > Aged 95-99: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • 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 > Illiterates > Aged over 100 per million people: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals aged over 100. 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 million 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.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 60-64: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • 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.
  • Secondary education, teachers > % female: Secondary education, teachers (% female). Percentage female teachers. Secondary is the number of female teachers at the secondary level expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers (male and female) at the secondary 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.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 30-34: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Male literates > Aged 70-74 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of male literates, in the age range 70 to 74. 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 40-44 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 95-99: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 90-94: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 70-74: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 85-89: Number of females aged 85-89 years, who are illiterate.
  • Literacy and Attainment > Educational attainment: completed tertiary > Tertiary > Population 25+ years > % > Over 24 year olds: Percentage of population older than 24 years that has completed tertiary education.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged over 10: Number of females older than 10 years, who are literate.
  • 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.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 40-44: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged over 100: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Public spending on education, total > % of GDP: Public spending on education, total (% of GDP). Public expenditure on education as % of GDP is the total public expenditure (current and capital) on education expressed as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in a given year. Public expenditure on education includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration, and transfers/subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities).
  • Literacy > Female 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 > Female illiterates > Aged 20-24 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 70-74 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 20-24 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 40-44 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 55-59 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 20-24 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 60-64 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary > Teachers > Women per million people: Number of female teaching staff in post-secondary non-tertiary education. Post-secondary non-tertiary education serves to broaden the knowledge of participants, who have already gained an upper secondary qualification. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 95-99 per million people: Number of females aged 95-99 years, who are literate. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Unemployment with primary education, male > % of male unemployment: Unemployment with primary education, male (% of male 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).
  • Labor force with tertiary education, male > % of male labor force: Labor force with tertiary education, male (% of male labor force). Labor force with tertiary education is the proportion of labor force that has a tertiary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.
  • Education spending > % of GDP: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
  • Secondary education, teachers, female: Secondary education, teachers, female. Teaching staff in total secondary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Female is the total number of female 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.
  • Repeaters, secondary, female > % of female enrollment: Repeaters, secondary, female (% of female enrollment). Percentage of repeaters in secondary. All grades. Female is the number of female students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all female students enrolled in secondary school. It is calculated by dividing the sum of female repeaters in all grades of secondary education by the total female enrolment of secondary education and multiplying the result by 100.
  • School enrollment, secondary, male > % net: School enrollment, secondary, male (% net). Net enrolment rate. Secondary. All programmes. Male is the ratio of male children of the official secondary school age who are enrolled in secondary school to the male population of the official secondary school age.
  • School enrollment, secondary, female > % gross: School enrollment, secondary, female (% gross). Gross enrolment ratio. Secondary. All programmes. Female is the total female enrollment in secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the female population of official secondary 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 > % 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.
STAT Bulgaria Greece HISTORY
Adult literacy rate > Total 98.3
Ranked 25th. 1% more than Greece
97
Ranked 35th.

Children out of school, primary 4,957
Ranked 82nd. 78% more than Greece
2,787
Ranked 94th.

Children out of school, primary per 1000 0.675
Ranked 95th. 3 times more than Greece
0.246
Ranked 115th.

Children out of school, primary, female 2,085
Ranked 77th. 4 times more than Greece
571
Ranked 99th.

College and university > Gender parity index 1.31
Ranked 48th. 19% more than Greece
1.1
Ranked 74th.

Compulsary education duration 8
Ranked 141st.
10
Ranked 59th. 25% more than Bulgaria

Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP 4.1%
Ranked 78th. About the same as Greece
4.09%
Ranked 66th.

High school enrolment rate 94.81
Ranked 50th.
97.25
Ranked 47th. 3% more than Bulgaria

Homeschooling legal status Illegal, public education is mandatory. Only children with special needs may be homeschooled under strict government control. Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Literacy > Total population 98.6%
Ranked 33th. 1% more than Greece
97.5%
Ranked 45th.

Primary education, duration > Years 4
Ranked 187th.
6
Ranked 89th. 50% more than Bulgaria

Primary education, teachers per 1000 1.99
Ranked 132nd.
5.55
Ranked 51st. 3 times more than Bulgaria

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 17.46
Ranked 74th. 70% more than Greece
10.29
Ranked 140th.

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 12.3
Ranked 65th. 56% more than Greece
7.88
Ranked 114th.

Secondary education, duration > Years 8
Ranked 7th. 33% more than Greece
6
Ranked 124th.

College and university > Share of total education spending 14.81%
Ranked 82nd.
36.1%
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Bulgaria

Average IQ 93
Ranked 22nd. The same as Greece
93
Ranked 21st.
Literacy > Female 98.2%
Ranked 34th. 2% more than Greece
96.5%
Ranked 48th.

Children out of school, primary, female per 1000 0.284
Ranked 88th. 6 times more than Greece
0.0505
Ranked 107th.

College and university > Gender ratio 130.31
Ranked 37th. 18% more than Greece
110.32
Ranked 62nd.

Child care (preschool) > Duration 4
Ranked 9th. Twice as much as Greece
2
Ranked 163th.

Secondary education > Teachers > Per capita 7.4 per 1,000 people
Ranked 37th.
7.58 per 1,000 people
Ranked 33th. 2% more than Bulgaria

Duration of compulsory education 8 years
Ranked 104th.
9 years
Ranked 83th. 13% more than Bulgaria
Secondary education, pupils 523,355
Ranked 72nd.
716,601
Ranked 65th. 37% more than Bulgaria

College and university > Private school share 20.1%
Ranked 59th.
0.0
Ranked 107th.

Girls to boys ratio > Primary level enrolment 0.98
Ranked 86th.
1
Ranked 36th. 2% more than Bulgaria

School life expectancy > Total 12.7 years
Ranked 41st.
14.3 years
Ranked 26th. 13% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Adult literacy 98.3%
Ranked 23th. 1% more than Greece
97.1%
Ranked 30th.

Primary education, pupils 255,086
Ranked 103th.
642,639
Ranked 82nd. 3 times more than Bulgaria

Primary education, teachers 14,608
Ranked 83th.
62,114
Ranked 55th. 4 times more than Bulgaria

Adult literacy rate > Female 97.9
Ranked 27th. 2% more than Greece
95.9
Ranked 36th.

Tertiary enrollment 40.8%
Ranked 30th.
42.3%
Ranked 2nd. 4% more than Bulgaria
Spending per student > College and university 20.12
Ranked 41st.
24.65
Ranked 49th. 23% more than Bulgaria

High school > Gender ratio 96.5
Ranked 78th. 2% more than Greece
94.67
Ranked 104th.

Compulsary education starting age 7
Ranked 10th. 40% more than Greece
5
Ranked 165th.

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary per million 1.67
Ranked 58th. 2 times more than Greece
0.704
Ranked 83th.

Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write age 15 and over can read and write
High school > Upper secondary school duration 4
Ranked 18th. 33% more than Greece
3
Ranked 96th.

Literacy > Male 99.1%
Ranked 21st. 1% more than Greece
98.6%
Ranked 43th.

Spending > USD 1.95 billion
Ranked 60th.
9.53 billion
Ranked 34th. 5 times more than Bulgaria

High school > Private school share 1.12%
Ranked 115th.
4.81%
Ranked 99th. 4 times more than Bulgaria

Spending > Proportion 4.05
Ranked 82nd. 47% more than Greece
2.75
Ranked 129th.

Pupil-teacher ratio > Primary 16.75
Ranked 109th. 49% more than Greece
11.26
Ranked 136th.

Child care (preschool) > Starting age 3
Ranked 97th.
4
Ranked 40th. 33% more than Bulgaria

High school repeaters > Male 2.39
Ranked 63th.
3.7
Ranked 55th. 55% more than Bulgaria

Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 98.2%
Ranked 12th.
98.9%
Ranked 10th. 1% more than Bulgaria

Preschool enrollment rate 101.27
Ranked 82nd. The same as Greece
101.21
Ranked 93th.

Tertiary > Students studying abroad 24,411.59
Ranked 36th.
29,265.68
Ranked 26th. 20% more than Bulgaria

Primary completion rate 98
Ranked 48th.
100
Ranked 28th. 2% more than Bulgaria

Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 230,513
Ranked 55th.
561,468
Ranked 35th. 2 times more than Bulgaria

Literacy > Reading performance > Overall 429
Ranked 43th.
483
Ranked 30th. 13% more than Bulgaria
Elementary (primary school) > Duration 4
Ranked 197th.
6
Ranked 94th. 50% more than Bulgaria

Children out of school > Primary 10,092
Ranked 76th. 4 times more than Greece
2,536
Ranked 95th.

Secondary education, teachers 42,557
Ranked 43th.
86,513
Ranked 35th. 2 times more than Bulgaria

Secondary education, teachers per 1000 5.79
Ranked 50th.
7.73
Ranked 29th. 33% more than Bulgaria

Child care (preschool) > Students per teacher 12.3
Ranked 81st. 3% more than Greece
11.92
Ranked 98th.

High school > Lower secondary school duration 4
Ranked 33th. 33% more than Greece
3
Ranked 137th.

Children out of school, primary, male per 1000 0.391
Ranked 88th. Twice as much as Greece
0.196
Ranked 101st.

Spending per student > High school 22.27
Ranked 25th. 6% more than Greece
20.95
Ranked 44th.

Secondary education, general pupils 365,043
Ranked 76th.
604,863
Ranked 65th. 66% more than Bulgaria

Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ 1.4%
Ranked 118th.
2.5%
Ranked 110th. 79% more than Bulgaria

High school > Gender parity index 0.955
Ranked 108th.
0.956
Ranked 107th. About the same as Bulgaria

Literacy > Reading performance > Overall reading skills 429
Ranked 43th.
483
Ranked 30th. 13% more than Bulgaria
Scientific and technical journal articles 829
Ranked 45th.
3,770
Ranked 25th. 5 times more than Bulgaria

Literacy > Reading performance > Access and retrieve 430
Ranked 45th.
468
Ranked 38th. 9% more than Bulgaria
College and university > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 49%
Ranked 4th. 40% more than Greece
35%
Ranked 2nd.
Tertiary > Students studying abroad proportion 8.56%
Ranked 38th. 88% more than Greece
4.55%
Ranked 77th.

Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level per 1000 29.3
Ranked 53th.
51.1
Ranked 10th. 74% more than Bulgaria

Scouting > Genders admitted both both
Elementary (primary school) > Starting age 7
Ranked 16th. 17% more than Greece
6
Ranked 117th.

Children out of school, primary, male 2,872
Ranked 72nd. 30% more than Greece
2,216
Ranked 81st.

Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI 4.4%
Ranked 68th. 2% more than Greece
4.3%
Ranked 66th.

High school > Students per teacher 12.3
Ranked 67th. 56% more than Greece
7.88
Ranked 118th.

Secondary education > General pupils 496,064
Ranked 68th.
571,242
Ranked 63th. 15% more than Bulgaria

Spending per student > Elementary school 23.52
Ranked 12th. 45% more than Greece
16.18
Ranked 42nd.

Secondary school starting age > Years 11
Ranked 147th.
12
Ranked 91st. 9% more than Bulgaria

High school starting age > Years 11
Ranked 130th.
12
Ranked 84th. 9% more than Bulgaria

Primary education > Teachers > Per capita 2.41 per 1,000 people
Ranked 134th.
5.28 per 1,000 people
Ranked 58th. 2 times more than Bulgaria

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people 24.43
Ranked 13th.
31.3
Ranked 22nd. 28% more than Bulgaria
Education enrolment by level > Primary level 333,016
Ranked 114th.
652,052
Ranked 90th. 96% more than Bulgaria

High school > Population with at least high school education > Women 90.9%
Ranked 25th. 58% more than Greece
57.7%
Ranked 72nd.

Elementary school graduate rate 93.69
Ranked 41st.
98.24
Ranked 20th. 5% more than Bulgaria

Literacy rate > People aged 15-24 97.3
Ranked 54th.
99.3
Ranked 33th. 2% more than Bulgaria

Schools connected to the Internet 60%
Ranked 20th. 2% more than Greece
59%
Ranked 22nd.
Public spending per student > Primary level 15.2
Ranked 32nd.
16
Ranked 30th. 5% more than Bulgaria
Primary education, pupils per 1000 34.71
Ranked 154th.
56.83
Ranked 133th. 64% more than Bulgaria

Secondary education, pupils per 1000 71.22
Ranked 101st. 12% more than Greece
63.37
Ranked 124th.

Girls to boys ratio > Tertiary level enrolment 1.16
Ranked 68th. 2% more than Greece
1.14
Ranked 50th.

Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ 89,800
Ranked 105th.
228,800
Ranked 89th. 3 times more than Bulgaria

Girls to boys ratio > Secondary level enrolment 0.96
Ranked 117th.
0.98
Ranked 82nd. 2% more than Bulgaria

Literacy > Female literates > Aged over 10 per thousand people 461.11
Ranked 4th. 7% more than Greece
431.62
Ranked 10th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level > Per capita 29.29 per 1,000 people
Ranked 51st.
51.1 per 1,000 people
Ranked 10th. 74% more than Bulgaria

Tertiary > Students studying abroad per thousand people 3.32
Ranked 57th. 28% more than Greece
2.59
Ranked 72nd.

Outcomes > Secondary education > Duration > Years 7
Ranked 33th. 17% more than Greece
6
Ranked 108th.

Teacher student ratio > High school 11.48
Ranked 66th. 46% more than Greece
7.88
Ranked 111th.

Children out of school > Primary per 1000 1.3
Ranked 93th. 6 times more than Greece
0.229
Ranked 113th.

Inequality adjusted index 0.76
Ranked 34th. About the same as Greece
0.759
Ranked 35th.
High school repeaters > Female 1.45
Ranked 62nd.
1.74
Ranked 64th. 20% more than Bulgaria

Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women 61,500
Ranked 102nd.
167,600
Ranked 86th. 3 times more than Bulgaria

Teacher student ratio > Elementary school 16.07
Ranked 88th. 56% more than Greece
10.29
Ranked 134th.

Literacy rate > Females aged 15-24 97.3
Ranked 57th.
99.3
Ranked 37th. 2% more than Bulgaria

Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 92.3%
Ranked 42nd.
98.9%
Ranked 14th. 7% more than Bulgaria

Elementary school > Enrolled students 262,701
Ranked 98th.
639,083
Ranked 83th. 2 times more than Bulgaria

Primary education > Duration > Years 4 years
Ranked 178th.
6 years
Ranked 87th. 50% more than Bulgaria

School enrolment rate > 1st grade 107.21
Ranked 41st. 5% more than Greece
102.45
Ranked 75th.

Secondary education, general pupils per 1000 49.68
Ranked 124th.
53.49
Ranked 122nd. 8% more than Bulgaria

Literacy > Literates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people 50.37
Ranked 14th.
65.77
Ranked 20th. 31% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Reading performance > Integrate and interpret 436
Ranked 43th.
484
Ranked 30th. 11% more than Bulgaria
Elementary (primary) school) > Private school share 0.738%
Ranked 133th.
7.24%
Ranked 87th. 10 times more than Bulgaria

High school > Lower secondary starting age 11
Ranked 151st.
12
Ranked 92nd. 9% more than Bulgaria

Elementary school > Gender ratio 99.55
Ranked 40th.
100.17
Ranked 21st. 1% more than Bulgaria

High school enrolment rate > Female 95.06
Ranked 48th.
98.64
Ranked 32nd. 4% more than Bulgaria

Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ > Women 1.8%
Ranked 120th.
3.6%
Ranked 106th. Twice as much as Bulgaria

Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level 95%
Ranked 61st.
99%
Ranked 19th. 4% more than Bulgaria

Duration of education > Secondary level 7
Ranked 36th. 17% more than Greece
6
Ranked 104th.
Public spending per student > Tertiary level 14.5
Ranked 66th.
26.7
Ranked 54th. 84% more than Bulgaria
Primary education > Pupils 314,221
Ranked 111th.
657,492
Ranked 85th. 2 times more than Bulgaria

Secondary education > Pupils 704,678
Ranked 59th. 1% more than Greece
695,838
Ranked 61st.

High school > Population with at least high school education > Men 94.4%
Ranked 21st. 42% more than Greece
66.6%
Ranked 66th.

Literacy rate > Males aged 15-24 97.3
Ranked 54th.
99.4
Ranked 31st. 2% more than Bulgaria

Education enrolment by level > Secondary level > Per capita 89.88 per 1,000 people
Ranked 76th. 38% more than Greece
64.97 per 1,000 people
Ranked 121st.

Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Tertiary level 52.8%
Ranked 66th. 4% more than Greece
50.95%
Ranked 75th.

Secondary education, vocational pupils 158,312
Ranked 42nd. 42% more than Greece
111,738
Ranked 59th.

Elementary (primary) school > Students per teacher 17.46
Ranked 74th. 70% more than Greece
10.29
Ranked 142nd.

Spending on education > Proportion spent on all staff salaries 70.11%
Ranked 53th.
85.92%
Ranked 15th. 23% more than Bulgaria

Secondary education > Teachers 57,609
Ranked 52nd.
83,848
Ranked 38th. 46% more than Bulgaria

School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary 14 years
Ranked 42nd.
17 years
Ranked 6th. 21% more than Bulgaria
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level 707,251
Ranked 69th.
713,850
Ranked 68th. 1% more than Bulgaria

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 30-34 per thousand people 1.12
Ranked 5th. 18% more than Greece
0.95
Ranked 17th.
Scientific and technical journal articles per million 105.96
Ranked 35th.
342
Ranked 24th. 3 times more than Bulgaria

Literacy > Reading performance > Non-continuous texts 421
Ranked 47th.
472
Ranked 32nd. 12% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Reading performance > Continuous texts 433
Ranked 43th.
487
Ranked 28th. 12% more than Bulgaria
Duration of education > Primary level 4
Ranked 159th.
6
Ranked 83th. 50% more than Bulgaria
Women to men parity index > As ratio of literacy rates > Aged 15-24 1
Ranked 15th. The same as Greece
1
Ranked 11th.

Participation > Children out of school > Elementary 6,767
Ranked 76th. 3 times more than Greece
2,409
Ranked 108th.

Participation > Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education 97.41%
Ranked 82nd. About the same as Greece
97.29%
Ranked 100th.

Public spending per student > Secondary level 17.1
Ranked 43th.
17.9
Ranked 41st. 5% more than Bulgaria
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ per 1000 11.48
Ranked 116th.
20.76
Ranked 106th. 81% more than Bulgaria

Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Primary level 48.24%
Ranked 101st.
48.36%
Ranked 88th. About the same as Bulgaria

Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 > Women 98.1%
Ranked 13th.
99%
Ranked 10th. 1% more than Bulgaria

Children out of school > Primary > Per capita 1.3 per 1,000 people
Ranked 94th. 6 times more than Greece
0.229 per 1,000 people
Ranked 115th.

Literacy > Literates > Aged 15-19 370,172
Ranked 6th.
720,168
Ranked 12th. 95% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 35-39 6,619
Ranked 4th.
9,514
Ranked 14th. 44% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Reading performance > Reflect and evaluate 417
Ranked 50th.
489
Ranked 26th. 17% more than Bulgaria
Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level > Women 95%
Ranked 59th.
99%
Ranked 18th. 4% more than Bulgaria

High school > Upper secondary starting age 15
Ranked 87th. The same as Greece
15
Ranked 125th.

Elementary school starting age > Years 7
Ranked 17th. 17% more than Greece
6
Ranked 106th.

Library books 2.52 million
Ranked 22nd. 5% more than Greece
2.41 million
Ranked 3rd.
Elementary school repeaters > All 1.82
Ranked 75th. 3 times more than Greece
0.67
Ranked 107th.

School life expectancy > Male 12.4 years
Ranked 40th.
14.2 years
Ranked 23th. 15% more than Bulgaria
Secondary education > General pupils > Per capita 63.75 per 1,000 people
Ranked 94th. 23% more than Greece
51.64 per 1,000 people
Ranked 121st.

Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged over 100 per million people 1.22
Ranked 4th.
8.68
Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Bulgaria
Education enrolment by level > Primary level > Per capita 0.042 per capita
Ranked 160th.
0.059 per capita
Ranked 144th. 40% more than Bulgaria

Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ > Men 0.9%
Ranked 120th.
1.4%
Ranked 112th. 56% more than Bulgaria

Education enrolment by level > Primary level per 1000 42.32
Ranked 164th.
59.34
Ranked 148th. 40% more than Bulgaria

Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level > Men 95%
Ranked 54th.
99%
Ranked 24th. 4% more than Bulgaria

Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 > Men 98.3%
Ranked 13th.
98.9%
Ranked 9th. 1% more than Bulgaria

Library books per 1000 307.17
Ranked 26th. 38% more than Greece
223.36
Ranked 3rd.
Pupils-teacher ratio > Primary level 17.7
Ranked 100th. 39% more than Greece
12.7
Ranked 123th.
Elementary (primary school) > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 94%
Ranked 2nd. 45% more than Greece
65%
Ranked 5th.
Primary education > Teachers 18,762
Ranked 85th.
58,395
Ranked 53th. 3 times more than Bulgaria

Secondary education > Vocational pupils 208,614
Ranked 36th. 67% more than Greece
124,596
Ranked 48th.

Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Secondary level 48.09%
Ranked 109th.
48.53%
Ranked 97th. 1% more than Bulgaria

Literacy > Literates > Aged over 10 per thousand people 897.32
Ranked 3rd. 4% more than Greece
866.5
Ranked 9th.
Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 35-39 per thousand people 0.41
Ranked 5th.
0.443
Ranked 17th. 8% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 10-14 5,666
Ranked 3rd. 5666 times more than Greece
1
Ranked 24th.
Private school enrolment > Primary level 0.3
Ranked 91st.
6.3
Ranked 48th. 21 times more than Bulgaria
Outcomes > Primary education > Duration > Years 4
Ranked 165th.
6
Ranked 81st. 50% more than Bulgaria

Library employees 92
Ranked 34th.
486
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Bulgaria
Secondary education > Pupils per 1000 90.56
Ranked 60th. 44% more than Greece
62.91
Ranked 111th.

Primary education > Teachers per 1000 2.41
Ranked 135th.
5.28
Ranked 56th. 2 times more than Bulgaria

Literacy > Men above 14 years 98.7%
Ranked 7th. 1% more than Greece
97.8%
Ranked 9th.

Children out of school > Primary > Female > Per capita 0.687 per 1,000 people
Ranked 90th. 3 times more than Greece
0.229 per 1,000 people
Ranked 104th.

Female enrolment share > Primary level 48.1%
Ranked 99th.
48.4%
Ranked 84th. 1% more than Bulgaria
Primary school starting age > Years 7
Ranked 15th. 17% more than Greece
6
Ranked 118th.

Scouting > Members 1,095
Ranked 144th.
15,218
Ranked 59th. 14 times more than Bulgaria
High school > Share of total education spending 42.98%
Ranked 21st. 27% more than Greece
33.94%
Ranked 53th.

Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 87.6%
Ranked 19th. About the same as Greece
87.4%
Ranked 20th.
Participation > Secondary education > General pupils 417,775
Ranked 67th.
572,981
Ranked 64th. 37% more than Bulgaria

Secondary education > General pupils per 1000 63.75
Ranked 95th. 23% more than Greece
51.64
Ranked 122nd.

Secondary education > Teachers per 1000 7.4
Ranked 36th.
7.58
Ranked 32nd. 2% more than Bulgaria

Ratio of female to male primary enrollment 98.22
Ranked 80th.
98.88
Ranked 64th. 1% more than Bulgaria

Children out of school > Primary > Male 4,743
Ranked 71st. 2 times more than Greece
2,053
Ranked 81st.

Elementary (primary) school > Gender parity index 0.997
Ranked 50th.
1
Ranked 38th. About the same as Bulgaria

Female enrolment share > Secondary level 48.2%
Ranked 87th.
49.1%
Ranked 71st. 2% more than Bulgaria
Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary > Teachers > Women 295
Ranked 15th.
5,822
Ranked 5th. 20 times more than Bulgaria

Private school enrolment > Secondary level 0.3
Ranked 27th.
5.6
Ranked 66th. 19 times more than Bulgaria
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level per 1000 89.88
Ranked 76th. 38% more than Greece
64.97
Ranked 122nd.

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 15-19 179,491
Ranked 6th.
342,721
Ranked 12th. 91% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 50-54 per thousand people 0.714
Ranked 7th.
1.06
Ranked 16th. 49% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 65-69 per thousand people 0.693
Ranked 6th.
4.75
Ranked 5th. 7 times more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people 0.794
Ranked 4th. 91% more than Greece
0.416
Ranked 15th.
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people 1.01
Ranked 3rd. 84% more than Greece
0.548
Ranked 16th.
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 35-39 per thousand people 0.49
Ranked 5th. 15% more than Greece
0.425
Ranked 17th.
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 20-24 11,084
Ranked 3rd. 5% more than Greece
10,539
Ranked 14th.
Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 35-39 3,015
Ranked 6th.
4,856
Ranked 14th. 61% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people 1.52
Ranked 3rd. 58% more than Greece
0.962
Ranked 14th.
Literacy > Literates > Aged 40-44 per thousand people 69.2
Ranked 4th.
70.54
Ranked 9th. 2% more than Bulgaria
Scouting > Members per thousand people 0.15
Ranked 149th.
1.35
Ranked 78th. 9 times more than Bulgaria
Primary completion rate > Women 97
Ranked 52nd.
100
Ranked 30th. 3% more than Bulgaria

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 85-89 per thousand people 7.43
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Greece
3.43
Ranked 6th.
School life expectancy > Female 12.9 years
Ranked 42nd.
14.4 years
Ranked 27th. 12% more than Bulgaria
Elementary school repeaters > Female 1.47
Ranked 75th. 3 times more than Greece
0.57
Ranked 106th.

Elementary school repeaters > Male 2.14
Ranked 73th. 3 times more than Greece
0.76
Ranked 108th.

Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Men 91.4%
Ranked 39th.
97.8%
Ranked 20th. 7% more than Bulgaria

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged over 100 per million people 4.22
Ranked 7th.
54.34
Ranked 2nd. 13 times more than Bulgaria
Children out of school > Primary > Male > Per capita 0.61 per 1,000 people
Ranked 92nd. 3 times more than Greece
0.186 per 1,000 people
Ranked 104th.

Elementary school teachers 16,346
Ranked 83th.
62,114
Ranked 50th. 4 times more than Bulgaria

High school teachers 51,700
Ranked 39th.
86,513
Ranked 36th. 67% more than Bulgaria

Homeschooling prevalance fewer than 100 families Virtually no homeschooling*
High school enrolment rate > Male 94.58
Ranked 44th.
100
Ranked 8th. 6% more than Bulgaria

Literacy > Women above 14 years 97.7%
Ranked 6th. 4% more than Greece
94.2%
Ranked 10th.

Gender ratio > Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds 1%
Ranked 15th. The same as Greece
1%
Ranked 11th.

Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women per 1000 7.86
Ranked 115th.
15.2
Ranked 100th. 93% more than Bulgaria

Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Per capita 11.48 per 1,000 people
Ranked 120th.
20.76 per 1,000 people
Ranked 110th. 81% more than Bulgaria

Participation > Secondary education > Pupils 685,640
Ranked 58th.
715,537
Ranked 56th. 4% more than Bulgaria

Primary completion rate > Men 99
Ranked 38th.
100
Ranked 28th. 1% more than Bulgaria

Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment 95.66
Ranked 107th.
100.54
Ranked 71st. 5% more than Bulgaria

Primary education > Pupils per 1000 40.38
Ranked 162nd.
59.44
Ranked 145th. 47% more than Bulgaria

Secondary education > Pupils > Per capita 90.56 per 1,000 people
Ranked 58th. 44% more than Greece
62.91 per 1,000 people
Ranked 110th.

Intake ratio to last grade of primary > Females None
None

Pupils-teacher ratio > Secondary level 12.5
Ranked 94th. 21% more than Greece
10.3
Ranked 108th.
Library members 22,153
Ranked 25th.
605,000
Ranked 2nd. 27 times more than Bulgaria
Library members per 1000 2.7
Ranked 28th.
56.14
Ranked 1st. 21 times more than Bulgaria
Library employees per million 11.2
Ranked 38th.
45.1
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Bulgaria
Progression to secondary level 94
Ranked 17th.
104
Ranked 2nd. 11% more than Bulgaria
School enrollment > Secondary > Private > % of total secondary 0.85%
Ranked 107th.
5.86%
Ranked 78th. 7 times more than Bulgaria

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 75-79 per thousand people 23.81
Ranked 3rd. 72% more than Greece
13.8
Ranked 8th.
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 85-89 2,948
Ranked 4th.
26,372
Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Female literates > Aged 75-79 174,928
Ranked 2nd. 16% more than Greece
151,156
Ranked 6th.
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 75-79 9,202
Ranked 5th.
40,745
Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Bulgaria
High school > Proportion spent on all staff salaries 73.55%
Ranked 58th.
95.01%
Ranked 8th. 29% more than Bulgaria

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 65-69 6,813
Ranked 4th.
68,347
Ranked 6th. 10 times more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged over 10 110,933
Ranked 5th.
371,452
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 45-49 5,209
Ranked 6th.
9,826
Ranked 14th. 89% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 15-19 3,995
Ranked 3rd. 35% more than Greece
2,953
Ranked 15th.
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 70-74 7,770
Ranked 5th.
55,054
Ranked 6th. 7 times more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Male literates > Aged 80-84 70,188
Ranked 3rd.
73,186
Ranked 3rd. 4% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 30-34 per thousand people 0.588
Ranked 4th. 39% more than Greece
0.424
Ranked 17th.
School enrollment, preprimary > % gross 85.07%
Ranked 46th. 11% more than Greece
76.45%
Ranked 64th.

School enrollment, primary > % net 96.54%
Ranked 37th.
99.55%
Ranked 5th. 3% more than Bulgaria

School enrollment, secondary > % gross 93.23%
Ranked 62nd.
110.8%
Ranked 8th. 19% more than Bulgaria

School enrollment, secondary, private > % of total secondary 1.12%
Ranked 113th.
4.81%
Ranked 96th. 4 times more than Bulgaria

Progression to secondary school, male > % 98.77%
Ranked 27th.
99.59%
Ranked 18th. 1% more than Bulgaria

School enrollment, tertiary, female > % gross 67.7%
Ranked 32nd.
95.93%
Ranked 6th. 42% more than Bulgaria

Expenditure per student, tertiary > % of GDP per capita 15.92%
Ranked 83th.
25.36%
Ranked 44th. 59% more than Bulgaria

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 50-54 per thousand people 0.435
Ranked 7th.
0.667
Ranked 16th. 53% more than Bulgaria
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women > Per capita 7.86 per 1,000 people
Ranked 117th.
15.2 per 1,000 people
Ranked 104th. 93% more than Bulgaria

Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education 99.78%
Ranked 80th.
105.28%
Ranked 36th. 6% more than Bulgaria

Net intake rate in grade 1 > Female > % of official school-age population 87.07%
Ranked 17th.
96.48%
Ranked 2nd. 11% more than Bulgaria

Primary completion rate > Female > % of relevant age group 97.41%
Ranked 49th.
101.13%
Ranked 30th. 4% more than Bulgaria

Primary completion rate > Male > % of relevant age group 99.04%
Ranked 40th.
103.39%
Ranked 20th. 4% more than Bulgaria

School enrollment > Primary > Male > % gross 105.69% gross
Ranked 75th. 3% more than Greece
102.12% gross
Ranked 100th.

School enrollment > Preprimary > Female > % gross 77.37% gross
Ranked 44th. 16% more than Greece
66.94% gross
Ranked 55th.

Persistence to grade 5 > Total > % of cohort 90.63%
Ranked 33th.
99.75%
Ranked 7th. 10% more than Bulgaria
Ratio of young literate females to males > % ages 15-24 99.8%
Ranked 57th.
100.1%
Ranked 32nd. About the same as Bulgaria

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged over 10 69,391
Ranked 5th.
271,726
Ranked 15th. 4 times more than Bulgaria
Net intake rate in grade 1 > % of official school-age population 86.82%
Ranked 17th.
96.29%
Ranked 2nd. 11% more than Bulgaria

Unemployment with primary education, female > % of female unemployment 41.5%
Ranked 16th. 58% more than Greece
26.3%
Ranked 47th.

Literacy > Male literates > Aged 30-34 272,792
Ranked 4th.
435,783
Ranked 9th. 60% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Male literates > Aged over 10 3.21 million
Ranked 4th.
4.76 million
Ranked 10th. 49% more than Bulgaria
Primary education > Pupils > % female 48.28% female
Ranked 91st. The same as Greece
48.24% female
Ranked 96th.

Expenditure per student, secondary > % of GDP per capita 24.94%
Ranked 34th. 16% more than Greece
21.55%
Ranked 41st.

Primary education > Pupils > Per capita 0.04 per capita
Ranked 165th.
0.059 per capita
Ranked 148th. 48% more than Bulgaria

Net intake rate in grade 1 > Male > % of official school-age population 86.58%
Ranked 18th.
96.11%
Ranked 3rd. 11% more than Bulgaria

Persistence to grade 5 > Female > % of cohort 90.19%
Ranked 29th.
100%
Ranked 3rd. 11% more than Bulgaria
Researchers in R&D > Per million people 1,458.7
Ranked 27th.
1,866.91
Ranked 30th. 28% more than Bulgaria

Repeaters, secondary, male > % of male enrollment 1.77%
Ranked 81st.
3.26%
Ranked 66th. 84% more than Bulgaria

High school teachers > % female 78.56%
Ranked 7th. 37% more than Greece
57.54%
Ranked 54th.

Secondary education, vocational pupils > % female 38.78%
Ranked 79th. 10% more than Greece
35.15%
Ranked 96th.

School enrollment, secondary > % net 85.25%
Ranked 41st.
99.23%
Ranked 1st. 16% more than Bulgaria

Total enrollment, primary > % net 98.04%
Ranked 36th.
99.55%
Ranked 11th. 2% more than Bulgaria

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 45-49 per thousand people 0.395
Ranked 7th.
0.499
Ranked 17th. 26% more than Bulgaria
Efficiency > Net intake rate in grade 1 > % of official school-age population 86.42%
Ranked 14th.
93.42%
Ranked 6th. 8% more than Bulgaria

Efficiency > Net intake rate in grade 1 > Female > % of official school-age population 86.75%
Ranked 14th.
93.9%
Ranked 6th. 8% more than Bulgaria

Total enrollment, primary, female > % net 98.3%
Ranked 23th.
99.81%
Ranked 3rd. 2% more than Bulgaria

Repeaters, primary, total > % of total enrollment 0.22%
Ranked 108th.
0.705%
Ranked 101st. 3 times more than Bulgaria

Elementary school graduate rate > Male 93.26
Ranked 34th.
98.45
Ranked 14th. 6% more than Bulgaria

School enrollment > Secondary > Female > % net 87.39% net
Ranked 34th.
88.39% net
Ranked 28th. 1% more than Bulgaria

Gross intake rate in grade 1 > Total > % of relevant age group 105.53%
Ranked 49th. 3% more than Greece
102.87%
Ranked 68th.

Efficiency > Net intake rate in grade 1 > Male > % of official school-age population 86.1%
Ranked 15th.
92.96%
Ranked 8th. 8% more than Bulgaria

Elementary school > Enrolled students > % female 48.5%
Ranked 69th.
48.6%
Ranked 66th. About the same as Bulgaria

Elementary school teachers > % female 93.47%
Ranked 14th. 43% more than Greece
65.33%
Ranked 84th.

Participation > Secondary education > Vocational pupils > % female 38.68%
Ranked 70th. 10% more than Greece
35.2%
Ranked 89th.

Participation > Secondary education > Vocational pupils 175,546
Ranked 35th. 61% more than Greece
109,031
Ranked 53th.

High school > Upper Secondary > Students per teacher 12.3
Ranked 48th. 60% more than Greece
7.68
Ranked 81st.

Participation > Total enrollment > Primary > Male > % net 97.27%
Ranked 27th.
99.4%
Ranked 6th. 2% more than Bulgaria

Preschool enrollment rate > Female 80.08
Ranked 43th. 16% more than Greece
69.28
Ranked 56th.

Preschool enrollment rate > Male 81.22
Ranked 41st. 20% more than Greece
67.92
Ranked 57th.

School enrolment rate > 1st grade > Female 107.62
Ranked 39th. 5% more than Greece
102.61
Ranked 66th.

School enrolment rate > 1st grade > Male 106.81
Ranked 45th. 4% more than Greece
102.3
Ranked 79th.

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 90-94 per million people 114.04
Ranked 6th.
999
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Male literates > Aged 25-29 250,306
Ranked 4th.
430,223
Ranked 10th. 72% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Male literates > Aged 20-24 246,520
Ranked 4th.
431,033
Ranked 11th. 75% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 95-99 225
Ranked 5th.
2,353
Ranked 2nd. 10 times more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Literates > Aged 50-54 per thousand people 69.62
Ranked 6th. 13% more than Greece
61.71
Ranked 7th.
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged over 10 per thousand people 9.44
Ranked 7th.
24.82
Ranked 14th. 3 times more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged over 100 per million people 5.44
Ranked 6th.
63.01
Ranked 2nd. 12 times more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Male literates > Aged 35-39 per thousand people 37.85
Ranked 3rd. 7% more than Greece
35.39
Ranked 10th.
Literacy > Literates > Aged 60-64 534,811
Ranked 4th.
601,470
Ranked 6th. 12% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged over 10 per thousand people 15.1
Ranked 8th.
33.92
Ranked 15th. 2 times more than Bulgaria
Secondary education, teachers > % female 79.18%
Ranked 4th. 38% more than Greece
57.54%
Ranked 50th.

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 30-34 252,896
Ranked 4th.
423,749
Ranked 8th. 68% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Male literates > Aged 70-74 per thousand people 19.33
Ranked 2nd.
21.43
Ranked 1st. 11% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 40-44 per thousand people 0.313
Ranked 6th.
0.421
Ranked 17th. 35% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 95-99 28
Ranked 5th.
138
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 90-94 138
Ranked 5th.
1,182
Ranked 4th. 9 times more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 70-74 6,110
Ranked 5th.
42,623
Ranked 6th. 7 times more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 85-89 2,365
Ranked 4th.
21,627
Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than Bulgaria
Literacy and Attainment > Educational attainment: completed tertiary > Tertiary > Population 25+ years > % > Over 24 year olds 21.51%
Ranked 22nd. 7% more than Greece
20.03%
Ranked 7th.
Literacy > Female literates > Aged over 10 3.39 million
Ranked 4th.
4.73 million
Ranked 10th. 39% more than Bulgaria
Primary education, teachers > % female 94.17%
Ranked 10th. 44% more than Greece
65.33%
Ranked 91st.

Tertiary education, teachers > % female 47.51%
Ranked 23th. 35% more than Greece
35.19%
Ranked 59th.

Literacy > Literates > Aged 40-44 508,504
Ranked 4th.
772,414
Ranked 8th. 52% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged over 100 31
Ranked 5th.
595
Ranked 2nd. 19 times more than Bulgaria
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP 4.1%
Ranked 79th. About the same as Greece
4.09%
Ranked 68th.

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 60-64 per thousand people 39.18
Ranked 1st. 38% more than Greece
28.45
Ranked 7th.
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 20-24 per thousand people 0.801
Ranked 3rd. 93% more than Greece
0.416
Ranked 17th.
Literacy > Female literates > Aged 70-74 per thousand people 26.6
Ranked 4th. 14% more than Greece
23.31
Ranked 6th.
Literacy > Female literates > Aged 20-24 per thousand people 31.46
Ranked 11th.
35.97
Ranked 18th. 14% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 40-44 per thousand people 0.409
Ranked 7th.
0.449
Ranked 17th. 10% more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 55-59 per thousand people 0.442
Ranked 8th.
1.07
Ranked 15th. 2 times more than Bulgaria
Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 20-24 per thousand people 0.708
Ranked 3rd. 29% more than Greece
0.547
Ranked 16th.
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 60-64 per thousand people 0.592
Ranked 7th.
2.77
Ranked 14th. 5 times more than Bulgaria
Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary > Teachers > Women per million people 39.15
Ranked 20th.
520.16
Ranked 5th. 13 times more than Bulgaria

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 95-99 per million people 265.09
Ranked 5th. 24% more than Greece
214.06
Ranked 5th.
Unemployment with primary education, male > % of male unemployment 43.5%
Ranked 25th. 46% more than Greece
29.8%
Ranked 52nd.

Labor force with tertiary education, male > % of male labor force 20.2%
Ranked 30th.
25.6%
Ranked 20th. 27% more than Bulgaria

Education spending > % of GDP 3.5%
Ranked 96th.
4%
Ranked 84th. 14% more than Bulgaria
Secondary education, teachers, female 33,696
Ranked 32nd.
49,777
Ranked 33th. 48% more than Bulgaria

Repeaters, secondary, female > % of female enrollment 1.15%
Ranked 82nd.
1.54%
Ranked 77th. 34% more than Bulgaria

School enrollment, secondary, male > % net 86.13%
Ranked 35th.
99.37%
Ranked 1st. 15% more than Bulgaria

School enrollment, secondary, female > % gross 90.82%
Ranked 71st.
108.22%
Ranked 16th. 19% more than Bulgaria

School enrollment > Preprimary > % gross 77.82% gross
Ranked 47th. 17% more than Greece
66.23% gross
Ranked 56th.

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