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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.
  • College and university > Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to post-secondary education.
  • Compulsary education duration: Number of years students are required to be enrolled in school for all levels of education. For instance, compulsary education lasts for 12 years in the United States.
  • Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP: Percentage of public funding for education out of country's total GDP.
  • High school enrolment rate: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • Literacy > Total population: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Primary education, duration > Years: Primary education, duration (years). Duration of primary is the number of grades (years) in primary education.
  • Primary education, teachers per 1000: Primary education, teachers. Teaching staff in primary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, primary: Pupil-teacher ratio, primary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Primary is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary: Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Secondary is the number of pupils enrolled in secondary school divided by the number of secondary school teachers.
  • Secondary education, duration > Years: Secondary education, duration (years). Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (years) in secondary education (ISCED 2 & 3).
  • 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.
  • Literacy > Adult literacy: Adult literacy rate (%).
  • Primary education, teachers: Primary education, teachers. Teaching staff in primary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Primary education, pupils: Primary education, pupils. Enrolment in primary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions.
  • Adult literacy rate > Female: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Tertiary enrollment: Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.
  • 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.
  • Elementary (primary school) > Duration: Number of years students study at the primary level.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Elementary school graduate rate: Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
  • Literacy rate > People aged 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Public spending per student > Primary level: Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
  • Primary education, pupils per 1000: Primary education, pupils. Enrolment in primary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Secondary education, pupils per 1000: Secondary education, pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled at public and private secondary education institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ per capita: Services, etc., value added (constant 2000 US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • School enrolment rate > 1st grade: Gross intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age."
  • Secondary education, general pupils per 1000: Secondary education, general pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. General programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in general programmes at public and private secondary education institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • High school > Lower secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin lower secondary (middle school) education.
  • Elementary (primary) school) > Private school share: Percentage of primary students who attend a private school.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Spending on education > Proportion spent on all staff salaries: Percentage of public funding for education that goes to school staff salaries.
  • Elementary (primary) school > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for primary education.
  • Secondary education > Teachers: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • School enrolment rate > 5th grade: Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Progression to secondary school: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • 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."
  • Secondary education > General pupils > Per capita: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Education enrolment by level > Primary level > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Education enrolment by level > Primary level per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Pupils-teacher ratio > Primary level: Pupil-teacher ratio, primary level is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary education. Cross-country comparisons may be affected by such factors as the composition of teachers by part- and full-time employment.
  • Elementary (primary school) > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female: Percentage of country's elementary, or primary, teachers that are female.
  • Primary education > Teachers: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Secondary education > Vocational pupils: Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.
  • 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.
  • Primary education > Teachers per 1000: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • 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.
  • Female enrolment share > Primary level: Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.
  • Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$: Services, etc., value added (constant 2000 US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars.
  • Primary school starting age > Years: Primary school starting age (years). Entrance age of primary is the age at which students would enter primary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.
  • Scouting > Members: Members of boy or girl scout groups which are members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).
  • Elementary (primary) school > Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries: Percentage of public funding for primary education that goes to teachers' salaries.
  • High school > Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to secondary education.
  • Elementary (primary) school) > Proportion spent on all staff salaries: Percentage of public funding for primary education that goes to school staff salaries.
  • Participation > Secondary education > General pupils: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training."
  • Ratio of female to male primary enrollment: Ratio of female to male primary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Secondary education > 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.
  • 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.
  • Education enrolment by level > Secondary level per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Scouting > Members per thousand people: Membership (from 2012). Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Elementary school repeaters > Male: Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school."
  • Elementary school repeaters > Female: Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school."
  • High school teachers: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Elementary school teachers: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • High school enrolment rate > Male: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 reaching grade 5: Pupils reaching grade 5 is the percentage of children who start primary school and eventually reach grade 5.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • High school teachers > % female: Female teachers as a percentage of total secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • School enrollment > Primary > Male > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.
  • 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.
  • School enrollment > Primary > 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. 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.
  • Primary education > Teachers > % female: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Secondary education > Pupils > % female: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.
  • Government spending on education > % of GDP: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Female > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Primary > 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. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Literacy > Ratio of young literate females to males > % ages 15-24: Ratio of young literate females to males (% ages 15-24). Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is the ratio of female youth literacy rate to male youth literacy rate. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.
  • Literacy > Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above). Adult (15+) literacy rate (%). Total is the percentage of the population age 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life. Generally, u2018literacyu2019 also encompasses u2018numeracyu2019, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of literates aged 15 years and over by the corresponding age group population and multiplying the result by 100.
  • Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education > %: Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%). Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary and secondary levels in public and private schools.
  • School enrollment, preprimary, female > % gross: School enrollment, preprimary, female (% gross). Gross enrolment ratio. Pre-primary. Female is the total female enrollment in pre-primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of official pre-primary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.
  • School enrollment, preprimary, male > % gross: School enrollment, preprimary, male (% gross). Gross enrolment ratio. Pre-primary. Male is the total male enrollment in pre-primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total male population of official pre-primary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.
  • CPIA building human resources rating > 1=low to 6=high per million: CPIA building human resources rating (1=low to 6=high). Building human resources assesses the national policies and public and private sector service delivery that affect the access to and quality of health and education services, including prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Services, etc., value added > Current US$ per capita: Services, etc., value added (current US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Services, etc., value added > Current US$, % of GDP: Services, etc., value added (current US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Secondary education, vocational pupils per 1000: 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Secondary education, teachers, female per 1000: 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Government spending on education > % of government spending: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI: Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI). Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment.
  • Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$, % of GDP: Services, etc., value added (constant 2000 US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment > %: Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment (%). Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment is the percentage of men to women enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.
  • Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Men per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • School enrollment, primary > % gross: School enrollment, primary (% gross). Gross enrolment ratio. Primary. Total is the total enrollment in primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of official 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 > Secondary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
  • School enrollment, primary, male > % net: School enrollment, primary, male (% net). Net enrolment rate. Primary. Male is the ratio of male children of the official primary school age who are enrolled in primary school to the male population of the official primary school age.
  • Persistence to last grade of primary, female > % of cohort: Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort). Survival rate to last grade of primary. Female is the share of female children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary. The estimate is calculated on the basis of the reconstructed cohort method, which uses data on enrolment and repeaters for two consecutive years.
  • Repeaters, primary, male > % of male enrollment: Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment). Percentage of repeaters in primary. 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 primary school. It is calculated by dividing the sum of male repeaters in all grades of primary education by the total male enrolment of primary education and multiplying the result by 100.
  • Outcomes > 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."
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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STAT Comoros India HISTORY
Adult literacy rate > Total 73.6
Ranked 80th. 17% more than India 		62.75
Ranked 14th.
Children out of school, primary 15,919
Ranked 72nd. 		1.39 million
Ranked 4th. 87 times more than Comoros
Children out of school, primary per 1000 25.16
Ranked 22nd. 22 times more than India 		1.14
Ranked 85th.
Children out of school, primary, female 9,336
Ranked 63th. 		6.11 million
Ranked 1st. 654 times more than Comoros
College and university > Gender parity index 0.851
Ranked 66th. 17% more than India 		0.726
Ranked 100th.
College and university > Share of total education spending 14.61%
Ranked 77th. 		35.89%
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Comoros
Compulsary education duration 6
Ranked 91st. 		9
Ranked 64th. 50% more than Comoros
Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP 7.61%
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than India 		3.17%
Ranked 44th.
High school enrolment rate 63.18
Ranked 101st. 		85.13
Ranked 70th. 35% more than Comoros
Literacy > Total population 56.5%
Ranked 138th. 		59.5%
Ranked 134th. 5% more than Comoros
Primary education, duration > Years 6
Ranked 25th. 20% more than India 		5
Ranked 160th.
Primary education, teachers per 1000 6
Ranked 39th. 87% more than India 		3.21
Ranked 104th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 27.75
Ranked 44th. 		35.15
Ranked 29th. 27% more than Comoros
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 13.8
Ranked 69th. 		25.92
Ranked 19th. 88% more than Comoros
Secondary education, duration > Years 7
Ranked 19th. The same as India 		7
Ranked 50th.
Literacy > Female 49.3%
Ranked 130th. 2% more than India 		48.3%
Ranked 131st.
Children out of school, primary, female per 1000 14.75
Ranked 20th. 3 times more than India 		5.58
Ranked 38th.
College and university > Gender ratio 77.05
Ranked 93th. 10% more than India 		69.94
Ranked 85th.
Child care (preschool) > Duration 3
Ranked 24th. The same as India 		3
Ranked 65th.
Secondary education > Teachers > Per capita 5.23 per 1,000 people
Ranked 29th. 2 times more than India 		2.4 per 1,000 people
Ranked 103th.
Duration of compulsory education 8 years
Ranked 99th. The same as India 		8 years
Ranked 8th.
Secondary education, pupils 75,158
Ranked 56th. 		113.73 million
Ranked 1st. 1513 times more than Comoros
Girls to boys ratio > Primary level enrolment 0.88
Ranked 127th. 		0.93
Ranked 115th. 6% more than Comoros
Literacy > Adult literacy 75.1%
Ranked 83th. 14% more than India 		66%
Ranked 91st.
Primary education, teachers 4,201
Ranked 108th. 		3.92 million
Ranked 2nd. 933 times more than Comoros
Primary education, pupils 133,023
Ranked 66th. 		137.75 million
Ranked 1st. 1036 times more than Comoros
Adult literacy rate > Female 67.8
Ranked 78th. 33% more than India 		50.82
Ranked 14th.
Tertiary enrollment 1.1%
Ranked 36th. 		10.5%
Ranked 20th. 10 times more than Comoros
High school > Gender ratio 75.57
Ranked 134th. 		85.75
Ranked 116th. 13% more than Comoros
Compulsary education starting age 6
Ranked 15th. The same as India 		6
Ranked 46th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary per million 23.57
Ranked 23th. 1110 times more than India 		0.0212
Ranked 98th.
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write age 15 and over can read and write
High school > Upper secondary school duration 3
Ranked 50th. 		4
Ranked 27th. 33% more than Comoros
Literacy > Male 63.6%
Ranked 137th. 		70.2%
Ranked 131st. 10% more than Comoros
Spending > USD 22.25 million
Ranked 145th. 		36.6 billion
Ranked 15th. 1645 times more than Comoros
High school > Private school share 29.48%
Ranked 14th. 		41.89%
Ranked 11th. 42% more than Comoros
Spending > Proportion 4.19
Ranked 80th. 32% more than India 		3.17
Ranked 121st.
Pupil-teacher ratio > Primary 34.98
Ranked 30th. 		40.2
Ranked 27th. 15% more than Comoros
Child care (preschool) > Starting age 3
Ranked 64th. The same as India 		3
Ranked 125th.
High school repeaters > Male 17.29
Ranked 11th. 3 times more than India 		5.15
Ranked 44th.
Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 55.7%
Ranked 114th. 		76.4%
Ranked 23th. 37% more than Comoros
Preschool enrollment rate 119.4
Ranked 14th. 6% more than India 		113.06
Ranked 30th.
Tertiary > Students studying abroad 3,706.56
Ranked 125th. 		198,512.54
Ranked 2nd. 54 times more than Comoros
Primary completion rate 51
Ranked 110th. 		90
Ranked 71st. 76% more than Comoros
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 1,707
Ranked 123th. 		11.3 million
Ranked 3rd. 6617 times more than Comoros
Elementary (primary school) > Duration 6
Ranked 29th. 20% more than India 		5
Ranked 169th.
Secondary education, teachers per 1000 5.31
Ranked 60th. 48% more than India 		3.59
Ranked 77th.
Secondary education, teachers 3,111
Ranked 95th. 		4.39 million
Ranked 2nd. 1410 times more than Comoros
Child care (preschool) > Students per teacher 25.93
Ranked 26th. 		40.31
Ranked 4th. 55% more than Comoros
High school > Lower secondary school duration 4
Ranked 18th. 33% more than India 		3
Ranked 120th.
Children out of school, primary, male per 1000 10.4
Ranked 24th. 2 times more than India 		4.44
Ranked 42nd.
Spending per student > High school 25.45
Ranked 20th. 57% more than India 		16.18
Ranked 49th.
Secondary education, general pupils 74,771
Ranked 68th. 		100.95 million
Ranked 1st. 1350 times more than Comoros
Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ 43.6%
Ranked 22nd. 8% more than India 		40.5%
Ranked 26th.
High school > Gender parity index 0.757
Ranked 143th. 		0.918
Ranked 115th. 21% more than Comoros
Scientific and technical journal articles 1
Ranked 158th. 		12,774
Ranked 14th. 12774 times more than Comoros
College and university > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 8%
Ranked 68th. 		40%
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Comoros
Tertiary > Students studying abroad proportion 59.48%
Ranked 6th. 80 times more than India 		0.745%
Ranked 119th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level per 1000 3.07
Ranked 113th. 		10.49
Ranked 92nd. 3 times more than Comoros
Scouting > Genders admitted both both
Elementary (primary school) > Starting age 6
Ranked 44th. The same as India 		6
Ranked 96th.
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government 24.1%
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than India 		10.7%
Ranked 57th.
Children out of school, primary, male 6,583
Ranked 67th. 		4.85 million
Ranked 1st. 737 times more than Comoros
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI 3.9%
Ranked 80th. 3% more than India 		3.8%
Ranked 76th.
High school > Students per teacher 13.8
Ranked 69th. 		25.92
Ranked 19th. 88% more than Comoros
Secondary education > General pupils 43,181
Ranked 79th. 		83.13 million
Ranked 2nd. 1925 times more than Comoros
Spending per student > Elementary school 27.2
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than India 		8.86
Ranked 62nd.
Secondary school starting age > Years 12
Ranked 37th. 9% more than India 		11
Ranked 156th.
High school starting age > Years 12
Ranked 37th. 9% more than India 		11
Ranked 138th.
Primary education > Teachers > Per capita 5.08 per 1,000 people
Ranked 39th. 62% more than India 		3.14 per 1,000 people
Ranked 113th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level 106,972
Ranked 134th. 		125.57 million
Ranked 1st. 1174 times more than Comoros
Elementary school graduate rate 71.69
Ranked 74th. 9% more than India 		65.79
Ranked 84th.
Literacy rate > People aged 15-24 84.9
Ranked 83th. 5% more than India 		81.13
Ranked 14th.
Public spending per student > Primary level 12.6
Ranked 41st. 75% more than India 		7.2
Ranked 61st.
Primary education, pupils per 1000 185.4
Ranked 12th. 64% more than India 		112.8
Ranked 72nd.
Secondary education, pupils per 1000 104.75
Ranked 12th. 12% more than India 		93.13
Ranked 41st.
Girls to boys ratio > Tertiary level enrolment 0.77
Ranked 98th. 10% more than India 		0.7
Ranked 77th.
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ 193,500
Ranked 94th. 		289.64 million
Ranked 1st. 1497 times more than Comoros
Girls to boys ratio > Secondary level enrolment 0.76
Ranked 121st. 		0.81
Ranked 118th. 7% more than Comoros
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level > Per capita 3.03 per 1,000 people
Ranked 111th. 		10.77 per 1,000 people
Ranked 90th. 4 times more than Comoros
Tertiary > Students studying abroad per thousand people 5.29
Ranked 39th. 33 times more than India 		0.163
Ranked 184th.
Outcomes > Secondary education > Duration > Years 7
Ranked 16th. The same as India 		7
Ranked 44th.
Teacher student ratio > High school 13.81
Ranked 68th. 		32.7
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Comoros
Inequality adjusted index 0.189
Ranked 124th. 		0.264
Ranked 109th. 40% more than Comoros
High school repeaters > Female 17.22
Ranked 8th. 4 times more than India 		4.06
Ranked 43th.
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women 113,300
Ranked 91st. 		179.8 million
Ranked 1st. 1587 times more than Comoros
Teacher student ratio > Elementary school 30.15
Ranked 37th. 		40.2
Ranked 23th. 33% more than Comoros
Literacy rate > Females aged 15-24 84.1
Ranked 80th. 13% more than India 		74.36
Ranked 14th.
Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 71.7%
Ranked 68th. 		73%
Ranked 66th. 2% more than Comoros
Elementary school > Enrolled students 111,115
Ranked 111th. 		140.36 million
Ranked 1st. 1263 times more than Comoros
Primary education > Duration > Years 6 years
Ranked 25th. 20% more than India 		5 years
Ranked 154th.
Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ per capita $230.63
Ranked 134th. 		$616.31
Ranked 74th. 3 times more than Comoros
School enrolment rate > 1st grade 95.69
Ranked 99th. 		128.4
Ranked 14th. 34% more than Comoros
Secondary education, general pupils per 1000 104.21
Ranked 12th. 21% more than India 		85.94
Ranked 45th.
High school > Lower secondary starting age 12
Ranked 37th. 9% more than India 		11
Ranked 161st.
Elementary (primary) school) > Private school share 12.37%
Ranked 40th. 		17.04%
Ranked 32nd. 38% more than Comoros
Elementary school > Gender ratio 91.57
Ranked 112th. 		96.83
Ranked 104th. 6% more than Comoros
High school enrolment rate > Female 55.08
Ranked 98th. 		84.22
Ranked 63th. 53% more than Comoros
Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ > Women 50.7%
Ranked 26th. 		51.7%
Ranked 25th. 2% more than Comoros
Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level 55%
Ranked 118th. 		95%
Ranked 62nd. 73% more than Comoros
Duration of education > Secondary level 7
Ranked 20th. 40% more than India 		5
Ranked 155th.
Public spending per student > Tertiary level 128.7
Ranked 12th. 88% more than India 		68.4
Ranked 9th.
Primary education > Pupils 106,700
Ranked 76th. 		136.19 million
Ranked 1st. 1276 times more than Comoros
Secondary education > Pupils 43,349
Ranked 77th. 		83.86 million
Ranked 2nd. 1934 times more than Comoros
Literacy rate > Males aged 15-24 85.7
Ranked 84th. 		88.41
Ranked 14th. 3% more than Comoros
Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Tertiary level 43.18%
Ranked 95th. 12% more than India 		38.45%
Ranked 105th.
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level > Per capita 67.9 per 1,000 people
Ranked 119th. 		77.29 per 1,000 people
Ranked 98th. 14% more than Comoros
Secondary education, vocational pupils 387
Ranked 57th. 		829,377
Ranked 12th. 2143 times more than Comoros
Spending on education > Proportion spent on all staff salaries 97.86%
Ranked 2nd. 8% more than India 		90.56%
Ranked 8th.
Elementary (primary) school > Students per teacher 27.75
Ranked 43th. 		35.15
Ranked 28th. 27% more than Comoros
Secondary education > Teachers 3,138
Ranked 53th. 		2.59 million
Ranked 2nd. 824 times more than Comoros
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary 8 years
Ranked 14th. 		10 years
Ranked 24th. 25% more than Comoros
School enrolment rate > 5th grade 80.32
Ranked 57th. 22% more than India 		65.79
Ranked 74th.
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level 38,272
Ranked 137th. 		81.05 million
Ranked 2nd. 2118 times more than Comoros
Scientific and technical journal articles per million 1.99
Ranked 133th. 		11.68
Ranked 70th. 6 times more than Comoros
Duration of education > Primary level 6
Ranked 24th. The same as India 		6
Ranked 62nd.
Women to men parity index > As ratio of literacy rates > Aged 15-24 0.77
Ranked 99th. 		0.8
Ranked 25th. 4% more than Comoros
Participation > Children out of school > Elementary 22,245
Ranked 66th. 		5.56 million
Ranked 3rd. 250 times more than Comoros
Participation > Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education 84.19%
Ranked 130th. 		92.18%
Ranked 116th. 9% more than Comoros
Public spending per student > Secondary level 36.1
Ranked 5th. 56% more than India 		23.1
Ranked 26th.
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ per 1000 339.18
Ranked 8th. 28% more than India 		264.81
Ranked 23th.
Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Primary level 44.33%
Ranked 157th. 		46.82%
Ranked 143th. 6% more than Comoros
Progression to secondary school 63.18%
Ranked 63th. 		85.08%
Ranked 71st. 35% more than Comoros
Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 > Women 48.4%
Ranked 109th. 		67.7%
Ranked 23th. 40% more than Comoros
Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level > Women 51%
Ranked 114th. 		91%
Ranked 83th. 78% more than Comoros
High school > Upper secondary starting age 16
Ranked 13th. 14% more than India 		14
Ranked 186th.
Elementary school starting age > Years 6
Ranked 46th. The same as India 		6
Ranked 89th.
Elementary school repeaters > All 24.43
Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than India 		3.45
Ranked 66th.
Secondary education > General pupils > Per capita 71.91 per 1,000 people
Ranked 46th. 		76.99 per 1,000 people
Ranked 63th. 7% more than Comoros
Education enrolment by level > Primary level > Per capita 0.19 per capita
Ranked 9th. 58% more than India 		0.12 per capita
Ranked 76th.
Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ > Men 36.4%
Ranked 20th. 22% more than India 		29.8%
Ranked 25th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level per 1000 192.39
Ranked 10th. 65% more than India 		116.62
Ranked 83th.
Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level > Men 60%
Ranked 118th. 		98%
Ranked 33th. 63% more than Comoros
Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 > Men 62.9%
Ranked 117th. 		84.2%
Ranked 21st. 34% more than Comoros
Pupils-teacher ratio > Primary level 35.9
Ranked 35th. 		40
Ranked 2nd. 11% more than Comoros
Elementary (primary school) > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 28%
Ranked 89th. 		44%
Ranked 3rd. 57% more than Comoros
Primary education > Teachers 3,050
Ranked 72nd. 		3.39 million
Ranked 2nd. 1111 times more than Comoros
Secondary education > Vocational pupils 168
Ranked 81st. 		726,889
Ranked 15th. 4327 times more than Comoros
Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Secondary level 44.92%
Ranked 132nd. 6% more than India 		42.56%
Ranked 140th.
Private school enrolment > Primary level 10.7
Ranked 21st. 		16.5
Ranked 14th. 54% more than Comoros
Outcomes > Primary education > Duration > Years 6
Ranked 24th. 20% more than India 		5
Ranked 142nd.
Primary education > Teachers per 1000 5.08
Ranked 38th. 66% more than India 		3.05
Ranked 118th.
Secondary education > Pupils per 1000 72.16
Ranked 49th. 		75.51
Ranked 88th. 5% more than Comoros
Female enrolment share > Primary level 45.9%
Ranked 128th. 5% more than India 		43.6%
Ranked 20th.
Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ $153.63 million
Ranked 151st. 		$762.18 billion
Ranked 2nd. 4961 times more than Comoros
Primary school starting age > Years 6
Ranked 44th. The same as India 		6
Ranked 97th.
Scouting > Members 1,725
Ranked 128th. 		3.37 million
Ranked 2nd. 1954 times more than Comoros
Elementary (primary) school > Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries 93.55%
Ranked 2nd. 17% more than India 		80.11%
Ranked 15th.
High school > Share of total education spending 23.66%
Ranked 80th. 		37.49%
Ranked 12th. 58% more than Comoros
Elementary (primary) school) > Proportion spent on all staff salaries 65.48%
Ranked 60th. 		87.94%
Ranked 27th. 34% more than Comoros
Participation > Secondary education > General pupils 43,181
Ranked 131st. 		95.31 million
Ranked 1st. 2207 times more than Comoros
Ratio of female to male primary enrollment 88.1
Ranked 85th. 		93.44
Ranked 131st. 6% more than Comoros
Secondary education > General pupils per 1000 71.88
Ranked 46th. 		74.85
Ranked 67th. 4% more than Comoros
Secondary education > Teachers per 1000 5.22
Ranked 30th. 2 times more than India 		2.33
Ranked 104th.
Elementary (primary) school > Gender parity index 0.847
Ranked 108th. 		0.999
Ranked 46th. 18% more than Comoros
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 44.5%
Ranked 23th. 12% more than India 		39.6%
Ranked 28th.
Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary > Teachers > Women 10
Ranked 36th. 		3,245
Ranked 9th. 325 times more than Comoros
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level per 1000 68.83
Ranked 119th. 		75.28
Ranked 104th. 9% more than Comoros
Scouting > Members per thousand people 2.4
Ranked 55th. 		2.73
Ranked 51st. 13% more than Comoros
Primary completion rate > Women 49
Ranked 103th. 		86
Ranked 71st. 76% more than Comoros
Elementary school repeaters > Male 24.46
Ranked 4th. 7 times more than India 		3.48
Ranked 70th.
Elementary school repeaters > Female 24.4
Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than India 		3.42
Ranked 60th.
Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Men 69.3%
Ranked 61st. 		73.1%
Ranked 59th. 5% more than Comoros
High school teachers 3,138
Ranked 100th. 		2.59 million
Ranked 1st. 824 times more than Comoros
Elementary school teachers 3,685
Ranked 106th. 		3.39 million
Ranked 1st. 919 times more than Comoros
High school enrolment rate > Male 70.33
Ranked 86th. 		85.91
Ranked 60th. 22% more than Comoros
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women per 1000 198.6
Ranked 10th. 21% more than India 		164.38
Ranked 23th.
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Per capita 336.14 per 1,000 people
Ranked 8th. 24% more than India 		272.12 per 1,000 people
Ranked 21st.
Primary completion rate > Men 52
Ranked 108th. 		94
Ranked 48th. 81% more than Comoros
Participation > Secondary education > Pupils 43,349
Ranked 120th. 		89.46 million
Ranked 2nd. 2064 times more than Comoros
Secondary education > Pupils > Per capita 72.19 per 1,000 people
Ranked 48th. 		77.67 per 1,000 people
Ranked 82nd. 8% more than Comoros
Primary education > Pupils per 1000 177.62
Ranked 20th. 45% more than India 		122.63
Ranked 77th.
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment 75.57
Ranked 80th. 		79.83
Ranked 131st. 6% more than Comoros
Intake ratio to last grade of primary > Females None
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Pupils reaching grade 5 77.1
Ranked 51st. 14% more than India 		67.9
Ranked 63th.
Primary education > Pupils > Per capita 0.178 per capita
Ranked 18th. 41% more than India 		0.126 per capita
Ranked 71st.
Persistence to grade 5 > Female > % of cohort 81.23%
Ranked 23th. 6% more than India 		76.34%
Ranked 48th.
High school teachers > % female 12.97%
Ranked 109th. 		33.92%
Ranked 104th. 3 times more than Comoros
Elementary school graduate rate > Male 69.34
Ranked 65th. 5% more than India 		66.24
Ranked 70th.
Elementary school > Enrolled students > % female 47.1%
Ranked 117th. About the same as India 		46.99%
Ranked 139th.
Elementary school teachers > % female 36.88%
Ranked 108th. 		44%
Ranked 119th. 19% more than Comoros
School enrollment > Primary > Male > % net 59.51% net
Ranked 114th. 		92.24% net
Ranked 64th. 55% more than Comoros
School enrollment > Preprimary > % gross 3.27% gross
Ranked 80th. 		35.88% gross
Ranked 92nd. 11 times more than Comoros
School enrollment > Primary > Female > % gross 79.98% gross
Ranked 93th. 		112.14% gross
Ranked 25th. 40% more than Comoros
Primary education > Teachers > % female 32.85% female
Ranked 78th. 		44% female
Ranked 119th. 34% more than Comoros
Secondary education > Pupils > % female 42.51% female
Ranked 75th. 		42.81% female
Ranked 121st. 1% more than Comoros
Government spending on education > % of GDP 7.61%
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than India 		3.17%
Ranked 44th.
Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Female > % net 66.87%
Ranked 93th. 		88.01%
Ranked 82nd. 32% more than Comoros
Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Female > % gross 114.08%
Ranked 21st. 3% more than India 		111.16%
Ranked 31st.
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary > Female 7 years
Ranked 15th. 		9 years
Ranked 26th. 29% more than Comoros
Literacy > Ratio of young literate females to males > % ages 15-24 99.77%
Ranked 55th. 19% more than India 		84.1%
Ranked 19th.
Literacy > Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above 75.54%
Ranked 64th. 20% more than India 		62.75%
Ranked 18th.
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education > % 92.57%
Ranked 43th. 		98.4%
Ranked 76th. 6% more than Comoros
School enrollment, preprimary, female > % gross 23.26%
Ranked 111th. 		59.76%
Ranked 73th. 3 times more than Comoros
School enrollment, preprimary, male > % gross 24.1%
Ranked 110th. 		56.67%
Ranked 76th. 2 times more than Comoros
CPIA building human resources rating > 1=low to 6=high per million 4.88
Ranked 18th. 1508 times more than India 		0.00323
Ranked 80th.
Services, etc., value added > Current US$ per capita $334.19
Ranked 142nd. 		$799.51
Ranked 80th. 2 times more than Comoros
Services, etc., value added > Current US$, % of GDP 41.59%
Ranked 142nd. 		53.69%
Ranked 49th. 29% more than Comoros
Secondary education, vocational pupils per 1000 0.539
Ranked 57th. 		0.706
Ranked 118th. 31% more than Comoros
Secondary education, teachers, female per 1000 0.688
Ranked 92nd. 		1.48
Ranked 73th. 2 times more than Comoros
Government spending on education > % of government spending 24.12%
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than India 		10.74%
Ranked 64th.
Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI 4.19%
Ranked 83th. 36% more than India 		3.08%
Ranked 125th.
Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$, % of GDP 28.7%
Ranked 136th. 		41.38%
Ranked 28th. 44% more than Comoros
Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment > % 83.72%
Ranked 37th. 7% more than India 		78.13%
Ranked 88th.
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Men per 1000 140.58
Ranked 6th. 40% more than India 		100.52
Ranked 23th.
School enrollment, primary > % gross 117.38%
Ranked 17th. 4% more than India 		112.6%
Ranked 31st.
School enrollment > Secondary > Female > % gross 30.21% gross
Ranked 75th. 		47.34% gross
Ranked 115th. 57% more than Comoros
School enrollment, primary, male > % net 86.43%
Ranked 87th. 		87.02%
Ranked 72nd. 1% more than Comoros
Persistence to last grade of primary, female > % of cohort 40.63%
Ranked 59th. 		63.54%
Ranked 74th. 56% more than Comoros
Repeaters, primary, male > % of male enrollment 24.46%
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than India 		5.08%
Ranked 53th.
Outcomes > Ratio of young literate females to males > % ages 15-24 98%
Ranked 76th. 17% more than India 		84.1%
Ranked 14th.
School enrollment, secondary, female > % gross 71.89%
Ranked 37th. 8% more than India 		66.29%
Ranked 98th.
Repeaters, secondary, female > % of female enrollment 17.67%
Ranked 12th. 4 times more than India 		4.04%
Ranked 49th.
Secondary education, teachers, female 403
Ranked 99th. 		1.8 million
Ranked 3rd. 4472 times more than Comoros
Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary > Teachers > Women per million people 17.08
Ranked 33th. 6 times more than India 		2.92
Ranked 38th.
Secondary education, teachers > % female 12.95%
Ranked 103th. 		41.07%
Ranked 73th. 3 times more than Comoros

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