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  • Adult literacy rate > Total: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Average years of schooling of adults: Average years of schooling of adults is the years of formal schooling received, on average, by adults over age 15. (Data Source: Barro-Lee Data Set www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/ddbarle2.htm)
  • Children out of school, primary: Children out of school, primary. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Total is the total number of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools.
  • Children out of school, primary per 1000: Children out of school, primary. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Total is the total number of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Children out of school, primary, female: Children out of school, primary, female. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Female is the total number of female primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools.
  • College and university > Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for college and university enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
  • Compulsary education duration: Number of years students are required to be enrolled in school for all levels of education. For instance, compulsary education lasts for 12 years in the United States.
  • Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP: Percentage of public funding for education out of country's total GDP.
  • High school enrolment rate: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • Literacy > Total population: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Primary education, duration > Years: Primary education, duration (years). Duration of primary is the number of grades (years) in primary education.
  • Primary education, teachers per 1000: Primary education, teachers. Teaching staff in primary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, primary: Pupil-teacher ratio, primary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Primary is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary: Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Secondary is the number of pupils enrolled in secondary school divided by the number of secondary school teachers.
  • Secondary education, duration > Years: Secondary education, duration (years). Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (years) in secondary education (ISCED 2 & 3).
  • College and university > Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to post-secondary education.
  • Literacy > Female: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Children out of school, primary, female per 1000: Children out of school, primary, female. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Female is the total number of female primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • College and university > Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment is the percentage of men to women enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.
  • Child care (preschool) > Duration: Number of years students study at the pre-primary (preschool) level. It should be noted that not all countries require pre-primary education.
  • Secondary education > Teachers > Per capita: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Duration of compulsory education: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
  • Secondary education, pupils: Secondary education, pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled at public and private secondary education institutions.
  • College and university > Private school share: Percentage of post-secondary students who attend a private school, college, or university.
  • School life expectancy > Total: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
  • Literacy > Adult literacy: Adult literacy rate (%).
  • Primary education, teachers: Primary education, teachers. Teaching staff in primary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Primary education, pupils: Primary education, pupils. Enrolment in primary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions.
  • Adult literacy rate > Female: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Tertiary enrollment: Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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."
  • Hours of instruction for pupils aged 11: Intended hours of instruction per year for 11 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
  • Elementary school > Enrolled students: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Primary education > Duration > Years: Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.
  • Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ per capita: Services, etc., value added (constant 2000 US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • School enrolment rate > 1st grade: Gross intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age."
  • Secondary education, general pupils per 1000: Secondary education, general pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. General programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in general programmes at public and private secondary education institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Hours of instruction for pupils aged 12: Intended hours of instruction per year for 12 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
  • 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.
  • High school > Population with at least high school education > Men: Gender Inequality Index.
  • Literacy rate > Males aged 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Education enrolment by level > Secondary level > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Secondary education, vocational pupils: Secondary education, vocational pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. Technical/vocational programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in technical/vocational programmes at public and private secondary education institutions.
  • Elementary (primary) school > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for primary education.
  • Spending on education > Proportion spent on all staff salaries: Percentage of public funding for education that goes to school staff salaries.
  • Secondary education > Teachers: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • School enrolment rate > 5th grade: Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
  • 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 > Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education: Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary and secondary levels in public and private schools.
  • Participation > Children out of school > Elementary: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
  • Public spending per student > Secondary level: Public expenditure per student, secondary level is the total reported current spending by the government on secondary education, divided by the total number of pupils in secondary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
  • Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Progression to secondary school: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • Children out of school > Primary > Per capita: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • High school > Upper secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin upper secondary (high school) education.
  • Elementary school starting age > Years: Primary school starting age is the age at which students would enter primary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade."
  • Teaching weeks per year > Primary: Average number of weeks taught per year by primary level teachers. Data for 2000.
  • Elementary school repeaters > All: Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school."
  • School life expectancy > Male: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
  • Secondary education > General pupils > Per capita: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Education enrolment by level > Primary level per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Education enrolment by level > Primary level > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • 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.
  • Secondary education > Vocational pupils: Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.
  • Primary education > Teachers: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Private school enrolment > Primary level: Private sector enrolment share, primary level is the share of primary school pupils who attend a privately managed school, regardless of whether or not the school receives subsidies from the government.
  • Outcomes > Primary education > Duration > Years: Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.
  • Hours of instruction for pupils aged 10: Intended hours of instruction per year for 10 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
  • 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.
  • Literacy > Men above 14 years: Percent of male population above the age of 14 years that is literate.
  • Children out of school > Primary > Female > Per capita: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Female enrolment share > Primary level: Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.
  • Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$: Services, etc., value added (constant 2000 US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent learning technology: Intended instruction time spent studying technology, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • Primary school starting age > Years: Primary school starting age (years). Entrance age of primary is the age at which students would enter primary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.
  • Scouting > Members: Members of boy or girl scout groups which are members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).
  • 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.
  • High school> Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries: Percentage of public funding for secondary education that goes to teachers' salaries.
  • Elementary (primary) school > Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries: Percentage of public funding for primary education that goes to teachers' salaries.
  • 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 > Teachers per 1000: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Secondary education > General pupils per 1000: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Ratio of female to male primary enrollment: Ratio of female to male primary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Children out of school > Primary > Male: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
  • Elementary (primary) school > Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index in primary, or elementary, school. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled. 
  • Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13: Intended hours of instruction per year for 14 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
  • Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9: Intended hours of instruction per year for 9 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
  • Female enrolment share > Secondary level: Girls' enrolment share, secondary level is the number of girls enrolled in secondary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in secondary school.
  • 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.
  • Scouting > Members per thousand people: Membership (from 2012). Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent learning science: Intended instruction time spent studying science, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • School life expectancy > Female: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
  • Elementary school repeaters > 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."
  • Children out of school > Primary > Male > Per capita: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • High school teachers: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Elementary school teachers: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • High school enrolment rate > Male: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • Literacy > Women above 14 years: Percent of female population above the age of 14 years that is literate.
  • Gender ratio > Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds: Literacy gender parity rate of 15-24 year olds in each country. This number is achieved by dividing the total amount of females who are literate by the total amount of males who are literate. Numbers below 1 mean that more males are literate, while numbers over 1 indicate that more females are literate, with the difference in the numbers indicating to what extent this is true. For instance, in Chad (with a parity rate of .42%) a substantial amount of more males are literate than females. These numbers are only for 15-24 year olds.
  • Teachers' Day date: Date when Teacher's Day is celebrated around the world.
  • 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.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent learning vocational skills: Intended instruction time spent studying vocational skills, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent learning foreign languages: Intended instruction time spent studying modern foreign languages, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • Pupils reaching grade 5: Pupils reaching grade 5 is the percentage of children who start primary school and eventually reach grade 5.
  • 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.
  • Services, etc., value added > % of GDP: Services, etc., value added (% of GDP). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99 and they include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator.
  • Primary education, teachers > % female: Primary education, teachers (% female). Percentage female teachers. Primary is the number of female teachers at the primary level expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers (male and female) at the primary level in a given school year. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Tertiary education, teachers > % female: Tertiary education, teachers (% female). Percentage female teachers. Tertiary is the number of female teachers at the tertiary level expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers (male and female) at the tertiary level in a given school year. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure: Public spending on education, total (% of government expenditure). Public expenditure on education as % of total government expenditure is the total public education expenditure (current and capital) expressed as a percentage of total government expenditure for all sectors in a given financial year. Public education expenditure includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration, and subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities).
  • Labor force with secondary education, female > % of female labor force: Labor force with secondary education, female (% of female labor force). Labor force with secondary education is the proportion of the labor force that has a secondary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.
  • Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment: Unemployment with secondary education, female (% of female unemployment). Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
  • Teaching weeks per year > Lower secondary: Average number of weeks taught per year by lower secondary level teachers. Data for 2000.
  • Ratio of female to male enrollments in tertiary education: Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment is the percentage of men to women enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent learning arts: Intended instruction time spent studying arts, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • Secondary education > Pupils > % female: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent in physical education: Intended instruction time spent studying physical education, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • Primary completion rate > Total > % 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.
  • Participation > School enrollment > Secondary > Private > % of total secondary: Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organisation, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise."
  • School enrollment > Tertiary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.
  • Participation > School enrollment > Tertiary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Tertiary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level."
  • Participation > Total enrollment > Primary > % net: Total enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers."
  • Persistence to grade 5 > Male > % 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.
  • School enrollment, primary, private > % of total primary: School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary). Percentage of private enrolment. Primary is the enrolment in private primary schools expressed as a percentage of total enrolment (public and private) in primary 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.
  • Primary education, pupils > % female: Primary education, pupils (% female). Percentage of female students. Primary is the number of female students at the primary level expressed as a percentage of the total number of students (male and female) at the primary level in a given school year.
  • School enrollment, primary, female > % gross: School enrollment, primary, female (% gross). Gross enrolment ratio. Primary. Female is the total female enrollment in primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the female 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.
  • Primary completion rate, total > % of relevant age group: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Primary completion rate. Total is the total number of new entrants in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, expressed as percentage of the total population of the theoretical entrance age to the last grade of primary. This indicator is also known as "gross intake rate to the last grade of primary." The ratio can exceed 100% due to over-aged and under-aged children who enter primary school late/early and/or repeat grades.
  • Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female > % of relevant age group: Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group). Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education 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 > % female: Secondary education, general pupils (% female). Percentage of female students. Total secondary. General programmes is the number of female students enrolled in general programmes at the secondary education level expressed as a percentage of the total number of students (male and female) enrolled in general programmes at the secondary education level in a given school year.
  • Total enrollment, primary, male > % net: Total enrollment, primary, male (% 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.
  • Labor force with primary education, female > % of female labor force: Labor force with primary education, female (% of female labor force). Labor force with primary education is the proportion of the labor force that has a primary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.
  • Labor force with tertiary education > % of total: Labor force with tertiary education (% of total). Labor force with tertiary education is the proportion of labor force that has a tertiary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.
  • Literacy > Literacy rate, youth male > % of males ages 15-24: Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24). Youth (15-24) literacy rate (%). Male is the number of males age 15 to 24 years who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life, divided by the male population in that age group. Generally, u2018literacyu2019 also encompasses u2018numeracyu2019, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations.
  • Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment > %: Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment (%). Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • Ratio of female to male primary enrollment > %: Ratio of female to male primary enrollment (%). Ratio of female to male primary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Adjusted savings > Education expenditure > % of GNI: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment.
  • Public spending on education > Total > % of GDP: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.
  • Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment: Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
  • Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment: Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
  • Expenditure per student > Primary > % of GDP per capita: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita.
  • School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
  • School enrollment > Primary > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.
  • School enrollment > Secondary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
  • 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, female > % net: School enrollment, primary, female (% net). Net enrolment rate. Primary. Female is the ratio of female children of the official primary school age who are enrolled in primary school to the female population of the official primary school age.
  • Persistence to grade 5, total > % of cohort: Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort). Survival rate to grade 5. Total is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is calculated on the basis of the reconstructed cohort method, which uses data on enrolment and repeaters for two consecutive years.
  • School enrollment > Primary > % 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.
  • Persistence to last grade of primary, male > % of cohort: Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort). Survival rate to last grade of primary. Male is the share of male 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.
  • Participation > Total enrollment > Primary > Female > % 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."
  • Public spending on education > Total > % of government expenditure: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.
  • High school > Lower Secondary > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for lower secondary (middle school) education.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent learning religion: Intended instruction time spent studying religion, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • Public spending on private institutions: Percentage share of total public education expenditure which goes to private educational institutions. Includes both direct expenditure and indirect public transfers and payments. Data for 1999.
  • Intake ratio to last grade of primary > Males: Number of male entrants in the last grade of primary education (regardless of age) expressed as a percentage of the male population at entrance age to the last grade.
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STAT Jordan Malaysia HISTORY
Adult literacy rate > Total 92.2
Ranked 11th. About the same as Malaysia 		92.1
Ranked 49th.
Average years of schooling of adults 6.9
Ranked 41st. 1% more than Malaysia 		6.8
Ranked 42nd.
Children out of school, primary 19,852
Ranked 61st. 		93,743
Ranked 42nd. 5 times more than Jordan
Children out of school, primary per 1000 3.21
Ranked 67th. 		3.63
Ranked 74th. 13% more than Jordan
Children out of school, primary, female 12,702
Ranked 52nd. 		78,564
Ranked 36th. 6 times more than Jordan
College and university > Gender parity index 1.19
Ranked 44th. 		1.34
Ranked 42nd. 13% more than Jordan
Compulsary education duration 10
Ranked 62nd. 67% more than Malaysia 		6
Ranked 178th.
Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP 4.94%
Ranked 49th. 		5.13%
Ranked 52nd. 4% more than Jordan
High school enrolment rate 98.73
Ranked 28th. 		98.87
Ranked 25th. About the same as Jordan
Literacy > Total population 89.9%
Ranked 81st. 1% more than Malaysia 		88.9%
Ranked 84th.
Primary education, duration > Years 6
Ranked 93th. The same as Malaysia 		6
Ranked 124th.
Primary education, teachers per 1000 7.64
Ranked 18th. 		8.19
Ranked 11th. 7% more than Jordan
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 19.93
Ranked 78th. 57% more than Malaysia 		12.72
Ranked 112th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 17.88
Ranked 42nd. 30% more than Malaysia 		13.72
Ranked 52nd.
Secondary education, duration > Years 6
Ranked 126th. 		7
Ranked 69th. 17% more than Jordan
College and university > Share of total education spending 18.66%
Ranked 35th. 		34.45%
Ranked 7th. 85% more than Jordan
Literacy > Female 84.7%
Ranked 87th. 		85.4%
Ranked 83th. 1% more than Jordan
Children out of school, primary, female per 1000 2.06
Ranked 55th. 		3.16
Ranked 54th. 54% more than Jordan
College and university > Gender ratio 111.27
Ranked 56th. 		129
Ranked 40th. 16% more than Jordan
Child care (preschool) > Duration 2
Ranked 167th. The same as Malaysia 		2
Ranked 179th.
Secondary education > Teachers > Per capita 6.64 per 1,000 people
Ranked 52nd. 14% more than Malaysia 		5.81 per 1,000 people
Ranked 67th.
Duration of compulsory education 10 years
Ranked 50th. 11% more than Malaysia 		9 years
Ranked 7th.
Secondary education, pupils 719,420
Ranked 60th. 		2.62 million
Ranked 34th. 4 times more than Jordan
College and university > Private school share 39.06%
Ranked 34th. 		43.14%
Ranked 34th. 10% more than Jordan
Girls to boys ratio > Primary level enrolment 1.01
Ranked 20th. 1% more than Malaysia 		1
Ranked 49th.
School life expectancy > Total 9 years
Ranked 86th. 		11.5 years
Ranked 56th. 28% more than Jordan
Literacy > Adult literacy 93.1%
Ranked 45th. 1% more than Malaysia 		91.9%
Ranked 48th.
Primary education, teachers 39,441
Ranked 57th. 		231,683
Ranked 19th. 6 times more than Jordan
Primary education, pupils 834,958
Ranked 69th. 		2.95 million
Ranked 39th. 4 times more than Jordan
Adult literacy rate > Female 88.9
Ranked 12th. 		89.8
Ranked 52nd. 1% more than Jordan
Tertiary enrollment 28.6%
Ranked 8th. 1% more than Malaysia 		28.2%
Ranked 45th.
High school > Gender ratio 103.89
Ranked 34th. 		106.9
Ranked 25th. 3% more than Jordan
Compulsary education starting age 6
Ranked 100th. The same as Malaysia 		6
Ranked 120th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary per million 3.46
Ranked 49th. 7 times more than Malaysia 		0.485
Ranked 77th.
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write age 15 and over can read and write
High school > Upper secondary school duration 2
Ranked 179th. 		4
Ranked 41st. Twice as much as Jordan
Literacy > Male 95.1%
Ranked 64th. 3% more than Malaysia 		92.4%
Ranked 84th.
Spending > USD 1.24 billion
Ranked 70th. 		8.66 billion
Ranked 36th. 7 times more than Jordan
High school > Private school share 18.68%
Ranked 48th. 4 times more than Malaysia 		4.49%
Ranked 101st.
Spending > Proportion 5.61
Ranked 33th. 39% more than Malaysia 		4.04
Ranked 83th.
Pupil-teacher ratio > Primary 19.93
Ranked 88th. 14% more than Malaysia 		17.51
Ranked 111th.
Child care (preschool) > Starting age 4
Ranked 42nd. The same as Malaysia 		4
Ranked 55th.
High school repeaters > Male 1.6
Ranked 73th. 15 times more than Malaysia 		0.11
Ranked 85th.
Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 99%
Ranked 2nd. 2% more than Malaysia 		97.2%
Ranked 12th.
Preschool enrollment rate 96.83
Ranked 107th. About the same as Malaysia 		96.61
Ranked 126th.
Tertiary > Students studying abroad 15,541.73
Ranked 52nd. 		54,909.26
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Jordan
Primary completion rate 100
Ranked 29th. 9% more than Malaysia 		92
Ranked 83th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 186,189
Ranked 60th. 		632,309
Ranked 33th. 3 times more than Jordan
Elementary (primary school) > Duration 6
Ranked 98th. The same as Malaysia 		6
Ranked 131st.
Children out of school > Primary 42,896
Ranked 49th. 		221,833
Ranked 26th. 5 times more than Jordan
Secondary education, teachers 34,294
Ranked 56th. 		190,581
Ranked 17th. 6 times more than Jordan
Secondary education, teachers per 1000 6.64
Ranked 47th. 		6.74
Ranked 44th. 1% more than Jordan
Child care (preschool) > Students per teacher 16.94
Ranked 54th. 		17.82
Ranked 52nd. 5% more than Jordan
High school > Lower secondary school duration 4
Ranked 52nd. 33% more than Malaysia 		3
Ranked 167th.
Children out of school, primary, male per 1000 1.16
Ranked 70th. 17% more than Malaysia 		0.988
Ranked 74th.
Spending per student > High school 16.88
Ranked 42nd. 19% more than Malaysia 		14.19
Ranked 50th.
Secondary education, general pupils 694,344
Ranked 56th. 		2.45 million
Ranked 31st. 4 times more than Jordan
Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ 8.7%
Ranked 82nd. 		11.1%
Ranked 78th. 28% more than Jordan
High school > Gender parity index 1.06
Ranked 28th. 		1.07
Ranked 23th. 1% more than Jordan
Scientific and technical journal articles 263
Ranked 60th. 		520
Ranked 50th. 98% more than Jordan
College and university > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 25%
Ranked 26th. 		50%
Ranked 3rd. Twice as much as Jordan
Tertiary > Students studying abroad proportion 6.16%
Ranked 49th. 20% more than Malaysia 		5.15%
Ranked 68th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level per 1000 36.96
Ranked 34th. 43% more than Malaysia 		25.9
Ranked 62nd.
Scouting > Genders admitted both both
Elementary (primary school) > Starting age 6
Ranked 123th. The same as Malaysia 		6
Ranked 151st.
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government 20.6%
Ranked 15th. 		25.2%
Ranked 6th. 22% more than Jordan
Children out of school, primary, male 7,150
Ranked 61st. 		24,602
Ranked 47th. 3 times more than Jordan
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI 5%
Ranked 52nd. 		6.6%
Ranked 15th. 32% more than Jordan
High school > Students per teacher 17.88
Ranked 43th. 30% more than Malaysia 		13.72
Ranked 54th.
Secondary education > General pupils 580,229
Ranked 61st. 		2.38 million
Ranked 31st. 4 times more than Jordan
Spending per student > Elementary school 13.14
Ranked 47th. 14% more than Malaysia 		11.56
Ranked 54th.
Secondary school starting age > Years 12
Ranked 95th. The same as Malaysia 		12
Ranked 117th.
High school starting age > Years 12
Ranked 89th. The same as Malaysia 		12
Ranked 108th.
Primary education > Teachers > Per capita 7.64 per 1,000 people
Ranked 20th. 7% more than Malaysia 		7.14 per 1,000 people
Ranked 24th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level 786,154
Ranked 82nd. 		3.01 million
Ranked 38th. 4 times more than Jordan
High school > Population with at least high school education > Women 68.9%
Ranked 58th. 4% more than Malaysia 		66%
Ranked 63th.
Elementary school graduate rate 99.15
Ranked 15th. 8% more than Malaysia 		92.23
Ranked 52nd.
Literacy rate > People aged 15-24 98.95
Ranked 5th. 1% more than Malaysia 		98.4
Ranked 43th.
Schools connected to the Internet 18%
Ranked 31st. 22% more than Malaysia 		14.7%
Ranked 7th.
Public spending per student > Primary level 13.7
Ranked 37th. 22% more than Malaysia 		11.2
Ranked 50th.
Primary education, pupils per 1000 135.08
Ranked 48th. 30% more than Malaysia 		104.24
Ranked 82nd.
Secondary education, pupils per 1000 116.39
Ranked 11th. 26% more than Malaysia 		92.51
Ranked 44th.
Girls to boys ratio > Tertiary level enrolment 1.1
Ranked 75th. 		1.31
Ranked 46th. 19% more than Jordan
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ 279,300
Ranked 85th. 		1.74 million
Ranked 48th. 6 times more than Jordan
Girls to boys ratio > Secondary level enrolment 1.01
Ranked 80th. 		1.14
Ranked 9th. 13% more than Jordan
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level > Per capita 36.96 per 1,000 people
Ranked 34th. 40% more than Malaysia 		26.38 per 1,000 people
Ranked 61st.
Tertiary > Students studying abroad per thousand people 2.51
Ranked 74th. 32% more than Malaysia 		1.91
Ranked 82nd.
Outcomes > Secondary education > Duration > Years 6
Ranked 112th. 		7
Ranked 61st. 17% more than Jordan
Teacher student ratio > High school 17.88
Ranked 52nd. 19% more than Malaysia 		14.97
Ranked 59th.
Children out of school > Primary per 1000 8.11
Ranked 44th. 		8.91
Ranked 40th. 10% more than Jordan
High school repeaters > Female 1.11
Ranked 71st. 12 times more than Malaysia 		0.09
Ranked 84th.
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women 206,200
Ranked 83th. 		1.14 million
Ranked 48th. 6 times more than Jordan
Teacher student ratio > Elementary school 19.93
Ranked 82nd. 32% more than Malaysia 		15.08
Ranked 108th.
Literacy rate > Females aged 15-24 98.95
Ranked 7th. About the same as Malaysia 		98.5
Ranked 46th.
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 11 974 hours
Ranked 10th. 1% more than Malaysia 		964 hours
Ranked 11th.
Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 95.4%
Ranked 34th. 		97.7%
Ranked 27th. 2% more than Jordan
Elementary school > Enrolled students 817,160
Ranked 69th. 		3.1 million
Ranked 40th. 4 times more than Jordan
Primary education > Duration > Years 6 years
Ranked 91st. The same as Malaysia 		6 years
Ranked 122nd.
Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ per capita $1,685.06
Ranked 51st. 		$3,622.28
Ranked 30th. 2 times more than Jordan
School enrolment rate > 1st grade 99.09
Ranked 80th. 1% more than Malaysia 		97.69
Ranked 113th.
Secondary education, general pupils per 1000 112.34
Ranked 9th. 29% more than Malaysia 		86.77
Ranked 36th.
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 12 974 hours
Ranked 16th. 		1,230 hours
Ranked 2nd. 26% more than Jordan
High school > Lower secondary starting age 12
Ranked 96th. The same as Malaysia 		12
Ranked 120th.
Elementary (primary) school) > Private school share 33.62%
Ranked 22nd. 35 times more than Malaysia 		0.97%
Ranked 133th.
Elementary school > Gender ratio 100.69
Ranked 16th. 1% more than Malaysia 		99.5
Ranked 50th.
High school enrolment rate > Female 98.21
Ranked 32nd. 1% more than Malaysia 		97.68
Ranked 35th.
Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ > Women 13.4%
Ranked 76th. 		14.7%
Ranked 74th. 10% more than Jordan
Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level 93%
Ranked 74th. 		95%
Ranked 67th. 2% more than Jordan
Duration of education > Secondary level 6
Ranked 108th. 20% more than Malaysia 		5
Ranked 171st.
Public spending per student > Tertiary level 31.1
Ranked 47th. 		86.1
Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Jordan
Primary education > Pupils 799,888
Ranked 78th. 		3.06 million
Ranked 38th. 4 times more than Jordan
Secondary education > Pupils 615,731
Ranked 65th. 		2.52 million
Ranked 31st. 4 times more than Jordan
High school > Population with at least high school education > Men 77.7%
Ranked 50th. 7% more than Malaysia 		72.8%
Ranked 57th.
Literacy rate > Males aged 15-24 98.95
Ranked 6th. 1% more than Malaysia 		98.3
Ranked 47th.
Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Tertiary level 51.05%
Ranked 72nd. 		55.07%
Ranked 46th. 8% more than Jordan
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level > Per capita 121.7 per 1,000 people
Ranked 20th. 27% more than Malaysia 		95.95 per 1,000 people
Ranked 57th.
Secondary education, vocational pupils 25,076
Ranked 76th. 		162,243
Ranked 45th. 6 times more than Jordan
Elementary (primary) school > Students per teacher 19.93
Ranked 78th. 57% more than Malaysia 		12.72
Ranked 114th.
Spending on education > Proportion spent on all staff salaries 83.96%
Ranked 17th. 		90.32%
Ranked 9th. 8% more than Jordan
Secondary education > Teachers 34,294
Ranked 72nd. 		141,913
Ranked 30th. 4 times more than Jordan
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary 13 years
Ranked 57th. The same as Malaysia 		13 years
Ranked 12th.
School enrolment rate > 5th grade 98.78
Ranked 14th. 5% more than Malaysia 		93.72
Ranked 37th.
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level 613,120
Ranked 73th. 		2.3 million
Ranked 35th. 4 times more than Jordan
Scientific and technical journal articles per million 50.93
Ranked 49th. 2 times more than Malaysia 		20.89
Ranked 65th.
Duration of education > Primary level 6
Ranked 88th. The same as Malaysia 		6
Ranked 115th.
Women to men parity index > As ratio of literacy rates > Aged 15-24 1
Ranked 4th. The same as Malaysia 		1
Ranked 18th.
Participation > Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education 102.17%
Ranked 23th. 		102.63%
Ranked 24th. About the same as Jordan
Participation > Children out of school > Elementary 53,149
Ranked 45th. 		125,312
Ranked 34th. 2 times more than Jordan
Public spending per student > Secondary level 16.1
Ranked 45th. 		19.9
Ranked 35th. 24% more than Jordan
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ per 1000 54.09
Ranked 86th. 		70.05
Ranked 77th. 30% more than Jordan
Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Primary level 48.9%
Ranked 35th. About the same as Malaysia 		48.67%
Ranked 59th.
Progression to secondary school 97.04%
Ranked 42nd. 		99.04%
Ranked 19th. 2% more than Jordan
Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 > Women 99%
Ranked 2nd. 2% more than Malaysia 		97.3%
Ranked 12th.
Children out of school > Primary > Per capita 8.11 per 1,000 people
Ranked 45th. 		9.08 per 1,000 people
Ranked 40th. 12% more than Jordan
Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level > Women 93%
Ranked 74th. 		95%
Ranked 68th. 2% more than Jordan
High school > Upper secondary starting age 16
Ranked 37th. 7% more than Malaysia 		15
Ranked 151st.
Elementary school starting age > Years 6
Ranked 110th. The same as Malaysia 		6
Ranked 133th.
Library books 706,000
Ranked 9th. 		1.11 million
Ranked 7th. 57% more than Jordan
Teaching weeks per year > Primary 44 weeks per year
Ranked 2nd. 7% more than Malaysia 		41 weeks per year
Ranked 7th.
Elementary school repeaters > All 0.59
Ranked 93th. 		0.0
Ranked 82nd.
School life expectancy > Male 9 years
Ranked 80th. 		11.2 years
Ranked 61st. 24% more than Jordan
Secondary education > General pupils > Per capita 109.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 23th. 13% more than Malaysia 		97.4 per 1,000 people
Ranked 35th.
Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ > Men 4.2%
Ranked 98th. 		7.7%
Ranked 73th. 83% more than Jordan
Education enrolment by level > Primary level per 1000 156.04
Ranked 42nd. 27% more than Malaysia 		123.25
Ranked 76th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level > Per capita 0.156 per capita
Ranked 39th. 24% more than Malaysia 		0.126 per capita
Ranked 71st.
Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level > Men 92%
Ranked 74th. 		96%
Ranked 60th. 4% more than Jordan
Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 > Men 98.9%
Ranked 2nd. 2% more than Malaysia 		97.2%
Ranked 12th.
Library books per 1000 168.3
Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Malaysia 		53.46
Ranked 13th.
Pupils-teacher ratio > Primary level 20.8
Ranked 7th. 14% more than Malaysia 		18.2
Ranked 99th.
Elementary (primary school) > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 64%
Ranked 3rd. 		69%
Ranked 31st. 8% more than Jordan
Secondary education > Vocational pupils 35,502
Ranked 69th. 		138,521
Ranked 46th. 4 times more than Jordan
Primary education > Teachers 39,441
Ranked 66th. 		174,504
Ranked 27th. 4 times more than Jordan
Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Secondary level 49.35%
Ranked 75th. 		51.25%
Ranked 31st. 4% more than Jordan
Private school enrolment > Primary level 30
Ranked 10th. 10 times more than Malaysia 		2.9
Ranked 63th.
Outcomes > Primary education > Duration > Years 6
Ranked 86th. The same as Malaysia 		6
Ranked 113th.
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 10 945 hours
Ranked 13th. 		964 hours
Ranked 10th. 2% more than Jordan
Primary education > Teachers per 1000 7.64
Ranked 20th. 9% more than Malaysia 		7.01
Ranked 25th.
Secondary education > Pupils per 1000 116.4
Ranked 24th. 15% more than Malaysia 		101.19
Ranked 43th.
Literacy > Men above 14 years 95.2%
Ranked 1st. 3% more than Malaysia 		92%
Ranked 16th.
Children out of school > Primary > Female > Per capita 3.14 per 1,000 people
Ranked 53th. 		4.49 per 1,000 people
Ranked 41st. 43% more than Jordan
Female enrolment share > Primary level 48.8%
Ranked 6th. About the same as Malaysia 		48.7%
Ranked 48th.
Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ $10.65 billion
Ranked 44th. 		$105.92 billion
Ranked 15th. 10 times more than Jordan
Proportion of primary education time spent learning technology 4 5
Primary school starting age > Years 6
Ranked 123th. The same as Malaysia 		6
Ranked 150th.
Scouting > Members 15,521
Ranked 58th. 		44,016
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than Jordan
High school > Share of total education spending 39.59%
Ranked 22nd. 17% more than Malaysia 		33.72%
Ranked 59th.
Elementary (primary) school) > Proportion spent on all staff salaries 94.96%
Ranked 6th. 7% more than Malaysia 		88.98%
Ranked 25th.
High school> Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries 82.88%
Ranked 9th. 34% more than Malaysia 		61.97%
Ranked 32nd.
Elementary (primary) school > Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries 87.64%
Ranked 7th. 41% more than Malaysia 		62.29%
Ranked 35th.
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 75.9%
Ranked 10th. 8% more than Malaysia 		70.2%
Ranked 44th.
Participation > Secondary education > General pupils 672,157
Ranked 51st. 		2.34 million
Ranked 33th. 3 times more than Jordan
Secondary education > Teachers per 1000 6.64
Ranked 51st. 16% more than Malaysia 		5.7
Ranked 65th.
Secondary education > General pupils per 1000 109.68
Ranked 23th. 15% more than Malaysia 		95.62
Ranked 37th.
Ratio of female to male primary enrollment 100.72
Ranked 14th. 1% more than Malaysia 		99.63
Ranked 35th.
Children out of school > Primary > Male 26,306
Ranked 44th. 		112,026
Ranked 25th. 4 times more than Jordan
Elementary (primary) school > Gender parity index 0.996
Ranked 52nd. 		0.999
Ranked 37th. About the same as Jordan
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13 974 hours
Ranked 18th. 		1,230 hours
Ranked 6th. 26% more than Jordan
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9 802 hours
Ranked 18th. 		964 hours
Ranked 11th. 20% more than Jordan
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 49.5%
Ranked 11th. 		51.2%
Ranked 28th. 3% more than Jordan
Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary > Teachers > Women 0.0
Ranked 66th. 		2,195
Ranked 9th.
Private school enrolment > Secondary level 9.4
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Malaysia 		3
Ranked 11th.
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level per 1000 121.7
Ranked 21st. 29% more than Malaysia 		94.21
Ranked 64th.
Scouting > Members per thousand people 2.46
Ranked 54th. 63% more than Malaysia 		1.51
Ranked 72nd.
Primary completion rate > Women 100
Ranked 31st. 9% more than Malaysia 		92
Ranked 81st.
Proportion of primary education time spent learning science 15%
Ranked 4th. 36% more than Malaysia 		11%
Ranked 22nd.
School life expectancy > Female 9.1 years
Ranked 72nd. 		11.7 years
Ranked 50th. 29% more than Jordan
Elementary school repeaters > Female 0.6
Ranked 87th. 		0.0
Ranked 70th.
Elementary school repeaters > Male 0.57
Ranked 95th. 		0.0
Ranked 71st.
Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Men 95.6%
Ranked 30th. 		98%
Ranked 20th. 3% more than Jordan
Children out of school > Primary > Male > Per capita 4.97 per 1,000 people
Ranked 43th. 8% more than Malaysia 		4.58 per 1,000 people
Ranked 41st.
High school teachers 34,294
Ranked 67th. 		166,940
Ranked 24th. 5 times more than Jordan
Elementary school teachers 39,441
Ranked 60th. 		205,772
Ranked 23th. 5 times more than Jordan
High school enrolment rate > Male 99.24
Ranked 22nd. 		100
Ranked 11th. 1% more than Jordan
Literacy > Women above 14 years 87%
Ranked 4th. 2% more than Malaysia 		85.4%
Ranked 16th.
Gender ratio > Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds 1%
Ranked 4th. The same as Malaysia 		1%
Ranked 17th.
Teachers' Day date 2/28/2011 5/16/2011
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women per 1000 39.93
Ranked 76th. 		45.84
Ranked 70th. 15% more than Jordan
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Per capita 54.09 per 1,000 people
Ranked 87th. 		71.35 per 1,000 people
Ranked 79th. 32% more than Jordan
Primary completion rate > Men 101
Ranked 22nd. 10% more than Malaysia 		92
Ranked 79th.
Participation > Secondary education > Pupils 625,682
Ranked 62nd. 		2.58 million
Ranked 32nd. 4 times more than Jordan
Proportion of primary education time spent learning vocational skills 6 5
Primary education > Pupils per 1000 151.21
Ranked 47th. 23% more than Malaysia 		122.79
Ranked 75th.
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment 101.35
Ranked 62nd. 		114.18
Ranked 13th. 13% more than Jordan
Secondary education > Pupils > Per capita 116.39 per 1,000 people
Ranked 21st. 13% more than Malaysia 		103.07 per 1,000 people
Ranked 34th.
Intake ratio to last grade of primary > Females None
None

Pupils-teacher ratio > Secondary level 20.3
Ranked 45th. 5% more than Malaysia 		19.4
Ranked 49th.
Proportion of primary education time spent learning foreign languages 16 11
Pupils reaching grade 5 97.7
Ranked 16th. 		98.8
Ranked 5th. 1% more than Jordan
School enrollment > Primary > Male > % net 90.36% net
Ranked 76th. 		93.32% net
Ranked 55th. 3% more than Jordan
Services, etc., value added > % of GDP 66.81%
Ranked 29th. 36% more than Malaysia 		49.1%
Ranked 74th.
Primary education, teachers > % female 63.98%
Ranked 84th. 		68.71%
Ranked 83th. 7% more than Jordan
Tertiary education, teachers > % female 24.93%
Ranked 75th. 		49.92%
Ranked 19th. Twice as much as Jordan
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure 20.6%
Ranked 17th. 		21.3%
Ranked 13th. 3% more than Jordan
Labor force with secondary education, female > % of female labor force 28.5%
Ranked 40th. 		50.3%
Ranked 20th. 76% more than Jordan
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 23%
Ranked 11th. 		49.7%
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Jordan
Teaching weeks per year > Lower secondary 44 weeks per year
Ranked 2nd. 7% more than Malaysia 		41 weeks per year
Ranked 7th.
Ratio of female to male enrollments in tertiary education 110.31
Ranked 66th. 		140.61
Ranked 33th. 27% more than Jordan
Proportion of primary education time spent learning arts 3 5
Secondary education > Pupils > % female 49.16% female
Ranked 58th. 		51.94% female
Ranked 15th. 6% more than Jordan
Proportion of primary education time spent in physical education 4 5
Primary completion rate > Total > % of relevant age group 96.69%
Ranked 55th. 3% more than Malaysia 		94.19%
Ranked 70th.
Participation > School enrollment > Secondary > Private > % of total secondary 18.08%
Ranked 45th. 4 times more than Malaysia 		4.1%
Ranked 89th.
School enrollment > Tertiary > Male > % gross 37.45% gross
Ranked 41st. 39% more than Malaysia 		27.01% gross
Ranked 56th.
Participation > School enrollment > Tertiary > % gross 40.65%
Ranked 40th. 27% more than Malaysia 		32.11%
Ranked 59th.
Participation > School enrollment > Tertiary > Female > % gross 42.88%
Ranked 41st. 18% more than Malaysia 		36.22%
Ranked 56th.
Participation > Total enrollment > Primary > % net 93.7%
Ranked 59th. 		96.1%
Ranked 52nd. 3% more than Jordan
Participation > School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % net 79.97%
Ranked 37th. 22% more than Malaysia 		65.61%
Ranked 68th.
Persistence to grade 5 > Male > % of cohort 98.72%
Ranked 13th. The same as Malaysia 		98.69%
Ranked 13th.
School enrollment, primary, private > % of total primary 33.62%
Ranked 22nd. 35 times more than Malaysia 		0.97%
Ranked 129th.
Primary education, pupils > % female 48.64%
Ranked 60th. About the same as Malaysia 		48.48%
Ranked 87th.
School enrollment, primary, female > % gross 98.09%
Ranked 106th. 		98.22%
Ranked 109th. About the same as Jordan
Primary completion rate, total > % of relevant age group 92.81%
Ranked 69th. 		100.5%
Ranked 31st. 8% more than Jordan
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female > % of relevant age group 100.16%
Ranked 76th. 5% more than Malaysia 		95.06%
Ranked 111th.
Secondary education, general pupils > % female 50.54%
Ranked 47th. 		51.02%
Ranked 41st. 1% more than Jordan
Total enrollment, primary, male > % net 98.34%
Ranked 19th. 		98.45%
Ranked 20th. About the same as Jordan
Labor force with primary education, female > % of female labor force 13%
Ranked 36th. 		14.1%
Ranked 32nd. 8% more than Jordan
Labor force with tertiary education > % of total 28.3%
Ranked 22nd. 16% more than Malaysia 		24.4%
Ranked 30th.
Literacy > Literacy rate, youth male > % of males ages 15-24 99.05%
Ranked 30th. 1% more than Malaysia 		98.38%
Ranked 11th.
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment > % 103.51%
Ranked 35th. 7% more than Malaysia 		97.1%
Ranked 105th.
Ratio of female to male primary enrollment > % 98.45%
Ranked 78th. 5% more than Malaysia 		93.89%
Ranked 135th.
Adjusted savings > Education expenditure > % of GNI 5.61% of GNI
Ranked 34th. 		5.77% of GNI
Ranked 28th. 3% more than Jordan
Public spending on education > Total > % of GDP 4.94%
Ranked 47th. 		7.95%
Ranked 9th. 61% more than Jordan
Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment 50.2%
Ranked 26th. 57% more than Malaysia 		32%
Ranked 30th.
Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment 14.8%
Ranked 69th. 		48.8%
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than Jordan
Expenditure per student > Primary > % of GDP per capita 14.02%
Ranked 21st. 		18.62%
Ranked 34th. 33% more than Jordan
School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % gross 86.86% gross
Ranked 69th. 23% more than Malaysia 		70.89% gross
Ranked 102nd.
Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Women 95.1%
Ranked 31st. 		97.3%
Ranked 27th. 2% more than Jordan
School enrollment > Primary > % net 91.14% net
Ranked 69th. 		93.21% net
Ranked 57th. 2% more than Jordan
School enrollment > Secondary > % gross 87.44% gross
Ranked 71st. 15% more than Malaysia 		75.78% gross
Ranked 101st.
Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$, % of GDP 34.08%
Ranked 52nd. 		34.89%
Ranked 48th. 2% more than Jordan
Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment > % 115.12%
Ranked 61st. 		123%
Ranked 60th. 7% more than Jordan
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Men per 1000 13.81
Ranked 96th. 		24.23
Ranked 74th. 75% more than Jordan
School enrollment, primary, female > % net 96.85%
Ranked 22nd. 2% more than Malaysia 		94.97%
Ranked 30th.
Persistence to grade 5, total > % of cohort 98.47%
Ranked 15th. 		99.47%
Ranked 6th. 1% more than Jordan
School enrollment > Primary > % gross 98.2% gross
Ranked 122nd. 5% more than Malaysia 		93.48% gross
Ranked 140th.
Persistence to last grade of primary, male > % of cohort 97.04%
Ranked 28th. 		98.65%
Ranked 12th. 2% more than Jordan
Participation > Total enrollment > Primary > Female > % net 94.37%
Ranked 48th. 		95.99%
Ranked 46th. 2% more than Jordan
Public spending on education > Total > % of government expenditure 20.6%
Ranked 14th. 		28.02%
Ranked 2nd. 36% more than Jordan
High school > Lower Secondary > Students per teacher 19.93
Ranked 31st. 16% more than Malaysia 		17.17
Ranked 44th.
Proportion of primary education time spent learning religion 9 9
Public spending on private institutions 2.2%
Ranked 27th. 		11.8%
Ranked 13th. 5 times more than Jordan
Intake ratio to last grade of primary > Males None
None

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