Education > High school Stats: compare key data on New Zealand & South Africa

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.
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.
Lower secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the lower secondary (middle school) level.
Lower secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin lower secondary (middle school) education.
Population with at least high school education > Men: Gender Inequality Index.
Population with at least high school education > Women: Population with at least high school education > Women.
Private school share: Percentage of secondary students who attend a private school.
Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to secondary education.
Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for all levels of secondary education.
Upper secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the upper secondary (high school) level.
Upper secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin upper secondary (high school) education.

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STAT	New Zealand	South Africa
Gender parity index	1.05 Ranked 36th.	1.05 Ranked 33th. About the same as New Zealand
Gender ratio	105.44 Ranked 27th. 1% more than South Africa	104.66 Ranked 34th.
Lower secondary school duration	4 Ranked 44th. Twice as much as South Africa	2 Ranked 192nd.
Lower secondary starting age	11 Ranked 164th.	14 Ranked 3rd. 27% more than New Zealand
Population with at least high school education > Men	84.7% Ranked 37th. 17% more than South Africa	72.2% Ranked 59th.
Population with at least high school education > Women	82.8% Ranked 34th. 20% more than South Africa	68.9% Ranked 57th.
Private school share	10.92% Ranked 72nd. 3 times more than South Africa	4.11% Ranked 47th.
Share of total education spending	38.13% Ranked 10th. 21% more than South Africa	31.45% Ranked 63th.
Students per teacher	14.37 Ranked 58th.	25.05 Ranked 18th. 74% more than New Zealand
Upper secondary school duration	3 Ranked 86th. The same as South Africa	3 Ranked 68th.
Upper secondary starting age	15 Ranked 113th.	16 Ranked 25th. 7% more than New Zealand

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