Education > High school Stats: compare key data on Norway & South Korea

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.
Lower Secondary > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for lower secondary (middle school) education.
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.
Private school share: Percentage of secondary students who attend a private school.
Proportion spent on all staff salaries: Percentage of public funding for secondary education that goes to school staff salaries.
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 > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for upper secondary (high school) 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	Norway	South Korea
Gender parity index	0.982 Ranked 96th.	0.988 Ranked 88th. 1% more than Norway
Lower Secondary > Students per teacher	7.44 Ranked 32nd.	18.01 Ranked 32nd. 2 times more than Norway
Lower secondary school duration	3 Ranked 176th. The same as South Korea	3 Ranked 179th.
Lower secondary starting age	13 Ranked 33th. 8% more than South Korea	12 Ranked 131st.
Private school share	8.17% Ranked 87th.	31.46% Ranked 18th. 4 times more than Norway
Proportion spent on all staff salaries	78.67% Ranked 46th. 12% more than South Korea	70.05% Ranked 65th.
Share of total education spending	35.33% Ranked 53th.	38.22% Ranked 36th. 8% more than Norway
Students per teacher	7.54 Ranked 80th.	16.16 Ranked 43th. 2 times more than Norway
Upper Secondary > Students per teacher	8.4 Ranked 90th.	14.69 Ranked 36th. 75% more than Norway
Upper secondary school duration	3 Ranked 128th. The same as South Korea	3 Ranked 132nd.
Upper secondary starting age	16 Ranked 56th. 7% more than South Korea	15 Ranked 159th.

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