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  • Adult literacy rate > Total: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Children out of school, primary: Children out of school, primary. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Total is the total number of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools.
  • Children out of school, primary per 1000: Children out of school, primary. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Total is the total number of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • College and university > Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for college and university enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
  • College and university > Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to post-secondary education.
  • Compulsary education duration: Number of years students are required to be enrolled in school for all levels of education. For instance, compulsary education lasts for 12 years in the United States.
  • Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP: Percentage of public funding for education out of country's total GDP.
  • High school enrolment rate: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • Literacy > 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.
  • 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 > Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment is the percentage of men to women enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.
  • Child care (preschool) > Duration: Number of years students study at the pre-primary (preschool) level. It should be noted that not all countries require pre-primary education.
  • Secondary education > Teachers > Per capita: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Duration of compulsory education: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
  • Secondary education, pupils: Secondary education, pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled at public and private secondary education institutions.
  • College and university > Private school share: Percentage of post-secondary students who attend a private school, college, or university.
  • School life expectancy > Total: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
  • Literacy > Adult literacy: Adult literacy rate (%).
  • Primary education, pupils: Primary education, pupils. Enrolment in primary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions.
  • Primary education, teachers: Primary education, teachers. Teaching staff in primary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Adult literacy rate > Female: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Tertiary enrollment: Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.
  • Spending per student > College and university: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • High school > Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • Compulsary education starting age: Age at which children must be enrolled in school.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary per million: Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Secondary is the number of pupils enrolled in secondary school divided by the number of secondary school teachers. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Literacy > Definition: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • High school > Upper secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the upper secondary (high school) level.
  • Literacy > Male: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Spending > USD: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment."
  • 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 per 1000: Secondary education, teachers. Teaching staff in total secondary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private secondary education institutions (ISCED 2 and 3). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Secondary education, teachers: Secondary education, teachers. Teaching staff in total secondary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private secondary education institutions (ISCED 2 and 3). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Child care (preschool) > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for pre-primary (preschool) education.
  • High school > Lower secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the lower secondary (middle school) level.
  • 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.
  • Elementary (primary school) > Starting age: Average age at which students begin primary education.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged over 10 per thousand people: Number of females older than 10 years, who are literate. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Tertiary > Students studying abroad per thousand people: Total number of post-secondary students who were studying abroad during given year. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Outcomes > Secondary education > Duration > Years: Secondary education, duration (years) is the number of grades (years) in secondary school."
  • Teacher student ratio > High school: Secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in secondary school divided by the number of secondary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).
  • Children out of school > Primary per 1000: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Inequality adjusted index: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index.
  • High school repeaters > Female: Repeaters in secondary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in secondary school."
  • Teacher student ratio > Elementary school: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).
  • Literacy rate > Females aged 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Elementary school > Enrolled students: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Primary education > Duration > Years: Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.
  • 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.
  • Elementary (primary) school) > Private school share: Percentage of primary students who attend a private school.
  • High school > Lower secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin lower secondary (middle school) education.
  • Elementary school > Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male primary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • High school enrolment rate > Female: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • Duration of education > Secondary level: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
  • Public spending per student > Tertiary level: Public expenditure per student, tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the government on tertiary education, divided by the total number of pupils in tertiary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
  • Primary education > Pupils: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • 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 > Children out of school > Elementary: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
  • Participation > Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education: Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary and secondary levels in public and private schools.
  • 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."
  • Elementary school repeaters > All: Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school."
  • Secondary education > General pupils > Per capita: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Education enrolment by level > Primary level > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Education enrolment by level > Primary level per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Pupils-teacher ratio > Primary level: Pupil-teacher ratio, primary level is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary education. Cross-country comparisons may be affected by such factors as the composition of teachers by part- and full-time employment.
  • Elementary (primary school) > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female: Percentage of country's elementary, or primary, teachers that are female.
  • Primary education > Teachers: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged over 10 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 10-14: Compares countries by number of male illiterates, in the age range 10 to 14. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
  • Private school enrolment > Primary level: Private sector enrolment share, primary level is the share of primary school pupils who attend a privately managed school, regardless of whether or not the school receives subsidies from the government.
  • Outcomes > Primary education > Duration > Years: Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.
  • Primary education > Teachers per 1000: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Literacy > Men above 14 years: Percent of male population above the age of 14 years that is literate.
  • Children out of school > Primary > Female > Per capita: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Female enrolment share > Primary level: Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.
  • Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$: Services, etc., value added (constant 2000 US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars.
  • Primary school starting age > Years: Primary school starting age (years). Entrance age of primary is the age at which students would enter primary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.
  • 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.
  • Enrolment ratio > Secondary level: Net enrolment ratio, secondary level, is the ratio of the number of children of official secondary school age enrolled in school to the number of children of official secondary school age in the population.
  • Participation > Secondary education > General pupils: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training."
  • Secondary education > General pupils per 1000: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Ratio of female to male primary enrollment: Ratio of female to male primary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Secondary education > Teachers per 1000: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Children out of school > Primary > Male: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
  • Elementary (primary) school > Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index in primary, or elementary, school. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled. 
  • Female enrolment share > Secondary level: Girls' enrolment share, secondary level is the number of girls enrolled in secondary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in secondary school.
  • Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary > Teachers > Women: Number of female teaching staff in post-secondary non-tertiary education. Post-secondary non-tertiary education serves to broaden the knowledge of participants, who have already gained an upper secondary qualification.
  • Private school enrolment > Secondary level: Private sector enrolment share, secondary level is the share of students in general secondary education who attend a privately managed school, regardless of whether or not the school receives subsidies from the government.
  • Education enrolment by level > Secondary level per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • 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.
  • Elementary school teachers: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • High school teachers: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • 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.
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  • Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Participation > Secondary education > Pupils: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • Primary education > Pupils per 1000: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment: Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • Intake ratio to last grade of primary > Females: Number of female entrants in the last grade of primary education (regardless of age) expressed as a percentage of the female population at entrance age to the last grade.
  • 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.
  • Grade 1 intake rate: Total number of new entrants in first grade of primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population at the official primary school-entrance age
  • 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.
  • Primary education > Teachers > % female: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Literacy rate > Adult total > % of people ages 15 and above: 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.
  • 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 > Primary > Female > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Government spending on education > % of government spending: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Literacy > Ratio of young literate females to males > % ages 15-24: Ratio of young literate females to males (% ages 15-24). Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is the ratio of female youth literacy rate to male youth literacy rate. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.
  • Literacy > Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above). Adult (15+) literacy rate (%). Total is the percentage of the population age 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life. Generally, u2018literacyu2019 also encompasses u2018numeracyu2019, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of literates aged 15 years and over by the corresponding age group population and multiplying the result by 100.
  • Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education > %: Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%). Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary and secondary levels in public and private schools.
  • School enrollment, preprimary, female > % gross: School enrollment, preprimary, female (% gross). Gross enrolment ratio. Pre-primary. Female is the total female enrollment in pre-primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of official pre-primary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.
  • School enrollment, preprimary, male > % gross: School enrollment, preprimary, male (% gross). Gross enrolment ratio. Pre-primary. Male is the total male enrollment in pre-primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total male population of official pre-primary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.
  • Economically active children, study and work > % of economically active children, ages 7-14: Economically active children, study and work (% of economically active children, ages 7-14). Children in employment refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. Work only refers to children involved in economic activity and not attending school.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 10-14 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of male illiterates, in the age range 10 to 14. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Participation > School enrollment > Preprimary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment."
  • Participation > 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."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Participation > 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."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Private > % of total primary: 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."
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Literacy rate > Youth male > % of males ages 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.
  • Literacy rate > Adult female > % of females ages 15 and above: 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.
  • Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI: Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI). Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment.
  • 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.
  • Persistence to last grade of primary, total > % of cohort: Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort). Survival rate to last grade of primary. Total is the share of 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.
  • Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Men per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • School enrollment > Secondary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
  • 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.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 10-14 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 10-14 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Repeaters, primary, male > % of male enrollment: Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment). Percentage of repeaters in primary. All grades. Male is the number of male students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all male students enrolled in primary school. It is calculated by dividing the sum of male repeaters in all grades of primary education by the total male enrolment of primary education and multiplying the result by 100.
  • Outcomes > Ratio of young literate females to males > % ages 15-24: Ratio of young literate females to males is the percentage of females to males ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • High school > Lower Secondary > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for lower secondary (middle school) education.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 10-14 per thousand people: Number of males aged 10-14 years, who are illiterate. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary > Teachers > Women per million people: Number of female teaching staff in post-secondary non-tertiary education. Post-secondary non-tertiary education serves to broaden the knowledge of participants, who have already gained an upper secondary qualification. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • School attendance of non-orphans: Percentage of children aged 10-14 who live with at least one parent and who are enrolled in school. 
  • High school > Upper Secondary > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for upper secondary (high school) education.
  • Gross intake rate in grade 1 > Female > % of relevant age group: Gross intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.
  • 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.
  • Elementary (primary) school) > Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to primary education.
  • Children out of school > Primary > Male 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.
  • Persistence to grade 5, female > % of cohort: Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort). Survival rate to grade 5. Female is the share of female 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.
  • Persistence to grade 5, male > % of cohort: Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort). Survival rate to grade 5. Male is the share of male 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.
  • Repeaters, primary, total > % of total enrollment: Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment). Percentage of repeaters in primary. All grades. Total is the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school. It is calculated by dividing the sum of repeaters in all grades of primary education by the total enrolment of primary education and multiplying the result by 100.
  • Total enrollment, primary > % net: Total enrollment, primary (% net). Adjusted net enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.
  • School enrollment, secondary > % net: School enrollment, secondary (% net). Net enrolment rate. Secondary. All programmes. Total is the ratio of children of the official secondary school age who are enrolled in secondary school to the population of the official secondary school age.
  • Progression to secondary school, female > %: Progression to secondary school, female (%). Transition from primary (ISCED 1) to secondary (ISCED 2), general programmes (%). Female is the number of new female entrants to the first grade of secondary education (general programmes only) in a given year, expressed as a percentage of the number of female pupils enrolled in the final grade of primary education in the previous year.
  • Repeaters, secondary, total > % of total enrollment: Repeaters, secondary, total (% of total enrollment). Percentage of repeaters in secondary. All grades. Total is the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in secondary school. It is calculated by dividing the sum of repeaters in all grades of secondary education by the total enrolment of secondary education and multiplying the result by 100.
  • School enrollment, tertiary > % gross: School enrollment, tertiary (% gross). Gross enrolment ratio. Tertiary (ISCED 5 and 6). Total is the total enrollment in tertiary education (ISCED 5 and 6), regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the five-year age group following on from secondary school leaving.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 10-14: Number of males aged 10-14 years, who are illiterate.
  • School enrollment > Secondary > Private > % of total secondary: Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.
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STAT Philippines Vietnam HISTORY
Adult literacy rate > Total 93.6
Ranked 43th. 1% more than Vietnam 		92.5
Ranked 48th.
Children out of school, primary 1.47 million
Ranked 4th. 12 times more than Vietnam 		121,992
Ranked 20th.
Children out of school, primary per 1000 15.99
Ranked 32nd. 12 times more than Vietnam 		1.37
Ranked 51st.
College and university > Gender parity index 1.24
Ranked 62nd. 22% more than Vietnam 		1.01
Ranked 58th.
College and university > Share of total education spending 11.96%
Ranked 91st. 		14.72%
Ranked 83th. 23% more than Philippines
Compulsary education duration 6
Ranked 176th. 		9
Ranked 58th. 50% more than Philippines
Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP 2.65%
Ranked 108th. 		6.85%
Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Philippines
High school enrolment rate 97.51
Ranked 43th. 5% more than Vietnam 		92.75
Ranked 62nd.
Literacy > Female 95.8%
Ranked 52nd. 4% more than Vietnam 		92.3%
Ranked 64th.
Literacy > Total population 95.9%
Ranked 56th. 2% more than Vietnam 		94%
Ranked 61st.
Primary education, duration > Years 6
Ranked 105th. 20% more than Vietnam 		5
Ranked 153th.
Primary education, teachers per 1000 4.74
Ranked 67th. 15% more than Vietnam 		4.12
Ranked 42nd.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 31.44
Ranked 38th. 62% more than Vietnam 		19.4
Ranked 50th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 34.81
Ranked 6th. 21% more than Vietnam 		28.86
Ranked 5th.
Secondary education, duration > Years 4
Ranked 197th. 		7
Ranked 38th. 75% more than Philippines
College and university > Gender ratio 124.04
Ranked 44th. 70% more than Vietnam 		73.16
Ranked 85th.
Child care (preschool) > Duration 1
Ranked 200th. 		3
Ranked 46th. 3 times more than Philippines
Secondary education > Teachers > Per capita 2.06 per 1,000 people
Ranked 108th. 		5 per 1,000 people
Ranked 32nd. 2 times more than Philippines
Duration of compulsory education 7 years
Ranked 126th. 40% more than Vietnam 		5 years
Ranked 155th.
Secondary education, pupils 6.77 million
Ranked 15th. 		6.83 million
Ranked 5th. 1% more than Philippines
College and university > Private school share 62.57%
Ranked 21st. 4 times more than Vietnam 		14.91%
Ranked 31st.
Girls to boys ratio > Primary level enrolment 0.99
Ranked 52nd. 5% more than Vietnam 		0.94
Ranked 112th.
School life expectancy > Total 11.2 years
Ranked 61st. 8% more than Vietnam 		10.4 years
Ranked 71st.
Literacy > Adult literacy 93.4%
Ranked 42nd. 3% more than Vietnam 		90.3%
Ranked 5th.
Primary education, pupils 13.69 million
Ranked 10th. 93% more than Vietnam 		7.1 million
Ranked 5th.
Primary education, teachers 435,385
Ranked 7th. 19% more than Vietnam 		366,045
Ranked 2nd.
Adult literacy rate > Female 93.9
Ranked 40th. 4% more than Vietnam 		90.2
Ranked 51st.
Tertiary enrollment 31.2%
Ranked 39th. 3 times more than Vietnam 		9.7%
Ranked 70th.
Spending per student > College and university 11.57
Ranked 71st. 		61.67
Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Philippines
High school > Gender ratio 109.01
Ranked 13th. 19% more than Vietnam 		91.66
Ranked 109th.
Compulsary education starting age 6
Ranked 109th. The same as Vietnam 		6
Ranked 34th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary per million 0.379
Ranked 89th. 		0.382
Ranked 47th. 1% more than Philippines
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write age 15 and over can read and write
High school > Upper secondary school duration 1
Ranked 204th. 		3
Ranked 71st. 3 times more than Philippines
Literacy > Male 96%
Ranked 58th. About the same as Vietnam 		95.8%
Ranked 60th.
Spending > USD 4.06 billion
Ranked 48th. 65% more than Vietnam 		2.47 billion
Ranked 57th.
Spending > Proportion 2.19
Ranked 144th. 		2.81
Ranked 127th. 28% more than Philippines
Pupil-teacher ratio > Primary 34.53
Ranked 38th. 60% more than Vietnam 		21.56
Ranked 60th.
Child care (preschool) > Starting age 5
Ranked 10th. 67% more than Vietnam 		3
Ranked 101st.
High school repeaters > Male 4.32
Ranked 50th. 2 times more than Vietnam 		1.87
Ranked 73th.
Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 95.1%
Ranked 2nd. 1% more than Vietnam 		93.9%
Ranked 5th.
Preschool enrollment rate 110.09
Ranked 39th. 6% more than Vietnam 		104.11
Ranked 78th.
Tertiary > Students studying abroad 11,639.11
Ranked 70th. 		52,285.41
Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Philippines
Primary completion rate 97
Ranked 42nd. 3% more than Vietnam 		94
Ranked 53th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 2.43 million
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Vietnam 		797,086
Ranked 29th.
Elementary (primary school) > Duration 6
Ranked 110th. 20% more than Vietnam 		5
Ranked 162nd.
Children out of school > Primary 646,449
Ranked 15th. 		1.01 million
Ranked 7th. 56% more than Philippines
Secondary education, teachers per 1000 2.12
Ranked 94th. 		3.14
Ranked 18th. 48% more than Philippines
Secondary education, teachers 194,373
Ranked 19th. 		236,886
Ranked 4th. 22% more than Philippines
Child care (preschool) > Students per teacher 34.65
Ranked 7th. 82% more than Vietnam 		19.08
Ranked 19th.
High school > Lower secondary school duration 3
Ranked 151st. 		4
Ranked 34th. 33% more than Philippines
Spending per student > High school 9.2
Ranked 71st. 		17.26
Ranked 15th. 88% more than Philippines
Secondary education, general pupils 6.77 million
Ranked 11th. 		7.68 million
Ranked 2nd. 14% more than Philippines
Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ 4.4%
Ranked 101st. 		7%
Ranked 90th. 59% more than Philippines
High school > Gender parity index 1.08
Ranked 21st. 22% more than Vietnam 		0.89
Ranked 75th.
Scientific and technical journal articles 179
Ranked 70th. 		216
Ranked 64th. 21% more than Philippines
College and university > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 56%
Ranked 1st. 19% more than Vietnam 		47%
Ranked 21st.
Tertiary > Students studying abroad proportion 0.384%
Ranked 130th. 		2.35%
Ranked 90th. 6 times more than Philippines
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level per 1000 29.98
Ranked 48th. 3 times more than Vietnam 		10.02
Ranked 93th.
Elementary (primary school) > Starting age 6
Ranked 136th. The same as Vietnam 		6
Ranked 76th.
High school > Students per teacher 34.81
Ranked 6th. 21% more than Vietnam 		28.86
Ranked 5th.
Secondary education > General pupils 6.31 million
Ranked 13th. 		9.47 million
Ranked 2nd. 50% more than Philippines
Spending per student > Elementary school 8.65
Ranked 72nd. 		19.69
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Philippines
Secondary school starting age > Years 12
Ranked 104th. 9% more than Vietnam 		11
Ranked 149th.
High school starting age > Years 12
Ranked 97th. 9% more than Vietnam 		11
Ranked 131st.
Primary education > Teachers > Per capita 4.62 per 1,000 people
Ranked 75th. 6% more than Vietnam 		4.34 per 1,000 people
Ranked 50th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level 12.97 million
Ranked 10th. 47% more than Vietnam 		8.84 million
Ranked 11th.
High school > Population with at least high school education > Women 65.9%
Ranked 64th. 3 times more than Vietnam 		24.7%
Ranked 119th.
Elementary school graduate rate 73.24
Ranked 73th. 		92.12
Ranked 51st. 26% more than Philippines
Literacy rate > People aged 15-24 94.8
Ranked 68th. 		96.8
Ranked 57th. 2% more than Philippines
Schools connected to the Internet 2%
Ranked 9th. 		20%
Ranked 6th. 10 times more than Philippines
Public spending per student > Primary level 14.3
Ranked 33th. 91% more than Vietnam 		7.5
Ranked 10th.
Secondary education, pupils per 1000 73.64
Ranked 103th. 		90.49
Ranked 16th. 23% more than Philippines
Primary education, pupils per 1000 148.95
Ranked 39th. 86% more than Vietnam 		79.99
Ranked 63th.
Girls to boys ratio > Tertiary level enrolment 1.23
Ranked 39th. 73% more than Vietnam 		0.71
Ranked 76th.
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ 2.26 million
Ranked 42nd. 		3.92 million
Ranked 28th. 74% more than Philippines
Girls to boys ratio > Secondary level enrolment 1.12
Ranked 15th. 15% more than Vietnam 		0.97
Ranked 87th.
Literacy > Female literates > Aged over 10 per thousand people 339.01
Ranked 9th. 		356.19
Ranked 4th. 5% more than Philippines
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level > Per capita 30.84 per 1,000 people
Ranked 46th. 3 times more than Vietnam 		10 per 1,000 people
Ranked 91st.
Tertiary > Students studying abroad per thousand people 0.122
Ranked 196th. 		0.595
Ranked 135th. 5 times more than Philippines
Outcomes > Secondary education > Duration > Years 4
Ranked 177th. 		7
Ranked 35th. 75% more than Philippines
Teacher student ratio > High school 35.13
Ranked 5th. 70% more than Vietnam 		20.67
Ranked 25th.
Children out of school > Primary per 1000 7.67
Ranked 47th. 		12.22
Ranked 30th. 59% more than Philippines
Inequality adjusted index 0.587
Ranked 62nd. 31% more than Vietnam 		0.447
Ranked 81st.
High school repeaters > Female 1.43
Ranked 66th. 93% more than Vietnam 		0.74
Ranked 78th.
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women 1.15 million
Ranked 47th. 		2.42 million
Ranked 28th. 2 times more than Philippines
Teacher student ratio > Elementary school 33.67
Ranked 36th. 69% more than Vietnam 		19.93
Ranked 63th.
Literacy rate > Females aged 15-24 95.7
Ranked 66th. 		96.3
Ranked 61st. 1% more than Philippines
Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 71.5%
Ranked 69th. 		86.8%
Ranked 52nd. 21% more than Philippines
Elementary school > Enrolled students 13.41 million
Ranked 8th. 95% more than Vietnam 		6.87 million
Ranked 14th.
Primary education > Duration > Years 6 years
Ranked 103th. 20% more than Vietnam 		5 years
Ranked 148th.
Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ per capita $846.14
Ranked 66th. 87% more than Vietnam 		$451.78
Ranked 80th.
School enrolment rate > 1st grade 134.64
Ranked 11th. 37% more than Vietnam 		98.53
Ranked 104th.
Secondary education, general pupils per 1000 73.64
Ranked 69th. 		86.53
Ranked 22nd. 17% more than Philippines
Elementary (primary) school) > Private school share 8.13%
Ranked 85th. 15 times more than Vietnam 		0.554%
Ranked 79th.
High school > Lower secondary starting age 12
Ranked 106th. 9% more than Vietnam 		11
Ranked 153th.
Elementary school > Gender ratio 98.34
Ranked 69th. 4% more than Vietnam 		94.8
Ranked 119th.
High school enrolment rate > Female 96.55
Ranked 41st. 2% more than Vietnam 		94.42
Ranked 48th.
Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ > Women 4.5%
Ranked 102nd. 		8.5%
Ranked 88th. 89% more than Philippines
Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level 94%
Ranked 73th. 7% more than Vietnam 		88%
Ranked 98th.
Duration of education > Secondary level 4
Ranked 176th. 		7
Ranked 38th. 75% more than Philippines
Public spending per student > Tertiary level 23.2
Ranked 57th. 		149.5
Ranked 5th. 6 times more than Philippines
Primary education > Pupils 13.02 million
Ranked 9th. 67% more than Vietnam 		7.77 million
Ranked 4th.
High school > Population with at least high school education > Men 63.7%
Ranked 67th. 2 times more than Vietnam 		28%
Ranked 131st.
Literacy rate > Males aged 15-24 93.9
Ranked 66th. 		97.2
Ranked 55th. 4% more than Philippines
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level > Per capita 77.11 per 1,000 people
Ranked 99th. 		116.22 per 1,000 people
Ranked 26th. 51% more than Philippines
Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Tertiary level 55.26%
Ranked 45th. 29% more than Vietnam 		42.79%
Ranked 98th.
Secondary education, vocational pupils 0.0
Ranked 83th. 		211,361
Ranked 30th.
Elementary (primary) school > Students per teacher 31.44
Ranked 35th. 62% more than Vietnam 		19.4
Ranked 49th.
Spending on education > Proportion spent on all staff salaries 79.94%
Ranked 32nd. 2% more than Vietnam 		78.48%
Ranked 31st.
Secondary education > Teachers 168,058
Ranked 24th. 		415,579
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Philippines
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary 12 years
Ranked 67th. 20% more than Vietnam 		10 years
Ranked 4th.
School enrolment rate > 5th grade 76.84
Ranked 59th. 		92.12
Ranked 41st. 20% more than Philippines
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level 6.07 million
Ranked 16th. 		9.27 million
Ranked 11th. 53% more than Philippines
Scientific and technical journal articles per million 2.17
Ranked 88th. 		2.68
Ranked 85th. 24% more than Philippines
Duration of education > Primary level 6
Ranked 99th. 20% more than Vietnam 		5
Ranked 135th.
Women to men parity index > As ratio of literacy rates > Aged 15-24 1.03
Ranked 2nd. 4% more than Vietnam 		0.99
Ranked 5th.
Participation > Children out of school > Elementary 961,298
Ranked 7th. 87% more than Vietnam 		512,867
Ranked 21st.
Participation > Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education 101.69%
Ranked 28th. 9% more than Vietnam 		93.22%
Ranked 111th.
Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Primary level 48.58%
Ranked 72nd. 2% more than Vietnam 		47.49%
Ranked 133th.
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ per 1000 27.34
Ranked 102nd. 		48.75
Ranked 90th. 78% more than Philippines
Progression to secondary school 96.62%
Ranked 44th. 2% more than Vietnam 		94.6%
Ranked 50th.
Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 > Women 96.6%
Ranked 2nd. 3% more than Vietnam 		93.6%
Ranked 5th.
Children out of school > Primary > Per capita 7.92 per 1,000 people
Ranked 46th. 		12.11 per 1,000 people
Ranked 32nd. 53% more than Philippines
Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level > Women 96%
Ranked 53th. 4% more than Vietnam 		92%
Ranked 75th.
High school > Upper secondary starting age 15
Ranked 140th. The same as Vietnam 		15
Ranked 89th.
Elementary school starting age > Years 6
Ranked 122nd. The same as Vietnam 		6
Ranked 72nd.
Elementary school repeaters > All 2.31
Ranked 82nd. 2 times more than Vietnam 		1.03
Ranked 95th.
Secondary education > General pupils > Per capita 77.3 per 1,000 people
Ranked 62nd. 		113.99 per 1,000 people
Ranked 16th. 47% more than Philippines
Education enrolment by level > Primary level > Per capita 0.165 per capita
Ranked 30th. 49% more than Vietnam 		0.111 per capita
Ranked 89th.
Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ > Men 4.3%
Ranked 97th. 		5.3%
Ranked 89th. 23% more than Philippines
Education enrolment by level > Primary level per 1000 160.22
Ranked 39th. 44% more than Vietnam 		111.15
Ranked 88th.
Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level > Men 93%
Ranked 69th. 		98%
Ranked 34th. 5% more than Philippines
Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 > Men 93.6%
Ranked 2nd. 		94.2%
Ranked 5th. 1% more than Philippines
Pupils-teacher ratio > Primary level 35.2
Ranked 40th. 26% more than Vietnam 		28
Ranked 55th.
Elementary (primary school) > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 90%
Ranked 3rd. 17% more than Vietnam 		77%
Ranked 48th.
Primary education > Teachers 376,988
Ranked 9th. 5% more than Vietnam 		360,624
Ranked 4th.
Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Secondary level 51.48%
Ranked 24th. 9% more than Vietnam 		47.42%
Ranked 118th.
Literacy > Literates > Aged over 10 per thousand people 677.11
Ranked 9th. 		714.74
Ranked 4th. 6% more than Philippines
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 10-14 840,905
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Vietnam 		390,446
Ranked 1st.
Private school enrolment > Primary level 7.3
Ranked 43th. 24 times more than Vietnam 		0.3
Ranked 92nd.
Outcomes > Primary education > Duration > Years 6
Ranked 97th. 20% more than Vietnam 		5
Ranked 136th.
Primary education > Teachers per 1000 4.48
Ranked 78th. 2% more than Vietnam 		4.38
Ranked 50th.
Literacy > Men above 14 years 91.6%
Ranked 2nd. 		93.9%
Ranked 5th. 3% more than Philippines
Children out of school > Primary > Female > Per capita 3.12 per 1,000 people
Ranked 55th. 		4.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 46th. 50% more than Philippines
Female enrolment share > Primary level 48.9%
Ranked 30th. 3% more than Vietnam 		47.7%
Ranked 105th.
Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ $81.83 billion
Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Vietnam 		$40.11 billion
Ranked 29th.
Primary school starting age > Years 6
Ranked 136th. The same as Vietnam 		6
Ranked 76th.
High school > Share of total education spending 29.69%
Ranked 67th. 		38.13%
Ranked 34th. 28% more than Philippines
Elementary (primary) school) > Proportion spent on all staff salaries 84.7%
Ranked 36th. 		85%
Ranked 32nd. About the same as Philippines
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 52.6%
Ranked 63th. 		62.5%
Ranked 55th. 19% more than Philippines
Participation > Secondary education > General pupils 6.51 million
Ranked 9th. 		8.93 million
Ranked 7th. 37% more than Philippines
Secondary education > General pupils per 1000 74.9
Ranked 65th. 		114.97
Ranked 15th. 54% more than Philippines
Ratio of female to male primary enrollment 98.5
Ranked 74th. 5% more than Vietnam 		93.62
Ranked 71st.
Secondary education > Teachers per 1000 2
Ranked 109th. 		5.04
Ranked 31st. 3 times more than Philippines
Children out of school > Primary > Male 391,596
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Vietnam 		113,301
Ranked 24th.
Elementary (primary) school > Gender parity index 0.978
Ranked 99th. 4% more than Vietnam 		0.942
Ranked 89th.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 51.3%
Ranked 25th. 9% more than Vietnam 		47.1%
Ranked 96th.
Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary > Teachers > Women 13,450
Ranked 2nd. 		0.0
Ranked 58th.
Private school enrolment > Secondary level 30.8
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Vietnam 		11.3
Ranked 49th.
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level per 1000 74.97
Ranked 105th. 		116.49
Ranked 29th. 55% more than Philippines
Primary completion rate > Women 100
Ranked 32nd. 2% more than Vietnam 		98
Ranked 45th.
Elementary school repeaters > Female 1.62
Ranked 87th. 		1.92
Ranked 79th. 19% more than Philippines
Elementary school repeaters > Male 2.96
Ranked 76th. 5% more than Vietnam 		2.83
Ranked 76th.
Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Men 66.3%
Ranked 66th. 		87.2%
Ranked 50th. 32% more than Philippines
Children out of school > Primary > Male > Per capita 4.8 per 1,000 people
Ranked 46th. 3 times more than Vietnam 		1.44 per 1,000 people
Ranked 74th.
Elementary school teachers 390,432
Ranked 9th. 13% more than Vietnam 		344,853
Ranked 10th.
High school teachers 181,193
Ranked 21st. 		461,663
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Philippines
High school enrolment rate > Male 98.5
Ranked 30th. 4% more than Vietnam 		94.76
Ranked 47th.
Literacy > Women above 14 years 93.6%
Ranked 1st. 8% more than Vietnam 		86.9%
Ranked 5th.
Gender ratio > Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds 1.03%
Ranked 2nd. 4% more than Vietnam 		0.99%
Ranked 5th.
Teachers' Day date 10/5/2011 11/20/2011
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Per capita 28.17 per 1,000 people
Ranked 105th. 		48.49 per 1,000 people
Ranked 93th. 72% more than Philippines
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women per 1000 13.97
Ranked 102nd. 		30.11
Ranked 88th. 2 times more than Philippines
Primary completion rate > Men 93
Ranked 56th. 		104
Ranked 17th. 12% more than Philippines
Participation > Secondary education > Pupils 6.35 million
Ranked 12th. 		9.94 million
Ranked 7th. 56% more than Philippines
Primary education > Pupils per 1000 154.55
Ranked 44th. 64% more than Vietnam 		94.35
Ranked 81st.
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment 110.79
Ranked 13th. 14% more than Vietnam 		97.47
Ranked 52nd.
Intake ratio to last grade of primary > Females None
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Primary education, teachers > % female 89.65%
Ranked 19th. 16% more than Vietnam 		77.41%
Ranked 26th.
Tertiary education, teachers > % female 55.7%
Ranked 5th. 14% more than Vietnam 		48.95%
Ranked 13th.
Grade 1 intake rate 47.1
Ranked 49th. 		78.1
Ranked 22nd. 66% more than Philippines
Ratio of female to male enrollments in tertiary education 127.55
Ranked 44th. 80% more than Vietnam 		70.79
Ranked 42nd.
Primary education > Teachers > % female 89.36% female
Ranked 18th. 15% more than Vietnam 		78.03% female
Ranked 28th.
Literacy rate > Adult total > % of people ages 15 and above 92.6%
Ranked 39th. 3% more than Vietnam 		90.28%
Ranked 49th.
Primary completion rate > Total > % of relevant age group 96.55%
Ranked 57th. 3% more than Vietnam 		93.52%
Ranked 36th.
Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Female > % net 92.69%
Ranked 52nd. 1% more than Vietnam 		91.44%
Ranked 56th.
Government spending on education > % of government spending 15.25%
Ranked 32nd. 		19.79%
Ranked 16th. 30% more than Philippines
Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Female > % gross 109.15%
Ranked 36th. 8% more than Vietnam 		101.28%
Ranked 90th.
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary > Female 12 years
Ranked 68th. 20% more than Vietnam 		10 years
Ranked 2nd.
Literacy > Ratio of young literate females to males > % ages 15-24 101.52%
Ranked 2nd. 2% more than Vietnam 		99.15%
Ranked 59th.
Literacy > Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above 95.42%
Ranked 6th. 2% more than Vietnam 		93.36%
Ranked 42nd.
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education > % 101.17%
Ranked 41st. 9% more than Vietnam 		92.77%
Ranked 73th.
School enrollment, preprimary, female > % gross 51.98%
Ranked 83th. 		75.25%
Ranked 16th. 45% more than Philippines
School enrollment, preprimary, male > % gross 51.04%
Ranked 88th. 		78.95%
Ranked 15th. 55% more than Philippines
Economically active children, study and work > % of economically active children, ages 7-14 85.2%
Ranked 2nd. 1% more than Vietnam 		84.1%
Ranked 3rd.
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 10-14 per thousand people 10.83
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Vietnam 		5.1
Ranked 1st.
Participation > School enrollment > Preprimary > % gross 48.64%
Ranked 71st. 19% more than Vietnam 		40.72%
Ranked 82nd.
Participation > School enrollment > Primary > % net 91.69%
Ranked 59th. 		94%
Ranked 45th. 3% more than Philippines
Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Male > % gross 110.99%
Ranked 40th. 4% more than Vietnam 		106.83%
Ranked 67th.
Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Male > % net 90.73%
Ranked 62nd. 		96.45%
Ranked 31st. 6% more than Philippines
Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Private > % of total primary 8.15%
Ranked 67th. 14 times more than Vietnam 		0.58%
Ranked 118th.
Adjusted savings > Education expenditure > % of GNI 2.82% of GNI
Ranked 127th. About the same as Vietnam 		2.81% of GNI
Ranked 129th.
Public spending on education > Total > % of GDP 3.23%
Ranked 92nd. 79% more than Vietnam 		1.8%
Ranked 128th.
School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % gross 81.55% gross
Ranked 83th. 6% more than Vietnam 		76.74% gross
Ranked 41st.
Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Women 77.4%
Ranked 51st. 		86.5%
Ranked 53th. 12% more than Philippines
School enrollment > Primary > % net 93.96% net
Ranked 52nd. 7% more than Vietnam 		87.72% net
Ranked 44th.
Literacy rate > Youth male > % of males ages 15-24 94.46%
Ranked 61st. About the same as Vietnam 		94.18%
Ranked 64th.
Literacy rate > Adult female > % of females ages 15 and above 92.65%
Ranked 36th. 7% more than Vietnam 		86.92%
Ranked 53th.
Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI 2.44%
Ranked 147th. 		2.81%
Ranked 138th. 15% more than Philippines
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary > Male 11 years
Ranked 78th. The same as Vietnam 		11 years
Ranked 4th.
Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment > % 123.84%
Ranked 61st. 22% more than Vietnam 		101.62%
Ranked 74th.
Persistence to last grade of primary, total > % of cohort 75.78%
Ranked 85th. 		97.47%
Ranked 11th. 29% more than Philippines
Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Men per 1000 13.37
Ranked 98th. 		18.47
Ranked 86th. 38% more than Philippines
School enrollment > Secondary > Female > % gross 90.35% gross
Ranked 64th. 21% more than Vietnam 		74.8% gross
Ranked 48th.
Persistence to grade 5, total > % of cohort 78.68%
Ranked 77th. 		97.47%
Ranked 7th. 24% more than Philippines
Literacy > Female literates > Aged 10-14 per thousand people 51.85
Ranked 4th. 		54.97
Ranked 3rd. 6% more than Philippines
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 10-14 per thousand people 4.84
Ranked 3rd. 85% more than Vietnam 		2.62
Ranked 1st.
Repeaters, primary, male > % of male enrollment 3.22%
Ranked 76th. 14% more than Vietnam 		2.83%
Ranked 67th.
Outcomes > Ratio of young literate females to males > % ages 15-24 102%
Ranked 11th. 3% more than Vietnam 		99%
Ranked 73th.
High school > Lower Secondary > Students per teacher 38.96
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Vietnam 		15.79
Ranked 24th.
Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 10-14 per thousand people 5.99
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Vietnam 		2.48
Ranked 1st.
Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary > Teachers > Women per million people 159.68
Ranked 16th. 		0.0
Ranked 57th.
School attendance of non-orphans 92.3
Ranked 1st. 		92.9
Ranked 12th. 1% more than Philippines
High school > Upper Secondary > Students per teacher 25.22
Ranked 10th. 		27.61
Ranked 4th. 9% more than Philippines
Gross intake rate in grade 1 > Female > % of relevant age group 128.93%
Ranked 14th. 35% more than Vietnam 		95.33%
Ranked 107th.
School enrollment > Tertiary > % gross 28.8% gross
Ranked 58th. 80% more than Vietnam 		15.97% gross
Ranked 28th.
Elementary (primary) school) > Share of total education spending 54.98%
Ranked 7th. 71% more than Vietnam 		32.11%
Ranked 49th.
Children out of school > Primary > Male per 1000 4.65
Ranked 45th. 3 times more than Vietnam 		1.44
Ranked 75th.
Persistence to grade 5, female > % of cohort 82.23%
Ranked 64th. 		85.03%
Ranked 44th. 3% more than Philippines
Persistence to grade 5, male > % of cohort 75.49%
Ranked 72nd. 		85.7%
Ranked 39th. 14% more than Philippines
Repeaters, primary, total > % of total enrollment 2.53%
Ranked 79th. 94% more than Vietnam 		1.3%
Ranked 58th.
Total enrollment, primary > % net 88.65%
Ranked 102nd. 		98.2%
Ranked 17th. 11% more than Philippines
School enrollment, secondary > % net 61.4%
Ranked 78th. 74% more than Vietnam 		35.37%
Ranked 21st.
Progression to secondary school, female > % 97.43%
Ranked 43th. 3% more than Vietnam 		94.42%
Ranked 46th.
Repeaters, secondary, total > % of total enrollment 2.92%
Ranked 72nd. 99% more than Vietnam 		1.47%
Ranked 56th.
School enrollment, tertiary > % gross 28.2%
Ranked 76th. 15% more than Vietnam 		24.6%
Ranked 26th.
Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 10-14 465,144
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Vietnam 		189,689
Ranked 1st.
School enrollment > Secondary > Private > % of total secondary 19.72%
Ranked 45th. 2 times more than Vietnam 		9.81%
Ranked 43th.

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