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  • 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.
  • College and university > Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to post-secondary education.
  • Compulsary education duration: Number of years students are required to be enrolled in school for all levels of education. For instance, compulsary education lasts for 12 years in the United States.
  • Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP: Percentage of public funding for education out of country's total GDP.
  • High school enrolment rate: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • Literacy > Total population: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Primary education, duration > Years: Primary education, duration (years). Duration of primary is the number of grades (years) in primary education.
  • Primary education, teachers per 1000: Primary education, teachers. Teaching staff in primary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, primary: Pupil-teacher ratio, primary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Primary is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary: Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Secondary is the number of pupils enrolled in secondary school divided by the number of secondary school teachers.
  • Secondary education, duration > Years: Secondary education, duration (years). Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (years) in secondary education (ISCED 2 & 3).
  • Literacy > Female: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Children out of school, primary, female per 1000: Children out of school, primary, female. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Female is the total number of female primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • College and university > Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment is the percentage of men to women enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.
  • Child care (preschool) > Duration: Number of years students study at the pre-primary (preschool) level. It should be noted that not all countries require pre-primary education.
  • Secondary education > Teachers > Per capita: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Duration of compulsory education: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
  • Secondary education, pupils: Secondary education, pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled at public and private secondary education institutions.
  • College and university > Private school share: Percentage of post-secondary students who attend a private school, college, or university.
  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Elementary school > Enrolled students: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Primary education > Duration > Years: Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.
  • Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ per capita: Services, etc., value added (constant 2000 US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • School enrolment rate > 1st grade: Gross intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age."
  • Secondary education, general pupils per 1000: Secondary education, general pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. General programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in general programmes at public and private secondary education institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • High school > Lower secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin lower secondary (middle school) education.
  • Elementary (primary) school) > Private school share: Percentage of primary students who attend a private school.
  • Elementary school > Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male primary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • High school enrolment rate > Female: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • Duration of education > Secondary level: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
  • Public spending per student > Tertiary level: Public expenditure per student, tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the government on tertiary education, divided by the total number of pupils in tertiary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
  • Primary education > Pupils: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • High school > Population with at least high school education > Men: Gender Inequality Index.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Scouting > Members: Members of boy or girl scout groups which are members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).
  • Elementary (primary) school) > Proportion spent on all staff salaries: Percentage of public funding for primary education that goes to school staff salaries.
  • Elementary (primary) school > Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries: Percentage of public funding for primary education that goes to teachers' salaries.
  • High school > Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to secondary education.
  • High school> Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries: Percentage of public funding for secondary education that goes to teachers' salaries.
  • 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. 
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Participation > Secondary education > Pupils: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 > 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.
  • 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.
  • Literacy and Attainment > Educational attainment: completed tertiary > Tertiary > Population 25+ years > % > Over 24 year olds: Percentage of population older than 24 years that has completed tertiary education.
  • 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.
  • Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment: Unemployment with secondary education, male (% of male 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).
  • 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).
  • School enrollment > Primary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.
  • Primary education > Teachers > % female: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Gross intake rate in grade 1 > Male > % 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.
  • Government spending on education > % of GDP: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Female > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • Services, etc., value added > Current US$ per capita: Services, etc., value added (current US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Services, etc., value added > Current US$, % of GDP: Services, etc., value added (current US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Secondary education, vocational pupils per 1000: Secondary education, vocational pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. Technical/vocational programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in technical/vocational programmes at public and private secondary education institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Secondary education, teachers, female per 1000: Secondary education, teachers, female. Teaching staff in total secondary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Female is the total number of female teachers in public and private secondary education institutions (ISCED 2 and 3). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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
  • School enrollment > Secondary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
  • School enrollment, primary, male > % net: School enrollment, primary, male (% net). Net enrolment rate. Primary. Male is the ratio of male children of the official primary school age who are enrolled in primary school to the male population of the official primary school age.
  • Persistence to last grade of primary, female > % of cohort: Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort). Survival rate to last grade of primary. Female is the share of female children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary. The estimate is calculated on the basis of the reconstructed cohort method, which uses data on enrolment and repeaters for two consecutive years.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 enrollment, tertiary, male > % gross: School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross). Gross enrolment ratio. Tertiary (ISCED 5 and 6). Male is the total male enrollment in tertiary education (ISCED 5 and 6), regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total male population of the five-year age group following on from secondary school leaving.
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STAT Sri Lanka Sweden HISTORY
Average years of schooling of adults 6.9
Ranked 40th. 		11.4
Ranked 5th. 65% more than Sri Lanka
Children out of school, primary 103,178
Ranked 36th. 34 times more than Sweden 		3,027
Ranked 93th.
Children out of school, primary per 1000 4.94
Ranked 52nd. 15 times more than Sweden 		0.32
Ranked 108th.
Children out of school, primary, female 51,566
Ranked 33th. 24 times more than Sweden 		2,155
Ranked 76th.
College and university > Gender parity index 1.83
Ranked 7th. 20% more than Sweden 		1.52
Ranked 16th.
College and university > Share of total education spending 17.76%
Ranked 29th. 		29.02%
Ranked 14th. 63% more than Sri Lanka
Compulsary education duration 9
Ranked 80th. 		10
Ranked 52nd. 11% more than Sri Lanka
Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP 2%
Ranked 59th. 		6.98%
Ranked 12th. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
High school enrolment rate 97.84
Ranked 36th. 		99.91
Ranked 6th. 2% more than Sri Lanka
Literacy > Total population 92.3%
Ranked 73th. 		99%
Ranked 19th. 7% more than Sri Lanka
Primary education, duration > Years 5
Ranked 146th. 		6
Ranked 52nd. 20% more than Sri Lanka
Primary education, teachers per 1000 3.46
Ranked 99th. 		6.61
Ranked 27th. 91% more than Sri Lanka
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 24.07
Ranked 57th. 3 times more than Sweden 		9.27
Ranked 125th.
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 17.26
Ranked 36th. 81% more than Sweden 		9.51
Ranked 84th.
Secondary education, duration > Years 8
Ranked 3rd. 33% more than Sweden 		6
Ranked 101st.
Literacy > Female 90%
Ranked 74th. 		99%
Ranked 16th. 10% more than Sri Lanka
Children out of school, primary, female per 1000 2.47
Ranked 49th. 11 times more than Sweden 		0.228
Ranked 93th.
College and university > Gender ratio 47.6
Ranked 61st. 		159.23
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Child care (preschool) > Duration 1
Ranked 192nd. 		4
Ranked 12th. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
Secondary education > Teachers > Per capita 6.14 per 1,000 people
Ranked 57th. 		8.37 per 1,000 people
Ranked 26th. 36% more than Sri Lanka
Duration of compulsory education 9 years
Ranked 64th. 		10 years
Ranked 41st. 11% more than Sri Lanka
Secondary education, pupils 2.57 million
Ranked 30th. 4 times more than Sweden 		698,968
Ranked 62nd.
College and university > Private school share 0.0
Ranked 99th. 		8.81%
Ranked 91st.
Girls to boys ratio > Primary level enrolment 0.99
Ranked 44th. 		1
Ranked 26th. 1% more than Sri Lanka
Primary education, pupils 1.74 million
Ranked 54th. 3 times more than Sweden 		578,486
Ranked 77th.
Primary education, teachers 72,114
Ranked 37th. 16% more than Sweden 		62,429
Ranked 42nd.
Tertiary enrollment 5.1%
Ranked 9th. 		70%
Ranked 2nd. 14 times more than Sri Lanka
High school > Gender ratio 101.72
Ranked 64th. 2% more than Sweden 		99.24
Ranked 62nd.
Compulsary education starting age 5
Ranked 144th. 		7
Ranked 12th. 40% more than Sri Lanka
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary per million 0.827
Ranked 73th. 		1.01
Ranked 70th. 22% more than Sri Lanka
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write age 15 and over can read and write
High school > Upper secondary school duration 4
Ranked 5th. 33% more than Sweden 		3
Ranked 72nd.
Literacy > Male 94.8%
Ranked 66th. 		99%
Ranked 27th. 4% more than Sri Lanka
Spending > USD 1.01 billion
Ranked 74th. 		31.41 billion
Ranked 17th. 31 times more than Sri Lanka
High school > Private school share 7.12%
Ranked 89th. 		19.39%
Ranked 45th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Spending > Proportion 2.55
Ranked 137th. 		6.41
Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Pupil-teacher ratio > Primary 22.5
Ranked 73th. 2 times more than Sweden 		10.11
Ranked 143th.
Child care (preschool) > Starting age 4
Ranked 15th. 33% more than Sweden 		3
Ranked 102nd.
High school repeaters > Male 0.89
Ranked 80th. 		0.0
Ranked 94th.
Preschool enrollment rate 101.43
Ranked 80th. 7% more than Sweden 		94.9
Ranked 110th.
Tertiary > Students studying abroad 16,932.32
Ranked 47th. 4% more than Sweden 		16,287.14
Ranked 50th.
Primary completion rate 97
Ranked 20th. 1% more than Sweden 		96
Ranked 22nd.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 63,660
Ranked 62nd. 		414,657
Ranked 40th. 7 times more than Sri Lanka
Elementary (primary school) > Duration 5
Ranked 155th. 		6
Ranked 58th. 20% more than Sri Lanka
Children out of school > Primary 47,067
Ranked 46th. 5 times more than Sweden 		9,536
Ranked 78th.
Secondary education, teachers per 1000 7.15
Ranked 35th. 		7.78
Ranked 28th. 9% more than Sri Lanka
Secondary education, teachers 149,153
Ranked 20th. 2 times more than Sweden 		73,492
Ranked 33th.
High school > Lower secondary school duration 4
Ranked 19th. 33% more than Sweden 		3
Ranked 104th.
Children out of school, primary, male per 1000 2.47
Ranked 50th. 27 times more than Sweden 		0.0923
Ranked 101st.
Secondary education, general pupils 2.42 million
Ranked 27th. 5 times more than Sweden 		472,309
Ranked 70th.
High school > Gender parity index 1.04
Ranked 32nd. 5% more than Sweden 		0.989
Ranked 57th.
Scientific and technical journal articles 141
Ranked 74th. 		10,237
Ranked 15th. 73 times more than Sri Lanka
College and university > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 43%
Ranked 29th. The same as Sweden 		43%
Ranked 30th.
Tertiary > Students studying abroad proportion 7.29%
Ranked 45th. 2 times more than Sweden 		3.51%
Ranked 76th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level per 1000 3.51
Ranked 86th. 		46.46
Ranked 19th. 13 times more than Sri Lanka
Scouting > Genders admitted both both
Elementary (primary school) > Starting age 5
Ranked 180th. 		7
Ranked 19th. 40% more than Sri Lanka
Children out of school, primary, male 51,612
Ranked 29th. 59 times more than Sweden 		872
Ranked 90th.
High school > Students per teacher 17.26
Ranked 37th. 81% more than Sweden 		9.51
Ranked 85th.
Secondary education > General pupils 2.11 million
Ranked 25th. 4 times more than Sweden 		519,183
Ranked 64th.
Secondary school starting age > Years 10
Ranked 184th. 		13
Ranked 15th. 30% more than Sri Lanka
High school starting age > Years 10
Ranked 160th. 		13
Ranked 15th. 30% more than Sri Lanka
Primary education > Teachers > Per capita 3.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 98th. 		7.6 per 1,000 people
Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Education enrolment by level > Primary level 1.7 million
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than Sweden 		774,888
Ranked 83th.
High school > Population with at least high school education > Women 72.6%
Ranked 50th. 		84.4%
Ranked 31st. 16% more than Sri Lanka
Elementary school graduate rate 98.03
Ranked 19th. 		99.93
Ranked 1st. 2% more than Sri Lanka
Secondary education, pupils per 1000 123.33
Ranked 8th. 67% more than Sweden 		73.97
Ranked 94th.
Primary education, pupils per 1000 83.16
Ranked 93th. 36% more than Sweden 		61.22
Ranked 120th.
Girls to boys ratio > Tertiary level enrolment 0.55
Ranked 72nd. 		1.55
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Girls to boys ratio > Secondary level enrolment 1
Ranked 84th. The same as Sweden 		1
Ranked 64th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level > Per capita 3.51 per 1,000 people
Ranked 87th. 		46.47 per 1,000 people
Ranked 19th. 13 times more than Sri Lanka
Tertiary > Students studying abroad per thousand people 0.811
Ranked 122nd. 		1.72
Ranked 89th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Outcomes > Secondary education > Duration > Years 8
Ranked 3rd. 33% more than Sweden 		6
Ranked 85th.
Teacher student ratio > High school 19.52
Ranked 40th. 2 times more than Sweden 		9.68
Ranked 84th.
Children out of school > Primary per 1000 2.42
Ranked 76th. 2 times more than Sweden 		1.06
Ranked 98th.
Inequality adjusted index 0.618
Ranked 57th. 		0.878
Ranked 13th. 42% more than Sri Lanka
High school repeaters > Female 0.54
Ranked 80th. 		0.0
Ranked 95th.
Teacher student ratio > Elementary school 23.5
Ranked 53th. 2 times more than Sweden 		9.55
Ranked 124th.
Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 92.2%
Ranked 27th. 		99.8%
Ranked 3rd. 8% more than Sri Lanka
Elementary school > Enrolled students 1.63 million
Ranked 50th. 3 times more than Sweden 		584,726
Ranked 73th.
Primary education > Duration > Years 5 years
Ranked 144th. 		6 years
Ranked 53th. 20% more than Sri Lanka
Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ per capita $1,076.10
Ranked 62nd. 		$27,094.66
Ranked 8th. 25 times more than Sri Lanka
School enrolment rate > 1st grade 97.64
Ranked 86th. 		103.26
Ranked 55th. 6% more than Sri Lanka
Secondary education, general pupils per 1000 116.11
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Sweden 		49.98
Ranked 123th.
High school > Lower secondary starting age 10
Ranked 191st. 		13
Ranked 16th. 30% more than Sri Lanka
Elementary (primary) school) > Private school share 2.97%
Ranked 106th. 		10.15%
Ranked 70th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Elementary school > Gender ratio 100.21
Ranked 25th. 1% more than Sweden 		99.32
Ranked 46th.
High school enrolment rate > Female 98.54
Ranked 28th. 		99.82
Ranked 10th. 1% more than Sri Lanka
Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level 97%
Ranked 42nd. 1% more than Sweden 		96%
Ranked 52nd.
Duration of education > Secondary level 8
Ranked 3rd. 33% more than Sweden 		6
Ranked 80th.
Public spending per student > Tertiary level 84.2
Ranked 8th. 57% more than Sweden 		53.5
Ranked 28th.
Primary education > Pupils 1.61 million
Ranked 56th. 2 times more than Sweden 		690,758
Ranked 83th.
High school > Population with at least high school education > Men 75.5%
Ranked 55th. 		85.5%
Ranked 33th. 13% more than Sri Lanka
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level > Per capita 120.51 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 17% more than Sweden 		102.87 per 1,000 people
Ranked 41st.
Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Tertiary level 44%
Ranked 70th. 		59.59%
Ranked 21st. 35% more than Sri Lanka
Secondary education, vocational pupils 150,783
Ranked 43th. 		226,659
Ranked 34th. 50% more than Sri Lanka
Elementary (primary) school > Students per teacher 24.07
Ranked 57th. 3 times more than Sweden 		9.27
Ranked 127th.
Spending on education > Proportion spent on all staff salaries 88.36%
Ranked 10th. 32% more than Sweden 		66.89%
Ranked 60th.
Secondary education > Teachers 119,491
Ranked 30th. 59% more than Sweden 		75,243
Ranked 43th.
School enrolment rate > 5th grade 98.03
Ranked 16th. 		99.84
Ranked 1st. 2% more than Sri Lanka
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level 2.32 million
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Sweden 		917,978
Ranked 61st.
Scientific and technical journal articles per million 7.35
Ranked 78th. 		1,142.75
Ranked 2nd. 155 times more than Sri Lanka
Duration of education > Primary level 5
Ranked 132nd. 		6
Ranked 50th. 20% more than Sri Lanka
Participation > Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education 103.53%
Ranked 19th. 4% more than Sweden 		99.28%
Ranked 64th.
Participation > Children out of school > Elementary 8,387
Ranked 72nd. 		33,098
Ranked 52nd. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Primary level 49.05%
Ranked 2nd. 		49.36%
Ranked 18th. 1% more than Sri Lanka
Children out of school > Primary > Per capita 2.42 per 1,000 people
Ranked 77th. 2 times more than Sweden 		1.06 per 1,000 people
Ranked 99th.
Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level > Women 98%
Ranked 31st. 2% more than Sweden 		96%
Ranked 50th.
High school > Upper secondary starting age 14
Ranked 168th. 		16
Ranked 29th. 14% more than Sri Lanka
Elementary school starting age > Years 5
Ranked 155th. 		7
Ranked 19th. 40% more than Sri Lanka
Elementary school repeaters > All 0.82
Ranked 85th. 		0.0
Ranked 115th.
Secondary education > General pupils > Per capita 121.97 per 1,000 people
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Sweden 		57.74 per 1,000 people
Ranked 113th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level > Per capita 0.088 per capita
Ranked 7th. 1% more than Sweden 		0.087 per capita
Ranked 117th.
Education enrolment by level > Primary level per 1000 88.77
Ranked 7th. 2% more than Sweden 		86.82
Ranked 117th.
Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level > Men 99%
Ranked 21st. 3% more than Sweden 		96%
Ranked 48th.
Pupils-teacher ratio > Primary level 27.8
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Sweden 		11.4
Ranked 129th.
Elementary (primary school) > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 85%
Ranked 30th. 4% more than Sweden 		82%
Ranked 37th.
Primary education > Teachers 71,669
Ranked 42nd. 5% more than Sweden 		68,325
Ranked 43th.
Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Secondary level 50.61%
Ranked 1st. 		52.87%
Ranked 10th. 4% more than Sri Lanka
Private school enrolment > Primary level 1.7
Ranked 7th. 		3.9
Ranked 60th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Outcomes > Primary education > Duration > Years 5
Ranked 133th. 		6
Ranked 48th. 20% more than Sri Lanka
Primary education > Teachers per 1000 3.69
Ranked 98th. 		7.6
Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Children out of school > Primary > Female > Per capita 0.674 per 1,000 people
Ranked 90th. 17% more than Sweden 		0.576 per 1,000 people
Ranked 95th.
Female enrolment share > Primary level 48.5%
Ranked 10th. 		49.3%
Ranked 16th. 2% more than Sri Lanka
Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ $21.87 billion
Ranked 33th. 		$254.10 billion
Ranked 16th. 12 times more than Sri Lanka
Primary school starting age > Years 5
Ranked 177th. 		7
Ranked 18th. 40% more than Sri Lanka
Scouting > Members 40,925
Ranked 35th. 		43,729
Ranked 31st. 7% more than Sri Lanka
Elementary (primary) school) > Proportion spent on all staff salaries 90%
Ranked 17th. 30% more than Sweden 		69.38%
Ranked 71st.
Elementary (primary) school > Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries 85.5%
Ranked 7th. 72% more than Sweden 		49.66%
Ranked 43th.
High school > Share of total education spending 51.45%
Ranked 2nd. 45% more than Sweden 		35.59%
Ranked 49th.
High school> Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries 84.6%
Ranked 5th. 72% more than Sweden 		49.24%
Ranked 43th.
Participation > Secondary education > General pupils 2.3 million
Ranked 28th. 4 times more than Sweden 		531,393
Ranked 59th.
Secondary education > Teachers per 1000 6.15
Ranked 56th. 		8.37
Ranked 26th. 36% more than Sri Lanka
Secondary education > General pupils per 1000 121.97
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than Sweden 		57.73
Ranked 113th.
Ratio of female to male primary enrollment 98.78
Ranked 66th. 		99.79
Ranked 31st. 1% more than Sri Lanka
Children out of school > Primary > Male 9,353
Ranked 57th. 2 times more than Sweden 		4,358
Ranked 73th.
Elementary (primary) school > Gender parity index 0.987
Ranked 56th. 		0.996
Ranked 35th. 1% more than Sri Lanka
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 50.8%
Ranked 3rd. 		54.4%
Ranked 4th. 7% more than Sri Lanka
Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary > Teachers > Women 354
Ranked 15th. 		457
Ranked 14th. 29% more than Sri Lanka
Private school enrolment > Secondary level 2.1
Ranked 22nd. 		2.7
Ranked 75th. 29% more than Sri Lanka
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level per 1000 121.01
Ranked 1st. 18% more than Sweden 		102.86
Ranked 43th.
Scouting > Members per thousand people 2.01
Ranked 62nd. 		4.6
Ranked 32nd. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Primary completion rate > Women 96
Ranked 16th. The same as Sweden 		96
Ranked 18th.
Elementary school repeaters > Female 0.66
Ranked 84th. 		0.0
Ranked 111th.
Elementary school repeaters > Male 0.99
Ranked 86th. 		0.0
Ranked 112th.
Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Men 91.8%
Ranked 22nd. 		99.6%
Ranked 3rd. 8% more than Sri Lanka
Children out of school > Primary > Male > Per capita 0.486 per 1,000 people
Ranked 93th. About the same as Sweden 		0.485 per 1,000 people
Ranked 96th.
Elementary school teachers 69,436
Ranked 41st. 13% more than Sweden 		61,220
Ranked 45th.
High school teachers 119,491
Ranked 31st. 51% more than Sweden 		78,978
Ranked 31st.
High school enrolment rate > Male 97.16
Ranked 36th. 		100
Ranked 5th. 3% more than Sri Lanka
Primary completion rate > Men 98
Ranked 11th. 2% more than Sweden 		96
Ranked 18th.
Participation > Secondary education > Pupils 2.33 million
Ranked 36th. 3 times more than Sweden 		735,494
Ranked 54th.
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment 100.19
Ranked 76th. 		103.84
Ranked 45th. 4% more than Sri Lanka
Primary education > Pupils per 1000 82.96
Ranked 116th. 8% more than Sweden 		76.81
Ranked 126th.
Pupils reaching grade 5 83.3
Ranked 11th. 		97.1
Ranked 4th. 17% more than Sri Lanka
School enrollment > Primary > Female > % net 98.37% net
Ranked 14th. 		98.47% net
Ranked 13th. About the same as Sri Lanka
School enrollment > Primary > Male > % net 98.84% net
Ranked 16th. The same as Sweden 		98.78% net
Ranked 15th.
Literacy and Attainment > Educational attainment: completed tertiary > Tertiary > Population 25+ years > % > Over 24 year olds 14.11%
Ranked 5th. 		29.42%
Ranked 10th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Primary education, teachers > % female 85%
Ranked 38th. 4% more than Sweden 		82.04%
Ranked 49th.
Tertiary education, teachers > % female 42.65%
Ranked 43th. 		42.97%
Ranked 42nd. 1% more than Sri Lanka
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 21.7%
Ranked 74th. 		46.1%
Ranked 42nd. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Labor force with secondary education, female > % of female labor force 15.9%
Ranked 74th. 		43.9%
Ranked 25th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 23.7%
Ranked 78th. 		44.1%
Ranked 46th. 86% more than Sri Lanka
School enrollment > Primary > Female > % gross 101.11% gross
Ranked 88th. 2% more than Sweden 		98.96% gross
Ranked 105th.
Primary education > Teachers > % female 78.89% female
Ranked 53th. 		80.78% female
Ranked 48th. 2% more than Sri Lanka
Gross intake rate in grade 1 > Male > % of relevant age group 98.54%
Ranked 102nd. 7% more than Sweden 		92.26%
Ranked 123th.
Government spending on education > % of GDP 2%
Ranked 59th. 		6.98%
Ranked 12th. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Female > % net 99.83%
Ranked 1st. 6% more than Sweden 		94.25%
Ranked 42nd.
Government spending on education > % of government spending 8.15%
Ranked 7th. 		12.73%
Ranked 43th. 56% more than Sri Lanka
Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Female > % gross 101.53%
Ranked 74th. 7% more than Sweden 		94.57%
Ranked 108th.
School enrollment, primary, private > % of total primary 2.97%
Ranked 104th. 		10.15%
Ranked 68th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Primary education, pupils > % female 48.79%
Ranked 47th. About the same as Sweden 		48.59%
Ranked 70th.
School enrollment, primary, female > % gross 97.58%
Ranked 109th. 		100.29%
Ranked 86th. 3% more than Sri Lanka
Primary completion rate, total > % of relevant age group 99.99%
Ranked 36th. 		101.52%
Ranked 29th. 2% more than Sri Lanka
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female > % of relevant age group 95.25%
Ranked 105th. 		101.2%
Ranked 68th. 6% more than Sri Lanka
Secondary education, general pupils > % female 50.53%
Ranked 48th. The same as Sweden 		50.5%
Ranked 50th.
Total enrollment, primary, male > % net 94.21%
Ranked 57th. 		99.7%
Ranked 4th. 6% more than Sri Lanka
Labor force with primary education, female > % of female labor force 61.4%
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Sweden 		15.7%
Ranked 30th.
Labor force with tertiary education > % of total 16.8%
Ranked 59th. 		34%
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Services, etc., value added > Current US$ per capita $1,679.68
Ranked 67th. 		$30,958.50
Ranked 8th. 18 times more than Sri Lanka
Services, etc., value added > Current US$, % of GDP 57.46%
Ranked 33th. 		62.72%
Ranked 31st. 9% more than Sri Lanka
Secondary education, vocational pupils per 1000 7.23
Ranked 64th. 		23.99
Ranked 21st. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Secondary education, teachers, female per 1000 3.54
Ranked 27th. 		4.56
Ranked 30th. 29% more than Sri Lanka
Adjusted savings > Education expenditure > % of GNI 2.55% of GNI
Ranked 139th. 		8.04% of GNI
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Public spending on education > Total > % of GDP 3.05%
Ranked 87th. 		7.53%
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment 47.2%
Ranked 19th. 2 times more than Sweden 		23.2%
Ranked 21st.
School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % gross 82.43% gross
Ranked 82nd. 		100.7% gross
Ranked 23th. 22% more than Sri Lanka
Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Women 92.6%
Ranked 20th. 		100%
Ranked 6th. 8% more than Sri Lanka
School enrollment > Primary > % net 97.15% net
Ranked 28th. 		98.63% net
Ranked 13th. 2% more than Sri Lanka
Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$, % of GDP 36.81%
Ranked 41st. 		54.89%
Ranked 24th. 49% more than Sri Lanka
School enrollment > Secondary > Female > % gross 82.58% gross
Ranked 85th. 		104.56% gross
Ranked 17th. 27% more than Sri Lanka
School enrollment, primary, male > % net 94.12%
Ranked 41st. 		99.7%
Ranked 1st. 6% more than Sri Lanka
Persistence to last grade of primary, female > % of cohort 94.63%
Ranked 47th. 		95.57%
Ranked 42nd. 1% more than Sri Lanka
School enrollment > Primary > % gross 97.69% gross
Ranked 128th. 		99.07% gross
Ranked 112th. 1% more than Sri Lanka
Repeaters, primary, male > % of male enrollment 0.806%
Ranked 91st. 		0.0
Ranked 122nd.
Public spending on education > Total > % of government expenditure 8.41%
Ranked 95th. 		12.83%
Ranked 40th. 53% more than Sri Lanka
High school > Lower Secondary > Students per teacher 16.69
Ranked 34th. 76% more than Sweden 		9.48
Ranked 69th.
Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary > Teachers > Women per million people 16.96
Ranked 23th. 		48.36
Ranked 18th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
School enrollment, tertiary, male > % gross 10.32%
Ranked 100th. 		59.12%
Ranked 22nd. 6 times more than Sri Lanka

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