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Education > College and university Stats: compare key data on Switzerland & United Kingdom

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Private school share: Percentage of post-secondary students who attend a private school, college, or university.
  • Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to post-secondary education.
  • Teachers > Proportion of teachers female: Percentage of country's college and university professors that are female.
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STAT Switzerland United Kingdom HISTORY
Gender parity index 0.996
Ranked 59th. 		1.38
Ranked 37th. 38% more than Switzerland
Gender ratio 99.71
Ranked 60th. 		140.15
Ranked 28th. 41% more than Switzerland
Private school share 17.05%
Ranked 68th. 		100%
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Switzerland
Share of total education spending 25.31%
Ranked 27th. 54% more than United Kingdom 		16.39%
Ranked 76th.
Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 37%
Ranked 48th. 		43%
Ranked 14th. 16% more than Switzerland

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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