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Education Stats: compare key data on Japan & South Korea

Definitions

  • Average IQ: Average IQ of different countries according to the controversial book "IQ and the Wealth of Nations".
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • High school > Private school share: Percentage of secondary students who attend a private school.
  • 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.
  • Tertiary > Students studying abroad: Total number of post-secondary students who were studying abroad during given year.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Overall: Overall.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • 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: 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.
  • 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.
  • Child care (preschool) > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for pre-primary (preschool) education.
  • Mathematical literacy: Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000
  • 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.
  • Scientific literacy: Scientific literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old (2000)
  • 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.
  • Reading literacy: Reading literacy mean value of performance scale (15 years old, 2000)
  • 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.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Overall reading skills: Overall.

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  • 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.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Access and retrieve: Access and retrieve.

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  • 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.
  • Primary education > Teachers > Per capita: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Universities > Top 100: Number of universities in the top 100
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Integrate and interpret: Integrate and interpret.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • 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.
  • Primary education > Pupils: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Secondary education > Pupils: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Continuous texts: Continuous texts.

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  • Literacy > Reading performance > Non-continuous texts: Non-continuous texts.

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  • 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.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Reflect and evaluate: Reflect and evaluate.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • High school > Upper secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin upper secondary (high school) education.
  • School life expectancy > Male: 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.
  • Universities > Top 200: Number of universities in the top 200
  • 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 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Education enrolment by level > Primary level > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Research and Development > RandD > Expenditure on RandD > Gross domestic expenditure on RandD: Research and development (R&D) comprise creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications. R&D is a term covering three activities: basic research, applied research, and experimental development. Basic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view. Applied research is also original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific practical aim or objective. Experimental development is systematic work, drawing on existing knowledge gained from research and/or practical experience, which is directed to producing new materials, products or devices, to installing new processes, systems and services, or to improving substantially those already produced or installed.

    The main aggregate used for international comparisons is gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD). This consists of the total expenditure (current and capital) on R&D by all resident companies, research institutes, university and government laboratories, etc. It excludes R&D expenditures financed by domestic firms but performed abroad.
  • Library books per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • 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.
  • Secondary education > Vocational pupils: Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.
  • Expenditure on education > Change in expenditure on education > Expenditure in tertiary education: The indicator shows direct public and private expenditure on educational institutions in relation to the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in these institutions. Public subsidies for students’ living expenses have been excluded to ensure international comparability of the data.

    Expenditure on education per student is obtained by dividing the total expenditure on educational institutions by the number of full-time equivalents students. Only those educational institutions and programmes are taken into account for which both enrolment and expenditure data are available.
  • Secondary education > Pupils per 1000: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Universities > Top 200 per million: Number of universities in the top 200. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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. 
  • 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.
  • Outcomes > Tertiary attainment > Tertiary attainment for age group 55-64: For each age group shown, those who have completed tertiary education are shown as a percentage of all persons in that age group. Tertiary education includes both tertiary-type "A programmes”, which are largely theoretically-based and designed to provide qualifications for entry to advanced research programmes and professions with high skill requirements, as well as tertiary-type "B programmes” which are classified at the same level of competencies as tertiary-type A programmes but are more occupationally-oriented and lead to direct labour market access. The tertiary attainment profiles are based on the percentage of the population aged 25 to 64 that has completed that level of education.
  • School life expectancy > Female: 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.
  • 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.
  • Universities > Top 100 per million: Number of universities in the top 100. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Universities > Top 200 > Per $ GDP: Number of universities in the top 200 Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 billion $ gross domestic product.
  • 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.
  • Secondary education > Pupils > Per capita: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Young shorttext readers: Share of 15-year-olds who are frequent shorttext (particularly comics) readers (2000)
  • Research and Development > RandD > Expenditure on RandD > Gross domestic expenditure on RandD per million: Research and development (R&D) comprise creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications. R&D is a term covering three activities: basic research, applied research, and experimental development. Basic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view. Applied research is also original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific practical aim or objective. Experimental development is systematic work, drawing on existing knowledge gained from research and/or practical experience, which is directed to producing new materials, products or devices, to installing new processes, systems and services, or to improving substantially those already produced or installed.

    The main aggregate used for international comparisons is gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD). This consists of the total expenditure (current and capital) on R&D by all resident companies, research institutes, university and government laboratories, etc. It excludes R&D expenditures financed by domestic firms but performed abroad. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Young longtext readers: Share of 15-year-olds who are frequent longtext readers(2000)
  • Universities > Top 100 > Per $ GDP: Number of universities in the top 100 Per $ GDP figures expressed per 14.1 billion $ gross domestic product.
  • 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.
  • Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure: Public spending on education, total (% of government expenditure). Public expenditure on education as % of total government expenditure is the total public education expenditure (current and capital) expressed as a percentage of total government expenditure for all sectors in a given financial year. Public education expenditure includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration, and subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities).
  • Public spending on education, total > % of GDP: Public spending on education, total (% of GDP). Public expenditure on education as % of GDP is the total public expenditure (current and capital) on education expressed as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in a given year. Public expenditure on education includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration, and transfers/subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities).
  • 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).
  • Education spending > % of GDP: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Expenditure per student > Secondary > % of GDP per capita: 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.
  • Secondary education > Pupils > % female: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Secondary education, pupils > % female: Secondary education, pupils (% female). Percentage of female students. Total secondary. All programmes is the number of female students enrolled in all secondary education programmes expressed as a percentage of the total number of students (male and female) enrolled at the secondary education level in a given school year.
  • Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita: Expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita). Public expenditure per pupil as a % of GDP per capita. Primary is the total public expenditure per student in primary education 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).
  • 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.
  • Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment > %: 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.
  • Ratio of female to male primary enrollment > %: 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.
  • 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).
  • Unemployment with secondary 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).
  • Expenditure per student > Primary > % of GDP per capita: 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.
  • 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.
  • Expenditure per student > Tertiary > % of GDP per capita: 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • School enrollment, primary > % gross: School enrollment, primary (% gross). Gross enrolment ratio. Primary. Total is the total enrollment in primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the 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.
  • School enrollment, primary, female > % net: School enrollment, primary, female (% net). Net enrolment rate. Primary. Female is the ratio of female children of the official primary school age who are enrolled in primary school to the female population of the official primary school age.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Persistence to last grade of primary, male > % of cohort: Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort). Survival rate to last grade of primary. Male is the share of male 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.
  • 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.
STAT Japan South Korea HISTORY
Average IQ 105
Ranked 3rd.
106
Ranked 2nd. 1% more than Japan
Children out of school, primary 4,121
Ranked 85th.
30,444
Ranked 54th. 7 times more than Japan

Children out of school, primary per 1000 0.0322
Ranked 116th.
0.612
Ranked 100th. 19 times more than Japan

Children out of school, primary, female 23,671
Ranked 31st. 20% more than South Korea
19,771
Ranked 44th.

College and university > Gender parity index 0.891
Ranked 90th. 24% more than South Korea
0.721
Ranked 101st.

College and university > Share of total education spending 19.47%
Ranked 23th. 14% more than South Korea
17.06%
Ranked 69th.

Compulsary education duration 9
Ranked 93th. The same as South Korea
9
Ranked 134th.

Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP 3.78%
Ranked 32nd.
5.05%
Ranked 60th. 34% more than Japan

Literacy > Female 99%
Ranked 4th. 2% more than South Korea
97%
Ranked 44th.

Literacy > Total population 99%
Ranked 4th. 1% more than South Korea
98.1%
Ranked 39th.

Primary education, duration > Years 6
Ranked 48th. The same as South Korea
6
Ranked 138th.

Primary education, teachers per 1000 3.14
Ranked 106th.
3.31
Ranked 101st. 5% more than Japan

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 17.5
Ranked 73th.
19.05
Ranked 68th. 9% more than Japan

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 11.79
Ranked 69th.
16.16
Ranked 42nd. 37% more than Japan

Secondary education, duration > Years 6
Ranked 97th. The same as South Korea
6
Ranked 158th.

Children out of school, primary, female per 1000 0.197
Ranked 58th.
0.397
Ranked 83th. 2 times more than Japan

Child care (preschool) > Duration 3
Ranked 41st. The same as South Korea
3
Ranked 118th.

Secondary education > Teachers > Per capita 4.79 per 1,000 people
Ranked 78th. 11% more than South Korea
4.3 per 1,000 people
Ranked 39th.

Secondary education, pupils 7.28 million
Ranked 11th. 88% more than South Korea
3.87 million
Ranked 21st.

College and university > Private school share 78.66%
Ranked 10th.
80.67%
Ranked 9th. 3% more than Japan

Girls to boys ratio > Primary level enrolment 1
Ranked 22nd. 1% more than South Korea
0.99
Ranked 2nd.

School life expectancy > Total 14.3 years
Ranked 24th.
14.6 years
Ranked 22nd. 2% more than Japan
Primary education, teachers 401,773
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than South Korea
164,820
Ranked 23th.

Primary education, pupils 7.03 million
Ranked 14th. 2 times more than South Korea
3.14 million
Ranked 34th.

Compulsary education starting age 6
Ranked 58th. The same as South Korea
6
Ranked 133th.

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary per million 0.0923
Ranked 94th.
0.325
Ranked 85th. 4 times more than Japan

Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write age 15 and over can read and write
High school > Upper secondary school duration 3
Ranked 66th. The same as South Korea
3
Ranked 132nd.

Literacy > Male 99%
Ranked 5th.
99.3%
Ranked 17th. About the same as Japan

High school > Private school share 19.22%
Ranked 46th.
31.46%
Ranked 18th. 64% more than Japan

Pupil-teacher ratio > Primary 19.15
Ranked 90th.
29.02
Ranked 43th. 52% more than Japan

Child care (preschool) > Starting age 3
Ranked 89th. The same as South Korea
3
Ranked 195th.

Tertiary > Students studying abroad 35,954.86
Ranked 20th.
128,241.27
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Japan

Primary completion rate 101
Ranked 9th. The same as South Korea
101
Ranked 1st.

Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 3.98 million
Ranked 5th. 24% more than South Korea
3.22 million
Ranked 1st.

Literacy > Reading performance > Overall 520
Ranked 6th.
539
Ranked 1st. 4% more than Japan
Elementary (primary school) > Duration 6
Ranked 53th. The same as South Korea
6
Ranked 146th.

Children out of school > Primary 6,844
Ranked 83th.
14,161
Ranked 48th. 2 times more than Japan

Secondary education, teachers 617,642
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than South Korea
239,292
Ranked 16th.

Secondary education, teachers per 1000 4.83
Ranked 60th. 1% more than South Korea
4.81
Ranked 61st.

Child care (preschool) > Students per teacher 25.94
Ranked 17th. 22% more than South Korea
21.24
Ranked 32nd.

Mathematical literacy 557
Ranked 1st. 2% more than South Korea
547
Ranked 2nd.
High school > Lower secondary school duration 3
Ranked 98th. The same as South Korea
3
Ranked 179th.

Children out of school, primary, male per 1000 0.273
Ranked 59th. 27% more than South Korea
0.214
Ranked 92nd.

Scientific literacy 550
Ranked 2nd.
552
Ranked 1st. About the same as Japan
Secondary education, general pupils 6.43 million
Ranked 11th. 86% more than South Korea
3.45 million
Ranked 19th.

Reading literacy 522
Ranked 8th.
525
Ranked 6th. 1% more than Japan
High school > Gender parity index 1
Ranked 77th. 1% more than South Korea
0.988
Ranked 88th.

Literacy > Reading performance > Overall reading skills 520
Ranked 6th.
539
Ranked 1st. 4% more than Japan
Scientific and technical journal articles 60,067
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than South Korea
13,746
Ranked 12th.

Literacy > Reading performance > Access and retrieve 530
Ranked 3rd.
542
Ranked 1st. 2% more than Japan
College and university > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 18%
Ranked 3rd.
34%
Ranked 22nd. 89% more than Japan
Tertiary > Students studying abroad proportion 0.927%
Ranked 115th.
3.82%
Ranked 74th. 4 times more than Japan

Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level per 1000 31.26
Ranked 46th.
67.35
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Japan

Scouting > Genders admitted both both
Elementary (primary school) > Starting age 6
Ranked 71st. The same as South Korea
6
Ranked 168th.

Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government 9.8%
Ranked 69th.
16.5%
Ranked 32nd. 68% more than Japan

Children out of school, primary, male 32,724
Ranked 27th. 3 times more than South Korea
10,673
Ranked 54th.

Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI 3.5%
Ranked 80th.
4.6%
Ranked 59th. 31% more than Japan

High school > Students per teacher 11.79
Ranked 71st.
16.16
Ranked 43th. 37% more than Japan

Secondary education > General pupils 6.88 million
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than South Korea
3.18 million
Ranked 10th.

Secondary school starting age > Years 12
Ranked 57th. The same as South Korea
12
Ranked 128th.

Primary education > Teachers > Per capita 2.97 per 1,000 people
Ranked 119th. 1% more than South Korea
2.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 75th.

Education enrolment by level > Primary level 7.27 million
Ranked 17th. 74% more than South Korea
4.19 million
Ranked 4th.

Schools connected to the Internet 99%
Ranked 7th.
100%
Ranked 3rd. 1% more than Japan

Secondary education, pupils per 1000 56.99
Ranked 122nd.
77.7
Ranked 77th. 36% more than Japan

Primary education, pupils per 1000 54.99
Ranked 127th.
63.07
Ranked 117th. 15% more than Japan

Girls to boys ratio > Tertiary level enrolment 0.89
Ranked 66th. 41% more than South Korea
0.63
Ranked 2nd.

Girls to boys ratio > Secondary level enrolment 1
Ranked 63th. The same as South Korea
1
Ranked 3rd.

Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level > Per capita 31.26 per 1,000 people
Ranked 44th.
67.37 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Japan

Universities > Top 100 3
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than South Korea
1
Ranked 17th.
Tertiary > Students studying abroad per thousand people 0.281
Ranked 170th.
2.58
Ranked 73th. 9 times more than Japan

Children out of school > Primary per 1000 0.0536
Ranked 119th.
0.294
Ranked 73th. 5 times more than Japan

Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 100%
Ranked 1st. 1% more than South Korea
98.6%
Ranked 2nd.

Primary education > Duration > Years 6 years
Ranked 50th. The same as South Korea
6 years
Ranked 136th.

Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ per capita $25,465.36
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than South Korea
$11,125.42
Ranked 7th.

Secondary education, general pupils per 1000 50.29
Ranked 119th.
69.34
Ranked 71st. 38% more than Japan

Literacy > Reading performance > Integrate and interpret 520
Ranked 5th.
541
Ranked 1st. 4% more than Japan
High school > Lower secondary starting age 12
Ranked 58th. The same as South Korea
12
Ranked 131st.

Elementary (primary) school) > Private school share 1.13%
Ranked 124th.
1.49%
Ranked 121st. 32% more than Japan

Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level 100%
Ranked 1st. The same as South Korea
100%
Ranked 1st.

Primary education > Pupils 7.26 million
Ranked 16th. 76% more than South Korea
4.13 million
Ranked 15th.

Secondary education > Pupils 7.89 million
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than South Korea
3.69 million
Ranked 10th.

Education enrolment by level > Secondary level > Per capita 63.8 per 1,000 people
Ranked 123th.
76.19 per 1,000 people
Ranked 4th. 19% more than Japan

Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Tertiary level 45.57%
Ranked 86th. 25% more than South Korea
36.55%
Ranked 5th.

Secondary education, vocational pupils 857,049
Ranked 10th. 2 times more than South Korea
416,394
Ranked 19th.

Elementary (primary) school > Students per teacher 17.5
Ranked 73th.
19.05
Ranked 68th. 9% more than Japan

Spending on education > Proportion spent on all staff salaries 76.72%
Ranked 19th. 14% more than South Korea
67.18%
Ranked 62nd.

Secondary education > Teachers 612,629
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than South Korea
207,878
Ranked 5th.

School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary 15 years
Ranked 28th.
17 years
Ranked 1st. 13% more than Japan
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level 8.13 million
Ranked 14th. 2 times more than South Korea
3.65 million
Ranked 2nd.

Scientific and technical journal articles per million 470.31
Ranked 20th. 64% more than South Korea
287.22
Ranked 26th.

Literacy > Reading performance > Continuous texts 520
Ranked 5th.
538
Ranked 1st. 3% more than Japan
Literacy > Reading performance > Non-continuous texts 518
Ranked 7th.
542
Ranked 1st. 5% more than Japan
Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Primary level 48.79%
Ranked 48th. 4% more than South Korea
46.95%
Ranked 7th.

Children out of school > Primary > Per capita 0.054 per 1,000 people
Ranked 120th.
0.293 per 1,000 people
Ranked 74th. 5 times more than Japan

Literacy > Reading performance > Reflect and evaluate 521
Ranked 7th.
542
Ranked 1st. 4% more than Japan
Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level > Women 100%
Ranked 2nd. The same as South Korea
100%
Ranked 1st.

High school > Upper secondary starting age 15
Ranked 85th. The same as South Korea
15
Ranked 159th.

Library books 7.31 million
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than South Korea
2.58 million
Ranked 5th.
School life expectancy > Male 14.4 years
Ranked 21st.
15.3 years
Ranked 10th. 6% more than Japan
Universities > Top 200 10
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than South Korea
3
Ranked 15th.
Secondary education > General pupils > Per capita 53.84 per 1,000 people
Ranked 118th.
65.8 per 1,000 people
Ranked 56th. 22% more than Japan

Education enrolment by level > Primary level per 1000 57.04
Ranked 150th.
87.45
Ranked 8th. 53% more than Japan

Education enrolment by level > Primary level > Per capita 0.057 per capita
Ranked 145th.
0.087 per capita
Ranked 8th. 53% more than Japan

Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level > Men 100%
Ranked 4th. The same as South Korea
100%
Ranked 1st.

Research and Development > RandD > Expenditure on RandD > Gross domestic expenditure on RandD 3.32%
Ranked 3rd. 11% more than South Korea
2.98%
Ranked 4th.
Library books per 1000 57.74
Ranked 37th. 1% more than South Korea
57.13
Ranked 12th.
Elementary (primary school) > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 65%
Ranked 1st.
78%
Ranked 25th. 20% more than Japan
Primary education > Teachers 378,950
Ranked 8th. 3 times more than South Korea
142,153
Ranked 13th.

Secondary education > Vocational pupils 1.02 million
Ranked 12th. 97% more than South Korea
514,550
Ranked 3rd.

Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Secondary level 48.93%
Ranked 87th. 3% more than South Korea
47.35%
Ranked 5th.

Expenditure on education > Change in expenditure on education > Expenditure in tertiary education 106.35 Index of change, year 200
Ranked 25th.
130.39 Index of change, year 200
Ranked 11th. 23% more than Japan
Secondary education > Pupils per 1000 61.79
Ranked 113th.
76.71
Ranked 41st. 24% more than Japan

Primary education > Teachers per 1000 2.97
Ranked 119th. About the same as South Korea
2.95
Ranked 72nd.

Children out of school > Primary > Female > Per capita 0.003 per 1,000 people
Ranked 114th.
0.216 per 1,000 people
Ranked 68th. 72 times more than Japan

Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ $3.25 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than South Korea
$556.32 billion
Ranked 5th.

Universities > Top 200 per million 0.0783
Ranked 20th. 26% more than South Korea
0.0623
Ranked 21st.
Primary school starting age > Years 6
Ranked 71st. The same as South Korea
6
Ranked 166th.

Scouting > Members 111,180
Ranked 15th.
190,539
Ranked 11th. 71% more than Japan
High school > Share of total education spending 38.24%
Ranked 9th. The same as South Korea
38.22%
Ranked 36th.

Elementary (primary) school) > Proportion spent on all staff salaries 86.36%
Ranked 25th. 21% more than South Korea
71.36%
Ranked 67th.

Secondary education > Teachers per 1000 4.8
Ranked 79th. 11% more than South Korea
4.32
Ranked 39th.

Secondary education > General pupils per 1000 53.85
Ranked 117th.
66.02
Ranked 58th. 23% more than Japan

Ratio of female to male primary enrollment 100.19
Ranked 21st. 1% more than South Korea
99.43
Ranked 25th.

Children out of school > Primary > Male 6,844
Ranked 67th. 83% more than South Korea
3,732
Ranked 47th.

Elementary (primary) school > Gender parity index 1
Ranked 37th. 1% more than South Korea
0.987
Ranked 83th.

Education enrolment by level > Secondary level per 1000 63.8
Ranked 124th.
76.17
Ranked 4th. 19% more than Japan

Scouting > Members per thousand people 0.872
Ranked 94th.
3.81
Ranked 37th. 4 times more than Japan
Outcomes > Tertiary attainment > Tertiary attainment for age group 55-64 22.87%
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than South Korea
10.58%
Ranked 26th.
Primary completion rate > Women 102
Ranked 5th. 2% more than South Korea
100
Ranked 1st.

School life expectancy > Female 14.1 years
Ranked 28th. 1% more than South Korea
13.9 years
Ranked 31st.
Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Men 100%
Ranked 1st. 1% more than South Korea
98.6%
Ranked 2nd.

Children out of school > Primary > Male > Per capita 0.054 per 1,000 people
Ranked 113th.
0.077 per 1,000 people
Ranked 71st. 43% more than Japan

Universities > Top 100 per million 0.0235
Ranked 17th. 13% more than South Korea
0.0208
Ranked 18th.
Primary completion rate > Men 101
Ranked 7th.
102
Ranked 1st. 1% more than Japan

Universities > Top 200 > Per $ GDP 0.002 per $1 billion of GDP
Ranked 28th.
0.004 per $1 billion of GDP
Ranked 22nd. Twice as much as Japan
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment 100.23
Ranked 74th.
100.3
Ranked 44th. The same as Japan

Primary education > Pupils per 1000 56.8
Ranked 147th.
85.7
Ranked 85th. 51% more than Japan

Secondary education > Pupils > Per capita 61.79 per 1,000 people
Ranked 112th.
76.46 per 1,000 people
Ranked 40th. 24% more than Japan

Young shorttext readers 74.5%
Ranked 1st. 43% more than South Korea
52.2%
Ranked 5th.
Research and Development > RandD > Expenditure on RandD > Gross domestic expenditure on RandD per million 0.026%
Ranked 24th.
0.0606%
Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Japan
Young longtext readers 3%
Ranked 27th.
14%
Ranked 23th. 5 times more than Japan
International Mathematical Olympiad > Results for the 2006 IMO > Points 146
Ranked 7th.
170
Ranked 3rd. 16% more than Japan
Universities > Top 100 > Per $ GDP 0.009 per $14.1 billion of GDP
Ranked 22nd.
0.021 per $14.1 billion of GDP
Ranked 19th. 2 times more than Japan
Literacy and Attainment > Educational attainment: completed tertiary > Tertiary > Population 25+ years > % > Over 24 year olds 29.88%
Ranked 3rd.
35.32%
Ranked 2nd. 18% more than Japan
Primary education, teachers > % female 64.88%
Ranked 83th.
78.25%
Ranked 59th. 21% more than Japan

Tertiary education, teachers > % female 17.9%
Ranked 76th.
34.1%
Ranked 74th. 90% more than Japan

Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure 9.41%
Ranked 102nd.
15.77%
Ranked 52nd. 68% more than Japan

Public spending on education, total > % of GDP 3.78%
Ranked 32nd.
5.05%
Ranked 60th. 34% more than Japan

Labor force with secondary education, female > % of female labor force 50.2%
Ranked 24th. 25% more than South Korea
40.2%
Ranked 45th.

Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 57.7%
Ranked 21st.
63.4%
Ranked 14th. 10% more than Japan

Education spending > % of GDP 3.6%
Ranked 93th.
4.2%
Ranked 80th. 17% more than Japan
School enrollment > Preprimary > % gross 84.81% gross
Ranked 38th.
90.65% gross
Ranked 11th. 7% more than Japan

Ratio of female to male enrollments in tertiary education 88.72
Ranked 82nd. 42% more than South Korea
62.43
Ranked 44th.

Expenditure per student > Secondary > % of GDP per capita 22.29%
Ranked 39th.
25.13%
Ranked 27th. 13% more than Japan

Secondary education > Pupils > % female 48.87% female
Ranked 70th. 4% more than South Korea
47.2% female
Ranked 57th.

Primary completion rate > Total > % of relevant age group 101.92%
Ranked 5th.
104.1%
Ranked 11th. 2% more than Japan

School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary > Female 15 years
Ranked 33th. The same as South Korea
15 years
Ranked 3rd.
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education > % 100.09%
Ranked 53th. 1% more than South Korea
98.76%
Ranked 72nd.

School enrollment, preprimary, female > % gross 87.65%
Ranked 25th.
117.49%
Ranked 4th. 34% more than Japan

School enrollment, preprimary, male > % gross 85.71%
Ranked 29th.
117.97%
Ranked 4th. 38% more than Japan

Secondary education, pupils > % female 48.87%
Ranked 61st. 4% more than South Korea
47.2%
Ranked 107th.

Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita 23.37%
Ranked 4th. About the same as South Korea
23.28%
Ranked 17th.

Services, etc., value added > Current US$ per capita $33,302.54
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than South Korea
$11,844.77
Ranked 6th.

Services, etc., value added > Current US$, % of GDP 72.19%
Ranked 13th. 38% more than South Korea
52.43%
Ranked 52nd.

Secondary education, vocational pupils per 1000 6.71
Ranked 67th.
8.36
Ranked 63th. 25% more than Japan

Secondary education, teachers, female per 1000 1.83
Ranked 44th.
2.72
Ranked 57th. 48% more than Japan

Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment > % 100.29%
Ranked 58th. 2% more than South Korea
98.55%
Ranked 75th.

Ratio of female to male primary enrollment > % 99.88%
Ranked 35th. 1% more than South Korea
98.94%
Ranked 69th.

Adjusted savings > Education expenditure > % of GNI 3.12% of GNI
Ranked 115th.
3.73% of GNI
Ranked 100th. 20% more than Japan

Public spending on education > Total > % of GDP 3.65%
Ranked 85th.
4.62%
Ranked 64th. 27% more than Japan

Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment 70.8%
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than South Korea
17%
Ranked 27th.

Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment 53.4%
Ranked 22nd. The same as South Korea
53.4%
Ranked 18th.

Expenditure per student > Primary > % of GDP per capita 22.63%
Ranked 17th. 21% more than South Korea
18.63%
Ranked 32nd.

School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % gross 101.48% gross
Ranked 21st. 9% more than South Korea
92.77% gross
Ranked 15th.

Expenditure per student > Tertiary > % of GDP per capita 19.61%
Ranked 56th. 2 times more than South Korea
9.34%
Ranked 69th.

Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Women 100%
Ranked 5th. 1% more than South Korea
98.6%
Ranked 2nd.

School enrollment > Primary > % net 99.91% net
Ranked 1st. 1% more than South Korea
99.37% net
Ranked 2nd.

Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$, % of GDP 55.2%
Ranked 17th. 12% more than South Korea
49.25%
Ranked 16th.

Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment > % 89.6%
Ranked 84th. 20% more than South Korea
74.56%
Ranked 90th.

School enrollment, primary > % gross 102.63%
Ranked 78th.
103.84%
Ranked 74th. 1% more than Japan

School enrollment, primary, female > % net 99.59%
Ranked 2nd. 1% more than South Korea
98.49%
Ranked 11th.

Persistence to grade 5, total > % of cohort 99.94%
Ranked 1st. 1% more than South Korea
99.13%
Ranked 8th.

School enrollment > Primary > % gross 100.41% gross
Ranked 101st.
104.79% gross
Ranked 52nd. 4% more than Japan

Persistence to last grade of primary, male > % of cohort 99.93%
Ranked 3rd. 1% more than South Korea
98.98%
Ranked 12th.

Public spending on education > Total > % of government expenditure 10.68%
Ranked 57th.
14.98%
Ranked 33th. 40% more than Japan

High school > Lower Secondary > Students per teacher 13.29
Ranked 54th.
18.01
Ranked 32nd. 35% more than Japan

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