Holy See (Vatican City) Education Stats
Definitions
- 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.
- Child care (preschool) > Starting age: Average age at which students begin pre-primary (preschool) education.
- 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.
- Compulsary education starting age: Age at which children must be enrolled in school.
- Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP: Percentage of public funding for education out of country's total GDP.
- High school > Private school share: Percentage of secondary students who attend a private school.
- High school > Upper secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the upper secondary (high school) level.
- Homeschooling legal status: Legal status of homeschooling.
- 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.
- 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 > 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.
- 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.
- Tertiary > Students studying abroad: Total number of post-secondary students who were studying abroad during given year.
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Holy See (Vatican City) Education Profiles (Subcategories)
| Child care (preschool) 6 | High school 19 |
| Elementary (primary) school 6 | Literacy 4 |
| Elementary (primary) school) 3 | Tertiary 3 |
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| Education | Language |
- Holy See (Vatican City) has ranked last for elementary (primary) school) > proportion spent on all staff salaries since 1975.
- Holy See (Vatican City) has ranked last for high school > students per teacher since 1975.
- Holy See (Vatican City) has ranked last for spending on education > proportion spent on all staff salaries since 1975.
- Holy See (Vatican City) has ranked last for elementary (primary) school) > share of total education spending since 1975.
- Holy See (Vatican City) has ranked last for high school > proportion spent on all staff salaries since 1975.
- Holy See (Vatican City) has ranked last for child care (preschool) > students per teacher since 1981.
- Holy See (Vatican City) has ranked last for high school > upper secondary > students per teacher since 1975.
- Holy See (Vatican City) has ranked last for elementary (primary) school > students per teacher since 1975.
- Holy See (Vatican City) has ranked last for high school > lower secondary > students per teacher since 1975.
- Holy See (Vatican City) has ranked last for child care (preschool) > duration since 1975.
