Education in nations

Enrolment ratio    Age completed    Years of schooling    Specialization     Expenditures    Estes' index    UN-DP index

Aspects of

Variable Measurement Era SPSS code N Source
Education enrolment ratio primary school 1985 EduEnrolPrimary_85 37 Kurian 1992 table 199
secondary school 1985 EduEnrolSecundary_85 36 Kurian 1992 table 200
post secondary school 1985 EduEnrolPostsec_85 38 Kurian 1992 table 203
primary+secundary+tertiary (gross) 1975 EduEnrolGross_1975 72 UN-HDR 1995 table 2.1, 3.1
1980 EduEnrolGross_1980 161 UN-HDR
Trend file 2007
1985 EduEnrolGross_1985 161
1990 EduEnrolGross_1990 161
1995 EduEnrolGross_1995 161
1999 EduEnrolGross_1999 161
2000-04 EduEnrolGross_2000.04 161
Age formal education completed Rated on 10 point scale, the last step of which is '21 years and over. 1990-91 EducationEndAge_1990 40 WVS2 item 356
1995-98 EducationEndAge_1996 43 WVS3 item 218
Years of schooling Age 15 and above, mean 1970 EducationYears_1970 65 UN-HDR 2001 table A2.2
1980 EducationYears_1980 67 UN-HDR 2001 table A2.2
1990 EducationYears_1990 77 UN-HDR 2001 table A2.2
2000 EducationYears_2000 72 UN-HDR table A2.2
Educational specializations % tertiary education on fine arts and humanities 1994-97 EducationArts_1996 71 World Culture Report 1998, table 24
Gross tertiary science enrollment ratio (%) 1995-97 EducationScience_1996 81 UN-HDR 2001 table A2.1
Education expenditures See government expenditures

Indexes

Variable Measurement Era SPSS code N Source
Estes' Education sub index Part of Index of Social Progress: 1. School enrolment ratio, first level (+), 2. Pupil-teacher ratio, first level (-), 3. % adult illiteracy (-), 4. Expenditures on education in % GDP (+) 1979-80 EducationIndex1_1980 47 Estes 1984: table 5-1
UN-DP index of education Adult literacy (counted 2/3), plus combined schoolenrolment (counted 1/3) 1975 EducationIndex2_1970 124 UN-HDR 2007 Trendfile table 1
1980 EducationIndex2_1970 149
1985 EducationIndex2_1970 156
1990 EducationIndex2_1970 151
1995 EducationIndex2_1995 154
2000-04 EducationIndex2_2000.04 169
Related variables:
Education-homogeneity; see topic Class difference
Education equality; see topic Gender equality

 

Related topics:
Government expenditures
Intelligence
Literacy

Related themes:
Education
Knowledge

States of Nations is an inventory of country characteristics. It is part of the World Database of Happiness

Keywords added: Cross-national, Schooling, Literacy, Wisdom