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Table 398. | Selected population and finance statistics, school enrollment, and teachers, by major areas of the world: Selected years, 1980 through 2005 |
Selected characteristic | World total1 | Major areas of the world | |||||||||||
Africa2 | Asia3 | Europe4 | Central and South America5 |
Northern America5 | Oceania6 | ||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||
1980 | |||||||||||||
Population, all ages7 (in thousands) | 4,447,090 | 475,714 | 2,641,312 | 693,075 | 359,307 | 255,109 | 22,573 | ||||||
Enrollment, all levels (in thousands) | 856,971 | 78,036 | 495,155 | 131,633 | 87,291 | 60,041 | 4,815 | ||||||
First (elementary) level8 | 541,556 | 62,134 | 336,174 | 52,471 | 65,414 | 22,611 | 2,752 | ||||||
Second level9 | 264,379 | 14,360 | 144,755 | 62,734 | 16,969 | 23,913 | 1,647 | ||||||
Third level10 | 51,037 | 1,542 | 14,227 | 16,428 | 4,908 | 13,516 | 416 | ||||||
Teachers, all levels (in thousands) | 38,285 | 2,338 | 19,641 | 8,225 | 3,730 | 4,079 | 272 | ||||||
First (elementary) level8 | 19,044 | 1,661 | 10,874 | 2,541 | 2,260 | 1,580 | 129 | ||||||
Second level9 | 15,398 | 584 | 7,554 | 4,387 | 1,083 | 1,679 | 112 | ||||||
Third level10 | 3,843 | 94 | 1,213 | 1,297 | 387 | 820 | 31 | ||||||
Public expenditures on education | |||||||||||||
In millions of U.S. dollars | 516,400 | 22,900 | 93,800 | 200,600 | 33,500 | 155,100 | 10,400 | ||||||
As a percent of gross national product | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 11 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.6 | |||||
1990 | |||||||||||||
Population, all ages7 (in thousands) | 5,281,986 | 629,389 | 3,184,342 | 722,109 | 437,822 | 282,020 | 26,304 | ||||||
Enrollment, all levels (in thousands) | 980,474 | 107,871 | 569,179 | 131,255 | 104,968 | 62,007 | 5,194 | ||||||
First (elementary) level8 | 596,853 | 80,640 | 364,213 | 48,968 | 75,505 | 24,810 | 2,717 | ||||||
Second level9 | 315,008 | 24,378 | 181,652 | 63,366 | 22,194 | 21,569 | 1,849 | ||||||
Third level10 | 68,613 | 2,853 | 23,314 | 18,922 | 7,269 | 15,628 | 628 | ||||||
Teachers, all levels (in thousands) | 47,105 | 3,791 | 24,455 | 9,398 | 5,131 | 4,000 | 330 | ||||||
First (elementary) level8 | 22,626 | 2,390 | 12,692 | 2,812 | 3,006 | 1,582 | 143 | ||||||
Second level9 | 19,380 | 1,241 | 9,947 | 5,076 | 1,520 | 1,449 | 146 | ||||||
Third level10 | 5,100 | 160 | 1,816 | 1,509 | 605 | 969 | 41 | ||||||
Public expenditures on education | |||||||||||||
In millions of U.S. dollars | 986,500 | 25,700 | 199,800 | 367,500 | 44,600 | 330,300 | 18,600 | ||||||
As a percent of gross national product | 4.8 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 11 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 5.6 | |||||
1995 | |||||||||||||
Population, all ages7 (in thousands) | 5,686,775 | 719,497 | 3,437,791 | 728,034 | 476,641 | 296,644 | 28,168 | ||||||
Enrollment, all levels (in thousands) | 1,103,756 | 130,794 | 644,609 | 137,839 | 116,821 | 66,510 | 7,183 | ||||||
First (elementary) level8 | 649,480 | 95,928 | 394,304 | 47,344 | 82,279 | 26,501 | 3,124 | ||||||
Second level9 | 372,724 | 30,899 | 219,415 | 69,448 | 26,087 | 23,984 | 2,891 | ||||||
Third level10 | 81,552 | 3,966 | 30,890 | 21,047 | 8,455 | 16,026 | 1,167 | ||||||
Teachers, all levels (in thousands) | 52,047 | 4,486 | 26,955 | 10,113 | 5,784 | 4,269 | 439 | ||||||
First (elementary) level8 | 24,356 | 2,811 | 13,499 | 2,863 | 3,374 | 1,649 | 161 | ||||||
Second level9 | 21,746 | 1,471 | 11,273 | 5,561 | 1,696 | 1,528 | 217 | ||||||
Third level10 | 5,945 | 205 | 2,183 | 1,689 | 714 | 1,092 | 61 | ||||||
2000 | |||||||||||||
Population, all ages7 (in thousands) | 6,084,908 | 810,432 | 3,678,484 | 731,386 | 520,405 | 313,565 | 30,637 | ||||||
Enrollment, all levels (in thousands) | 1,204,015 | 151,472 | 12 | 704,358 | 12 | 137,084 | 12 | 136,463 | 67,072 | 7,567 | 12 | ||
First (elementary) level8 | 653,681 | 107,046 | 404,478 | 13 | 41,652 | 69,936 | 27,435 | 3,134 | |||||
Second level9 | 452,143 | 38,044 | 13 | 259,820 | 70,458 | 55,213 | 25,220 | 3,390 | |||||
Third level10 | 98,191 | 6,382 | 13 | 40,061 | 24,974 | 13 | 11,314 | 14,417 | 1,043 | 13 | |||
Teachers, all levels (in thousands) | 57,044 | 12,14 | 5,061 | 12 | 30,025 | 12 | 10,417 | 12 | 6,434 | 4,662 | ‡ | ||
First (elementary) level8 | 25,701 | 13 | 2,913 | 15,348 | 13 | 2,755 | 2,726 | 1,806 | 154 | 13 | |||
Second level9 | 24,703 | 14 | 1,887 | 13 | 12,257 | 5,777 | 13 | 2,850 | 1,695 | ‡ | |||
Third level10 | 6,640 | 14 | 262 | 13 | 2,420 | 1,885 | 858 | 1,161 | ‡ | ||||
2005 | |||||||||||||
Population, all ages7 (in thousands) | 6,470,340 | 909,350 | 3,912,346 | 730,314 | 557,143 | 328,251 | 32,937 | ||||||
Enrollment, all levels (in thousands) | 1,341,560 | 12 | 191,768 | 12 | 791,490 | 12 | 135,015 | 142,634 | 72,771 | 7,882 | |||
First (elementary) level8 | 692,551 | 135,434 | 420,181 | 13 | 38,426 | 68,549 | 26,813 | 3,147 | 12 | ||||
Second level9 | 510,825 | 13 | 48,022 | 13 | 308,708 | 13 | 64,802 | 58,510 | 27,344 | 3,440 | 13 | ||
Third level10 | 138,183 | 13 | 8,312 | 13 | 62,600 | 13 | 31,787 | 15,575 | 18,613 | 1,295 | 13 | ||
Teachers, all levels (in thousands) | 64,438 | 12,14 | 6,003 | 12 | ‡ | 10,641 | 7,697 | 12 | 5,023 | ‡ | |||
First (elementary) level8 | 27,179 | 13 | 3,478 | 13 | 16,025 | 13 | 2,678 | 2,962 | 1,866 | 169 | 13 | ||
Second level9 | 28,452 | 13,14 | 2,206 | 13 | ‡ | 5,728 | 3,542 | 1,806 | ‡ | ||||
Third level10 | 8,807 | 13,14 | 319 | 13 | 3,636 | 13 | 2,236 | 1,194 | 13 | 1,351 | ‡ |
‡ Reporting standards not met. 1 Enrollment and teacher data exclude the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. 2 Excludes Rodrigues and other small islands. 3 Includes five countries of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Arab states, and both the Asian and the European portions of Turkey. 4 Includes all countries of the former U.S.S.R. except Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. 5 Northern America includes Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, St. Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States of America. Hawaii is included in Northern America rather than in Oceania. Central and South America includes Latin America and the Caribbean. 6 Includes American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of Vanuatu. 7 Estimate of midyear population. 8 First-level enrollment generally consists of elementary school, grades 1–6. 9 Second-level enrollment includes general education, teacher training (at the second level), and technical and vocational education. This level generally corresponds to secondary education in the United States, grades 7–12. 10 Third-level enrollment includes college and university enrollment, and technical and vocational education beyond the high school level. There is considerable variation in reporting from country to country. 11 This figure is for Europe, not including the former U.S.S.R. 12 Estimated. 13 Estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 14 Includes estimates for major areas of the world not separately shown. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Public expenditure data not available for 1995, 2000, and 2005. Data in this table include imputed values for nonrespondent countries. SOURCE: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Statistical Yearbook, 1999, and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared July 2008.) |