UIS STATISTICS IN BRIEF

Education in Germany Education - all levels

North America and Western Europe

General information
2006

82 641 HIV rate (%) in adults (15-49 years) * (2005) 0.1

Total population (000)
Poverty (% of pop. on less than $2 a day) * ...
Annual population growth rate (%) * (2005) -0.1
GDP per capita (PPP) US$ * (2005) 29 461
Population 0-14 years (%) 13
GDP growth rate (%) * (2005) 1.0
Rural population (%) * (2005) 25
Total debt service as a % of GNI (%) * ...
Total fertility rate (births per woman) * (2005) 1.4
Children of primary school-age who are out-of- (**,2005) 1
Infant mortality rate (0/00) * (2005) 4
school (%)
Life expectancy at birth (years) * (2005) 79
* World Bank World Development Indicators

Participation in education
Percentages of children in school are represented by Gross Enrolment Ratios (GER) and Net Enrolment Rates (NER). GER is the number of pupils
enrolled in a given level of education regardless of age expressed as a percentage of the population in the theoretical age group for that level of
education. NER is the number of pupils in the theoretical age group who are enrolled expressed as a percentage of the same population.

Pre-primary enrolment

1991 1999 2002 2006 2006

105% of children are enrolled in pre-primary school
Pre-primary Regional
average

MF ... 94 101 105 (*) 81

GER(%) M ... 94 102 106 (*) 81

F ... 93 100 105 (*) 81

Primary enrolment

1991 1999 2002 2006 2006

98% of girls and 98% of boys are in primary school
Primary Regional
average

MF 101 106 101 103 101

GER(%) M (**) 101 106 101 103 101

F (**) 102 105 100 103 101

MF (**) 84 ... (**) 97 (**) 98 95

NER(%) M (**) 83 ... (**) 97 (**) 98 95

F (**) 86 ... (**) 97 (**) 98 95

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Secondary enrolment

1991 1999 2002 2006 2006

Secondary Regional
average

MF 98 98 100 101 101

GER(%) M (¤e) 99 99 100 102 101

F (¤e) 97 97 99 99 101

MF ... ... ... ... 91

NER(%) M ... ... ... ... 90

F ... ... ... ... 91

Tertiary enrolment

1991 1999 2002 2006 2006

Tertiary Regional
average

MF 34 ... ... ... 70

GER(%) M ... ... ... ... 60

F ... ... ... ... 80

Progression and completion in education

97% of children complete a full course of primary

2006

School life expectancy ISCED 1-6 (years) (**) 15.9

Percentage of repeaters, primary (%) 1

Survival rate to grade 5 (%) ...

Gross intake rate to last grade of primary (%) 97

Primary to secondary transition rate (%) (2005) 99

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Resources for education

9.8% of government spending goes to education

2006

Pupil / teacher ratio (primary) 14

Public expenditure on education :

as % of GDP (2004) 4.6

as % of total government expenditure (2004) 9.8

Distribution of public expenditure per level (%) - 2004 :

pre-primary 8

primary 15

secondary 51

tertiary 24

unknown 2

Literacy rates

1990 2006 2006

Literacy rates Regional
average

MF ... ... 99.1

Adult (15+) % ... ... 99.3

M

F ... ... 98.9

MF ... ... 99.5

Youth (15-24) % ... ... 99.5

M

F ... ... 99.5

Symbols used : Footnotes:

- Magnitude nil or negligible value All the education statistics, with the exception of the literacy data, refer to the year 2006 unless
otherwise noted. For more information on rates of out-of-school children, or other indicators see
... Data not available the online education glossary.
. Category not applicable
** UIS estimation
x Charts symbol: Data not available
¤e Partial estimation

* National Estimation

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