UIS STATISTICS IN BRIEF

East Asia and the Pacific

2007

Education in Philippines Education - all levels

General information

Total population (000) 87 960

Annual population growth rate (%) * (2006) 2.0

Population 0-14 years (%) 33

Rural population (%) * (2006) 37

Total fertility rate (births per woman) * (2006) 3.3

Infant mortality rate (0/00) * (2006) 24

Life expectancy at birth (years) * (2006) 71

* World Bank World Development Indicators

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

Poverty (% of pop. on less than $2 a day) * ...

GDP per capita (PPP) US$ * (2006) 3 153

GDP growth rate (%) * (2006) 5.4

Total debt service as a % of GNI (%) * (2006) 10.7

Children of primary school-age who are out-of-school (%)

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

Pre-primary 1991 1999 2002 2007 2007Regionalaverage

MF ... 30 32 46 47

GER(%) M ... 30 32 46 48

F ... 31 33 47 46

46% of children are enrolled in pre-primary school

Primary enrolment

Primary 1991 1999 2002 2007 2007Regionalaverage

MF ... 113 111 109 110

GER(%) M ... 113 112 110 111

F ... 113 111 109 109

MF ... 92 92 91 (**) 94

NER(%) M ... 92 91 90 (**) 94

F ... 92 94 92 (**) 93

92% of girls and 90% of boys are in primary school

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Secondary enrolment

Secondary 1991 1999 2002 2007 2007Regionalaverage

MF ... 76 82 83 78

GER(%) M ... 72 78 79 77

F ... 79 86 87 78

MF ... 51 56 61 (**) 71

NER(%) M ... 49 51 56 (**) 71

F ... 53 62 67 (**) 72

67% of girls and 56% of boys are in secondary school

Tertiary enrolment

Tertiary 1991 1999 2002 2007 2007Regionalaverage

MF ... 29 30 ... 26

GER(%) M ... 25 27 ... 26

F ... 32 34 ... 26

Progression and completion in education

2007

School life expectancy ISCED 1-6 (years) (**,2006) 11.8

Percentage of repeaters, primary (%) 2

Survival rate to grade 5 (%) (2006) 77

Gross intake rate to last grade of primary (%) 94

Primary to secondary transition rate (%) (2006) 98

94% of children complete a full course of primary

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Resources for education

2007

Pupil / teacher ratio (primary) 34

Public expenditure on education :

as % of GDP (2005) 2.5

as % of total government expenditure (2005) 15.2

Distribution of public expenditure per level (%) - 2005 :

pre-primary ...

primary 54

secondary 29

tertiary 14

unknown 4

15.2% of government spending goes to education

Literacy rates

Literacy rates 1990 2007 2007Regionalaverage

MF 93.6 (**) 93.4 93.5

Adult (15+) % M 94.0 (**) 93.1 96.2

F 93.2 (**) 93.7 90.7

MF 96.6 (**) 94.4 98.0

Youth (15-24) % M 96.3 (**) 93.6 98.2

F 96.9 (**) 95.3 97.8

93.4% of adults and 94.4% of youth are literate

Symbols used :

- Magnitude nil or negligible value

... Data not available

. Category not applicable

x Charts symbol: Data not available

Footnotes:

All the education statistics, with the exception of the literacy data, refer to the year 2007 unlessotherwise noted. For more information on rates of out-of-school children, or other indicators seethe online education glossary.

** UIS estimation

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