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Sweden Education Stats

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In Sweden, education is mostly funded by the government and is mandatory for children from 7 to 16. The state requires local governments to offer free childcare for children through the age of 12. Preschool education can begin as early as one year, although educational programs in preschools are not state-funded.

Between the ages of 7 and 16, children attend elementary and secondary school (high school). Schools are divided between municipal (public) schools, and independent (private) schools, both of which are free. When children reach the age of 16, they can continue their education in what is called upper secondary programs, where they receive rigorous and specialized training. In addition to the core subjects, upper secondary schools offer students the choice between 17 different academic programs. The purpose is to prepare students through the ages of 16 to 20 for college and university, which are also partially government-funded. In addition, there exist special schools for adults who want to continue their education, students with special needs, immigrant students, and traditional Sami schools for members of the indigenous Sami group.

Definitions

  • Average years of schooling of adults: Average years of schooling of adults is the years of formal schooling received, on average, by adults over age 15. (Data Source: Barro-Lee Data Set www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/ddbarle2.htm)
  • 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.
  • Child care (preschool) > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for pre-primary (preschool) education.
  • Children out of school > Primary: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
  • Children out of school, primary: Children out of school, primary. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Total is the total number of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools.
  • Children out of school, primary per 1000: Children out of school, primary. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Total is the total number of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Children out of school, primary, female: Children out of school, primary, female. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Female is the total number of female primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools.
  • Children out of school, primary, female per 1000: Children out of school, primary, female. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Female is the total number of female primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Children out of school, primary, male: Children out of school, primary, male. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Male is the total number of male primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools.
  • Children out of school, primary, male per 1000: Children out of school, primary, male. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Male is the total number of male primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • College and university > Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for college and university enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
  • College and university > Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment is the percentage of men to women enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.
  • College and university > Private school share: Percentage of post-secondary students who attend a private school, college, or university.
  • College and university > Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to post-secondary education.
  • College and university > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female: Percentage of country's college and university professors that are female.
  • 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.
  • Duration of compulsory education: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
  • Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Educational attainment > Tertiary: Percentage of adult population (aged 25-64) educated till tertiary level (year 2000).
  • Elementary (primary school) > Duration: Number of years students study at the primary level.
  • Elementary (primary school) > Starting age: Average age at which students begin primary education.
  • Elementary school graduate rate: Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
  • Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP: Percentage of public funding for education out of country's total GDP.
  • High school > Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for secondary level enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
  • High school > Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • High school > Lower secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the lower secondary (middle school) level.
  • High school > Population with at least high school education > Women: Population with at least high school education > Women.
  • High school > Private school share: Percentage of secondary students who attend a private school.
  • High school > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for all levels of secondary education.
  • High school > Upper secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the upper secondary (high school) level.
  • High school enrolment rate: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • High school repeaters > Male: Repeaters in secondary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in secondary school."
  • High school starting age > Years: Secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade."
  • Homeschooling legal status: Legal status of homeschooling.
  • International Baccalaureate schools: Number of schools of any level teaching the curriculum of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO).
  • 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 > Reading performance > Access and retrieve: Access and retrieve.

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  • Literacy > Reading performance > Overall: Overall.

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  • Literacy > Reading performance > Overall reading skills: Overall.

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  • 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.
  • Mathematical literacy: Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000
  • Preschool enrollment rate: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Primary education > Teachers > Per capita: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Primary education, duration > Years: Primary education, duration (years). Duration of primary is the number of grades (years) in primary education.
  • Primary education, pupils: Primary education, pupils. Enrolment in primary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions.
  • Primary education, pupils per 1000: Primary education, pupils. Enrolment in primary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Primary education, teachers: Primary education, teachers. Teaching staff in primary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Primary education, teachers per 1000: Primary education, teachers. Teaching staff in primary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Public spending per student > Primary level: Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio > Primary: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, primary: Pupil-teacher ratio, primary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Primary is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary: Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Secondary is the number of pupils enrolled in secondary school divided by the number of secondary school teachers.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary per million: Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Secondary is the number of pupils enrolled in secondary school divided by the number of secondary school teachers. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Reading literacy: Reading literacy mean value of performance scale (15 years old, 2000)
  • School life expectancy > Total: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
  • Schools connected to the Internet: Schools connected to the Internet are the share of primary and secondary schools in the country that have access to the Internet.
  • Scientific and technical journal articles: Scientific and technical journal articles refer to the number of scientific and engineering articles published in the following fields: physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.
  • Scientific literacy: Scientific literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old (2000)
  • Scouting > Genders admitted: Admits boys/girls.
  • Secondary education > General pupils: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.
  • Secondary education > Teachers > Per capita: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Secondary education, duration > Years: Secondary education, duration (years). Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (years) in secondary education (ISCED 2 & 3).
  • Secondary education, general pupils: Secondary education, general pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. General programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in general programmes at public and private secondary education institutions.
  • Secondary education, pupils: Secondary education, pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled at public and private secondary education institutions.
  • Secondary education, pupils per 1000: Secondary education, pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled at public and private secondary education institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Secondary education, teachers: Secondary education, teachers. Teaching staff in total secondary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private secondary education institutions (ISCED 2 and 3). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Secondary education, teachers per 1000: Secondary education, teachers. Teaching staff in total secondary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private secondary education institutions (ISCED 2 and 3). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Secondary school starting age > Years: Secondary school starting age (years). Entrance age of 2A lower secondary is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.
  • Spending > Proportion: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment. Expressed as a proportion of GNI."
  • Spending > USD: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment."
  • Spending per student > College and university: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • Spending per student > Elementary school: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • Spending per student > High school: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • Teachers as percentage of labor force: The percentage share of the total labor force who are classroom, academic staff, and other teachers. Data for 1999.
  • Tertiary > Students studying abroad: Total number of post-secondary students who were studying abroad during given year.
  • Tertiary > Students studying abroad proportion: The number of students from a given country studying abroad in a given year, expressed as a percentage of total tertiary enrollment in that country. Ratios greater than 100 % are possible, because those currently studying abroad do not count towards total enrollment.
  • Tertiary enrollment: Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.
STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Average years of schooling of adults 11.4 2000 5th out of 100
Child care (preschool) > Duration 4 2012 12th out of 204
Child care (preschool) > Starting age 3 2012 102nd out of 204
Child care (preschool) > Students per teacher 9.88 2007 114th out of 127
Children out of school > Primary 9,536 2004 78th out of 121
Children out of school, primary 3,027 2011 93th out of 116
Children out of school, primary per 1000 0.32 2011 108th out of 116
Children out of school, primary, female 2,155 2011 76th out of 102
Children out of school, primary, female per 1000 0.228 2011 93th out of 102
Children out of school, primary, male 872 2011 90th out of 102
Children out of school, primary, male per 1000 0.0923 2011 101st out of 102
College and university > Gender parity index 1.52 2011 16th out of 91
College and university > Gender ratio 159.23 2008 15th out of 87
College and university > Private school share 8.81% 2011 91st out of 110
College and university > Share of total education spending 29.02% 2010 14th out of 109
College and university > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female 43% 2011 30th out of 72
Compulsary education duration 10 2011 52nd out of 188
Compulsary education starting age 7 2011 12th out of 188
Duration of compulsory education 10 years 2000 41st out of 159
Primary completion rate 96 1991 22nd out of 84
Education enrolment by level > Primary level 774,888 2002 83th out of 173
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 414,657 2002 40th out of 130
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level > Per capita 46.47 per 1,000 people 2002 19th out of 125
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level per 1000 46.46 2002 19th out of 128
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI 7.3% 2004 9th out of 101
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government 12.9% 2004 51st out of 76
Educational attainment > Tertiary 32% 2000 5th out of 18
Elementary (primary school) > Duration 6 2012 58th out of 212
Elementary (primary school) > Starting age 7 2012 19th out of 212
Elementary school graduate rate 99.93 2007 1st out of 90
Girls to boys ratio > Primary level enrolment 1 2005 26th out of 149
Girls to boys ratio > Secondary level enrolment 1 2005 64th out of 140
Girls to boys ratio > Tertiary level enrolment 1.55 2005 13th out of 96
Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP 6.98% 2010 12th out of 115
High school > Gender parity index 0.989 2011 57th out of 103
High school > Gender ratio 99.24 2008 62nd out of 116
High school > Lower secondary school duration 3 2012 104th out of 205
High school > Population with at least high school education > Women 84.4% 2010 31st out of 155
High school > Private school share 19.39% 2011 45th out of 128
High school > Students per teacher 9.51 2011 85th out of 103
High school > Upper secondary school duration 3 2012 72nd out of 205
High school enrolment rate 99.91 2007 6th out of 96
High school repeaters > Male 0.0 2008 94th out of 99
High school starting age > Years 13 2009 15th out of 176
Homeschooling legal status Illegal, as of June 2010; supposedly allowed under special circumstances such as student health reasons or family travel, but virtually never approved. Officials often ignore legally permitted appeals. 2014
International Baccalaureate schools 41 2014 15th out of 17
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write 2003
Literacy > Female 99% 2003 16th out of 157
Literacy > Male 99% 2003 27th out of 157
Literacy > Reading performance > Access and retrieve 505 2014 14th out of 62
Literacy > Reading performance > Overall 497 2014 18th out of 62
Literacy > Reading performance > Overall reading skills 497 2014 18th out of 62
Literacy > Total population 99% 2003 19th out of 161
Mathematical literacy 510 2000 14th out of 27
Preschool enrollment rate 94.9 2008 110th out of 135
Primary education > Teachers > Per capita 7.6 per 1,000 people 2004 18th out of 146
Primary education, duration > Years 6 2012 52nd out of 200
Primary education, pupils 578,486 2011 77th out of 155
Primary education, pupils per 1000 61.22 2011 120th out of 155
Primary education, teachers 62,429 2011 42nd out of 134
Primary education, teachers per 1000 6.61 2011 27th out of 134
Public spending per student > Primary level 23.5 2002 9th out of 70
Pupil-teacher ratio > Primary 10.11 2004 143th out of 147
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 9.27 2011 125th out of 131
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 9.51 2011 84th out of 99
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary per million 1.01 2011 70th out of 99
Reading literacy 516 2000 9th out of 27
School life expectancy > Total 16 years 2002 6th out of 110
Schools connected to the Internet 99% 2002 10th out of 26
Scientific and technical journal articles 10,237 2003 15th out of 92
Scientific literacy 512 2000 10th out of 27
Scouting > Genders admitted both 2014
Secondary education > General pupils 519,183 2004 64th out of 157
Secondary education > Teachers > Per capita 8.37 per 1,000 people 2004 26th out of 127
Secondary education, duration > Years 6 2012 101st out of 197
Secondary education, general pupils 472,309 2011 70th out of 147
Secondary education, pupils 698,968 2011 62nd out of 140
Secondary education, pupils per 1000 73.97 2011 94th out of 140
Secondary education, teachers 73,492 2011 33th out of 101
Secondary education, teachers per 1000 7.78 2011 28th out of 101
Secondary school starting age > Years 13 2012 15th out of 196
Spending > Proportion 6.41 2008 17th out of 168
Spending > USD 31.41 billion 2008 17th out of 154
Spending per student > College and university 38.99 2007 16th out of 56
Spending per student > Elementary school 25.44 2007 8th out of 68
Spending per student > High school 31.19 2007 9th out of 64
Teachers as percentage of labor force 4.2% 1999 16th out of 36
Tertiary > Students studying abroad 16,287.14 2011 50th out of 203
Tertiary > Students studying abroad proportion 3.51% 2011 76th out of 124
Tertiary enrollment 70% 2000 2nd out of 96

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Citation

  • Sweden ranked second for primary school starting age > years amongst High income OECD countries in 2012.
  • Sweden ranked first for average years of schooling of adults amongst European Union in 2000.
  • Sweden ranked 11 places from the bottom for secondary education, duration > years amongst Europe in 2012.

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In Sweden, education is mostly funded by the government and is mandatory for children from 7 to 16. The state requires local governments to offer free childcare for children through the age of 12. Preschool education can begin as early as one year, although educational programs in preschools are not state-funded.

Between the ages of 7 and 16, children attend elementary and secondary school (high school). Schools are divided between municipal (public) schools, and independent (private) schools, both of which are free. When children reach the age of 16, they can continue their education in what is called upper secondary programs, where they receive rigorous and specialized training. In addition to the core subjects, upper secondary schools offer students the choice between 17 different academic programs. The purpose is to prepare students through the ages of 16 to 20 for college and university, which are also partially government-funded. In addition, there exist special schools for adults who want to continue their education, students with special needs, immigrant students, and traditional Sami schools for members of the indigenous Sami group.

Posted on 28 Mar 2014

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