Russia

Russia's population woes continue. Their population has decreased nearly 10 million peoplein the last decade. The numbers from the Global Educational Database support these numbers.

PRIMARY: There are 5 million students currently enrolled in the primary schools in Russia, half of them are girls. In 1999, the number was 6.742 million students. The teacher to student ration is an impressive 17.12 to one. In 2001, the last date, 92.3% of students transitioned to secondary education.

SECONDARY: IN 2008, there were 10.797 million students enrolled, with just under 50% of them girls. 83% of the females students who should have been enrolled were. (84.96% of boys were enrolled.) The pupil/teacher ratio is 8.63 in 2007. Since the population of students has decreased, and the ratio of teachers to students has as well--in 2003 the ratio was 10.78--it appears the number of teachers has decreased (see below) at a slower rate than the number of students enrolled.

TERTIARY: Keeping with the other statistics, about half of the 12.237 million students who participate in tertiary education are women. Similar to other industrialized nations, about 86.5% of the eligible students move on to this next level, with Engineering, manufacturing and construction and social sciences, business and laws leading the percentages of majors--87% combined.

HUMAN and FINANCIAL RESOURCES: 98.7% of the primary teaching staff is female and 81% of secondary teaching staff. As stated above, the number of teachers, at the secondary level, has decreased from 1.347 million in 2003 to 1.25 million in 2008. The percent of education expenditure as a percent of government spending has increased from 10.6 (in 2000) to 12.9% in 2007. Literacy rates remain constant: 99.7% for youth and 99.5% for adults.