South Korean Education Comparison to Its Asian Neighbors

GNP for Education (in percent) % Rank
Malaysia 7.0% 1
Mongolia 7.0% 2
USA 6.7% 3
Japan 5.0% 4
South Korea 4.2% 5
Singapore 3.8% 6
North Korea 3.6% 7
Taiwan 3.6% 8
Thailand 3.6% 9
Vietnam 3.0% 10
Hong Kong 2.8% 11
China 2.7% 12
Indonesia 2.0% 13
Primary Students per Teacher Students Rank
South Korea 36 1
Philippines 32 2
Taiwan 31 3
Macau 30 4
Vietnam 29 5
Hong Kong 27 6
Mongolia 27 7
Singapore 25 8
China 24 9
Indonesia 24 10
Japan 22 11
Malaysia 21 12
Thailand 20 13
USA 20 14
2nd Level Students per Teacher Students Rank
Philippines 34 1
South Korea 30 2
North Korea 25 3
Vietnam 25 4
Mongolia 23 5
Taiwan 22 6
Hong Kong 21 7
Malaysia 21 8
Japan 20 9
Singapore 20 10
China 17 11
Macau 17 12
Thailand 17 13
Indonesia 15 14
USA 15 15
3rd Level Students per Teacher Students Rank
North Korea 45 1
Hong Kong 42 2
South Korea 38 3
Macau 38 4
Thailand 33 5
Philippines 22 6
Taiwan 21 7
Japan 18 8
Mongolia 13 9
Singapore 12 10
Indonesia 10 11
Malaysia 10 12
USA 10 13
China 5 14

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