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Figure 2A.15: School Life Expectancy and Current Expenditure for Education as a Share of GDP for Some Low Income African Countries (2007 or Closest Year) 10 9
Togo Uganda
8
Malawi
School Life Expectancy
7
Ghana
Gambia Guinea-Bissau
6
Mozambique Ethiopia Mali
Rwanda
4
Tanzania
Madagascar
Guinea
5 CAR
3
Burundi
Burkina Faso
Niger
2 1 0 1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
% Current Expenditure for Education as a Share of GDP
5.5
6
Source: Table 2.16.
For a given level of mobilized public resources, there are various situations that offer different levels of schooling coverage. Thus, Malawi belongs to the countries that spend more than others, not being so efficient compared to countries spending less.
Notes
For a given cycle or sub cycle, ASR=GER x (1 % repeaters). For more detailed presentation, see Pole de Dakar Méthode note n°3 : “Mesurer la couverture scolaire globale d’un pays: l’espérance de vie scolaire.” 3 Calculation with schooling profile lead to 6.2. 1 2