Latin Education Index 2012

Abel Halpern January 14, 2013

Latin Education Index 2012
By Category

Quality primary education				Years of schooling
Rk	Rk	Country	Quality	Rk	Rk		Mean
LEI	Cat.			LEI	Cat.

1	1	Costa Rica	4.90	3	1	Chile	9.74
10	2	Colombia	3.30	8	2	Panama	9.39
1	3	Uruguay	3.30	2	3	Argentina	9.28
2	4	Argentina	3.20	5	4	Bolivia	9.20
5	5	Bolivia	3.20	6	5	Peru	8.66
13	6	Ecuador	3.20	9	6	Mexico	8.52
8	7	Panama	2.90	1	7	Uruguay	8.45
3	8	Chile	2.80	11	8	Costa Rica	8.35
9	9	Mexico	2.80	12	9	Paraguay	7.70
4	10	Venezuela	2.80	4	10	Venezuela	7.60
17	11	Nicaragua	2.70	13	11	Ecuador	7.59
7	12	Brazil	2.50	15	12	El Salvador	7.54
15	13	El Salvador	2.40	10	13	Colombia	7.34
18	14	Guatemala	2.20	7	14	Brazil	7.18
16	15	Honduras	2.20	14	15	Dom. Rep.	7.16
19	16	Haiti	2.10	16	16	Honduras	6.50
12	17	Paraguay	2.10	17	17	Nicaragua	5.77
6	18	Peru	2.10	19	18	Haiti	4.90
14	19	Dom. Rep.	1.90	18	19	Guatemala	4.07
		Average	2.80			Average	7.60

Quality=Quality of primary education. Survey assessing quality of primary
schools. (1=poor, 7=excellent)


**Sources: World Economic Forum (quality), UNESCO (Mean and expected years**
**of schooling, enrollment, literacy), Latin Business Chronicle (index)**

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Abel Halpern January 18, 2013