New Zealand

===Education===
{{Main|Education in New Zealand|Tertiary education in New Zealand}}

Primary and secondary schooling is compulsory for children aged 6 to 16, with the majority of children attending from the age of 5.<ref name="Education Stats">{{cite web |title=Education Statistics of New Zealand: 2009 |publisher=Education Counts |first=Olivia |last=Dench|date=July 2010 |url= http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/ECE/2507/80221 |access-date=19 January 2011}}</ref> There are 13 school years and attending [[State school|state (public) schools]] is free to New Zealand citizens and permanent residents from a person's 5th birthday to the end of the calendar year following their 19th birthday.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1989/0080/latest/DLM177440.html |title=Education Act 1989 No 80|at=Section 3 |publisher=[[New Zealand Parliamentary Counsel Office]] |date=1989 |access-date=5 January 2013}}</ref> New Zealand has an adult literacy rate of 99%,<ref name="CIA" /> and over half of the population aged 15 to 29 hold a tertiary qualification.<ref name="Education Stats" /> There are five types of government-owned tertiary institutions: [[University|universities]], colleges of education, [[Institute of technology#New Zealand|polytechnics]], specialist colleges, and [[wānanga]],<ref name="EducationAct1989">{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1989/0080/latest/DLM183668.html |title=Education Act 1989 No 80 (as at 0<!-- no reformat -->1 February 2011), Public Act. Part 14: Establishment and disestablishment of tertiary institutions, Section 62: Establishment of institutions |publisher=[[New Zealand Parliamentary Counsel Office]] |work=Education Act 1989 No 80 |date=1 February 2011 |access-date=15 August 2011}}</ref> in addition to private training establishments.<ref name="NZQA">{{cite web |title=Studying in New Zealand: Tertiary education |publisher=[[New Zealand Qualifications Authority]] |url= http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/studying-in-new-zealand/tertiary-education |access-date=15 August 2011}}</ref> In 2021, in the population aged 25–64; 13% had no formal qualification, 21% had a school qualification, 28% had a tertiary certificate or diploma, and 35% have a [[bachelor's degree]] or higher.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Educational attainment of the adult population |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/achievement-and-attainment/educational-attainment-of-the-adult-population.xlsx |website=educationcounts.govt.nz}}</ref> The OECD's [[Programme for International Student Assessment]] ranks New Zealand as the 28th best in the [[OECD]] for maths, 13th best for science, and 11th best for reading.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019 |title=PISA 2018 results |url=https://www.oecd.org/pisa/publications/pisa-2018-results.htm |access-date=7 October 2023 |website=PISA}}</ref>