Education at a Glance 2012 - OECD

Foreword......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 7
Levels of education......Page 9
Country coverage......Page 10
Notes to tables and figures......Page 11
1. Education levels and student numbers......Page 13
Further reading from OECD......Page 14
Figure 1.2. Population that has attained tertiary education, 2010......Page 15
Going further......Page 16
Figure 1.4. Enrolment rates of 20-29 year-olds (1995, 2010)......Page 17
Going further......Page 18
Figure 1.6. Successful completion of upper-secondary programmes by gender......Page 19
Going further......Page 20
Figure 1.8. Entry rates into vocationally oriented tertiary education (2000, 2010)......Page 21
Further reading from OECD......Page 22
Figure 1.10. First time graduation rates from vocationally oriented education (1995, 2010)......Page 23
Further reading from OECD......Page 24
Figure 1.12. Education and employment among young people, 2010......Page 25
Going further......Page 26
Figure 1.14. Student mobility in tertiary education, 2010......Page 27
2. The economic and social benefits of education......Page 29
Further reading from OECD......Page 30
Figure 2.2. Relative earnings by level of education for women (2010 or latest available year)......Page 31
Going further......Page 32
Figure 2.4. Men and women with tertiary education, 2010......Page 33
Going further......Page 34
Figure 2.6. Private costs and benefits for men obtaining tertiary education, 2008......Page 35
Further reading from OECD......Page 36
Figure 2.8. Public costs and benefits for a man obtaining tertiary education, 2008......Page 37
Further reading from OECD......Page 38
Figure 2.10. Voting gaps between levels of education, by age group, 2010......Page 39
Further reading from OECD......Page 40
Figure 2.12. Average labour income by education level (2009 or latest available year)......Page 41
3. Paying for education......Page 43
Going further......Page 44
Figure 3.2. Expenditure on education relative to spending on primary education, 2009......Page 45
Further reading from OECD......Page 46
Figure 3.4. Trends in expenditure per student in tertiary education (2000, 2009)......Page 47
Going further......Page 48
Figure 3.6. Expenditure as a percentage of GDP, 2009......Page 49
Going further......Page 50
Figure 3.8. Total public expenditure as a percentage of GDP (2000, 2009)......Page 51
Further reading from OECD......Page 52
Figure 3.10. Trends in the share of private expenditure (2000, 2009)......Page 53
Further reading from OECD......Page 54
Figure 3.12. Public subsidies for tertiary education, 2009......Page 55
Going further......Page 56
Figure 3.14. Current and capital expenditure in tertiary education, 2009......Page 57
Going further......Page 58
Figure 3.16. Contribution of various factors to salary cost per student at lower secondary level (2000, 2010)......Page 59
4. The school environment......Page 61
Further reading from OECD......Page 62
Figure 4.2. Instruction time by subject, 2010......Page 63
Further reading from OECD......Page 64
Figure 4.4. Average class size, by level of education, 2010......Page 65
Further reading from OECD......Page 66
Figure 4.6. Minimum and maximum teacher salaries, 2010......Page 67
Further reading from OECD......Page 68
Figure 4.8. Percentage of teachers’ working time spent teaching, 2010......Page 69
Further reading from OECD......Page 70
Figure 4.10. Gender distribution of teachers, 2010......Page 71
5. Special section: Equity......Page 73
Further reading from OECD......Page 74
Figure 5.2. A considerable reading gap exists between immigrant students and natives......Page 75
Further reading from OECD......Page 76
Figure 5.4. Influence of pre-primary education policies on PISA results, 2009......Page 77
Further reading from OECD......Page 78
Figure 5.6. Influence of factors other than examinations in access to tertiary education, 2011......Page 79
Going further......Page 80
Figure 5.8. Employment rates of people with vocational and general upper secondary education, 2010......Page 81
Going further......Page 82
Figure 5.10. Mean hours of job-related non-formal education by age group, 2007......Page 83
Further reading from OECD......Page 84
Figure 5.12. Intergenerational mobility in education, 2009......Page 85
Further reading from OECD......Page 86
Figure 5.13. Factors affecting reading performance......Page 87
Further reading from OECD......Page 88
Figure 5.16. Share of women graduates, by field of education, 2010......Page 89
Statistical note......Page 91