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Key findings from the 2013 edition of Education at a Glance - Andreas SchleicherAdvisor of the OECD Secretary-General on Education PolicyDeputy Director for Education
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings
More people are participating in education than ever before
Proportion of population with tertiary education, and difference in attainment
between 25-34 and 55-64 year-olds (2011)
AUS
AUS
BEL
CAB
CHL
CZE
DNK
EST
FIN
FRA
GER
GRC
HUN
ISL
IRL
ISR
ITA
JPN
KOR
LUX
MEX
NLD NZL
NOR
POL
PRT
SVK
SVN
ESP
SWE
CHE
TUR
UKM
USA
BRA
RUS
- 10
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Proportion of 25-64 year-olds with tertiary education
OECD
OECD average
Percentage points
Difference between the 25-34 and 55-64 year-old populations with tertiary education.
High attainment;
decreasing
advantage
Lower attainment;
catching up
High attainment;
Increasing
advantage
Low attainment;
Getting further
behind
Chart A1.3
Tertiary attainment
Increasingadvantage
DE
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings
More women than men earn a university-level degree
Proportion of students who enter tertiary education and graduate with at least a first
degree/qualification at this level, by gender (2011)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Japan
Australia
Spain,
Denmark
Finland
Belgium(Fl.)
Turkey
Netherlands
CzechRepublic
Germany
Poland
EU21average
Portugal
OECDaverage
Mexico
Austria
Norway
NewZealand
Hungary
UnitedStates
Sweden
Women Men%
Chart A4.2
EU
UK
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings Less than 70% of students entering tertiary education
actually graduate
Proportion of students who enter tertiary education and graduate with at least a first degree
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Japan
Australia
Denmark
France
Spain
Finland
Germany
Turkey
Belgium(Fl.)
Netherlands
CzechRepublic
UnitedKingdom
SlovakRepublic
EU21average
OECDaverage
Portugal
Mexico
Austria
Poland
NewZealand
Norway
Sweden
UnitedStates
Hungary
%
Chart A4.1
US/EU
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings A tertiary education is an advantage,
particularly during an economic downturn
Unemployment rates for 25-64 year-olds tertiary educated people (2005, 2008 and 2011)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Norway
Austria
Germany
Switzerland
CzechRepublic
Netherlands
Australia
Brazil
Korea
Japan
Belgium
Luxembourg
NewZealand
RussianFederation
Sweden
Israel
UnitedKingdom
Hungary
Finland
Iceland
Poland
Slovenia
OECDaverage
Mexico
France
UnitedStates
Canada
Denmark
Italy
EU21average
SlovakRepublic
Chile
Ireland
Turkey
Estonia
Portugal
Spain
Greece
% 2011 2008 2005
Chart A5.2-3
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings Adults with no upper secondary education
suffer even more in weak labour markets
Unemployment rates for 25-64 year-olds with below upper secondary education
(2005, 2008 and 2011)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Korea
Mexico
Chile
Brazil
Norway
Netherlands
Australia
Luxembourg
NewZealand
Austria
Israel
Iceland
Switzerland
Turkey
Denmark
Italy
Sweden
UnitedKingdom
Finland
Canada
Belgium
OECDaverage
Slovenia
France
Portugal
Germany
RussianFederation
EU21average
UnitedStates
Poland
Greece
CzechRepublic
Ireland
Hungary
Estonia
Spain
SlovakRepublic
% 2011 2008 2005
Chart A5.2-1
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings The private returns on an investment in tertiary
education are substantial
Private costs and benefits for a man attaining tertiary education (2009)
600 000 400 000 200 000 0 200 000 400 000 600 000 800 000 1 000 000
Turkey 64177
New Zealand 66357
Greece 70128
Denmark 72592
Sweden 84239
Norway 95465
Belgium 116694
Spain 118157
Germany 132531
Estonia 137268
Japan 143018
Netherlands 145886
Israel 151443
Australia 152564
Italy 155346
Korea 161173
OECD average 162718
Portugal 163882
France 166155
EU21 average 167528
Finland 169020
Canada 169217
United Kingdom 180560
Austria 187103
Hungary 210381
Slovak Republic 217086
Slovenia 227191
Poland 230630
Czech Republic 277158
Ireland 288543
United States 364847
Direct cost
Foregone taxes on earnings
Income tax effect
Social contribution effect
Transfers effect
Gross earnings benefits
Unemployment effect
Grants effect
Chart A7.3 bis
Costs Benefits
Equivalent USD
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings The net public return on investment for a man in tertiary
education is over USD 100 000.
Net private and public returns associated with a man attaining tertiary education (2009)
0 50 000 100 000 150 000 200 000 250 000 300 000 350 000 400 000
United States
Ireland
Czech Republic
Poland
Slovenia
Slovak Republic
Hungary
Austria
United Kingdom
Canada
Finland
EU21 average
France
Portugal
OECD average
Korea
Italy
Australia
Israel
Netherlands
Japan
Estonia
Germany
Spain
Belgium
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Greece
New Zealand
Turkey
Equivalent USD
Private net returns Public net returns
Chart A7.1
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings
Upper secondary education has become the norm
Percentage of 25-64 year-olds whose highest level of attainment is upper secondary or post-
secondary non-tertiary education (2011)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Czech…
Slovak…
Poland
Austria
Hungary
Slovenia
Germany
Japan
Estonia
Sweden
EU21average
UnitedStates
OECD…
Luxembourg
Finland
Denmark
Switzerland
Norway
Chile
France
Italy
NewZealand
Greece
Korea
Russian…
Netherlands
Iceland
Canada
United…
Ireland
Belgium
Israel
Australia
Brazil
Spain
Mexico
Turkey
Portugal
Upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary (ISCED 3/4) with no distinction by orientation
Upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary (ISCED 3/4) with general orientation
Upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary (ISCED 3/4) with vocational orientation
%
Chart A1.2
EU/US
Europe now matches US qualification
levels (among 55-64-year-olds it was
still 25 percentage points behind)
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings Often a vocationally oriented secondary education offers
better insurance against unemployment than general education
Unemployment rates among 25-64 year-olds with vocational or general upper secondary or post-
secondary non-tertiary education (2011)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Norway
Switzerland
Austria
Netherlands
Australia
Sweden
Iceland
NewZealand
Belgium
Germany
Israel
Italy
Denmark
Canada
Finland
OECDaverage
France
Hungary
Slovenia
Turkey
EU21average
Poland
SlovakRepublic
Estonia
Ireland
Spain
Greece
%
Vocational education at ISCED 3/4 level General education at ISCED 3/4 level
Chart A5.3
EU/US
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings Adults with a tertiary education are half as likely to be obese
as those with only a below upper secondary education
Percentage of adults who are obese, by educational attainment (2011)
0
10
20
30
40
50
UnitedKingdom
UnitedStates
NewZealand
Chile
Australia
Canada
Iceland
Hungary
CzechRepublic
OECDaverage
Estonia
Slovenia
Poland
Greece
EU21average
SlovakRepublic
Israel
Ireland
Belgium
Norway
Sweden
Turkey
France
Austria
Spain
Netherlands
Below upper secondary education Upper secondary education Tertiary education
%
Chart A8.1
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings An individual with a higher level of education
is less likely to smoke
Percentage of adults who smoke, by educational attainment (2011)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Greece
Chile
Poland
Spain
CzechRepublic
Hungary
Israel
SlovakRepublic
Estonia
EU21average
Belgium
Norway
OECDaverage
Netherlands
Slovenia
France
Ireland
Austria
UnitedStates
Canada
Australia
Iceland
NewZealand
UnitedKingdom
Sweden
Below upper secondary education Upper secondary education Tertiary education
%
Chart A8.2
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings
On average across OECD countries, 8.2% of 15-19 year-olds
were neither in education nor employed in 2011
(2.7% unemployed and 5.8% inactive),
Percentage of 15-19 year-olds not in education and unemployed or not in the labour force (2011)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Turkey
Mexico
Brazil
Israel
Chile
NewZealand
Australia
UnitedKingdom
Canada
Norway
Spain
Italy
OECDaverage
UnitedStates
Portugal
Austria
Ireland
Switzerland
Korea
Denmark
Netherlands
Sweden
Greece
EU21average
France
Belgium
Estonia
Iceland
Finland
SlovakRepublic
Germany
CzechRepublic
Hungary
Poland
Luxembourg
%
Not in education and not in the labour force
Not in education and unemployed
Not in education (Total)
Chart C5.2
UK
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings Between 2008 and 2010, countries varied in the share of
total public expenditure they allocated to education
Index of change between 2008 and 2010 in public expenditure on education as a percentage of
total public expenditure for all levels of education combined (2008=100, 2010 constant prices)
80
85
90
95
100
105
110
115
120
125
Australia
Iceland
UnitedKingdom
Switzerland
NewZealand
Israel
Chile
Korea
Denmark
Sweden
SlovakRepublic
CzechRepublic
Austria
Portugal
OECDaverage
Finland
Estonia
Japan
France
Netherlands
EU21average
Spain
Poland
Slovenia
Belgium
Italy
Hungary
Norway
UnitedStates
Brazil
Mexico
Ireland
Index of change
Change in public expenditure on education
Change in public expenditure for all services
Change in total public expenditure on education as a percentage of total public expenditure
Chart B4.2
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings Between 2008 and 2010, only five countries cut public
expenditure on educational institutions
Index of change between 2008 and 2010 in expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage
of GDP, for all levels of education (2008=100, 2010 constant prices)
80
85
90
95
100
105
110
115
120
125
Australia
SlovakRepublic
Denmark
Ireland
Portugal
Finland
NewZealand
Netherlands
Japan
UnitedKingdom
Canada
CzechRepublic
Slovenia
Mexico
Spain
EU21average
Austria
OECDaverage
Norway
Korea
France
Switzerland
Sweden
Estonia
Belgium
Israel
UnitedStates
RussianFederation
Poland
Iceland
Italy
Hungary
Chile
Index of change
(2008=100)
Change in public expenditure on educational institutions
Change in Gross Domestic Product
Change in expenditure on education institutions as a percentage of GDP
Chart B2.3-1
EU
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings OECD countries spend USD 9 313 per student per year
on primary through tertiary education
In equivalent USD converted using PPPs, based on full-time equivalents, for primary through
tertiary education
0
2 000
4 000
6 000
8 000
10 000
12 000
14 000
16 000
UnitedStates
Switzerland
Norway
Denmark
Austria
Sweden
Netherlands
Belgium
UnitedKingdom
Australia
Ireland
Japan
France
Finland
Spain
EU21average
Slovenia
OECDaverage
Italy
Iceland
Korea
NewZealand
Portugal
Israel
Poland
Estonia
CzechRepublic
SlovakRepublic
Hungary
RussianFederation
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
Mexico
In equivalent USD
converted using PPPs
Total
Ancillary services (transport, meals, housing provided by institutions) and R&D
Core services
Chart B1.1
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings
Spending per student at the tertiary level
Annual expenditure per student by educational institutions for all services, by level of education (2010)
0
2 000
4 000
6 000
8 000
10 000
12 000
14 000
16 000
18 000
20 000
22 000
24 000
26 000
28 000
30 000
UnitedStates
Switzerland
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Finland
Japan
Ireland
United…
Belgium
Australia
France
Austria
Spain
Brazil
EU21average
Israel
Portugal
NewZealand
Korea
Slovenia
Italy
Poland
Hungary
Iceland
Mexico
Czech…
Chile
Slovak…
Estonia
Argentina
Expenditure per student (equivalent USD
converted using PPPs)
Tertiary education
Chart B1.2-3
EU
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings Some 16% of all spending on educational institutions
comes from private sources
Share of private expenditure on educational institutions (2010)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Chile
UnitedKingdom
Korea
Japan
UnitedStates
Australia
Israel
Canada1
Russian…
NewZealand
Italy
OECDaverage
Portugal
Mexico
SlovakRepublic
Poland
Netherlands
Estonia
Argentina
EU21average
Spain
CzechRepublic
Ireland
France
Slovenia
Austria
Belgium
Sweden
Iceland
Denmark
Finland
Norway
Switzerland
Luxembourg
%
Primary, secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education
Tertiary education
Chart B3.1
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings The share of private expenditure on tertiary institutions
increased from 24% in 2000 to 32% in 2010
Share of private expenditure on tertiary educational institutions (2000, 2005 and 2010)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Chile
UnitedKingdom
Korea
Japan
UnitedStates
Australia
Israel
Canada
RussianFederation
NewZealand
Italy
EU21average
OECDaverage
Portugal
Mexico
SlovakRepublic
Poland
Netherlands
Estonia
Argentina
Spain
CzechRepublic
Ireland
France
Slovenia
Austria
Belgium
Sweden
Iceland
Denmark
Finland
Norway
%
2010 2005 2000
Chart B3.3
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings Expenditure on pre-primary education accounts for an
average of 0.6% of GDP.
Expenditure on early childhood educational institutions as a percentage of GDP, by funding sources
(2010)
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
Denmark
Iceland
Spain
Israel
RussianFederation
Luxembourg
Slovenia
France
Sweden
Hungary
Poland
Mexico
Chile
Belgium
NewZealand
Argentina
EU21average
Austria
OECDaverage
CzechRepublic
Norway
UnitedStates
SlovakRepublic
Italy
Estonia
Finland
Brazil
Netherlands
Portugal
UnitedKingdom
Korea
Japan
Switzerland
Australia
Private expenditure on educational institutions in percentage of GDP
Public expenditure on educational institutions in percentage of GDP
Total
% of GDP
Chart C2.3
UK
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings The ratio of pupils to teaching staff indicates the level
of resources devoted to pre-primary education
Ratio of pupils to teaching staff in early childhood education in public and private institutions
(2011)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
Mexico
Israel
China
Turkey
Chile
France
Indonesia
UnitedKingdom
Brazil
Korea
Belgium
Poland
Portugal
Japan
Netherlands
OECDaverage
Austria
CzechRepublic
UnitedStates
EU21average
Spain
Germany
SlovakRepublic
Italy
Luxembourg
Hungary
SaudiArabia
Finland
Slovenia
NewZealand
Estonia
Sweden
Iceland
Children to educational staff ratio
Chart C2.4
UK/DE
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings
Students in OECD countries receive an average of 7 751 hours
of instruction during primary and lower secondary education,
most of which is compulsory
Number of intended instruction hours in public institutions (2011)
0 2 000 4 000 6 000 8 000 10 000 12 000
Australia
Ireland
Netherlands
Spain
Luxembourg
Iceland
Israel
France
Portugal
Mexico
Canada
Chile
Denmark
England
Norway
OECD average
EU21 average
Belgium (Fr.)
Italy
Germany
Japan
Indonesia
Slovak Republic
Greece
Belgium (Fl.)
Austria
Finland
Sweden
Poland
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Korea
Russian Federation
Estonia
Hungary
Turkey
Total number of intended instruction hours
Compulsory instruction time Non-compulsory instruction time
Compulsory instruction time Non-compulsory instruction time
Primary education Lower secondary education
Chart D1.1
UK
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings On average in OECD countries, class size increases by two or
more students between primary and lower secondary education
Average class size in educational institutions, by level of education (2011)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
China
Chile
Japan
Israel
Korea
Turkey
Indonesia
Argentina
UnitedKingdom
Brazil
Ireland
Australia
France
Spain
OECDaverage
Germany
Belgium(Fr.)
Hungary
Portugal
Denmark
UnitedStates
EU21average
CzechRepublic
Mexico
Finland
Italy
Slovenia
Poland
Iceland
Austria
SlovakRepublic
Russian…
Estonia
Greece
Luxembourg
Number of students
per classroom
Primary education
Lower secondary education
Chart D2.2
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings In only 6 countries were relative salaries for teachers
higher than those of comparably educated workers
Ratio of teachers' salary to earnings for full-time, full-year workers with tertiary education aged
25-64 (2011 or latest available year)
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
Spain
Korea
Luxembourg
Portugal
NewZealand
Canada
Germany
Finland
Israel
England
Australia
Denmark
Belgium(Fl.)
OECDaverage
EU21average
Netherlands
Belgium(Fr.)
Ireland
Sweden
Slovenia
France
Scotland
Poland
Chile
Norway
UnitedStates
Estonia
Austria
Italy
Hungary
CzechRepublic
Iceland
SlovakRepublic
Ratio
Chart D3.1-2
EU/US
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings Between 2009 and 2011, teachers’ salaries fell, for the first
time since 2000, by around 2% at all levels of education
OECD average of the index of change between 2005 and 2011 (2000 = 100, constant prices),
for teachers with 15 years of experience and minimum training
100
105
110
115
120
125
130
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Primary level Lower secondary level Upper secondary level
Index of change
Chart Box_D3.1
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings In 2011, more than 4.3 million students were enrolled in
tertiary education outside their country of citizenship.
Evolution in the number of students enrolled outside their country of citizenship, by region of
destination (2000 to 2011)
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Worldwide OECD G20 countries Europe North America Oceania
Million students
Chart C4.1
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and
the United States together receive more than 50% of all
foreign students worldwide.
Percentage of all foreign tertiary students enrolled, by destination (2000, 2011)
0
5
10
15
20
25
UnitedStates
UnitedKingdom
Germany
France
Australia
Canada
RussianFederation
Japan
Spain
SouthAfrica
China
Italy
NewZealand
Austria
Korea
Switzerland
Netherlands
Belgium
OtherOECD
OtherG0andnon-OECD
2000 2011Market
share (%)
Chart C4.3
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EducationataGlance2013
Keyfindings At least 15% of tertiary enrolments in Australia, Austria, New
Zealand, Switzerland and the United Kingdom are international
International or foreign student enrolment as a percentage of total tertiary enrolment (2011)
0
5
10
15
20
Australia
UnitedKingdom
Switzerland
NewZealand
Austria
Belgium
Sweden
Denmark
Canada¹
Ireland
Iceland
Netherlands
Finland
Hungary
SlovakRepublic
Japan
UnitedStates
Portugal
Spain
Estonia
Slovenia
Norway
Poland
Chile
France
CzechRepublic
SouthAfrica¹
Greece
Italy
SaudiArabia
RussianFederation
Korea
Israel
Turkey
China
Brazil
Foreign students2
%
International students
OECD average
Chart C4.4