Education at a Glance 2002 - Tables

  • Table A1.1. Upper secondary graduation rates (2000)
  • Table A1.2. Population that has attained at least upper secondary education (2001
  • Table A1.3. Post-secondary non-tertiary graduation rates (2000)
  • Table A2.1. Tertiary graduation rates (2000)
  • Table A2.2. Survival rates in tertiary education (2000)
  • Table A2.3. Population that has attained tertiary education (2001)
  • Table A3.1a. Educational attainment of the adult population (2001)
  • Table A3.1b. Educational attainment of the labour force (2001)
  • Table A3.1c. Educational attainment of the population, by gender (2001)
  • Table A4.1. Tertiary graduates, by field of study and level of education (2000)
  • Table A4.2. Percentage of tertiary qualifications awarded to women, by type of tertiary education and by subject category (2000)
  • Table A5.1. Reading proficiency of 15 hyphen year-olds (2000)
  • Table A5.2. Variation in performance in reading literacy of 15-year-olds (2000)
  • Table A6.1. Variation in performance in mathematical literacy of 15-year-olds (2000
  • Table A6.2. Variation in performance in scientific literacy of 15-year-olds (2000)
  • Table A7.1. Sources of variation in performance in reading literacy of 15-year-old students (2000)
  • Table A8.1. Civic attitudes and civic engagement of 14-year-olds (1999)
  • Table A9.1. Student performance and socio-economic status (2000)
  • Table A10.1. Performance in reading literacy and country of birth of 15-year-olds and their parents (2000)
  • Table A10.2. Performance in reading literacy and language spoken at home of 15-year-olds (2000)
  • Table A12.1. Expected years in education and not in education for 15 to 29-year-olds, by gender and work status (2001)
  • Table A13.1. Relative earnings of the population with income from employment
  • Table A13.2. Differences in earnings between women and men
  • Table A13.3. Private internal rates of return to education (1999-2000)
  • Table A13.4. Social rates of return to education (1999-2000)
  • Table A14.1. Decomposition of changes in annual average growth rates of GDP per capita (1980-1997)
  • Table B1.1. Expenditure on educational institutions per student (1999)
  • Table B1.2. Expenditure on educational institutions per student relative to GDP per capita (1999)
  • Table B1.3. Cumulative expenditure on educational institutions per student over the average duration of tertiary studies (1999)
  • Table B2.1a. Expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP (1995, 1999)
  • Table B2.1b. Expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP (1995, 1999)
  • Table B2.1c. Expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP (1999
  • Table B2.2. Change of expenditure on educational institutions (1995, 1999)
  • Table B3.1. Total public expenditure on education (1995, 1999)
  • Table B4.1. Relative proportions of public and private expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education (1995, 1999)
  • Table B4.2. Relative proportions of public and private expenditure on educational institutions (1995, 1999)
  • Table B4.3. Distribution of total public expenditure on education (1999)
  • Table B5.1. Public subsidies to the private sector as a percentage of total public expenditure on education and GDP for primary, secondary and post-secondary non hyphen tertiary education (1999)
  • Table B5.2. Public subsidies to the private sector as a percentage of total public expenditure on education and GDP for tertiary education (1999)
  • Table B6.1. Expenditure on instruction, research and development (R&D) and ancillary services in educational institutions as a percentage of GDP, and private expenditure on educational goods purchased outside educational institutions as a percentage of GDP (1999)
  • Table B6.2. Expenditure per student on instruction, ancillary services and research and development (R&D) (1999)
  • Table B6.3. Expenditure on educational institutions by resource category (1999)

Additional Web Tables:

  • Table B7.1a. Initial sources of public educational funds and final purchasers of educational resources, by level of government for primary, secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education (1999)
  • Table B7.1b. Initial sources of public educational funds and final purchasers of educational resources, by level of government for tertiary education (1999)
  • Table C2.1. Entry rates to tertiary education and age distribution of new entrants (2000)
  • Table C2.2. Expected years in tertiary education and changes in total tertiary enrolment (2000)
  • Table C2.3. Students enrolled in public and private institutions and full-time and part-time programmes in tertiary education (2000)
  • Table C2.4. Students enrolled in public and private institutions and full-time and part-time programmes in primary and secondary education (2000)
  • Table C2.5. Upper secondary enrolment patterns (2000)
  • Table C3.1. Exchange of students in tertiary education (2000)
  • Table C3.2. Proportion of foreign students in tertiary education in the country of study (2000)
  • Table C3.3. Proportion of citizens in tertiary education studying abroad (2000)
  • Table C4.1. Participation rate in continuing education and training during one year for 25 to 64-year-olds, by level of education, type of training and gender
  • Table C5.1. Percentage of the youth population in education and not in education, by age group and work status (2001)
  • Table C5.1a. Percentage of young men in education and not in education, by age group and work status (2001)
  • Table C5.1b. Percentage of young women in education and not in education, by age group and work status (2001)
  • Table C5.2.Percentage of unemployed non-students in the total population, by level of educational attainment, age group and gender (2001)
  • Table C6.1. Percentage of 20 to 24-year hyphen olds not in education, by level of educational attainment, gender and work status (2001)
  • Table D1.1. Intended instruction time in public institutions (2000)
  • Table D1.2a. Intended instruction time for 9 to 11-year hyphen olds in public institutions, by subject (2000)
  • Table D1.2b. Intended instruction time for 12 to 14-year-olds in public institutions, by subject (2000)
  • Table D1.3. Additional instruction time and learning time of 15-year-olds (2000)
  • Table D2.1. Average class size, by type of institution and level of education (2000
  • Table D2.2. Ratio of students to teaching staff in public and private institutions by level of education, calculations based on full-time equivalents (2000)
  • Table D3.1. Ratio of students to computers (2000)
  • Table D3.2. Availability of computers and computer networks in schools in which 15-year-olds are enrolled (2000)
  • Table D3.3. The extent to which learning is hindered by a lack of computers for instruction or lack of multi-media resources for instruction in schools in which 15-year-olds are enrolled (2000)
  • Table D3.4. Availability of computers to use at home and at school for 15-year-olds (2000)
  • Table D3.5. Frequency of use of computers at home and at school by 15-year-olds (2000)
  • Table D3.6. 15-year-olds who use computers to help them learn school material (2000)
  • Table D4.1. Perceived comfort with and ability to use computers of 15-year-olds, by gender (2000)
  • Table D4.2. 15-year-olds students' interest in using computers, by gender (2000)
  • Table D5.1. Classroom climate for 15-year-olds (2000)
  • Table D5.2. Homework policy and pressure on 15-year-olds to achieve (2000)
  • Table D5.3. Quality and use of school resources for 15-year-olds (2000)
  • Table D5.4. Broader engagement of 15-year-olds with school (2000)
  • Table D6.1. Teachers' salaries (2000)
  • Table D6.2. Adjustments to base salary for teachers in public schools (2000)
  • Table D7.1. The organisation of teachers' working time (2000)
  • Table D7.2. Number of teaching hours per year (1996, 2000)

Additional Web Tables:

  • Web Table D3.1 Number of computers in the home (2000)
  • Web Table D3.2. Availability of ICT resources in the home (2000)
  • Web Table D4.5. Frequency of use of computers and the Internet at school, by gender (2000)
  • Web Table D4.6. Students' use of computers, by gender (2000)
  • Web Table D4.7. Students' use of computer software at home, by gender (2000)
  • Web Table D5.1. The extent to which learning of 15-year-olds is hindered by the following factors:
  • Web Table D5.2. Country means of selected school-level indices and their correlation with the school mean economic, social and cultural status (ESCS)
  • Fig. WD5.2 Selected classroom practices and school climate factors
  • Web Chart D6.1a. Teachers' statutory salary curves (2000)
  • Web Chart 6.1b. Teachers' statutory salary curves (2000)
  • Table D8.1 Age distribution of teachers (2000)
  • Table D8.2 Gender distribution of teachers (2000)

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