OECD (2000)

Learning environment
and organisation
of schools
Individual and labour market outcomes of education
Number
of teaching
hours per year
for teachers
in public lower
secondary
education 3
Median ratio
Total intended
of students
instruction time
to computers
in hours per year
in lower
for students
13 years of age 3
secondary
schools, 1998-99
Educational attainment of the adult population
and current graduation rates
Upper secondary
Current upper
attainment
secondary
or higher
(25-64 year olds) 2 graduation rate
Tertiary-type A
First-time tertiary
attainment
graduation rates
or higher
(25-64 year-olds) 2 (Tertiary-type A)
Index of differentials,
tertiary-type A
to upper secondary
(25-64 year-olds)
Ratio of unemployment
rates,
tertiary-type A
to upper secondary
(25-64 year-olds) 2
Men Women Men Women
OECD countries
802 1 027 m 56 m 17 26 144 154 0.5 0.5 Australia
651 987 m 73 96 6 14 m m 0.7 0.9 Austria
m m m 57 m 12 m m m 0.5 0.4 Belgium
m m 8 80 72 19 29 146 164 0.5 0.5 Canada
695 811 39 85 80 10 11 178 172 0.5 0.4 Czech Republic
644 900 11 78 m 5 m 139 136 1.2 1.2 Denmark
485 855 12 68 89 13 30 189 179 0.4 0.4 Finland
629 975 21 61 87 11 24 176 161 0.7 0.7 France
732 921 m 84 93 14 16 156 156 0.5 0.5 Germany
629 1 064 m 44 83 11 m m m 0.8 0.7 Greece
555 902 30 63 90 13 25 213 154 0.3 0.3 Hungary
m m 18 55 92 16 25 m m 0.9 0.5 Iceland
735 957 m 51 87 11 25 m m 0.7 0.8 Ireland
612 1 105 20 41 m 9 15 173 129 0.7 0.8 Italy
m 875 19 80 96 18 28 m m 0.6 1.0 Japan
502 867 m 65 90 17 26 m m 0.6 0.5 Korea
m m 14 m 62 m m m m m m Luxembourg
832 1 167 m 21 30 12 10 m m 1.2 0.6 Mexico
910 1 067 m 64 93 24 35 136 141 0.9 0.6 Netherlands
985 988 9 73 97 13 33 148 143 0.9 0.9 New Zealand
611 855 12 83 m 24 38 138 140 0.6 0.5 Norway
m m m 54 m 11 25 m m 0.3 0.2 Poland
629 878 m 20 56 7 18 188 189 0.5 0.8 Portugal
545 957 m 33 67 14 28 171 151 0.9 0.7 Spain
m 741 m 76 79 13 25 135 125 0.5 0.4 Sweden
860 m m 81 84 14 20 145 157 m m Switzerland
360 720 m 18 46 6 10 m m 0.8 0.4 Turkey
798 720 m 60 m 15 35 157 188 0.4 0.7 United Kingdom
964 m m 86 74 27 33 183 180 0.4 0.4 United States
700 937 61 79 14 24 Country mean
WEI participants
m m m m 37 m 9 m m m m Argentina
m m m m 38 m m m m 0.8 0.2 Brazil
m m m m 52 m 11 m m 0.6 0.5 Chile
m m m m m m 3 m m m m China
m m m m m m 14 m m m m Egypt
m m m m m m m m m m m India
m m m m 28 m m m m 2.1 2.6 Indonesia
m m m m m m 26 m m m m Israel
m m m m m m 13 m m m m Jordan
m m m m 59 m 6 m m 0.5 0.7 Malaysia
m m m m 21 m m m m 1.0 0.6 Paraguay
m m m m 67 m 23 m m 1.3 1.6 Philippines
m m m m m m m m m m m Sri Lanka
m m m m 47 m 12 m m m m Thailand
m m m m m m 6 m m 0.3 0.3 Uruguay
m m m m m m m m m m m Zimbabwe
m = missing data.
1. Figures for Belgium refer to the Flemish Community of Belgium.
2. Figures for Belgium refer to the French and Flemish communities of Belgium.
3. Data are given for England. Results for Scotland are available separately.
D3.1 D4.1a D7.1 A2.2a C2.2 A2.2b C4.2 E5.1 E5.1 E1.2 E1.2 Tables
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