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Taiwan’s Important Education Indicators 65
Table 4. Ratios of Higher Education Recipients to Total Population in 2005
Unit:%
Countries Junior College Senior College/University
Age groups 25-64 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 25-64 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64
Taiwan /2005 15.1 22.6 16.2 10.5 5.7 15.6 26.3 14.2 10.3 8.7
Taiwan /2006 15.4 22.6 17.0 11.0 6.1 17.0 28.5 15.3 10.8 9.3
Taiwan /2007 15.5 21.7 17.9 11.3 6.9 18.5 31.7 16.6 11.4 10.0
Japan 18 25 21 15 8 22 28 25 23 13
South Korea 9 19 8 3 1 23 32 27 15 9
United States of America 9 9 10 10 8 30 30 30 30 28
United Kingdom 9 8 10 9 7 21 27 20 19 16
France 10 17 10 7 5 15 22 14 11 11
Germany 10 7 11 10 10 15 15 16 15 13
Australia 9 9 9 9 8 23 29 23 21 16
Source: Department of Statistics, Ministry of Education, 2008a, p.16.
Illiteracy is an important education indicator that
helps determine a civilization as well as modernization
of a nation. Table 5 shows the ratios of illiterates above
15 years of age in Taiwan, China, and South Korea.
Complete illiteracy statistics were lacking in the United
States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia
and other developed nations. However, illiteracy
must be lower in these countries.
Some 447,000 people in Taiwan were considered
illiterate in 2007, against 831,000 in South Korea and
70,000,583 in China. The ratio was 2.4 percent for
Taiwan, 2.2 percent for South Korea, and 6.7 percent
for China. Females outnumbered males.
Table 5.
Illiteracy in Taiwan, South Korea and China
Countries
Illiterates above 15 years of age (%)
Illiterates above 15 years of age (number)
Total M. F. Total M. F.
Taiwan /2005 2.7 0.7 4.7 494,000 66,000 428,000
Taiwan /2006 2.5 0.6 4.4 471,000 62,000 409,000
Taiwan /2007 2.4 0.6 4.2 447,000 57,000 390,000
China 6.7 3.5 10.0 70,583,000 19,105,000 51,478,000
South Korea 2.2 0.9 3.6 831,000 159,000 673,000
Source: Department of Statistics, Ministry of Education, 2008a, p.17.