The share ofyoung adults with tertiary attainment is increasing
slowly
Trends in the share of 25-34 year-olds with tertiary attainment (2019 and 2024)
Korea
Canada
Ireland
Japan
Luxembourg
United
Kingdom
Norway
Lithuania
Australia
Sweden
Netherlands
France
Spain
United
States
Peru
Denmark
Switzerland
Belgium
OECD
average
New
Zealand
Israel
Poland
EU
average
Latvia
Greece
Austria
Türkiye
Iceland
Estonia
Portugal
Slovenia
Chile
Bulgaria
Germany
Croatia
Finland
Slovak
Republic
Colombia
Costa
Rica
Czechia
Hungary
Italy
Mexico
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2019 2024
4.
Skill levels havebeen stagnating or declining in most countries
Trends in adults' mean literacy proficiency, by educational attainment (2012 and 2023)
Finland
Japan
Flemish
Region
(Belg...
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Estonia
Germany
Czechia
Switzerland
England
(UK)
Canada
Austria
United
States
France
OECD
average
Hungary
New
Zealand
Ireland
Portugal
Croatia
Spain
Italy
Latvia
Slovak
Republic
Israel
Korea
Lithuania
Poland
Chile
150
170
190
210
230
250
270
290
310
330
Tertiary (2023) Tertiary (2012) Below upper secondary (2023) Below upper secondary (2012)
5.
Completion rates fornew entrants to bachelor’s programmes are
low in many countries
Completion rates of new entrants to bachelor's programmes, by timeframe (2023)
Ireland
United
Kingdom
Türkiye
Romania
Israel
Lithuania
Norway
Poland
Denmark
Hungary
Finland
Australia
Canada
Iceland
EU25
average
OECD
average
Slovenia
Portugal
Estonia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Brazil
Luxembourg
Italy
France
New
Zealand
Flemish
Comm.
(Belgium)
Netherlands
French
Comm.
(Belgium)
Austria
Colombia¹
Chile
Peru
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
By the end of the theoretical duration of the programme By the end of the theoretical duration of the programme plus one year By the end of the theoretical duration of the programme plus three years
%
6.
Educational attainment isclosely linked to socio-economic background
Share of 25-34 year-olds with tertiary education, by parental educational attainment (2023)
Denmark
(45%)
Korea
(21%)
Ireland
(31%)
New
Zealand
(47%)
Canada
(48%)
England
(UK)
(32%)
Flemish
Region
(Belg.)
(36%)
France
(26%)
Netherlands
(33%)
Spain
(22%)
Norway
(41%)
Switzerland
(31%)
OECD
average
(32%)
Israel
(42%)
Chile
(20%)
Portugal
(13%)
Sweden
(47%)
United
States
(47%)
Germany
(40%)
Estonia
(43%)
Austria
(28%)
Italy
(7%)
Poland
(10%)
Croatia
(18%)
Hungary
(22%)
Lithuania
(38%)
Slovak
Republic
(15%)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
At least one parent attained tertiary education Neither parent attained upper secondary education
Tertiary qualifications leadto large earnings benefits
Relative earnings of adults, by level of educational attainment (2023)
25-64 year-old full-time full-year workers, below upper secondary education = 100
Germany
Colombia
Bulgaria
United
Kingdom
Peru
Brazil
Luxembourg
Hungary
Chile
Türkiye
Austria
Israel
United
States
Czechia
Costa
Rica
Mexico
Canada
Italy
Belgium
Spain
Switzerland
OECD
average
EU25
average
Slovenia
Sweden
Portugal
Korea
Slovak
Republic
Latvia
Netherlands
Poland
Estonia
Norway
France
Argentina
Romania
Ireland
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
Upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary Tertiary
10.
Fields of studyhave strong effects on earnings
Relative earnings of tertiary-educated adults, by field of study (2023)
Denmark
Sweden
Canada
Austria
Norway
Switzerland
Portugal
Korea
United
Kingdom
Latvia
United
States
Luxembourg
Mexico
Germany
Finland
Chile
Slovenia
Estonia
Costa
Rica
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
Science, Technology, Engineering et Mathematics (STEM) Arts and humanities, social sciences, journalism and information Business, administration and law Health and welfare
International student mobilitycontinues to increase almost everywhere
Trends in the share of international or foreign students in tertiary education (2013, 2018 and 2023)
Luxembourg
Australia
United
Kingdom
Canada¹
Austria
Switzerland
Netherlands
Czechia
Slovak
Republic¹
New
Zealand
Hungary¹
Latvia
Portugal
Germany
Ireland
Estonia
Lithuania
Slovenia
Belgium
Iceland
Denmark
France
Finland
Bulgaria
EU25
total
OECD
total
Sweden
Romania
Poland
United
States¹
Italy
Japan
Korea¹
Norway
Spain
Türkiye¹
Saudi
Arabia¹
²
Argentina¹
³
²
Croatia
Israel
Greece³
South
Africa¹
²
Chile
Mexico
China¹
Colombia¹
³
Brazil¹
India¹
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
2023 2018 2013
%
13.
Tuition fees areoften much higher for foreign students
Annual average tuition fees charged by public institutions to national and foreign students for master's or equivalent
programmes (2022/23)
United
States
(12%)
Canada
(20%)
Australia
(38%)
Poland
(6%)
Latvia
(28%)
New
Zealand
(19%)
Japan
(10%)
Netherlands
(27%)
Italy
(6%)
Spain
(10%)
Romania
(12%)
Switzerland
(31%)
Austria
(26%)
Luxembourg
(77%)
France
(14%)
Finland
(11%)
Denmark
(20%)
Norway
(7%)
0
5 000
10 000
15 000
20 000
25 000
National students Foreign Students
USD converted
using PPPs
Some countries madeimportant progress in increasing enrolment in ECEC
Trends in enrolment rates of 3-5 year-olds in early childhood education (ISCED 0) (2013 and 2023)
France
Israel
Belgium
Spain
Hungary
Norway
Iceland
Japan
Luxembourg
Korea
Lithuania
Denmark
Sweden
Germany
Latvia
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Canada
Netherlands
Slovenia
China
Italy
Austria
Estonia
EU25
average
Finland
Bulgaria
Czechia
OECD
average
Slovak
Republic
Croatia
Argentina
Romania
Brazil
Chile
Costa
Rica
United
Kingdom
Colombia
Greece
Mexico
Australia
New
Zealand
Ireland
Türkiye
Switzerland
India
Saudi
Arabia
South
Africa
0
20
40
60
80
100
2023 2013
%
16.
ECEC systems needto adapt to demographic trends
Historical and projected changes in the population of 0-4 year-olds (2013 to 2023 and 2023 to 2033)
Germany
Luxembourg
Israel
Austria
Switzerland
South
Africa
Hungary
Brazil
Denmark
Australia
Iceland
Sweden
Colombia
Canada
Slovak
Republic
New
Zealand
Czechia
Netherlands
Romania
Saudi
Arabia
Chile
United
States
Indonesia
Belgium
Estonia
Mexico
Portugal
India
OECD
average
United
Kingdom
Türkiye
Norway
France
Latvia
Slovenia
Poland
Bulgaria
Ireland
Croatia
Lithuania
Finland
Japan
Italy
Greece
Spain
Argentina
Costa
Rica
China
Korea
-45
-35
-25
-15
-5
5
15
25
2013-2023 2023-2033
%
Expenditure per studentvaries strongly
Government expenditure per full-time equivalent student, by level of education (2022)
USD converted
using PPPs
Luxembourg
Korea
Switzerland
Norway
Austria
Iceland
Belgium
Sweden
Netherlands
Denmark
United
States
Germany
Canada
Finland
Australia
United
Kingdom
Italy
Ireland
OECD
average
France
EU25
average
Slovenia
Israel
Portugal
Japan
Spain
Czechia
Estonia
New
Zealand
Lithuania
Slovak
Republic
Poland
Latvia
Croatia
Bulgaria
Hungary
Greece
Romania
Chile
Costa
Rica
Argentina
China
Brazil
Türkiye
South
Africa
Mexico
Peru
0
5 000
10 000
15 000
20 000
25 000
30 000
35 000
Primary to post-secondary non-tertiary Early childhood education Tertiary
54,384
19.
Countries invest between3% and 8% of GDP into education
Expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP, by level of education (2022)
Norway
United
Kingdom
Israel
Chile
United
States
Korea
Belgium
Iceland
Australia
France
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
New
Zealand
Netherlands
Portugal
OECD
average
Austria
Slovenia
Spain
Estonia
EU25
average
Germany
Mexico
Peru
Canada
Czechia
Slovak
Republic
Poland
China
Japan
Greece
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Ireland
Hungary
Türkiye
Luxembourg
Bulgaria
Croatia
Romania
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Primary Secondary Post-secondary non-tertiary Tertiary
20.
Private expenditure ismore important in tertiary education
than in lower levels
Expenditure per full-time equivalent student in primary to tertiary education, by source and level of education (2022)
Luxembourg
Korea
Norway
Austria
Iceland
Netherlands
Belgium
Germany
Denmark
United States
Canada
Australia
Sweden
United Kingdom
Ireland
France
OECD average
Finland
Italy
Slovenia
EU25 average
Portugal
Israel
Spain
Japan
Czechia
New Zealand
Estonia
Poland
Lithuania
Slovak Republic
Latvia
Croatia
Greece
Hungary
Bulgaria
Chile
Romania
China
Türkiye
South Africa
Mexico
Peru
40 000 35 000 30 000 25 000 20 000 15 000 10 000 5 000 0
Luxembou
rg
Korea
Norway
Austria
Iceland
Netherlan
ds
Belgium
Germany
Denmark
United
States
Canada
Australia
Sweden
United
Kingdom
Ireland
France
OECD
average
Finland
Italy
Slovenia
EU25
average
Portugal
Israel
Spain
Japan
Czechia
New
Zealand
Estonia
Poland
Lithuania
Slovak
Republic
Latvia
Croatia
Greece
Hungary
Bulgaria
Chile
Romania
China
Türkiye
South
Africa
Mexico
Peru
0 5 000 10 000 15 000 20 000 25 000 30 000 35 000 40 000
Primary to post-secondary non-tertiary Tertiary
USD converted
using PPPs
Government expenditure Private and non-domestic expenditure
The number ofunfilled teacher vacancies remains moderate
Vacancies not filled by fully-qualified teachers at the start of the school year as a percentage of the total number of
teaching positions (whether filled by fully qualified teachers or not), 2022/23
Sweden
Austria
Netherlands
French
Comm.
(Be...
Flemish
Comm.
(B...
Argentina
Latvia
Poland
Bulgaria
England
(UK)
Romania
Japan
France
Korea
4.98
4.60
2.59 2.58
1.83
1.21 1.07 1.03
0.40 0.32
1.86
0.22 0.11 0.00
2022/23
Fully-qualified teachers are recruited in these
4 countries by competitive examination for a
limited and fixed number of places. Unfilled
vacancies refer to open positions that remain
vacant at the start of the year due to a lack of
successful applicants
In these 10 countries and economies, schools—often with
significant autonomy—directly recruit fully qualified teachers,
and shortages are typically measured by the number of
advertised vacancies that remain unfilled at the start of the school
year.
23.
Some countries havea high share of non-fully qualified teachers
Share of non-fully qualified teachers, by level of education (2022/23)
Estonia
Denmark
Iceland
Sweden
French
Comm.
(Belg...
Israel
Lithuania
Costa
Rica
OECD
average
Austria
EU
average
Portugal
Slovenia
Bulgaria
Slovak
Republic
Flemish
Comm.
(Bel...
Netherlands
England
(UK)
Romania
France
Poland
Hungary
Japan
Korea
0
5
10
15
20
25
Primary education Secondary education
%
24.
In some countries,teacher salaries increased substantially
Change in primary teachers’ statutory salaries between 2015 and 2024 (most prevalent qualifications after 15 years )
Slovak
Republic
Poland
Scotland
(UK)
Israel
Colombia
Türkiye
Chile
Austria
Mexico
England
(UK)
France
United
States
Netherlands
Australia
New
Zealand
Japan
Norway
Slovenia
Korea
Germany
Ireland
Spain
Finland
Greece
Italy
Canada
Portugal
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
40
50
Change in starting salary
Change in percentage points
25.
The share ofteachers leaving the profession varies strongly across
countries
Share of fully qualified teachers who left the profession by resigning or retiring in pre-primary, primary and
secondary education (2022/23)
Lithuania
Denmark
Estonia
England
(UK)
Netherlands
New
Zealand
Bulgaria
Flemish
Comm.
(Be...
United
States
EU
average
OECD
average
Slovak
Republic
Austria
Sweden
Argentina
French
Comm.
(Belg.)
Poland
Portugal
Greece
France
Ireland
Israel
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
All teachers who have resigned from the profession
All teachers who have retired from the profession
All teachers who have resigned or retired from the profession (no breakdowns between those who resigned and those who retired)
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