Dataset description and subject overview

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This database contains an up-to-date array of comparative education statistics and indicators from OECD and non-OECD countries. It provides information on the human and financial resources invested in education, on access to, progression and completion of education, on how education and learning systems operate, and on the returns to educational investments.

Within Beyond 20/20, the OECD Education Statistics are presented in the following tables. (Note: some tables will include missing data.)

Education Expenditures by Country, Nature, Resource Category and level of education
This table contains education expenditures of or for institutions. Expenditures are classified by education levels, by type of institution (public, government dependent private, and independent private) and by the nature of the expenditure (target of expenditures within the institution).
Years covered: 1985 onwards.
Countries covered: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Germany (FTFR), Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, United States and Zimbabwe

Education Expenditure by Country, Source, Type of Transaction and level of education
This table contains education expenditures for institutions at different education levels. Expenditures are classified by source of funds (government, private, international agencies, etc.) and by type of transaction (grant or loan, direct expenditure, transfers, etc.).
Years covered: 1985 onwards.
Countries covered: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Germany (FTFR), Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, United States and Zimbabwe

Education personnel
The table contains education statistics. For each country, the number of educational personnel are provided in terms of type of institution (public, government-dependent private, independent private), personnel category (teaching staff, administrative, other support staff, etc.), employment status (full-time, part-time, full-time equivalent), level of education, age group, and gender.
Years covered: 1998 onwards.
Countries covered: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Switzerland, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Korea , Luxembourg, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, United States, and Zimbabwe

Foreign students enrolled
This table contains education statistics. For each country, foreign students enrolled are listed by citizenship, resident status, gender, education levels, programme destination (further education or labour market), and by type of institution (public, government dependent private, and independent private).
Years covered: 1998 onwards.
Countries covered: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belgium (Flemish Community), Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, United States and Zimbabwe

Graduates by age- normal count
The table contains education statistics. For each country, the number of graduates by age is provided in terms of programme duration, programme destination (further education, labour market), type of programme (general, vocational), institution type (public, private, government-dependant private), level of education, and gender. This table uses the normal count.
Years covered: 1997 onwards.
Countries covered: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belgium (Flemish Community), Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, United States and Zimbabwe

Graduates by age- total count
The table contains education statistics. For each country, the number of graduates by age is provided in terms of programme duration, programme destination (further education, labour market), type of programme (general, vocational), institution type (public, private, government-dependant private), level of education, and gender. This table uses the total count.
Years covered: 1997 onwards.
Countries covered: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belgium (Flemish Community), Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, United States and Zimbabwe.

Graduates by age – unduplicated count
The table contains education statistics. For each country, the number of graduates by age is provided in terms of programme duration, programme destination (further education, labour market), type of programme (general, vocational), institution type (public, private, government-dependant private), level of education, and gender. This table uses the total count.
Years covered: 1997 onwards.
Countries covered: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belgium (Flemish Community), Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, United States and Zimbabwe

Graduates by field of study
The table contains education statistics. For each country, the number of graduates is provided in terms of field of study, programme destination (further education, labour market), programme duration, type of programme (general, vocational), level of education and gender.
Years covered: 1998 onwards.
Countries covered: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belgium (Flemish Community), Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Turkey and United States.

Number of entrants
This table contains the number of new entrants by level of education and type of programme (academic and general, and vocational and technical), type of institution (public, government dependant private, independent private), mode (full-time, part-time), sex, and age.
Years covered: 1997 onwards.
Countries covered: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belgium (Flemish Community), Brazil, Switzerland, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, United States et Zimbabwe.

Number of students adjusted to expenditure and personnel statistics
The table contains education statistics. For each country, the number of students enrolled adjusted to statistics is provided in terms of type of institution (public, government-dependent private, independent private), programme intensity (full-time, part-time), coverage (finance, personnel), level of education, age group, and gender.
Years covered: 2002 onwards.
Countries covered: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Switzerland, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, United States and Zimbabwe

Students enrolled
The table contains education statistics. For each country, the number of students enrolled is provided in terms of type of institution (public, government-dependent private, independent private), programme destination (further education, labour market), programme intensity (full-time, part-time), type of programme (general, vocational), level of education, age group, and gender.
Years covered: 1985 onwards.
Countries covered: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belgium (Flemish Community), Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Germany (FTFR), Germany, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, United States and Zimbabwe

Students enrolled by age
The table contains education statistics. For each country, the number of students enrolled is provided in terms of programme destination (further education, labour market), programme intensity (full-time, part-time), type of programme (general, vocational), level of education, age group and gender.
Years covered: 1985 onwards.
Countries covered:: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belgium (Flemish Community), Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Germany (FTFR), Germany, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, United States and Zimbabwe

Total population by sex and age
This table provides the total population of each country by sex and age.
Years covered: 2002 onwards.
Countries covered: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Switzerland, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay, United States and Zimbabwe.

User Documentation

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• You'll find more information on the OECD's work in education on the OECD's Education Directorate's web page (www.oecd.org/department/0,2688,en_2649_33723_1_1_1_1_1,00.html).
• OECD Handbook for Internationally Comparative Education Statistics (PDF 2.68MB) : Concepts, Standards, Definitions and Classifications. The Handbook provides the definitions and conventions used in the underlying data collections as well as the methodologies used to compile the published statistics and indicators derived from them. By also providing advice on data quality issues, the Handbook provides an essential aid to the effective use of the statistics and indicators on education that OECD produces.
• The OECD also provides the following documentation associated with this dataset:
  • Education at a glance- OECD Indicators 2006 Edition. Annex 1: Characteristics of Educational Systems [pdf]
    
  • Education at a glance- OECD Indicators 2006 Edition. Annex 2: Reference Statistics [pdf]
    
  • Education at a glance- OECD Indicators 2006 Edition. Annex 3: (Sources, Methods, and Technical Notes) [pdf]

  For more information on PISA, visit the PISA website www.pisa.oecd.org/) or the brochure of the PISA study and analysis (PDF 3.49MB).

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The OECD Education Statistics hosted by ESDS International documentation are delivered via Beyond 20/20 WDS:

• About Beyond 20/20
• Accessing OECD data (Main Economic Indicators) via Beyond 20/20 WDS

Accessing the OECD Education Statistics

To access the ESDS International macro-economic datasets you must be a user from a UK higher or further education institution. We cannot provide data to users outside of this community due to the data re-distribution license agreements we have with our data providers. If you are a member of a UK higher or further education institution access to the macro-economic datasets is provided free of charge.

Access to data requires ESDS registration and uses the Federated Access / Athens authentication system. Registration is a simple online process - go to the How to Register web page at www.esds.ac.uk/aandp/access/login.asp to begin the process.

Once you have registered with ESDS and attempt to access one of the macro-economic datasets, you will automatically be prompted to agree to additional dataset specific conditions if they apply.

Countries in the OECD Education Statistics

The countries covered vary according to which table is accessed. Please refer to table contents described in the Dataset description and subject overview section to see the countries included in each table. Most, however, include the following:

Argentina
Austria
Australia
Belgium
Belgium (Flemish Community)
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany (FTFR)
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Indonesia
India
Ireland
Iceland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Jordan
Japan
Korea (Republic of)
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
New Zealand
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Russian Federation
Slovak Republic
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Zimbabwe

Periodicity and Time Range

The OECD Education Statistics are available from 1985 for some tables.

The OECD Education Statistics at ESDS International is updated annually. See the latest update page for further information.