OECD Education Rankings
April 10, 2008 by ourtimes
The countries which belong to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) produce two-thirds of the world’s goods and services. The organization publishes annual reports about economic and social factors in the member states. School performance league tables are presented in the OECD report, “Education at a Glance 2007″. It includes comparison tables of educational performance, class sizes, teachers’ salaries and much more. The report can be downloaded here:
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/55/39313286.pdf
Warning: the PDF document is 451 pages long!
Chart A1·2 ranks countries, in descending order, according to the percentage of 25-34 year-olds who have attained at least an upper secondary education diploma (the most recent data is from 2005). The figures have not been adjusted to reflect differences in educational standards. Estonia and the USA are the only countries where 45-54 year-olds are better educated than 25-34 year-olds.
KEY:
White triangles: 25-34 year-olds
Blue squares: 45-54 year-olds
Chart A1·2 footnotes:
- Excluding ISCED 3C short programmes.
- Year of reference 2003.
- Including some ISCED 3C short programmes.
- Year of reference 2004.
The member countries:
The 30 member countries of the OECD are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New, Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States.
In 2007, the OECD Council decided to open accession discussions with Chile, Estonia, Israel, the Russian Federation and Slovenia, and explore possibilities for enhanced co-operation with selected countries, such as Brazil.
UN reports about OECD countries:
The United Nations also publishes reports about OECD member nations. UNICEF publishes annual reports on the performance of members in meeting the needs of their children. For example, Innocenti Report Card 5.
