OECD Indicators 2017
Education at a Glance
And now funds 30% of total expenditure on tertiary
institutions on average across OECD countries Figure B3.2
Distribution of public and private expenditure on educational institutions (2014)
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High tuition fees are characteristicof tertiary
education in many countries Figure B5.1
Tuition fees charged by public and private institutions at bachelor's or equivalent level (2015/16)
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International student mobility helps create networks of
competencies, particularly at higher levels of education Figure C4.3
International students (inflow) and national studentsabroad (outflow) as a percentage of total national students(2015)
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Smaller student/teacher ratios do not always translate
into smaller classes Tables D2.1-2
Relationship between average class size and student-teacher ratio, lower secondary education (2015)
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About half of the adult population participatesin
continuous education Figure C6.1
Adults' participation in formal and/or non-formal education, by type (2012 or 2015)
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    And now funds30% of total expenditure on tertiary institutions on average across OECD countries Figure B3.2 Distribution of public and private expenditure on educational institutions (2014) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Finland Norway Luxembourg Denmark Austria Iceland Sweden Belgium Argentina Slovenia Germany Estonia Poland France Latvia EU22average SlovakRepublic Lithuania CzechRepublic Indonesia Turkey Ireland Mexico OECDaverage Netherlands Hungary Spain RussianFederation Italy Portugal Israel NewZealand Canada Colombia Australia Chile UnitedStates Korea Japan UnitedKingdom % Tertiary education Public expenditure on educational institutions Household expenditure Expenditure of other private entities All private sources
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    High tuition feesare characteristicof tertiary education in many countries Figure B5.1 Tuition fees charged by public and private institutions at bachelor's or equivalent level (2015/16) - 1 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 UnitedStates Chile Japan Canada Australia Korea NewZealand Israel Netherlands Spain Italy Portugal Switzerland Austria Hungary Luxembourg Flemishcom.(Belgium) Frenchcom.(Belgium) Slovenia Denmark Estonia Finland Norway Poland SlovakRepublic Sweden Turkey Mexico Latvia England(UnitedKingdom) PPP-adjustedUSD,thousands Public institutions Private institutions21 189
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    International student mobilityhelps create networks of competencies, particularly at higher levels of education Figure C4.3 International students (inflow) and national studentsabroad (outflow) as a percentage of total national students(2015) New Zealand Australia United Kingdom Switzerland Austria BelgiumCanada Netherlands Denmark Czech Republic France Finland Germany Hungary Ireland Sweden Slovak Republic Latvia ItalyUnited States Portugal Estonia Japan Norway Lithuania Russian Federation Slovenia Poland KoreaTurkey Chile China 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Studentinflow Student outflow Tertiary Luxembourg ( 23;73)
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    Smaller student/teacher ratiosdo not always translate into smaller classes Tables D2.1-2 Relationship between average class size and student-teacher ratio, lower secondary education (2015) Austria Chile Czech Republic Estonia Finland France Germany Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Japan Korea Latvia Luxembourg Mexico Poland Portugal Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey United Kingdom United States 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 AverageClassSize Student-Teacher Ratio
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    About half ofthe adult population participatesin continuous education Figure C6.1 Adults' participation in formal and/or non-formal education, by type (2012 or 2015) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 NewZealand Finland Denmark Sweden Norway Netherlands UnitedStates Canada Singapore England(UK) Australia Israel Germany Estonia Ireland Korea CzechRepublic Average FlemishCom.(Belgium) NorthernIreland(UK) Austria Slovenia Chile Spain Japan France Poland Lithuania SlovakRepublic Italy Turkey Greece RussianFederation % Participation in non-formal education only Participation in formal education only Participation in both formal and non-formal education No participation in adult education