Education at a Glance 2012 OECD Indicators -Spain

Key findings from the 2012 edition of Education at a Glance - European Union from OECD Education

Spain

In Spain, nearly all three-year-olds are in school...

A large proportion of young people attain a higher level of education than their parents

Spain has one of the highest proportions of young people who are not in employment, education or training...

... and unemployment rates at every level of education are some of the highest among OECD countries.

During the first years of the global recession, Spain did not reduce its expenditure on education

Teachers in Spain are better paid than workers in other fields with comparable education.

Entrance examinations are used to determine access to tertiary education.

KEY FACTS

Education at a Glance 2011

Fifty years of change in education

Highlights from Education at a Glance 2011.


Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators

Across OECD countries, governments are having to work with shrinking public budgets while designing policies to make education more effective and responsive to growing demand.

The 2011 edition of Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators enables countries to see themselves in the light of other countries’ performance. It provides a broad array of comparable indicators on education systems and represents the consensus of professional thinking on how to measure the current state of education internationally.

The indicators show who participates in education, how much is spent on it, and how education systems operate. They also illustrate a wide range of educational outcomes, comparing, for example, student performance in key subjects and the impact of education on earnings and on adults’ chances of employment.

The Excel™ spreadsheets used to create the tables and charts in this book are available via the StatLinks printed in this book.