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Chapter C includes indicators that are a mixture of outcome indicators, policy levers and context indicators. Internationalisation of education and progression rates are, for instance, outcome measures to the extent that they indicate the results of policies and practices at the classroom, school and system levels. But they can also provide contexts for establishing policy by identifying areas where policy intervention is necessary, for example, to address issues of inequity.

The country statistical profiles provide a broad selection of indicators, illustrating the demographic, economic, environmental and social developments, for all OECD members. The dataset also covers the five key partner economies with which the OECD has developed an enhanced engagement program with (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa) ,accession countries (Colombia, Costa Rica and Lithuania) , Peru and the Russian Federation. The user can easily compare indicators across all countries. Total fertility rates - Unit of measure used: Number of children born to women aged 15 to 49

This indicator presents internationally comparable data regarding the labour force status and the educational attainment level by the National Educational Attainment Categories (NEAC) as reported by the labour force survey (LFS) and published in OECD Education at a Glance 2017. For trend data, the Education at a Glance Database includes data from 1981 to 2016 (or years with available data).

Enrolment rate per age is the percentage of students enrolled in each type of institution over the total of students

Number of students enrolled in different education programmes by country of origin and sex.

In view of the strong demand for cross-national indicators on the situation of families and children, the OECD Family Database was developed to provide cross-national indicators on family outcomes and family policies across the OECD countries, its enhanced engagement partners and EU member states. The database brings together information from various national and international databases, both from within the OECD and from external organisations. The database classifies indicators into four main dimensions: (i) structure of families, (ii) labour market position of families, (iii) public policies for families and children and (iv) child outcomes. Detailed information on the definitions, sources and methods used in the construction of the database can be found on the OECD Family Database webpage.

Chapter B includes indicators that are either policy levers or antecedents to policy, or sometimes both. For example, expenditure per student is a key policy measure that most directly affects the individual learner, as it acts as a constraint on the learning environment in schools and learning conditions in the classroom.

The number of students enrolled refers to the count of students studying in the reference period. Each student enrolled in the education programmes covered by the corresponding category is counted once and only once. National data collection systems permitting, the statistics reflect the number of students enrolled at the beginning of the school / academic year. Preferably, the end (or near-end) of the first month of the school / academic year is chosen (special arrangements are made for part-year students who may not start studies at the beginning of the school year). Students are classified as foreign students (non-citizens) if they are not citizens of the country in which the data are collected. While pragmatic and operational, this classification is inappropriate for capturing student mobility because of differing national policies regarding the naturalisation of immigrants. Countries that have lower propensity to grant permanent residence to its immigrant populations are likely to report second generation immigrants as foreign students. Therefore, for student mobility and bilateral comparisons, interpretations of data based on the concept of foreign students should be made with caution. Students are classified as international students if they left their country of origin and moved to another country for the purpose of study. Depending on country-specific immigration legislation, mobility arrangements, and data availability, international students may be defined as students who are not permanent or usual residents of their country of study or alternatively as students who obtained their prior education in a different country, including another EU country.

This dataset presents internationally comparable data on instruction time in full-time compulsory education. It covers primary and (lower and upper) secondary general education, but excludes pre-primary education, even if compulsory. Total number of instruction hours and the distribution of hours per subject is available either by level of education or by age.

This dataset contains the number of people who graduated from an education programme by country of origin and sex.

This indicator reports the percentage of students of each country of origin over the total of international students.

It provides a breakdown of government expenditure according to their function. To meet this end, economic flows of expenditure must be aggregated according to the Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG).

For data aligned to Finance, the year shown is the calendar year. For data aligned to personnel, the year shown is the year in which the end of the school year falls (e.g. 2002 refers to the school year 2001/2002), with the exceptions of Korea where the year refers to the year in which the school year begins and Australia and New Zealand where the school academic year corresponds to the calendar year.

TALIS averages are based on all countries participating in the TALIS survey, including partner countries and economies. This explains the difference between the OECD average and the TALIS average. Data from the TALIS survey and Education at a Glance (EAG) may differ. See Annex E of the TALIS technical report and Annex 3 of EAG for more details about the data collections.

This dataset presents internationally comparable data on (full-time) salaries of teachers and school heads in public institutions at pre-primary, primary and general (lower and upper) secondary education. Actual salaries are displayed by level of education and are also available by age and gender. Data also include other statistics related to salaries of teachers.

This dataset presents internationally comparable data on (full-time) salaries of teachers and school heads in public institutions at pre-primary, primary and general (lower and upper) secondary education. Statutory salaries are displayed by level of education, Data also include other statistics related to salaries of teachers.

This dataset presents internationally comparable data on teaching and working time of (full-time) teachers in public institutions at pre-primary, primary and general and vocational (lower and upper) secondary education. Data refer to formal statutory requirements and also cover actual teaching time. Teaching and working time are displayed by level of education.

Chapter D includes indicators on instruction time, teachers’ working time and teachers’ salaries that not only represent policy levers that can be manipulated, but that also provide context for the quality of instruction and the outcomes of individual learners. It also presents data on the profile of teachers, the levels of government at which decisions concerning education systems are taken, and pathways and gateways to gain access to secondary and tertiary education.

Indicators in Chapter A refer to education and learning outputs and outcomes. They describe educational attainment of different generations, measure the outputs of the education system, and provide context for education policies, including those on lifelong learning.