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Digest of Education Statistics: 2011
Digest of Education Statistics: 2011

NCES 2012-001
May 2012

List of Tables by Chapter


Chapter 6. International Comparisons of Education


Population, Enrollment, and Teachers

Table 408.Population, school enrollment, and teachers, by major areas of the world and level of education: Selected years, 1980 through 2009
Table 409.Selected population and enrollment statistics for countries with populations over 10 million in 2009, by continent: Selected years, 1990 through 2009
Table 410.School-age populations as a percentage of total population, by age group and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2008
Table 411.Percentage of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary education, by age group and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2008
Table 412.Pupils per teacher in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by level of education and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2009
Table 413.Teachers' statutory working time and average class sizes in public elementary and secondary schools, by level of education and country: 2009

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Achievement and Instruction

Table 414.Average fourth-grade scores, class size, and instructional time in mathematics and science, by country or other jurisdiction: 2007
Table 415.Average eighth-grade scores, class size, and instructional time in mathematics and science, by country or other jurisdiction: 2007
Table 416.Average reading literacy, mathematics literacy, and science literacy scores of 15-year-old students, by sex and country: 2009
Table 417.Average reading scores and percentage distribution of 15-year-old students scoring at each reading literacy proficiency level, by country: 2009
Table 418.Average mathematics scores and percentage distribution of 15-year-old students scoring at each mathematics literacy proficiency level, by country: 2009
Table 419.Average science scores and percentage distribution of 15-year-old students scoring at each science literacy proficiency level, by country: 2009

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Attainment, Degrees and Outcomes

Table 420.Percentage of the population 25 to 64 years old who completed high school, by age group and country: 2001, 2005, and 2009
Table 421.Percentage of the population 25 to 64 years old who attained selected levels of postsecondary education, by age group and country: 2001 and 2009
Table 422.Percentage of the population 25 to 64 years old who attained a bachelor's or higher level degree, by age group and country: Selected years, 1999 through 2009
Table 423.Percentage of the population 25 to 64 years old who attained a postsecondary vocational degree, by age group and country: Selected years, 1999 through 2009 2001 and 2008
Table 424.Number of bachelor's degree recipients per 100 persons at the typical age of graduation, by sex and country: 2003 through 2008
Table 425.Percentage of bachelor's and higher level degrees awarded to women, by field of study and country: 2009
Table 426.Percentage of bachelor's degrees awarded in mathematics and science, by field of study and country: Selected years, 1990 through 2008
Table 427.Percentage of graduate degrees awarded in mathematics and science, by field of study and country: Selected years, 1990 through 2008
Table 428.Employment rates of 25- to 64-year-olds, by sex, highest level of educational attainment, and country: 2009

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Finances

Table 429.Public and private education expenditures per student, by level of education and country: Selected years, 2000 through 2008
Table 430.Public and private direct expenditures on education as a percentage of gross domestic product, by level of education and country: Selected years, 1995 through 2008

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