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Digest of Education Statistics: 2017
Digest of Education Statistics: 2017

NCES 2018-070
January 2018

List of Tables by Chapter


Chapter 6. International Comparisons of Education


601 Population, Enrollment, and Teachers

Table 601.10. Population, school enrollment, and number of teachers, by major areas of the world and level of education: Selected years, 1980 through 2015
Table 601.20. WEB-ONLY TABLE—Selected population and enrollment statistics for countries with populations of at least 10 million in 2015, by continent and country: Selected years, 1990 through 2015
Table 601.30. WEB-ONLY TABLE—School-age populations as a percentage of total population, by age group and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2015
Table 601.35. Percentage of -3 and 4-year-olds and -5 to 14-year-olds enrolled in school, by country: 2000 through 2015
Table 601.40. Percentage of -15 to 29-year-olds enrolled in school, by selected levels of education, age, and country: 2015
Table 601.50. Pupil/teacher ratios in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by level of education and country: Selected years, 2000 through 2015
Table 601.60. Teachers’ statutory teaching and total working time and average class size in public elementary and secondary schools, by level of education and country: 2015

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602 Achievement and Instruction

Table 602.10. Average reading literacy scale scores of fourth-graders and percentage distribution, by international benchmark level and country or other education system: Selected years, 2001 through 2016
Table 602.15. Average online reading literacy scale scores of fourth-graders and percentage distribution, by international benchmark level and country or other education system: 2016
Table 602.20 Average fourth-grade scores and annual instructional time in mathematics and science, by country or other education system: 2015
Table 602.30 Average eighth-grade scores and annual instructional time in mathematics and science, by country or other education system: 2015
Table 602.32a WEB-ONLY TABLE—Average mathematics score and percentage of eighth-graders, by access to the Internet at home, access to a computer or tablet at home or other place outside of school, frequency of computer or tablet use for schoolwork outside of school, and country or other education system: 2015
Table 602.32b WEB-ONLY TABLE—Average science score and percentage of eighth-graders, by access to the Internet at home, access to a computer or tablet at home or other place outside of school, frequency of computer or tablet use for schoolwork outside of school, and country or other education system: 2015
Table 602.33a WEB-ONLY TABLE—Average science score and percentage of eighth-graders, by access to the Internet at home, access to a computer or tablet at home or other place outside of school, frequency of computer or tablet use for schoolwork outside of school, and country or other education system: 2015
Table 602.33b WEB-ONLY TABLE—Average science score and percentage of eighth-graders, by science teachers’ reports of student access to computers and frequency of computer use during science lessons and country or other education system: 2015
Table 602.35 Average advanced mathematics and physics scores of high school seniors who had taken advanced courses in these subjects, seniors who had taken such courses as a percentage of their age cohort, and instructional time in such courses, by country: 2015
Table 602.40. Average reading literacy, mathematics literacy, and science literacy scores of 15-year-old students, by sex and country or other education system: 2009, 2012, and 2015
Table 602.45 WEB-ONLY TABLE—Average reading literacy, mathematics literacy, and science literacy scores of 15-year-old students, by computer and internet access at home and country or other education system: 2015
Table 602.50 Average reading literacy scores of 15-year-old students and percentage attaining reading literacy proficiency levels, by country or other education system: 2015
Table 602.60 Average mathematics literacy scores of 15-year-old students and percentage attaining mathematics literacy proficiency levels, by country or other education system: 2015
Table 602.70 Average science literacy scores of 15-year-old students and percentage attaining science literacy proficiency levels, by country or other education system: 2015
Table 602.84 Percentage distribution of fourth- and eighth-graders, by frequency with which they reported being bullied during the school year and country or other education system: 2015
Table 602.85 Percentage distribution of fourth- and eighth-graders, by extent to which their teachers rated the school as safe and orderly and country or other education system: 2015
Table 602.86 Percentage distribution of fourth- and eighth-graders, by severity of school discipline problems reported by their principal and country or other education system: 2015
Table 602.90a Percentage distribution of 15-year-old students, by extent to which their schools reported that student learning is hindered by student absenteeism or truancy and country: Selected years, 2000 through 2015
Table 602.90b Percentage distribution of 15-year-old students, by extent to which their schools reported that student learning is hindered by students skipping classes and country: Selected years, 2000 through 2015
Table 602.90c Percentage distribution of 15-year-old students, by extent to which their schools reported that student learning is hindered by student use of alcohol or illegal drugs and country: Selected years, 2000 through 2015
Table 602.90d Percentage distribution of 15-year-old students, by extent to which their schools reported that student learning is hindered by students intimidating or bullying other students and country: Selected years, 2000 through 2015
Table 602.90e Percentage distribution of 15-year-old students, by extent to which their schools reported that student learning is hindered by students lacking respect for teachers and country: Selected years, 2000 through 2015

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603 Attainment, Degrees, and Outcomes

Table 603.10 Percentage of the population 25 to 64 years old who completed high school, by age group and country: Selected years, 2,000 through 2016
Table 603.20 Percentage of the population 25 to 64 years old who attained any postsecondary degree, by age group and country: Selected years, 2,000 through 2016
Table 603.30 Percentage of the population 25 to 64 years old who attained a postsecondary degree, by highest degree attained, age group, and country: 2016
Table 603.60. WEB-ONLY TABLE—Percentage of postsecondary degrees awarded to women, by field of study and country: 2015
Table 603.70. WEB-ONLY TABLE—Percentage of degrees at the bachelor’s level and above awarded in science and mathematics, information technologies, and engineering, by field of study, level of degree, and country: 2015
Table 603.90. Employment to population ratios of (25) to 64-year-olds, by sex, highest level of educational attainment, and country: 2016

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604 Skills of Adults

Table 604.10. Average literacy and numeracy scale scores of 25- to 65-year-olds, by sex, age group, highest level of educational attainment, and country or other education system: 2012
Table 604.20. Percentage distribution of 25- to 65-year-olds, by literacy proficiency level, numeracy proficiency level, selected levels of educational attainment, and country or other education system: 2012
Table 604.30. Employment rates and mean monthly earnings of 25- to 65-year-olds, by literacy proficiency level, numeracy proficiency level, and country or other education system: 2012
Table 604.40 Percentage distribution of 16- to 19-year-olds, by frequency of using computers or the Internet to perform selected activities in everyday life and country or subnational region: 2012, 2014, and 2015
Table 604.50 Percentage of 16- to 19-year-olds who were not assessed in the problem solving in technology-rich environments domain and percentage distribution of those who were assessed, by proficiency level, selected U.S. and international respondent characteristics, and country or subnational region: 2012, 2014, and 2015

605 Finances

Table 605.10 Gross domestic product per capita and expenditures by public and private education institutions per full-time-equivalent (FTE) student, by level of education and country: Selected years, 2005 through 2014
Table 605.20 Percentage of the population 25 to 64 years old who attained a postsecondary degree, by highest degree attained, age group, and country: 2016

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