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ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEANMINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF CHILE
“EDUCATION IN CHILE: HOW DOES IT COMPARE WITH THEREST OF LATIN AMERICA?”
REGIONAL LAUNCH OF THE PUBLICATION “EDUCATION AT A GLANCE:1998” PREPARED BY THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC
COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD)
PRESS CONFERENCE AND TECHNICAL SEMINARSantiago, Chile, 23 November 1998
Table 1
United States 6.7 14.4 5,371 20OECD country mean 5.9 12.6 3,546 19Spain 5.8 12.8 2,628 18Mexico 5.6 23.0 1,015 14Chile 5.6 15.2 1,807 15Brazil* 5.1 15.3 870 15Uruguay .. 12.4 920 12Argentina 4.2 12.6 1,158 12Paraguay* 3.1 14.8 343 10
Country
MACRO MICRO
Public expenditure on education (% of
total expenditure)Equivalent US$
dollars% of GDP per
capita
Total expenditure (% GDP)
EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION (1995-1996)
Expenditure per primary student
Source: ECLAC, on the basis of data published in Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 1998.
* Public institutions.
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ANNUAL EXPENDITURE PER PRIMARY STUDENT IN RELATION TO GDP PER CAPITA (1995-1996)
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USA
Chart 1
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* Public institutions.
Source: ECLAC, on the basis of data published in Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 1998.
Chart 2EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF GDP: BY SOURCE OF
FUNDS (1995-1996)
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COUNTRIES
% OF GDP
Public expenditure Private expenditure
OECD country mean (PUBLIC EXPENDITURE)
OECD country mean (TOTAL EXPENDITURE)
Source: ECLAC, on the basis of data published in Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 1998.
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PUBLIC EXPENDITURE (1995-1996)
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OECD (12.6%)
Chart 3
Source: ECLAC, on the basis of data published in Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 1998.
Portugal 91 26 100 74Germany 86 76 48 24OECD country mean 85 53 66 46Spain 73 39 95 61United States 72 .. .. ..Chile 49 42 100 58Brazil 34 .. .. ..Argentina 34 33 100 67Mexico 26 16 100 84Uruguay .. 20 100 80Paraguay .. 9 100 91
secondary education by type of programme
ENROLMENT IN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AT THE UPPER SECONDARY LEVELa (1996)
Country
Upper secondary
graduates as a % of typical age of
graduation
Distribution of enrolment in upper
(%)
Technical/ vocational
programmes
(%)
General programmes
(%)
Of which wholly school based
Table 2
Source: ECLAC, on the basis of data published in Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 1998.a Includes public and private institutions and full-time and part-time students.
21%
49%
15%
45%
85%
34%
65%
86%
CHILE OECD COUNTRY MEAN GERMANY
Population of typical age of upper secondary graduation.
% of which are upper secondary graduates.
% of which attended technical and vocational programmes.
% of which received training that was both school-based and work based.
TECHNICAL TRAINING IN UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION (1996):THREE PROFILES
Chart 4
Source: ECLAC, on the basis of data published in Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 1998.
Uruguay 15 13 +2 41 30 +11Portugal 8 11 -3 36 29 +7Argentina 14 16 -2 39 33 +6Brazil 10 13 -3 33 29 +4Spain 8 15 -7 52 48 +4United States 77 78 -1 88 86 +2OECD country mean 35 47 -12 69 69 0United Kingdom 52 70 -18 86 88 -2Germany 59 83 -24 84 88 -4Australia 36 57 -21 55 70 -15
Table 3
Countrya
% of the age group 55-64 who have completed upper secondary
education
(%) (% points)(%) (%) (% points)(%)
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN IN THEIR COMPLETION OF SECONDARY EDUCATION BY AGE GROUPS 25-34 AND 55-64 (1996)
Difference betweenwomen
and men
% of the age group 25-34 who have completed upper secondary education
Women MenWomen Men
Difference between
women and men
Source: ECLAC, on the basis of data published in Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 1998.aCountries are ranked in descending order of female advantage in upper secondary education completion, age 25-54.
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN IN THEIR COMPLETIONOF UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION (1996)
Higher proportion of men completing upper secondary education
Source: ECLAC, on the basis of data published in Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 1998.