European Social Watch Report 2010
education.pdf

Education

Education

Variable

Youth literacy

Compulsory studies

Primary completion rate

Drop out rate

Children out of school

Enrolment secondary school

Tertiary education

Studying abroad

Access to Internet

Indicator

Literacy rate, youth (% aged 15-24), 2007

Duration of compulsory education, 2008 (years)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Percentage of drop outs in primary school, 2007

Rate of primary school age children out of school, total (%), 2008

Gross enrolment ratio for upper secondary, all programmes, (%), 2008

Gross enrolment ratio, ISCED 5 and 6, total, 2008

Outbound mobility ratio of tertiary students (%), 2008

Internet users per 100 people (year)

Albania

99

8

15.1

2006

Andorra

9

18.3

70.56

11.0

262.7

Armenia

100

8

97.54

2

74.80

34.2a

3.6a

56.3

2006

Austria

8

102.23

2

98.54

54.7

3.6

59.3

2008

Azerbaijan

100

8

113.34

1

3.9

115.65

15.8

3.6

10.8

2007

Belarus

100

10

92.40

0

5.2

72.34a

72.8

2.7a

29.0

2007

Belgium

9

86.38

7

1.4

107.61

63.0

2.5

65.9

2007

Bosnia and Herzegovina

10

77.50

33.5a

14.8a

34.7

2008

Bulgaria

97

9

98.17

6

2.6

90.43

51.0

8.7

30.9

2007

Croatia

100

9

101.36

0

87.62a

47.0a

4.2a

50.6

2008

Cyprus

100

99.95

0

1.0

95.47

42.6

92.6

38.0

2007

Czech Republic

9

93.22

2

91.25

58.6

2.4

48.3

2007

Denmark

8

100.67

121.98b

80.3a

2.2a

84.2

2008

Estonia

100

10

100.34

1

3.5

96.87

63.7

5.1

63.7

2007

Finland

8

97.94

0

3.8

118.18

94.4

2.1

2007

France

10

98.90b

0.9

117.27

54.6

2.1

51.2

2007

Georgia

9

91.74

1.0

89.50

34.3

6.3

81.8

2007

Germany

9

103.17

2

104.39

76.1

2008

Greece

99

101.46

2

99.33a

90.8a

5.4a

32.3

2008

Hungary

99

8

92.25

2

4.6

95.77

65.0

1.7

91.6

2007

Iceland

11

96.78

2.4

117.35

74.6

15.1

54.8

2008

Ireland

9

96.57

2.9

129.07

58.3

10.1

65.0

2007

Italy

100

10

101.86

0

98.86a

67.1a

63.5

2008

Latvia

100

9

89.54

3

95.68

69.2

3.2

48.6

2008

Liechtenstein

13

113.94

10.3

113.90

36.8

109.5

55.0

2007

Lithuania

100

9

94.82

2

3.9

97.54

77.3

3.4

65.2

2007

Luxembourg

10

84.08

10

2.5

86.68

52.9

2008

Macedonia

99

93.79

6

75.97

40.4

8.8

75.8

2007

Malta

10

101.57a

33.0a

10.5a

43.0

2008

Moldova

100

92.91

4

82.84

40.0

8.7

19.1

2007

Monaco

11

2007

Montenegro

13

45.1

2007

Netherlands

1.1

114.31

60.6

1.4

86.8

2008

Norway

11

96.76

1

1.3

127.48

73.2

5.5

84.8

2007

Poland

99

10

96.35

3

66.9a

1.5a

44.0

2007

Portugal

100

9

86.17a

3.0a

41.9

2008

Romania

97

9

120.34

5

3.5

83.81

65.6

2.1

23.9

2007

Russian Federation

100

10

93.38

5

84.19

77.2

21.1

2007

San Marino

11

51.7

2008

Serbia

11

4.2

80.94

47.8

32.1

2008

Slovak Republic

13

94.16

2

90.43

53.6

11.5

51.3

2008

Slovenia

100

11

2.5

97.72

86.7

2.1

48.7

2008

Spain

100

9

0.0

125.02

70.6

1.2

57.4

2008

Sweden

11

95.02

0

5.4

103.75

71.1

3.4

79.7

2007

Switzerland

11

87.56

0.9

84.72

49.4

4.7

75.2

2008

Turkey

96

10

97.27

5.3

72.47

38.4

1.6

33.1

2008

Ukraine

100

9

101.35

2

10.6

91.47

79.4

1.0

22.4

2008

United Kingdom

12

0.0

96.03

57.4

0.9

79.4

2008

Source

WB

UNESCO

UNESCO

UNESCO

UNESCO

UNESCO

UNESCO

UNESCO

WB

Notes:

a: 2007

b: 2000

Values higher than 100 are due to the enrolment of children younger or older than the reference age, or of foreigners, so that the total number of enroled children exceeds the reference population.