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  • Education at a Glance 2025 (EAG 2025): Highlights   
  • EAG 2025, Part A: The output of educational institutions and the impact of learning   
  • EAG 2025, Part B: Access to education, participation and progression   
  • EAG 2025, Part C: Financial resources invested in education   
  • EAG 2025, Part D: Teachers, learning environment and organisation of schools   
  • Survey of Adult Skills 2023 (PIAAC)   
  • PISA 2022 Results (Volume I): The State of Learning and Equity in Education   
  • PISA 2022 Results (Volume II): Learning During - and From - Disruption   
  • PISA 2022 Results (Volume III): Creative Minds, Creative Schools   
  • PISA 2022 Results (Volume V): Learning Strategies and Attitudes for Life   
  • PISA 2018 Results (Volume IV): Are Students Smart About Money?   
  • PISA 2018 Results (Volume VI): Are Students Ready to Thrive in an Interconnected World?   
  • PISA 2018: Are Students Ready To Take On Environmental Challenges?   
  • TALIS 2024: The State of Teaching   
  • TALIS 2024: Starting Strong Survey   
  • Explore by topic  By topic:
  • Student outcomes   
  • Collaborative Problem Solving   
  • Adult competencies   
  • Access & participation   
  • Student mobility   
  • Education attainment   
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  • Evaluation & quality assurance   
  • Financing education   
  • Learning environment   
  • Students' well-being   
  • Equity   
  • Gender   
  • Digital divide   
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  • Migrant background   
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  • Teachers & educators   
  • Teacher practices   
  • Teacher initial education   
  • Teacher professional development   
  • Teacher employment   
  • Teacher working conditions   
  • Education leadership   
  • Future of education and skills   
  • Research & innovation   
  • Explore by level of education  By level of education:
  • Early childhood education & care   
  • Primary education   
  • Secondary education   
  • Vocational education & training (VET)   
  • Tertiary education   
  • Adult education   
  • Vocational education & training (VET)
  • 42% of students in upper secondary were enrolled in a vocational education and training (VET) programme in 2023, on average across OECD countries.
  • Education paths are growing more flexible. On average, about 76% of upper secondary vocational students in 2023 were in programmes that theoretically give them the opportunity to enter tertiary education directly.
  • Around 30% of all students in upper secondary vocational education are enrolled in combined school- and work-based programmes on average across the OECD.
  • On average across OECD countries, the average age of graduation from upper secondary education is higher for students in vocational education (22.0 years in 2023, post-secondary non-tertiary) than for students enrolled in general education (18.5 years).
  • In 2023, women made up 44% of vocational upper secondary graduates.
  • Socioeconomically disadvantaged students are more likely to be enrolled in vocational tracks than advantaged students, although the likelihood reduces from 4.3 to 2.9 after accounting for student performance. On average, 19.6% of disadvantaged students were enrolled in VET compared to 7.6% of advantaged students.
  • Adults aged 25 to 64 with only a vocational upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary education had an unemployment rate of 4.8% in 2024, lower than the 5.7% observed among those with only a general upper secondary education. Among younger adults, 6.1% of 25-34 year-olds with a VET upper secondary qualification were unemployed, compared to 8.0% with a general education.
  • Adults aged 25 to 64 with a vocational upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary qualification had an employment rate of 79.5% in 2024, higher than the 75.9% observed among those with a general upper secondary education. Among younger adults, 83.2% of 25-34 year-olds with a VET qualification were employed, compared to 73.8% with a general education.
  • The most common form of participation in adult learning is non-formal education and training, mostly job related. Slightly more than one in ten 25-64 year-olds participate in non-formal education and training.
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    Note: These values should be interpreted with care since they are influenced by countries' specific contexts and trade-offs. In education, there is often no simple most- or least-efficient model. For instance, the share of private expenditure in education must be read against other measures designed to mitigate inequities, such as loans and grants; longer learning time is an opportunity to convey more and better content to students, but may hinder investments in other important areas. If you want further information on the nature of different variables, please take the time to read the analysis and contextual information, available at the website for each publication.
    The OECD average includes only OECD countries which are listed here: http://www.oecd.org/about/membersandpartners/

    Reference years displayed in the Education GPS correspond to the most common year of reference among countries for which data is available on each variable. Data for the latest available year is preferred and some countries may have provided data refering to a more recent or late year. To know more about possible exceptions on data please click on the "Download Indicator" link on each variable. When a year of reference corresponds to a school year encompassing two years, the reference reads as follows: 2025 for school year 2024/2025.

    *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 TALIS technical report and Education at a Glance sources methodologies and technical notes for more details about the data collections.

    For additional notes, please refer to annexes in the list of links below the introductory text.