This indicator presents internationally comparable data regarding the labour force status and the educational attainment level by the National Educational Attainment Categories (NEAC) as reported by the labour force survey (LFS) and published in OECD Education at a Glance 2023. For trend data, the Education at a Glance Database includes data from 1981 to 2022 (or years with available data).
Education at a Glance 2023. National data sources and technical notes are available in Sources, methodologies and technical notes for Chapter A:
Calendar year
12/09/2023
Further detail as to the methodology used during the data collection for each indicator, the references to the sources and the specific notes for each country are available in:
Yearly
Indicators are computed on various levels of education. In most countries data refer to ISCED 2011. For India and Saudi Arabia data refer to ISCED-97. In the trend data tables, in some countries there is a break in the time series, represented by the code "b", as data from 2015 onwards refer to ISCED 2011 while data for previous years refer to ISCED-97.
Concepts, definitions and methodologies underlying the data are available in:
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Standard errors have been estimated using a simple random sample assumption. Standard errors taking into account the complex sample design may be higher. The extent of the estimation error of the standard error can be assessed by comparing the standard errors released for selected indicators in Sources, methodologies and technical notes for Chapter A of EAG 2023, that take into account complex survey design, with the respective standard errors released on OECD.stat computed under the simple random sample assumption
This indicator presents internationally comparable data regarding the labour force status and the educational attainment level by the National Educational Attainment Categories (NEAC) as reported by the labour force survey (LFS) and published in OECD Education at a Glance 2023. For trend data, the Education at a Glance Database includes data from 1981 to 2022 (or years with available data).
Education at a Glance 2023. National data sources and technical notes are available in Sources, methodologies and technical notes for Chapter A:
Yearly
Calendar year
12/09/2023
Further detail as to the methodology used during the data collection for each indicator, the references to the sources and the specific notes for each country are available in:
Concepts, definitions and methodologies underlying the data are available in:
Indicators are computed on various levels of education. In most countries data refer to ISCED 2011. For India and Saudi Arabia data refer to ISCED-97. In the trend data tables, in some countries there is a break in the time series, represented by the code "b", as data from 2015 onwards refer to ISCED 2011 while data for previous years refer to ISCED-97.
Standard errors have been estimated using a simple random sample assumption. Standard errors taking into account the complex sample design may be higher. The extent of the estimation error of the standard error can be assessed by comparing the standard errors released for selected indicators in Sources, methodologies and technical notes for Chapter A of EAG 2023, that take into account complex survey design, with the respective standard errors released on OECD.stat computed under the simple random sample assumption
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