1 October 2014 at 9:00 am
OECD education report out
The OECD has released its annual publication Education at a Glance 2014.
Education at a Glance provides comparable national statistics measuring the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances and performance of the education systems in the 34 OECD member countries, as well as a number of G20 and partner countries. Most of the recent data in the report relates to 2012.
Key findings for international education globally
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In 2012, more than 4.5 million students were enrolled in tertiary education outside their country of citizenship.
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The United States has the largest market share of foreign students with 16.4 percent and the United Kingdom is second with 12.6 percent.
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Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States together receive more than 50 percent of all foreign students worldwide.
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Students from Asia represent 53 percent of foreign students enrolled worldwide. The largest numbers of foreign students from this continent are from China, India and Korea.
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Europe is the top destination for tertiary level students enrolled outside their country of origin (48 percent).
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The number of foreign students in Oceania has tripled since 2000, although this region hosts less than 10 percent of all foreign students.
Key findings for New Zealand
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International students make up 16 percent of the New Zealand student population which is double the OECD average and ranks New Zealand fifth in foreign student enrolment as percentage of total tertiary enrolment.
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New Zealand has the 13th largest market for foreign students in absolute market share terms (at 1.6 percent), about the same as last year but much higher than its share in 2000 (0.4 percent).
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Three percent of New Zealand tertiary students study abroad.
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Investment in education has risen to 7.5 percent of GDP which is the fourth highest in the OECD
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Twenty two percent of all public expenditure is invested in education, the highest percentage in the OECD.
You can read the full report and examine the data and findings in detail at http://www.oecd.org/edu/eag.htm
