Topic Highlights:
Education in Europe
Expenditure per pupil in Europe
The Federal Statistical Office Germany recently published a press
release featuring figures on the expenditure per pupil in Germany. But how much does the state spend per pupil in other EU countries? More information is provided in the data table
annual
expenditure per pupil in secondary education.
The data are expressed in Euro PPS. PPS or purchasing power standards is an artificial currency. 1 PPS is equivalent to the average purchasing power of one Euro in the EU. By using PPS the differences in purchasing power between the EU Member States are
compensated.
Expenditure per
pupil in the secondary (bar chart)
Official European statistics uses the ISCED
classification
to classify the levels of education. ISCED level 1 represents the
primary and levels 2 and 3 the secondary level.
Students per teacher: The class size factor
The Eurostat Online Database also offers data on the average number of pupils per teacher within the EU Member States. The following table offers an overview for the ISCED levels 1 to 3 (primary and secondary education) in European schools:
Pupils
per teacher 2005 - 2007 (ISCED 1-3)
Further information
Public expenditure on education in % of GDP | Bar chart
Methodological informationen as well as further statistics are available in the Eurostat Online Database
Eurostat Publications
Key data on education in Europe 2009
The Bologna Process in Higher Education in Europe
Key Data on teaching languages at school in Europe 2008
Further informationen on this topic
EU Commission: The EURYDICE Network provides information on
European education systems and policies.
Europe - The European Union online portal offers a section entitled
Studying in the European Union.
Destatis: The Federal Statistical Office Germany offers national data on education
as well as international
data on education.
