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Topic Highlights:
Key indicator: Knowledge-based society
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Knowledge-based society |
Education, training
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Year |
DE |
EU27
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Position DE |
No
Data |
| Total public expenditure on education (as % of
GDP) |
2006 1) |
4,0 |
5,2 |
26 of 27 |
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| Youth educational attainment
level: 20 to 24-year-olds having completed at least upper secondary level education (%) |
2007 |
72,5 |
78,1 |
22 of 27 |
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| Lifelong learning: Persons aged 25 to 64 participating in education and training in the four weeks prior to the survey (%) |
2007 |
7,8 |
9,5 p |
10 of 27 |
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| Knowledge-based society |
Research |
Year |
DE |
EU27
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Position
DE |
No
Data |
| Expenditure on research and development (as % of
GDP) |
2007 2) |
2,5 e |
1,8 s |
5 of
27 |
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| European high-technology patents (per million
inhabitants) |
2005 3) |
26,9 p |
12,8 p |
3 of
27 |
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| Graduates in
mathematics, science and technology (as a % of all graduates) |
2006 4) |
25,1 |
22,4 |
8 of
26 |
LU |
| Female graduates in
mathematics, science and technology (as a % of all female graduates) |
2006 4) |
12,7 |
12,0 |
13 of
26 |
LU |
| Knowledge-based society | IT and internet |
Year |
DE |
EU27
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Position
DE |
No
Data |
| Expenditure for IT
hardware, equipment, software and other ICT services as a percentage of GDP |
2006 |
2,9 |
2,7 |
8 of
24 |
CY,
MT, LU |
| Internet access in households with at least one person under the age of 75 (%) |
2008 5) |
75 |
60 |
5 of 27 |
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| Enterprises with ten or more full-time employees that have internet access (%) |
2008 6) |
95 |
93 |
13 of
27 |
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| Individuals who access internet at least once a week on average (%) |
2008 5) |
68 |
56 |
7 of 27 |
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| Enterprises
(excl. banks) with ten or more full-time employees that have received orders online (%) |
2008 7) |
24 |
16 |
4 of
27 |
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| Individuals having
ordered/bought goods or services for private use over the Internet during the last 3 months (%) |
2008 5) |
42 |
25 |
3 of
27 |
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| e-Government: Online availability of 20 basic public services (%) |
2007 |
74 |
59 |
7 of
24 |
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| Explanatory notes |
| e = Estimated value |
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| s = Eurostat estimate |
| p = Provisional value |
| GDP = Gross domestic product |
| ICT = Information and communication technology |
| 1) EU,
BG, RO = 2004 |
| 2) PL,
UK = 2006; IT = 2005 |
| 3) MT,
CY = 2003 |
| 4) EL =
2005 |
| 5) BE,
IE,HU = 2007 |
| 6) EL =
2007 |
| 7) DE,
EL, FI = 2007 |
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