OECD: Israel Among Most Educated of Developed Nations
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A recent Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report found that Israelis rank among the highest educated in the developed world. However, the same report found that the country still lags behind other nations with regard to gender equality in education. The OECD issued the report on Tuesday.
The report, entitled “Education at a Glance 2015,” found that 49 percent of Israelis had attained degrees representing higher levels of education. This proved much higher than the 34 percent average for all of the OECD’s other member nations.
A recent Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report found that Israelis rank among the highest educated in the developed world. However, the same report found that the country still lags behind other nations with regard to gender equality in education. The OECD issued the report on Tuesday.
The report, entitled “Education at a Glance 2015,” found that 49 percent of Israelis had attained degrees representing higher levels of education. This proved much higher than the 34 percent average for all of the OECD’s other member nations.
Israel also had the second highest overall rate of advanced education of all member countries. The report noted that 85 percent of the population between the ages of 25 and 64 had completed upper secondary education, which ranked well above the 76 percent OECD average.
Despite these glowingly positive figures, the report still found plenty of room for improvement when it comes to gender equality. The pronounced gender gap demonstrated that 53 percent of women between the ages of 25 and 64 achieved higher education degrees, while just 44 percent of men did so.
According to the OECD member nation average, 35 percent of women and 32 percent of men have higher education degrees across the board. Earnings also showed a disparity, with women earning just 72 percent of the amount of men with the same level of education, and 63 percent for those with tertiary degrees. The OECD member nations average 80 percent
On the other hand, age did not emerge as a significant problem for Israel. The earnings gap between young and old was one of the smallest among OECD nations (just 8 percent compared to the average of 36 percent).
Not surprisingly, Israel ranks among the biggest spenders on education. Israel spent some six percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2012 on education, just edging out the OECD average of 5.2 percent. Yet, counterintuitively, Israeli students spend less on education than other OECD member nations. Israel spent a mere $6,931 per student on primary education in 2012, while other OECD member nations spent a combined average of $8,247.
When it came to secondary education, Israel spent $5,689 per student, compared to the OECD average of $9,518. In 2012, Israel spent $12,338 per student in higher education, compared with the OECD average of $15,028. This anomaly traces back to the higher proportion of students in the Israeli population (33 percent compared to the OECD average of 24 percent).
