OECD Regions at a Glance 2009
This third edition provides the latest comparable data and trends across regions in OECD countries, including a special focus on the spatial dimension for innovation. It relies on the OECD Regional database, the most comprehensive set of statistics at the sub-national level on demography, economic and labour market performance, education, healthcare, environmental outputs and knowledge-based activities comparable among the OECD countries. This publication provides a dynamic link (StatLink) for each graph and map, which directs the user to a web page where the corresponding data are available in Excel®.
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Access to education
In 2006, half of the labour force in OECD countries had an upper secondary education. In the knowledge based economy, the demand for skills is increasing and a high school diploma has become the minimum level to fully participate in the job market and a prerequisite for higher education. Nevertheless, almost one-fourth of the OECD labour force in 2006 had received only a basic education (lower than upper secondary school). This is a result of different patterns among countries. In 2006 Portugal was the country with the highest proportion of people with only basic education attainment (around 70%), while in the Czech Republic this proportion was below 10% (Figure 32.1).
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