Table 1 Source: ECLAC, on the basis of data published in Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators * Public institutions.

GDP per capita (in equivalent US$ dollars) Expenditure per student (in equivalent US$ dollars) ANNUAL EXPENDITURE PER PRIMARY STUDENT IN RELATION TO GDP PER CAPITA ( ) Par* Bra Mex Uru Arg Chi Spa OCDE USA Chart 1 * * Public institutions. Source: ECLAC, on the basis of data published in Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 1998.

Chart 2 Source: ECLAC, on the basis of data published in Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 1998.

OECD (12.6%) Chart 3 Source: ECLAC, on the basis of data published in Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 1998.

Table 2 Source: ECLAC, on the basis of data published in Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators a Includes public and private institutions and full-time and part-time students.

21% 49% 15% 45% 85% 34% 65% 86% CHILEOECD COUNTRY MEANGERMANY Population of typical age of upper secondary graduation. % of which are upper secondary graduates. % of which attended technical and vocational programmes. % of which received training that was both school-based and work based. TECHNICAL TRAINING IN UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION (1996): THREE PROFILES Chart 4 Source: ECLAC, on the basis of data published in Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 1998.

a Countries are ranked in descending order of female advantage in upper secondary education completion, age

% points of difference Higher proportion of women completing upper secondary education Australia Germany U. Kingdom OECD USA Spain Brazil Argentina Portugal Uruguay Chart 5 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN IN THEIR COMPLETION OF UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION (1996) Higher proportion of men completing upper secondary education Source: ECLAC, on the basis of data published in Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 1998.