Europe and North America (and the rest of the world) schooled by Asia
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We’re quite familiar with University rankings, but the OECD has just released the largest ranking of global schools rankings, with Asian countries coming out as the leaders across the world.
The rankings is designed to look at the quality of education in 76 countries across the world and provides a comparison between education and growth.
Singapore took top spot, follows by Hong Kong and South Korea. Finland leads the way in Europe coming 6th, while the UK languishes in 20th – albeit 8 places ahead of North America.
Propping up the table are countries from Africa, with Ghana in 76th spot just below South Africa in 75th.
Popular expat destinations also feature with Australia in 14th, New Zealand 17th, France 23rd and Spain 27th.
The report looks into the number of youngsters who leave school before the age of sixteen. In the UK one in five youngsters are leaving school without the basic education.
Looking at the economic potential of countries featured in the ranking, the OECD believes that there are many countries stuck in a permanent state of recession due to their poor education policies and practices.
Where does your country of residence rank?
Here are the top twenty countries and selected others:
1. Singapore
2. Hong Kong
3. South Korea
4. Japan (joint)
4. Taiwan (joint)
6. Finland
7. Estonia
8. Switzerland
9. Netherlands
10. Canada
11. Poland
12. Vietnam
13. Germany
14. Australia
15. Ireland
16. Belgium
17. New Zealand
18. Slovenia
19. Austria
20. United Kingdom
Some notable others
23. France
27. Spain
28. Italy (joint)
28. United States (joint)
30. Portugal
34. Russia
45. UAE
46. Cyprus
68. Qatar
75. South Africa
76. Ghana