Education and Research in Figures 2017

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Structural data of Germany (2011-2015)

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Structural data of the Länder (2015)

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Budget for education, research and science, by expenditure areas, in billions of euros and by share of GDP (2005/2012-2015)

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Gross domestic expenditure on research and development (GERD), by funding sectors (implementation view) and GERD in % of the gross domestic product (2005/2011-2015)

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R&D expenditure of the Federal Republic of Germany and funding thereof (1987-2014)

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Regional distribution of the R&D expenditure of the Federal Republic of Germany as a whole (implementation of R&D), in millions of euros (2014)

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Regional expenditure on research and development (2014)

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Federal Government expenditure on R&D, by departments (2017 TARGET)

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Federal Government expenditure on science, research and development, by funding areas, in millions of euros (2016/2017)

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BMBF expenditure on science, research and development, by funding areas, in millions of euros (2016/2017)

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Federal Government expenditure on science, research and development, by recipient groups, in millions of euros (2014/2015)

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R&D expenditure of the Federal Government and the Länder, by research objectives, budget appropriations in millions of euros (2012-2016)

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Intramural R&D expenditures and R&D personnel of the economy, by industry sectors (2013-2015)

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Expenditure of non-university science institutions, by fields of science (2014)

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R&D personnel, by personnel groups and sectors of employment, based on full-time equivalents (2011/2013/2014)

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Regional breakdown of R&D personnel, based on full-time equivalents (2011/2013/2014)

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Higher education expenditure on teaching and research, by types of higher education institution, in millions of euros (2012-2014 ACTUAL)

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Innovation expenditure of the German industry, by sector groups and company sizes (2006-2015)

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Turnover share of the innovation expenditure of the German industry, by sector groups and company sizes (2006-2015)

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Innovation rate – enterprises that implement product or process innovations, by individual sectors (2015)

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Innovation rate – enterprises that implement product or process innovations, by sector groups and company sizes (2006-2015)

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Budget for education, by expenditure areas, in billions of euros (2005/2012-2015)

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Budget for education for all education areas, by funding sectors, in share of total expenditure (2014)

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Development of public spending on education (2005-2016)

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Expenditure on public schools per pupil, by school types (2013)

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Day care centres, personnel, number of children and number of authorised places (at 01 March 2016)

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School enrolments, pupils and graduates/school-leavers at general schools (2011-2015)

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Student-teacher ratio at general schools (2011-2015)

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General schools, by school types (2011-2015)

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Pupils in class 8, by school types (1952-2015)

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Share of foreign pupils at general schools, by selected school types (2015)

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Distribution of pupils with special educational needs on special needs schools and ordinary schools (2000/2007-2015)

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Percentage of people qualified to enter higher education of the age-specific population, by types of qualification (1980-2015)

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Pupils at vocational schools, by school types (2011-2015)

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Transition from school to post-school careers – development of new entrants in selected iABE sectors and first-year students (2005-2016)

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Newly concluded training contracts (2001-2015)

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Newly concluded training contracts, by educational background and sex (2015)

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Newly concluded training contracts of males in the 20 most popular training occupations (2016)

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Newly concluded training contracts of females in the 20 most popular training occupations (2016)

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Successful final examinations, by sex and training sectors (2013-2015)

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Higher education institutions, by types and Länder (WS 2015/2016)

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First-year students and percentage of first-year students, by sex (2000-2016)

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Percentage of first-year students, by Land in which the higher education entrance qualification has been acquired (2015)

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Percentage range of people who pursue higher education, by sex (2002-2012)

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Transition to higher education – development of basic figures (2005-2015)

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Number of students, by sex (winter semester 1947/1948-2016/2017)

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Students, by types of higher education institution, subject groups and sex, share of foreign students (winter semester 2016/2017)

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Higher education graduates, by examination types and sex, share of foreign graduates (2011-2015)

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Drop-out rates of German students, by degree types and types of higher education institution (graduate year groups 2006-2014)

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Duration of studies with successful final examination, by examination types and sex (2011-2015)

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Doctorates and habilitations, by subject groups and sex (2015)

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Higher education staff, by subject groups and sex (2015)

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Share of males and females in various status and degree groups in the field of higher education (1993/2004/2015)

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BAföG – number of recipients; expenditure, by amounts and types of aid (2011-2015)

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AFBG ("Meister-BAföG") – recipients, by continuing education institutions (2014)

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Further training examinations / Meister examinations, by sex (2004-2015)

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Further training examinations / Meister examinations, by training sectors (2005/2013-2015)

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Successful Meister examinations, by training sectors (2005-2015)

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Participation in continuing education in Germany (1979-2014)

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Participation in continuing education, by age groups and sex (2014)

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Participation rates in continuing education, by age groups, highest schoolleaving qualification and highest vocational qualification (2012/2014)

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Participation, amount of time and costs of continuing vocational education in enterprises, by economic sectors (2010)

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Gross domestic expenditure on research and development (GERD), share of gross domestic product in selected countries (2005-2015)

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R&D personnel in selected OECD countries, based on full-time equivalents (1995/2009-2015)

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World-market relevant patents: Germany, European Union, Japan and United States (1995/2002-2014)

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Educational attainment: Adult population in selected OECD countries (2015)

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First-time graduation rates for ISCED level 6 (bachelor's or equivalent) in selected OECD countries (2014)

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First-time graduation rates for ISCED level 7 (master's or equivalent) in selected OECD countries (2014)

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Annual expenditure on educational institutions per pupil/student from primary to tertiary education (2013)

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Annual expenditure on educational institutions per pupil/student, by levels of education (2013)

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Expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP, by levels of education in selected OECD countries, from public and private sources (2005/2013)

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Expenditure on primary to tertiary education institutions as a percentage of GDP, in selected OECD countries, from public and private sources (2005/2013)

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