iBet uBet web content aggregator. Adding the entire web to your favor.
iBet uBet web content aggregator. Adding the entire web to your favor.



Link to original content: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/01/16/business/In-Education-China-Takes-the-Lead.html
In Education, China Takes the Lead - Graphic - NYTimes.com
Edition: U.S. / Global

Business Day

Published: January 16, 2013

In Education, China Takes the Lead

China has invested heavily in a huge expansion of higher education, although questions persist about the quality of Chinese university educations and the extent to which China’s manufacturing-intensive economy can create jobs for so many graduates. Related Article »

data not

available

China

United States

United States

China

’01

’03

’05

’07

’09

’11

’05

’00

’95

’90

’85

’80

’75

’70

’10

’00

’02

’04

’06

’08

’10

%

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

billion

0

50

100

150

200

$250

million

0

2

4

6

8

Share of worldwide

college enrollment

By local, provincial and national gov’ts

Education spending in China

2- and 4-year colleges

2- and 4-year college degrees or higher

College degrees awarded

Sources: UNESCO (degrees, enrollment); China finance ministry, via CEIC Data (spending)