Ranks of Ukraine by the sub index “Higher education and training” of the Global Competitiveness Index in 2014-2017 Source: developed by the authors, based on [23] In 2018 by the new methodology of WEF‟s GCI 4.0 [24] Ukraine
was ranked 46
th
among 140 countries by the “Skills” sub index. The
ranks by the sub index components were: 1) mean years of schooling –
51, 2) extent of staff training – 74, 3) quality of vocational training – 63,
4) skillset of graduates – 62, 5) digital skills among population – 55, 6)
ease of finding skilled employees – 54, 7) school life expectancy – 54,
8) critical thinking in teaching – 41.
According to the Global Human Capital Index of the WEF [25], in
2017 Ukraine was ranked 24th among 130 countries, on a par with the
neighboring countries (Poland, Czech Republic and Lithuania); Ukraine
also is at the top of the south states-members of EU (Portugal, Spain,
Italy and France). Some sub indexes of the GHCI, connected with HE,
are: tertiary education enrolment rate – 82,3 (11
th
rank), skill diversity of
graduates – 90,3 (57
th
), quality of education system – 50,7 (51
st
),
Years
2014 2015 2016 2017 Total amount of countries
144
140
138
137
Total rank of Ukraine 40
34
33
35
incl. index components:
The share of education 14
14
11
16
- secondary education enrollment rate
41
39
53
51
- tertiary education enrollment rate
13
14
11
16
Quality of education 65
46
46
49
- quality of the education system
72
54
56
56
- quality of math and science education
30
38
27
27
- quality of management schools
88
87
93
88
- Internet access at schools
67
44
35
44
