Lifelong learning development level in selected European countries : a perspective for improving statistical literacy

The higher the lifelong learning development level, or the higher the participation rate of adults in education and training in a country, the higher is the chance that the employment rate will be higher, since the more persons are competitive on the labour market and the greater the chance for a national economy to be more competitive. The aim of the paper is to inspect whether European countries with higher average lifelong learning development level have also higher average economic development level. The main variable under study is the Participation rate in education and training of people aged from 25 to 64 years for 2014, based on Eurostat data. The descriptive statistics analysis had shown significant differences in the participation rates in education and training between the observed European countries in 2014. An increasing lifelong learning of adults’ development level performs a great chance for improving statistical knowledge in all the European countries studied