| Table 393. | School-age populations as a percent of total population: Selected countries, 1985 to 1999 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| 5- to 14-year-olds as a | 15- to 19-year-olds as a
|percent of total population |percent of total population
Country |______________________________________________|_______________________________________________
|1985\1\|1990\1\|1995\1\| 1996 | 1998 | 1999 |1985\2\|1990\2\|1995\2\| 1996 | 1998 | 1999
___________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
___________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
Australia .........| 14.5 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0
Belgium ...........| 11.4 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0
Canada ............| 12.8 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0
Czech Republic ....| --- | --- | 11.6 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | --- | --- | 6.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.0
Denmark ...........| 12.0 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Finland ...........| 11.5 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0
France ............| 12.8 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0
Germany\3\ ........| 9.1 | 8.7 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0
Greece ............| --- | --- | 10.7 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | --- | 5.5 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0
Iceland ...........| 15.7 | 15.0 | 14.3 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Ireland ...........| 17.9 | 17.5 | 15.2 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0
Italy .............| 12.7 | 10.3 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0
Japan .............| 14.0 | 11.8 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.0
Korea .............| --- | --- | 14.5 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | --- | --- | 7.1 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.0
Luxembourg ........| 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Netherlands .......| 12.0 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0
New Zealand .......| 15.3 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0
Norway ............| 12.5 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0
Portugal ..........| 15.3 | 14.3 | 10.9 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.0
Russian Federation | --- | --- | 14.3 | 16.0 | --- | 14.0 | --- | --- | 5.8 | 7.0 | --- | 8.0
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Spain .............| 15.0 | 12.9 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.0
Sweden ............| 11.3 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0
Switzerland .......| 10.6 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0
Turkey ............| 20.6 | 20.6 | 19.7 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0
United Kingdom ....| 11.4 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0
United States .....| 12.6 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0
___________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
|
|
---Not available. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, various years; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared June 2001.) |
(52 KB)
(17 KB)
(13 KB)