Table 394. | Percent of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary institutions, by age group: Selected countries, 1985, 1990, and 1999 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Postsecondary institutions |Secondary|Secondary|__________________________________________________________ |schools, |schools, |18 to 21 years old| 22 to 25 years old| 26 to 29 years old Country |16 years |17 years |__________________|___________________|___________________ | old,\1\ | old,\1\ | | | | | | | | | | 1999 | 1999 | 1985 |1990 |1999 | 1985 | 1990 |1999 | 1985 |1990 | 1999 __________________|_________|_________|______|_____|_____|______|______|_____|______|_____|______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 __________________|_________|_________|______|_____|_____|______|______|_____|______|_____|______ Australia.........| 92.0 | 78.2 | --- | --- |30.7 | --- | --- |15.0 | --- | --- | 8.0 Austria ..........| 91.9 | 75.9 | --- | --- |15.1 | --- | --- |20.3 | --- | --- | 11.8 Belgium\2\ .......| 95.0 | 92.7 | 24.5 | --- |41.7 | 7.2 | --- |14.7 | 1.5 | --- | 3.0 Canada ...........| 93.4 | 75.1 | --- | --- |27.3 | --- | --- |17.9 | --- | --- | 6.7 Czech Republic ...| 99.8 | 83.3 | --- | --- |17.1 | --- | --- |11.5 | --- | --- | 4.2 | | | | | | | | | | | Denmark ..........| 92.8 | 81.6 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 16.3 | 17.9 |26.6 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 14.8 Finland ..........| 93.6 | 95.8 | 9.3 |13.6 |22.8 | 17.3 | 20.7 |35.1 | 7.9 |10.2 | 18.3 France ...........| 95.3 | 88.8 | 19.3 |24.6 |35.4 | 10.0 | 11.8 |20.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 Germany\3\ .......| 96.7 | 91.7 | 8.8 | 8.5 |11.1 | --- | 15.9 |18.7 | 8.9 |10.3 | 10.8 Greece............| 92.3 | 65.5 | --- | --- |54.1 | --- | --- | 7.2 | --- | --- | 2.2 | | | | | | | | | | | Hungary ..........| 92.8 | 87.0 | --- | --- |19.7 | --- | --- |13.7 | --- | --- | 5.2 Iceland ..........| 89.7 | 76.7 | --- | --- | 7.3 | --- | --- |21.3 | --- | --- | 9.2 Ireland ..........| 91.5 | 72.0 | --- |20.5 |32.7 | --- | --- |11.5 | --- | --- | 2.9 Italy ............| 78.7 | 73.3 | --- | --- |22.1 | --- | --- |20.5 | --- | --- | 7.0 Japan ...........| 95.1 | 93.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | Korea, Republic of| 97.7 | 92.9 | --- | --- |51.4 | --- | --- |26.2 | --- | --- | 5.8 Mexico............| 43.0 | 32.0 | --- | --- |12.4 | --- | --- | 7.6 | --- | --- | 1.0 Netherlands ......| 107.3 | 91.0 | 14.4 |17.9 |26.3 | 11.9 | 13.4 |19.9 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 New Zealand ......| 89.4 | 71.3 | --- |20.7 |29.2 | --- | 14.8 |14.4 | --- | --- | 7.6 Norway ...........| 94.2 | 92.7 | 8.6 |13.5 |19.2 | 13.9 | 17.4 |28.0 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 11.7 | | | | | | | | | | | Poland............| 89.7 | 88.9 | --- | --- |21.2 | --- | --- |20.5 | --- | --- | 5.3 Portugal .........| 82.7 | 80.3 | 5.9 | --- |24.7 | 5.4 | --- |17.5 | 2.3 | --- | 6.5 Spain ............| 85.4 | 74.7 | 15.0 |21.3 |32.1 | 10.7 | 13.5 |23.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 7.7 Sweden ...........| 96.8 | 96.6 | 7.8 | 8.7 |15.7 | 11.3 | 11.4 |24.6 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 12.5 Switzerland ......| 90.5 | 84.1 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 12.1 |17.1 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 9.1 | | | | | | | | | | | Turkey ...........| 37.2 | 21.9 | --- | 7.3 |13.6 | --- | 4.3 | 9.0 | --- | 2.2 | 4.5 United Kingdom ...| 84.5 | 71.1 | 15.0 |16.1 |29.3 | 7.4 | 10.6 |12.0 | --- | --- | 6.4 United States\4\ .| 88.5 | 81.0 | 33.2 |35.6 |35.9 | 14.6 | 17.3 |18.5 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 10.9 __________________|_________|_________|______|_____|_____|______|______|_____|______|_____|______ |
---Not available. NOTE: Some increases in enrollment rates may be due to more complete reporting by countries. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, various years; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2001.)
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