Table 411. | Number of bachelor's degree recipients per 100 persons of the theoretical age of graduation, by sex: Selected countries, 1989 to 1999 |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Country | Men and women | Men | Women | | | |___________________________________|_____________________________|_____________________________ |1989 |1990 |1992 |1995 |1996 |1999 |1989 |1990 |1992 |1995 |1996 |1989 |1990 |1992 |1995 |1996 ______________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 ______________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____ Australia ............|19.6 | --- |28.5 |34.9 |36.0 |27.0 |18.9 | --- |23.7 |27.6 |28.9 |21.1 | --- |33.6 |42.7 |43.3 Austria ..............| 6.6 | 7.7 | --- | 9.8 |10.5 |12.0 | 7.6 | 8.5 | --- |10.6 |11.4 | 5.5 | 6.8 | --- | 8.9 | 9.6 Belgium \1\...........|16.5 |17.1 | --- | --- |15.9 |17.8 |18.9 |19.5 | --- | --- |16.7 |14.1 |14.7 | --- | --- |15.2 Canada ...............| --- | --- |32.2 |31.8 |31.9 |29.3 | --- | --- |27.6 |26.4 |26.5 | --- | --- |37.6 |37.4 |37.4 Czech Republic .......| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |10.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Denmark ..............|12.9 |15.0 |22.3 |28.5 |28.0 | --- |11.5 |13.3 |17.7 |25.1 |23.1 |14.4 |16.9 |27.2 |31.9 |33.0 Finland ..............|16.9 |17.1 | --- |22.2 |23.9 |33.9 |17.1 |17.0 | --- |22.0 |22.4 |16.6 |17.1 |17.9 |22.3 |25.6 France ...............|13.8 |14.9 | --- | --- | --- |24.9 |13.7 |14.7 | --- | --- | --- |13.9 |15.1 | --- | --- | --- Germany \2\...........|13.2 |12.9 | --- |16.2 |16.1 |16.0 |16.1 |15.7 | --- |18.2 |18.2 |10.1 |10.0 | --- |14.0 |13.5 Hungary ..............| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |26.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Iceland ..............| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |28.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Ireland ..............|16.4 |17.4 |17.8 |21.2 |25.5 |26.0 |31.9 |17.5 |17.9 |19.9 |24.6 | --- |17.3 |17.7 |22.7 |26.4 Italy ................| 8.9 | 9.2 | --- |11.8 |12.6 |16.0 | 9.1 | 9.3 | --- |10.8 |11.4 | 8.7 | 9.0 | --- |12.9 |13.8 Japan ...............| --- |22.1 |23.2 |22.8 |22.9 |29.0 | --- |31.5 |31.9 |30.4 |30.7 | --- |12.4 |14.0 |14.9 |14.9 Korea, Republic of ..| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |27.1 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mexico ...............| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |11.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Netherlands ..........|10.2 | 8.0 |17.6 |22.0 |19.6 |33.5 |12.3 | 9.4 |17.3 |20.6 |18.2 | 7.9 | 6.5 |17.8 |23.4 |21.1 New Zealand ..........|36.1 |15.3 |17.2 |24.7 |30.8 |37.3 |16.6 |15.4 |16.9 |20.9 |26.2 |15.5 |15.1 |17.4 |28.6 |35.4 Norway ...............|24.6 |27.5 |19.0 |23.0 |27.4 |33.9 |18.1 |19.1 |14.5 |17.2 |20.2 |31.7 |36.3 |23.7 |28.9 |34.8 Portugal .............| --- | 7.6 | --- |14.6 |15.7 | --- | --- | 5.9 | --- |10.8 |11.3 | --- | 9.3 | --- |18.3 |20.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Spain ................|17.7 |18.6 | --- |24.0 |26.1 |30.3 |14.6 |15.3 | --- |19.6 |21.5 |21.0 |22.0 | --- |28.6 |31.0 Sweden ...............|13.0 |12.2 |14.1 |15.5 |19.1 |27.2 |11.1 |10.5 |11.8 |14.0 |15.1 |15.1 |14.0 |16.4 |17.0 |23.3 Switzerland ..........| 7.7 | 7.7 | --- | 9.1 | 9.3 |20.5 |10.1 |10.3 | --- |11.4 |11.5 | 5.3 | 5.1 | --- | 6.8 | 7.2 Turkey ...............| 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 7.0 | --- | 9.6 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.6 | --- | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.2 | --- United Kingdom .......| --- | --- |20.4 |31.6 |34.4 |36.8 | --- | --- |21.0 |30.3 |32.7 | --- | --- |19.8 |32.9 |36.2 United States ........|27.3 |28.6 |27.4 |33.2 |34.7 |33.2 |25.5 |26.2 |24.6 |29.3 |30.6 |29.2 |31.1 |30.3 |37.3 |38.9 ______________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____ |
---Not available. NOTE: The graduation rate relates the number of people with bachelor's degrees to the number of people in the population at typical age of graduation. Data for 1999 reflect a reclassification of degree levels and may not be comparable to figures for earlier years. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance 2001, and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared January 2002.) |