Table 397. | Percent of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary institutions, by age group and country: 1985, 1990, and 1999 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Postsecondary institutions |Secondary|Secondary|____________________________________________ |schools, |schools, | 18 to 21 | 22 to 25 | 26 to 29 Country |16 years |17 years | years old | years old | years old | 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. Differences in reference dates between enrollment and population data can result in enrollment rates that exceed 100 percent. 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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