Table 387.

Percentage of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary institutions, by age group and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2005

Country	Second-ary schools, 16 years old, 2005	Second-ary schools, 17 years old, 2005	Postsecondary education
			18 to 21 years old					22 to 25 years old					26 to 29 years old
			1985	1990	1999	2002	2004	1985	1990	1999	2002	2004	1985	1990	1999	2002	2004
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Australia	93	80	—	—	31	35	33	—	—	15	20	20	—	—	8	10	10
Austria	92	77	—	—	15	15	16	—	—	20	18	20	—	—	12	9	9
Belgium1	101	99	25	—	42	42	43	7	—	15	18	19	2	—	3	5	6
Canada	—	—	—	—	27	—	32	—	—	18	—	19	—	—	7	—	7
Czech Republic	100	97	(2)	(2)	17	20	23	(2)	(2)	12	16	18	(2)	(2)	4	5	5
Denmark	93	85	7	7	8	10	10	16	18	27	29	32	8	9	15	16	18
Finland	96	95	9	14	23	21	23	17	21	35	39	40	8	10	18	19	20
France	97	89	19	25	35	35	37	10	12	20	20	21	4	4	5	5	6
Germany3	96	92	9	9	11	12	13	—	16	19	20	22	9	10	11	12	13
Greece	101	75	—	—	54	46	57	—	—	7	24	27	—	—	2	11	12
Hungary	96	92	—	—	20	24	28	—	—	14	18	22	—	—	5	7	9
Iceland	94	83	—	—	7	10	12	—	—	21	24	28	—	—	9	12	16
Ireland	96	76	—	21	33	36	39	—	—	11	11	13	—	—	3	5	5
Italy	88	83	—	—	22	24	28	—	—	21	21	23	—	—	7	8	8
Japan	97	95	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Korea, Republic of	95	93	—	—	51	56	62	—	—	26	32	32	—	—	6	7	7
Luxembourg	82	78	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mexico	54	41	—	—	12	15	15	—	—	8	7	8	—	—	1	3	2
Netherlands	95	83	14	18	26	28	28	12	13	20	22	23	6	5	5	6	7
New Zealand	87	70	—	21	29	30	34	—	15	14	17	23	—	—	8	8	12
Norway	94	92	9	14	19	17	19	14	17	28	27	29	6	8	12	13	14
Poland	97	95	—	—	21	27	29	—	—	21	26	29	—	—	5	7	6
Portugal	80	76	6	—	25	25	27	5	—	17	20	21	2	—	6	8	8
Russian Federation	73	34	(2)	(2)	—	42	—	(2)	(2)	—	—	—	(2)	(2)	—	—	—
Slovak Republic	95	90	(2)	(2)	—	21	20	(2)	(2)	—	13	15	(2)	(2)	—	4	5
Spain	94	82	15	21	32	35	34	11	14	24	24	23	4	5	8	8	9
Sweden	97	98	8	9	16	17	17	11	11	25	28	32	7	6	12	13	16
Switzerland	90	86	6	6	10	10	12	11	12	17	18	20	5	6	9	9	10
Turkey	55	28	—	7	14	—	18	—	4	9	—	10	—	2	4	—	4
United Kingdom	94	80	15	16	29	30	29	7	11	12	12	13	—	—	6	6	7
United States	96	83	37	41	44	46	42	15	17	18	25	25	8	9	11	11	11

— Not available. 1 Data for Flemish Belgium only. 2 Country did not exist in its current form in the given year. 3 Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany. NOTE: Data in this table refer to programs classified by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) level 3, level 5A (first and second award), level 5B, and level 6. The table includes both full-time and part-time students. ISCED 3 corresponds to secondary education in the United States. ISCED 5A (first and second award), ISCED 5B, and ISCED 6 correspond to 2-year and 4-year college undergraduate and graduate programs in the United States. Some increases in enrollment rates may be due to more complete reporting by countries. Enrollment figures may not be directly comparable due to differing definitions of postsecondary education and the age at which postsecondary education begins. Differences in reference dates between enrollment and population data can result in enrollment rates that exceed 100 percent. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, selected years, 1987 through 2007; and Education Online Database, 2002 and 2004, retrieved August 27, 2007, from http://stats.oecd.org/WBOS/Default.aspx. (This table was prepared August 2007.)