Percent of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary institutions, by age group: Selected countries, 1985, 1990, and 1998

Table 391.

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                  |   Secondary     |   Secondary     |                 Postsecondary institutions
                  |    schools,     |    schools,     |__________________________________________________________
                  |16 years old\1\  |17 years old\1\  |18 to 21 years old| 22 to 25 years old| 26 to 29 years old
     Country      |_________________|_________________|__________________|___________________|___________________
                  |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |     |     |      |      |     |      |     |
                  |1985 |1990 |1998 |1985 |1990 |1998 | 1985 |1990 |1998 | 1985 | 1990 |1998 | 1985 |1990 | 1998
__________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|_____|_____|______|______|_____|______|_____|______
        1         |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8   |  9  | 10  |  11  |  12  | 13  |  14  | 15  |  16
__________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|_____|_____|______|______|_____|______|_____|______
Belgium\2\ .......|90.0 | --- |94.0 |80.9 | --- |93.0 | 24.5 | --- |41.0 |  7.2 |  --- |13.5 |  1.5 | --- |  2.5
Canada ...........| --- | --- |99.0 | --- | --- |83.0 |  --- | --- |26.6 |  --- |  --- |17.3 |  --- | --- |  6.2
Denmark ..........|31.2 |34.6 |93.0 |69.3 |73.1 |82.0 |  7.4 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 16.3 | 17.9 |25.5 |  8.2 | 9.3 | 13.4
Finland ..........|74.6 |89.7 |89.0 |80.5 |81.7 |93.0 |  9.3 |13.6 |22.8 | 17.3 | 20.7 |33.4 |  7.9 |10.2 | 16.0
                  |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |     |     |      |      |     |      |     |
France ...........|67.0 |68.2 |95.0 |72.4 |79.7 |88.0 | 19.3 |24.6 |36.0 | 10.0 | 11.8 |19.0 |  4.3 | 3.9 |  4.3
Germany\3\ .......|52.3 |46.5 |96.0 |82.7 |81.2 |91.0 |  8.8 | 8.5 |11.2 |  --- | 15.9 |18.2 |  8.9 |10.3 | 10.9
Ireland ..........| --- |79.2 |91.0 | --- |68.0 |73.0 |  --- |20.5 |32.7 |  --- |  --- |11.8 |  --- | --- |  2.4
Japan  ...........| --- |93.5 |96.0 | --- |88.6 |94.0 |  --- | --- | --- |  --- |  --- | --- |  --- | --- |  ---
Netherlands ......|41.7 |45.0 |96.0 |55.6 |58.5 |85.0 | 14.4 |17.9 |25.6 | 11.9 | 13.4 |18.9 |  5.7 | 4.7 |  4.7
                  |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |     |     |      |      |     |      |     |
New Zealand ......| --- |79.9 |88.0 | --- |57.2 |69.0 |  --- |20.7 |28.4 |  --- | 14.8 |13.5 |  --- | --- |  6.9
Norway ...........|83.4 |90.4 |94.0 |76.1 |82.6 |93.0 |  8.6 |13.5 |19.3 | 13.9 | 17.4 |26.8 |  6.2 | 7.5 | 10.9
Portugal .........|18.0 | --- |84.0 |22.3 | --- |81.0 |  5.9 | --- |22.9 |  5.4 |  --- |16.7 |  2.3 | --- |  6.3
Spain ............|58.2 |70.6 |85.0 |50.9 |62.1 |73.0 | 15.0 |21.3 |30.6 | 10.7 | 13.5 |22.3 |  4.0 | 4.5 |  6.8
Sweden ...........|86.7 |83.1 |98.0 |82.4 |84.6 |97.0 |  7.8 | 8.7 |13.4 | 11.3 | 11.4 |20.6 |  6.5 | 6.1 |  9.4
                  |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |     |     |      |      |     |      |     |
Switzerland ......|58.1 |61.9 |90.0 |78.8 |81.7 |85.0 |  5.7 | 6.4 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 12.1 |16.2 |  5.2 | 6.4 |  7.6
Turkey ...........|20.5 |27.3 |43.0 |12.7 |17.3 |22.0 |  --- | 7.3 |12.3 |  --- |  4.3 | 7.7 |  --- | 2.2 |  3.4
United Kingdom ...|67.0 |75.6 |81.0 |45.9 |57.4 |66.0 | 15.0 |16.1 |28.5 |  7.4 | 10.6 |10.3 |  --- | --- |  5.3
United States\4\ .|83.6 |84.8 |84.0 |78.1 |78.4 |74.0 | 33.2 |35.6 |37.3 | 14.6 | 17.3 |20.2 |  8.2 | 8.6 |  9.4
__________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|_____|_____|______|______|_____|______|_____|______

---Not Available.
\1\Includes full-time and part-time enrollment.
\2\Data for Flemish Belgium only.
\3\Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany.
\4\Postsecondary includes higher education only.

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 July 2000.)

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