Table 392. | School-age populations as a percent of total population: Selected countries, 1985 to 1999 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 5- to 14-year-olds as a | 15- to 19-year-olds as a |percent of total population |percent of total population Country |______________________________________________|_______________________________________________ |1985\1\|1990\1\|1995\1\| 1996 | 1998 | 1999 |1985\2\|1990\2\|1995\2\| 1996 | 1998 | 1999 ____________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ____________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ Australia ..........| 14.5 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 Belgium ............| 11.4 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 Canada .............| 12.8 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 Czech Republic .....| --- | --- | 11.6 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | --- | --- | 6.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 Denmark ............| 12.0 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | Finland ............| 11.5 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 France .............| 12.8 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 Germany\3\ .........| 9.1 | 8.7 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 Greece .............| --- | --- | 10.7 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | --- | 5.5 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 Iceland ............| 15.7 | 15.0 | 14.3 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | Ireland ............| 17.9 | 17.5 | 15.2 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 Italy ..............| 12.7 | 10.3 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 Japan ..............| 14.0 | 11.8 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 Korea, Republic of .| --- | --- | 14.5 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | --- | --- | 7.1 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 Luxembourg .........| 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | Netherlands ........| 12.0 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 New Zealand ........| 15.3 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 Norway .............| 12.5 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 Portugal ...........| 15.3 | 14.3 | 10.9 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 Russian Federation .| --- | --- | 14.3 | 16.0 | --- | 14.0 | --- | --- | 5.8 | 7.0 | --- | 8.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | Spain ..............| 15.0 | 12.9 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 Sweden .............| 11.3 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 Switzerland ........| 10.6 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 Turkey .............| 20.6 | 20.6 | 19.7 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 United Kingdom .....| 11.4 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 United States ......| 12.6 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 ____________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ |
---Not available. \1\Data are for the 5- to 13-year-old population. \2\Data are for the 14- to 17-year-old population. \3\Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, various years; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared June 2001.) |