Number of bachelor's degree recipients per 100 persons of the theoretical age of graduation, by sex and country: Selected years, 1989 to 2000

Table 412.

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      Country       |          Men and women           |           Men          |          Women
                    |                                  |                        |
                    |__________________________________|________________________|________________________
                    |1989|1990|1992|1995|1996|1999|2000|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 |18
____________________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____
Australia ..........|19.6|--- |28.5|34.9|36.0|27.0|36.3|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|16.0| 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|27.9|--- |--- |27.6|26.4|26.5|--- |--- |37.6|37.4|37.4
Czech Republic .....|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |10.8|13.6|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
                    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
Denmark ............|12.9|15.0|22.3|28.5|28.0|--- | 9.2|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|36.3|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|24.6|13.7|14.7|--- |--- |--- |13.9|15.1|--- |--- |---
Germany \2\.........|13.2|12.9|--- |16.2|16.1|16.0|19.3|16.1|15.7|--- |18.2|18.2|10.1|10.0|--- |14.0|13.5
Hungary ............|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |26.9|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
                    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
Iceland ............|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |28.9|33.2|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
Ireland ............|16.4|17.4|17.8|21.2|25.5|26.0|31.2|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|18.1| 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|30.9|--- |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|28.1|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|10.4|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|37.5|--- |--- |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|33.2|25.5|26.2|24.6|29.3|30.6|29.2|31.1|30.3|37.3|38.9
____________________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____

---Not available.
\1\Data for Flemish Belgium only.
\2\Data for 1989 are for the former West Germany.

NOTE: The graduation rate relates the number of people with bachelor's degrees to the number of people in the population at the typical age of graduation. Data for 1999 and 2000 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 2002, and previously unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared August 2003.)

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