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| Table 428. | Employment rates of 25- to 64-year-olds, by sex, highest level of educational attainment, and country: 2009 |
| Country | Total population, 25 to 64 years old | Male | Female | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All levels of education | Less than high school completion | High school completion | Asso- ciate's or higher degree |
All levels of education | Less than high school completion | High school completion | Asso- ciate's or higher degree |
All levels of education | Less than high school completion | High school completion | Asso- ciate's or higher degree |
|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| OECD average1 . | 72.7 | 56.0 | 74.2 | 83.6 | 80.5 | 67.1 | 81.5 | 88.1 | 65.0 | 46.0 | 66.2 | 79.1 |
| Australia | 77.6 | 66.1 | 80.2 | 84.3 | 85.0 | 76.5 | 87.2 | 89.1 | 70.4 | 57.7 | 70.7 | 80.2 |
| Austria | 75.3 | 55.6 | 77.6 | 86.7 | 81.1 | 65.0 | 81.5 | 89.3 | 69.6 | 50.7 | 73.2 | 83.4 |
| Belgium | 69.8 | 48.0 | 74.0 | 84.2 | 76.2 | 58.7 | 80.5 | 87.2 | 63.3 | 37.0 | 66.8 | 81.6 |
| Canada | 75.4 | 55.1 | 73.7 | 81.7 | 78.9 | 63.1 | 78.0 | 84.5 | 71.9 | 45.4 | 68.7 | 79.4 |
| Chile. | 68.4 | 58.3 | 69.2 | 78.0 | 85.7 | 82.3 | 87.6 | 85.3 | 51.6 | 36.2 | 51.7 | 70.6 |
| Czech Republic | 73.8 | 43.9 | 75.1 | 84.3 | 83.4 | 53.6 | 84.0 | 91.0 | 64.1 | 39.1 | 65.5 | 76.9 |
| Denmark. | 78.8 | 64.6 | 79.7 | 87.4 | 81.9 | 71.0 | 82.3 | 89.1 | 75.6 | 59.0 | 76.4 | 86.0 |
| Estonia | 72.9 | 47.4 | 71.6 | 82.8 | 73.8 | 51.7 | 72.9 | 87.4 | 72.2 | 41.4 | 70.1 | 80.4 |
| Finland | 75.1 | 56.8 | 74.8 | 84.4 | 76.4 | 60.0 | 76.6 | 86.9 | 73.8 | 52.5 | 72.7 | 82.6 |
| France | 72.5 | 56.2 | 76.5 | 83.5 | 78.3 | 63.8 | 82.6 | 86.8 | 67.0 | 49.4 | 70.1 | 80.8 |
| Germany | 75.4 | 54.9 | 75.5 | 86.4 | 81.3 | 64.9 | 80.3 | 89.7 | 69.5 | 48.0 | 70.7 | 82.2 |
| Greece | 68.3 | 59.7 | 68.4 | 82.2 | 82.0 | 78.0 | 83.3 | 86.6 | 54.6 | 40.0 | 54.8 | 77.7 |
| Hungary | 63.6 | 37.4 | 67.0 | 78.8 | 70.5 | 45.5 | 73.1 | 83.7 | 57.0 | 31.9 | 60.0 | 75.1 |
| Iceland | 82.6 | 77.1 | 82.6 | 88.3 | 85.9 | 81.2 | 86.9 | 89.9 | 79.1 | 73.0 | 76.5 | 86.9 |
| Ireland | 68.3 | 50.0 | 69.1 | 82.0 | 74.3 | 59.9 | 76.3 | 86.0 | 62.3 | 37.7 | 62.0 | 78.5 |
| Israel | 70.5 | 44.3 | 69.0 | 82.4 | 77.0 | 59.6 | 75.6 | 87.0 | 64.3 | 26.5 | 62.1 | 78.7 |
| Italy | 64.0 | 51.2 | 73.1 | 79.2 | 76.6 | 69.2 | 82.5 | 84.9 | 51.6 | 32.9 | 63.6 | 74.7 |
| Japan | 76.0 | — | 73.1 | 79.7 | 88.7 | — | 85.8 | 92.3 | 63.3 | — | 60.8 | 66.6 |
| Korea, Republic of | 71.2 | 65.3 | 69.6 | 76.1 | 84.9 | 77.2 | 84.1 | 88.3 | 57.6 | 57.6 | 55.6 | 60.1 |
| Luxembourg | 73.4 | 61.6 | 70.2 | 85.1 | 82.5 | 74.9 | 79.2 | 90.6 | 64.1 | 51.2 | 60.9 | 78.6 |
| Mexico | 66.8 | 61.7 | 71.9 | 81.7 | 87.9 | 87.2 | 89.8 | 88.7 | 48.4 | 40.7 | 57.7 | 73.0 |
| Netherlands. | 79.0 | 63.6 | 81.7 | 88.1 | 85.7 | 77.7 | 86.8 | 90.2 | 72.2 | 51.2 | 76.6 | 85.7 |
| New Zealand | 79.3 | 69.0 | 82.4 | 84.0 | 86.0 | 77.1 | 88.4 | 90.1 | 72.9 | 62.1 | 74.4 | 79.3 |
| Norway | 82.3 | 65.4 | 83.1 | 90.2 | 84.8 | 69.6 | 86.0 | 91.8 | 79.7 | 61.2 | 79.4 | 88.9 |
| Poland | 67.4 | 41.6 | 66.3 | 85.3 | 75.2 | 53.4 | 75.1 | 89.9 | 59.8 | 31.0 | 56.9 | 82.1 |
| Portugal | 73.3 | 69.0 | 80.1 | 86.7 | 79.0 | 76.5 | 83.8 | 87.6 | 67.8 | 61.1 | 76.5 | 86.1 |
| Slovak Republic | 70.0 | 30.3 | 72.0 | 83.2 | 78.6 | 39.0 | 80.0 | 89.4 | 61.5 | 25.2 | 63.5 | 77.7 |
| Slovenia | 74.3 | 53.7 | 74.6 | 88.4 | 78.0 | 62.5 | 78.0 | 90.3 | 70.5 | 46.4 | 70.3 | 87.1 |
| Spain | 65.7 | 54.0 | 70.6 | 81.1 | 73.6 | 65.7 | 77.0 | 84.6 | 57.6 | 41.6 | 64.0 | 77.8 |
| Sweden | 81.1 | 64.2 | 81.3 | 88.1 | 83.7 | 71.9 | 84.3 | 89.2 | 78.4 | 54.4 | 77.7 | 87.2 |
| Switzerland | 82.6 | 67.5 | 81.7 | 89.6 | 89.3 | 77.6 | 88.4 | 92.9 | 75.8 | 61.6 | 75.9 | 84.4 |
| Turkey | 52.0 | 46.3 | 58.3 | 73.6 | 73.5 | 70.5 | 77.9 | 80.6 | 27.2 | 21.8 | 27.2 | 63.1 |
| United Kingdom | 75.0 | 56.9 | 78.3 | 84.5 | 81.0 | 66.7 | 82.7 | 88.1 | 69.0 | 49.4 | 73.1 | 81.0 |
| United States. | 71.9 | 52.5 | 68.9 | 80.8 | 76.4 | 61.6 | 72.9 | 85.4 | 67.6 | 41.9 | 64.8 | 76.7 |
| Other reporting countries |
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| Brazil | 73.2 | 68.7 | 77.4 | 85.6 | 86.3 | 84.4 | 88.8 | 91.3 | 61.2 | 53.5 | 67.7 | 81.5 |
| —Not available. | ||||||||||||
| 1 Refers to the mean of the data values for all reporting OECD countries, to which each country reporting data contributes equally. | ||||||||||||
| NOTE: The "high school completion" columns include International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) levels 3 and 4, with the exception of ISCED level 3C short programs. (ISCED 3C short programs do not correspond to high school completion in the United States and are included in the "less than high school completion" columns in this table.) ISCED level 5B corresponds to the associate's degree in the United States in this table. Also included in the "associate's or higher degree" columns are the following higher level degrees: ISCED 5A, first award, which corresponds to the bachelor's degree in the United States; ISCED 5A, second award, which corresponds to master's and first-professional degrees in the United States; and ISCED 6, which corresponds to doctor's degrees. | ||||||||||||
| SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2011. (This table was prepared July 2011.) |
