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| Table 405. | Number of bachelor's degree recipients per 100 persons of thetheoretical age of graduation,\1\ by sex: Selected countries, 1989 to 1994 |
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Country | Men and women | Men | Women
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|1989 |1990 |1991 |1992 | 1994 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992 | 1994 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992 | 1994
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16
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Australia .............|20.8 | --- |24.4 |26.3 | 31.5 |19.3 | --- |21.6 |22.0 | 25.4 |22.3 | --- |27.3 |30.8 | 37.9
Austria ...............| 6.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | --- | --- | 7.7 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 7.8 | --- | 5.6 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.2 | ---
Belgium ...............| --- | --- |13.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- |15.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |11.5 | --- | ---
Canada ................|30.2 |31.8 |33.3 |32.2 | 30.2 |26.9 |27.6 |28.2 |26.9 | 25.5 |33.5 |36.0 |38.7 |37.7 | 35.1
Denmark ...............|12.9 |15.0 |16.5 |22.1 |\2\ 20.2 |11.5 |13.2 |14.4 |17.6 |\2\ 16.1 |14.4 |16.8 |18.7 |26.9 |\2\ 24.6
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Finland ...............| --- | --- | --- | 6.5 | 7.5 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 9.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 5.5
France ................|13.9 |14.9 |16.3 | --- | --- |13.8 |14.7 |14.9 | --- | --- |14.0 |15.1 |17.7 | --- | ---
Germany\3\ ............|13.2 |12.9 |13.3 | --- | --- |16.1 |15.7 |15.9 | --- | --- |10.1 |10.0 |10.6 | --- | ---
Ireland ...............|16.3 |17.5 |16.0 |17.4 |\2\ 22.8 | --- |16.9 |15.8 |17.7 |\2\ 22.3 | --- |18.2 |16.2 |17.1 |\2\ 23.4
Italy ................ | --- | --- | --- | --- | .8 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 0.5 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1.0
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Japan ................| --- |21.8 |23.7 |23.4 | 23.4 | --- |30.9 |33.5 |32.3 | 31.2 | --- |12.3 |13.7 |14.1 | 15.3
Netherlands ...........|10.2 | 8.0 | 8.3 |17.8 |\2\ 17.4 |12.3 | 9.4 | 9.6 |17.6 |\2\ 17.2 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 6.9 |18.0 |\2\ 17.6
New Zealand ...........|15.7 |15.1 |16.1 |18.0 |\2\ 21.9 |16.4 |15.7 |16.5 |17.7 |\2\ 19.9 |15.0 |14.6 |15.8 |18.3 |\2\ 24.0
Norway ................| --- | --- | --- |19.4 | 17.6 | --- | --- | --- |14.8 | 12.5 | --- | --- | --- |24.2 | 22.9
Portugal ..............| --- | --- | --- | --- | 1.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2.4
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Spain .................| --- | --- | --- | 8.0 |\2\ 8.6 | --- | --- | --- | 5.8 |\2\ 6.8 | --- | --- | --- |10.4 |\2\ 10.4
Sweden ................|13.1 |12.2 |12.5 |11.4 | 6.9 |11.1 |10.5 |11.0 | 9.6 | 4.8 |15.1 |14.0 |14.2 |13.3 | 9.1
Switzerland ...........| 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.6 | --- | --- |10.1 |10.3 | 9.8 | --- | --- | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 | --- | ---
Turkey ................| 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.0 |\2\ 7.1 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.4 |\2\ 8.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 |\2\ 5.4
United Kingdom ........| --- | --- | --- |20.4 | 27 | --- | --- | --- |21.1 | 26.5 | --- | --- | --- |19.7 | 27.5
United States .........|27.8 |28.1 |28.1 |27.4 | 31.8 |26.1 |25.9 |25.3 |24.7 | 28.4 |29.6 |30.5 |31.0 |30.3 | 35.2
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\1\In most countries the theoretical age of graduation was 22 or 23. The range was from 21 to 25. The number of bachelor's degree recipients may be of any age. \2\Data for 1993. \3\Data for 1989 are for the former West Germany. ---Data not available. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, 1996. (This table was prepared April 1997.)
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