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Table 398 | Percent of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary institutions, by age group: Selected countries, 1985, 1990, and 1996 |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Postsecondary institutions | Secondary schools, | Secondary 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 | 1996 | 1985 | 1990 | 1996 | 1985 | 1990 | 1996 | 1985 | 1990 | 1996 | 1985 | 1990 | 1996 _______________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 _______________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______ Belgium ...............| 90.0 | --- |100.0 | 80.9 | --- | 97.0 | 24.5 | --- | 39.6 | 7.2 | --- | 15.4 | 1.5 | --- | 4.0 Canada ................| --- | --- | 91.0 | --- | --- | 69.0 | --- | --- | 40.5 | --- | --- | 21.9 | --- | --- | 9.1 Denmark ...............| 31.2 | 34.6 | 93.0 | 69.3 | 73.1 | 82.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 16.3 | 17.9 | 23.5 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 12.1 Finland ...............| 74.6 | 89.7 | 93.0 | 80.5 | 81.7 | 92.0 | 9.3 | 13.6 | 18.2 | 17.3 | 20.7 | 28.8 | 7.9 | 10.2 | 13.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | France ................| 67.0 | 68.2 | 96.0 | 72.4 | 79.7 | 90.0 | 19.3 | 24.6 | 36.0 | 10.0 | 11.8 | 18.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 Germany\2\ ............| 52.3 | 46.5 | 97.0 | 82.7 | 81.2 | 92.0 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 10.8 | --- | 15.9 | 17.2 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 11.8 Ireland ...............| --- | 79.2 | 89.0 | --- | 68.0 | 71.0 | --- | 20.5 | 31.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Japan ................| --- | 93.5 | 98.0 | --- | 88.6 | 95.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Netherlands ...........| 41.7 | 45.0 | 98.0 | 55.6 | 58.5 | 90.0 | 14.4 | 17.9 | 24.0 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 19.2 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 5.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New Zealand ...........| --- | 79.9 | 98.0 | --- | 57.2 | 77.0 | --- | 20.7 | 29.4 | --- | 14.8 | 13.8 | --- | --- | 7.1 Norway ................| 83.4 | 90.4 | 94.0 | 76.1 | 82.6 | 93.0 | 8.6 | 13.5 | 19.0 | 13.9 | 17.4 | 24.8 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 10.5 Portugal ..............| 18.0 | --- | 77.0 | 22.3 | --- | 71.0 | 5.9 | --- | 19.3 | 5.4 | --- | 16.0 | 2.3 | --- | 6.1 Spain .................| 58.2 | 70.6 | 83.0 | 50.9 | 62.1 | 76.0 | 15.0 | 21.3 | 27.3 | 10.7 | 13.5 | 19.8 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 6.2 Sweden ................| 86.7 | 83.1 | 97.0 | 82.4 | 84.6 | 96.0 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 13.7 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 17.9 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 8.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Switzerland ...........| 58.1 | 61.9 | 86.0 | 78.8 | 81.7 | 82.0 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 10.6 | 12.1 | 15.3 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 7.4 Turkey ................| 20.5 | 27.3 | --- | 12.7 | 17.3 | --- | --- | 7.3 | --- | --- | 4.3 | --- | --- | 2.2 | --- United Kingdom ........| 67.0 | 75.6 | 82.0 | 45.9 | 57.4 | 72.0 | 15.0 | 16.1 | 26.9 | 7.4 | 10.6 | 9.4 | --- | --- | 4.8 United States\3\ ......| 83.6 | 84.8 | 86.0 | 78.1 | 78.4 | 79.0 | 33.2 | 35.6 | 34.6 | 14.6 | 17.3 | 21.5 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 11.1 _______________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______ |
\1\Includes full-time and part-time enrollment.
\2\Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany. \3\Postsecondary includes higher education only. ---Data not available. 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 August 1999.) |