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Table 398  Percent of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary institutions, by age group: Selected countries, 1985, 1990, and 1996

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                       |                    |                    |                 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
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           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
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\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.)


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