Percent of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary institutions, by age group and country: 1985, 1990, and 1999

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Percent of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary institutions, by age group and country: 1985, 1990, and 1999 cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center">

padding-left:4px" >_____________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Postsecondary institutions |Secondary|Secondary|____________________________________________ |schools, |schools, | 18 to 21 | 22 to 25 | 26 to 29 |16 years |17 years | years old | years old | years old | old,\1\ | old,\1\ |______________|______________|______________ | 1999 | 1999 |1985|1990|1999|1985|1990|1999|1985|1990|1999 _________|_________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____ | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 _________|_________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____ 92.0| 78.2|--- |--- |30.7|--- |--- |15.0|--- |--- | 8.0 91.9| 75.9|--- |--- |15.1|--- |--- |20.3|--- |--- |11.8 95.0| 92.7|24.5|--- |41.7| 7.2|--- |14.7| 1.5|--- | 3.0 93.4| 75.1|--- |--- |27.3|--- |--- |17.9|--- |--- | 6.7 99.8| 83.3|--- |--- |17.1|--- |--- |11.5|--- |--- | 4.2 | | | | | | | | | | | 92.8| 81.6| 7.4| 7.4| 8.3|16.3|17.9|26.6| 8.2| 9.3|14.8 93.6| 95.8| 9.3|13.6|22.8|17.3|20.7|35.1| 7.9|10.2|18.3 95.3| 88.8|19.3|24.6|35.4|10.0|11.8|20.5| 4.3| 3.9| 5.1 96.7| 91.7| 8.8| 8.5|11.1|--- |15.9|18.7| 8.9|10.3|10.8 92.3| 65.5|--- |--- |54.1|--- |--- | 7.2|--- |--- | 2.2 | | | | | | | | | | | 92.8| 87.0|--- |--- |19.7|--- |--- |13.7|--- |--- | 5.2 89.7| 76.7|--- |--- | 7.3|--- |--- |21.3|--- |--- | 9.2 91.5| 72.0|--- |20.5|32.7|--- |--- |11.5|--- |--- | 2.9 78.7| 73.3|--- |--- |22.1|--- |--- |20.5|--- |--- | 7.0 95.1| 93.6|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | | | | | | | | | | | 97.7| 92.9|--- |--- |51.4|--- |--- |26.2|--- |--- | 5.8 43.0| 32.0|--- |--- |12.4|--- |--- | 7.6|--- |--- | 1.0 107.3| 91.0|14.4|17.9|26.3|11.9|13.4|19.9| 5.7| 4.7| 4.9 89.4| 71.3|--- |20.7|29.2|--- |14.8|14.4|--- |--- | 7.6 94.2| 92.7| 8.6|13.5|19.2|13.9|17.4|28.0| 6.2| 7.5|11.7 | | | | | | | | | | | 89.7| 88.9|--- |--- |21.2|--- |--- |20.5|--- |--- | 5.3 82.7| 80.3| 5.9|--- |24.7| 5.4|--- |17.5| 2.3|--- | 6.5 85.4| 74.7|15.0|21.3|32.1|10.7|13.5|23.5| 4.0| 4.5| 7.7 96.8| 96.6| 7.8| 8.7|15.7|11.3|11.4|24.6| 6.5| 6.1|12.5 90.5| 84.1| 5.7| 6.4| 9.7|10.6|12.1|17.1| 5.2| 6.4| 9.1 | | | | | | | | | | | 37.2| 21.9|--- | 7.3|13.6|--- | 4.3| 9.0|--- | 2.2| 4.5 84.5| 71.1|15.0|16.1|29.3| 7.4|10.6|12.0|--- |--- | 6.4 88.5| 81.0|33.2|35.6|35.9|14.6|17.3|18.5| 8.2| 8.6|10.9 _________|_________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____

---Not available.
\1\Includes full-time and part-time enrollment.
\2\Data for Flemish Belgium only.
\3\Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany.
\4\Postsecondary includes higher education only.

NOTE: Some increases in enrollment rates may be due to more complete reporting by countries. Differences in reference dates between enrollment and population data can result in enrollment rates that exceed 100 percent.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, various years; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2001.)

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