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(202KB)| Table 420. | Percentage of the population 25 to 64 years old who completed high school, by age group and country: 2001, 2005, and 2009 |
| Country | 2001 | 2005 | 2009 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total, 25 to 64 years old |
25 to 34 years old | 35 to 44 years old | 45 to 54 years old | 55 to 64 years old | Total, 25 to 64 years old |
25 to 34 years old | Total, 25 to 64 years old |
25 to 34 years old | 35 to 44 years old | 45 to 54 years old | 55 to 64 years old | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||||
| OECD average1 | 64.2 | 74.0 | 68.4 | 60.2 | 48.6 | 72.8 | 82.6 | 73.3 | (0.03) | 81.5 | (0.06) | 77.0 | (0.06) | 70.5 | (0.07) | 61.3 | (0.08) |
| Australia | 58.9 | 70.7 | 60.2 | 54.6 | 43.8 | 65.0 | 78.6 | 71.0 | (0.29) | 82.9 | (0.49) | 73.3 | (0.55) | 66.8 | (0.59) | 58.0 | (0.70) |
| Austria2,3 | 75.7 | 83.3 | 80.4 | 71.9 | 62.5 | 80.6 | 87.5 | 81.9 | (0.12) | 88.4 | (0.22) | 85.1 | (0.21) | 80.4 | (0.23) | 71.7 | (0.30) |
| Belgium2 | 58.5 | 75.3 | 62.6 | 51.3 | 38.4 | 66.1 | 80.9 | 70.6 | (0.19) | 83.1 | (0.33) | 77.7 | (0.33) | 66.6 | (0.37) | 53.7 | (0.42) |
| Canada | 81.9 | 89.3 | 84.9 | 81.0 | 66.6 | 85.2 | 90.8 | 87.6 | (0.12) | 92.0 | (0.20) | 90.8 | (0.21) | 86.6 | (0.23) | 80.4 | (0.31) |
| Chile4 | — | — | — | — | — | 50.0 | 64.3 | 69.0 | (0.19) | 85.6 | (0.24) | 74.7 | (0.28) | 66.3 | (0.32) | 42.7 | (0.40) |
| Czech Republic | 86.2 | 92.5 | 89.8 | 84.0 | 76.3 | 89.9 | 93.9 | 91.4 | (0.08) | 94.2 | (0.14) | 94.4 | (0.13) | 90.5 | (0.17) | 85.9 | (0.18) |
| Denmark | 80.2 | 86.3 | 80.4 | 80.4 | 71.9 | 81.0 | 87.4 | 76.3 | (0.17) | 85.7 | (0.43) | 81.3 | (0.40) | 70.7 | (0.34) | 68.0 | (0.29) |
| Estonia | — | — | — | — | — | 89.1 | 87.4 | 88.9 | (0.31) | 86.3 | (0.73) | 92.4 | (0.49) | 92.9 | (0.46) | 83.3 | (0.77) |
| Finland | 73.8 | 86.8 | 84.3 | 70.0 | 50.9 | 78.8 | 89.4 | 82.0 | (0.12) | 90.4 | (0.21) | 88.4 | (0.21) | 83.6 | (0.23) | 67.5 | (0.29) |
| France5 | 63.9 | 78.4 | 67.4 | 58.3 | 46.2 | 66.3 | 81.1 | 70.0 | (0.10) | 83.9 | (0.17) | 76.9 | (0.18) | 64.1 | (0.20) | 54.7 | (0.21) |
| Germany | 82.6 | 85.5 | 85.5 | 82.9 | 75.8 | 83.1 | 84.1 | 85.5 | (0.06) | 86.0 | (0.13) | 86.8 | (0.11) | 85.9 | (0.11) | 82.7 | (0.13) |
| Greece | 51.4 | 72.6 | 60.3 | 43.1 | 27.6 | 57.1 | 73.6 | 61.2 | (0.12) | 74.9 | (0.23) | 69.3 | (0.23) | 56.8 | (0.24) | 39.5 | (0.25) |
| Hungary | 70.2 | 80.9 | 78.5 | 71.8 | 44.1 | 76.4 | 85.0 | 80.6 | (0.10) | 86.0 | (0.18) | 82.9 | (0.20) | 79.8 | (0.20) | 72.5 | (0.22) |
| Iceland | 56.9 | 61.2 | 60.2 | 55.5 | 45.6 | 62.9 | 69.0 | 65.9 | (0.50) | 70.0 | (0.93) | 70.6 | (0.98) | 63.8 | (0.97) | 56.7 | (1.14) |
| Ireland | 57.6 | 73.4 | 62.4 | 48.2 | 35.3 | 64.5 | 81.1 | 71.5 | (0.12) | 85.8 | (0.18) | 77.2 | (0.21) | 64.6 | (0.26) | 47.6 | (0.30) |
| Israel | — | — | — | — | — | 79.2 | 85.7 | 81.8 | (0.15) | 87.4 | (0.25) | 83.9 | (0.29) | 77.9 | (0.34) | 74.3 | (0.37) |
| Italy | 43.3 | 57.5 | 49.3 | 38.5 | 21.8 | 50.1 | 65.9 | 54.3 | (0.08) | 70.3 | (0.17) | 57.9 | (0.16) | 50.4 | (0.16) | 36.7 | (0.16) |
| Japan | 83.1 | 93.6 | 94.0 | 81.1 | 62.8 | — | — | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
| Korea, Republic of | 68.0 | 94.6 | 76.8 | 49.1 | 29.9 | 75.5 | 97.3 | 79.9 | (0.20) | 97.5 | (0.15) | 94.1 | (0.22) | 71.0 | (0.44) | 42.6 | (0.63) |
| Luxembourg | 52.7 | 59.4 | 56.7 | 47.1 | 42.1 | 65.9 | 76.5 | 77.3 | (0.41) | 83.8 | (0.80) | 78.8 | (0.70) | 74.4 | (0.80) | 70.5 | (0.99) |
| Mexico | 21.6 | 25.4 | 24.7 | 17.5 | 11.1 | 21.3 | 24.0 | 35.2 | (0.06) | 41.9 | (0.12) | 37.2 | (0.12) | 32.4 | (0.13) | 21.3 | (0.14) |
| Netherlands2,5 | 65.0 | 74.0 | 69.0 | 60.0 | 51.0 | 71.8 | 81.3 | 73.4 | (0.09) | 82.4 | (0.17) | 77.6 | (0.16) | 71.4 | (0.17) | 62.5 | (0.20) |
| New Zealand | 75.7 | 81.8 | 79.5 | 75.1 | 60.1 | 78.7 | 85.2 | 72.2 | (0.43) | 79.3 | (0.84) | 75.5 | (0.79) | 70.5 | (0.84) | 61.5 | (0.97) |
| Norway2 | 85.2 | 93.4 | 90.3 | 81.9 | 69.9 | 77.2 | 83.5 | 80.7 | (0.16) | 83.6 | (0.33) | 83.1 | (0.29) | 77.3 | (0.34) | 78.7 | (0.34) |
| Poland | 45.9 | 51.7 | 47.5 | 44.5 | 36.4 | 51.4 | 62.5 | 88.0 | (0.10) | 93.5 | (0.15) | 91.5 | (0.17) | 88.0 | (0.18) | 77.5 | (0.25) |
| Portugal | 19.9 | 32.5 | 19.9 | 13.6 | 8.5 | 26.5 | 42.8 | 29.9 | (0.16) | 48.2 | (0.38) | 31.4 | (0.32) | 21.9 | (0.26) | 14.1 | (0.23) |
| Slovak Republic | 85.1 | 93.7 | 89.9 | 82.9 | 66.0 | 85.7 | 93.0 | 90.9 | (0.12) | 94.8 | (0.19) | 94.2 | (0.20) | 89.8 | (0.25) | 82.8 | (0.30) |
| Slovenia | — | — | — | — | — | 80.3 | 91.2 | 83.3 | (0.19) | 93.5 | (0.27) | 85.0 | (0.39) | 79.6 | (0.37) | 73.8 | (0.46) |
| Spain | 40.0 | 57.1 | 44.7 | 29.0 | 17.1 | 48.8 | 63.9 | 51.8 | (0.08) | 64.1 | (0.16) | 58.0 | (0.15) | 46.5 | (0.16) | 30.3 | (0.16) |
| Sweden | 80.6 | 90.7 | 86.3 | 78.4 | 65.1 | 83.6 | 90.6 | 85.8 | (0.09) | 91.2 | (0.16) | 90.8 | (0.14) | 85.4 | (0.18) | 75.7 | (0.21) |
| Switzerland | 87.4 | 91.8 | 90.0 | 85.1 | 80.6 | 83.0 | 87.9 | 86.9 | (0.19) | 90.0 | (0.36) | 88.4 | (0.32) | 86.1 | (0.38) | 82.5 | (0.45) |
| Turkey | 24.3 | 30.2 | 23.5 | 19.2 | 13.3 | 27.2 | 35.7 | 31.1 | (0.09) | 41.6 | (0.18) | 27.7 | (0.17) | 24.7 | (0.18) | 19.3 | (0.20) |
| United Kingdom3,5 | 63.0 | 68.0 | 65.0 | 61.2 | 55.1 | 66.7 | 72.9 | 73.7 | (0.09) | 81.6 | (0.17) | 76.5 | (0.17) | 71.7 | (0.18) | 64.0 | (0.20) |
| United States | 87.7 | 88.1 | 88.7 | 89.2 | 82.6 | 87.8 | 86.7 | 88.6 | (0.12) | 88.3 | (0.19) | 88.3 | (0.18) | 89.1 | (0.21) | 88.9 | (0.20) |
| Other reporting countries | |||||||||||||||||
| Brazil4 | — | — | — | — | — | 29.5 | 38.0 | 40.7 | (0.11) | 52.5 | (0.19) | 42.0 | (0.21) | 33.5 | (0.22) | 24.5 | (0.24) |
| Russian Federation6 | 88.0 | 91.0 | 93.7 | 89.4 | 71.2 | — | — | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
| —Not available. | |||||||||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 Refers to the mean of the data values for all reporting OECD countries, to which each country reporting data contributes equally. The average includes all current OECD countries for which a given year's data are available, even if they were not members of OECD in that year. | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 Data from 2000 reported for 2001. | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 Data in 2005 columns include some ISCED 3C short programs. | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 Data from 2004 reported for 2005. | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 Data in 2001 columns include some ISCED 3C short programs. | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 Data from 2002 reported for 2001. | |||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Data in this table refer to degrees classified by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) level 3. ISCED level 3 corresponds to high school completion in the United States. ISCED 3C short programs do not correspond to high school completion; these short programs are excluded from this table except where otherwise noted. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | |||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2002, 2007, and 2011. (This table was prepared June 2011.) | |||||||||||||||||
