| Table 385. | Percent of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary institutions, by age group: Selected countries, 1985, 1990, and 1991 |
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| | Postsecondary institutions
| Secondary schools, |_______________________________________________________________
| 14 to 17 years old | 18 to 21 years old | 22 to 25 years old | 26 to 29 years old
Country |____________________|____________________|____________________|_____________________
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| 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
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Australia ............| --- | --- | 91.4 | --- | --- | 28.9 | --- | --- | 11.6 | --- | --- | 7.6
Belgium ...............| 91.7 | --- | 94.6 | 24.5 | --- | 30.4 | 7.2 | --- | 9.1 | 1.5 | --- | 1.7
Canada ................| 92.5 | 95.8 | 94.0 | 25.5 | 28.9 | 29.7 | 9.5 | 11.4 | 12.2 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.5
Denmark ...............| 89.9 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 16.3 | 17.9 | 18.3 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 9.5
Finland ...............| 89.8 | 98.2 | --- | 9.3 | 13.6 | --- | 17.3 | 20.7 | --- | 7.9 | 10.2 | ---
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France ................| 93.0 | 95.1 | 95.4 | 19.4 | 24.6 | 26.6 | 10.0 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.0
Germany (former West) .| 94.7 | 94.2 | 93.6 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 15.5 | 15.9 | 16.3 | 8.9 | 10.4 | 10.6
Ireland ...............| 83.6 | 87.2 | 89.7 | 15.2 | 20.3 | 20.5 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | --- | --- | ---
Japan ................| 95.7 | 95.7 | 96.1 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Netherlands ...........| 93.0 | 92.5 | 92.7 | 14.4 | 17.9 | 19.1 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 14.5 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.7
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New Zealand ...........| 74.4 | 84.2 | 88.4 | 14.9 | 20.8 | 23.2 | 9.6 | 13.8 | 16.1 | --- | --- | ---
Norway ................| 90.0 | 93.2 | 93.5 | 8.6 | 13.6 | 14.5 | 13.9 | 17.4 | 18.9 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 8.2
Portugal ..............| --- | --- | 69.1 | 5.8 | --- | 11.3 | 5.4 | --- | 6.6 | 2.3 | --- | 2.2
Spain .................| 67.3 | 79.1 | 81.6 | 14.9 | 21.2 | 21.5 | 10.6 | 13.5 | 14.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.3
Sweden ................| 91.3 | 91.4 | 91.6 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.2
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Switzerland ...........| 88.9 | 89.8 | 90.0 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 10.6 | 12.1 | 12.8 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 7.0
Turkey ................| --- | 32.6 | 33.9 | --- | 7.4 | 7.9 | --- | 4.6 | 4.9 | --- | 2.3 | 2.1
United Kingdom ........| 77.7 | 83.3 | 84.2 | --- | 16.1 | 17.6 | --- | 4.7 | 6.2 | --- | --- | 3.4
United States\1\ ......| 92.1 | 92.9 | 92.9 | 33.0 | 36.2 | 36.4 | 14.5 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 9.1
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\1\Postsecondary includes higher education only. ---Data not available. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, and unpublished data. (This table was prepared May 1995.) |
