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| Table 392. - | Percent of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary institutions, by age group: Selected countries, 1985, 1990, and 1995 |
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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 |____________________|____________________|____________________|____________________|____________________
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| 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16
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Belgium ...............| 90.0 | --- | 98.9 | 80.9 | --- | 96.7 | 24.5 | --- | 40.7 | 7.2 | --- | 16.5 | 1.5 | --- | 4.4
Canada ................| --- | --- | 86.5 | --- | --- | 68.5 | --- | --- | 37.9 | --- | --- | 22.0 | --- | --- | 9.5
Denmark ...............| 31.2 | 34.6 | 28.9 | 69.3 | 73.1 | 73.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 16.3 | 17.9 | 22.6 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 11.2
Finland ...............| 74.6 | 89.7 | 84.3 | 80.5 | 81.7 | 88.5 | 9.3 | 13.6 | 17.5 | 17.3 | 20.7 | 27.4 | 7.9 | 10.2 | 12.9
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France ................| 67.0 | 68.2 | 78.6 | 72.4 | 79.7 | 86.5 | 19.3 | 24.6 | 34.2 | 10.0 | 11.8 | 17.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.6
Germany\2\ ............| 52.3 | 46.5 | 42.6 | 82.7 | 81.2 | 80.1 | 8.8 | 8.5 | --- | --- | 15.9 | 17.0 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 11.4
Ireland ...............| --- | 79.2 | 83.8 | --- | 68.0 | 74.9 | --- | 20.5 | 29.1 | --- | --- | 15.0 | --- | --- | ---
Japan ................| --- | 93.5 |100.4 | --- | 88.6 | 96.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Netherlands ...........| 41.7 | 45.0 | 53.0 | 55.6 | 58.5 | 73.7 | 14.4 | 17.9 | 23.2 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 18.7 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 5.6
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New Zealand ...........| --- | 79.9 | 98.5 | --- | 57.2 | 76.9 | --- | 20.7 | 27.9 | --- | 14.8 | 11.9 | --- | --- | 7.3
Norway ................| 83.4 | 90.4 | 94.1 | 76.1 | 82.6 | 90.2 | 8.6 | 13.5 | 17.5 | 13.9 | 17.4 | 23.6 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 10.0
Portugal ..............| 18.0 | --- | 49.3 | 22.3 | --- | 58.8 | 5.9 | --- | 17.9 | 5.4 | --- | 15.7 | 2.3 | --- | 5.9
Spain .................| 58.2 | 70.6 | 82.3 | 50.9 | 62.1 | 74.4 | 15.0 | 21.3 | 25.6 | 10.7 | 13.5 | 17.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.5
Sweden ................| 86.7 | 83.1 | 92.4 | 82.4 | 84.6 | 95.6 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 13.0 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 16.6 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 7.5
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Switzerland ...........| 58.1 | 61.9 | 52.9 | 78.8 | 81.7 | 76.4 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 10.6 | 12.1 | 14.7 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 7.2
Turkey ................| 20.5 | 27.3 | 37.8 | 12.7 | 17.3 | 23.9 | --- | 7.3 | 10.3 | --- | 4.3 | 7.3 | --- | 2.2 | 3.2
United Kingdom ........| 67.0 | 75.6 | 83.9 | 45.9 | 57.4 | 72.0 | 15.0 | 16.1 | 26.2 | 7.4 | 10.6 | 9.4 | --- | --- | 4.8
United States\3\ ......| 83.6 | 84.8 | 81.7 | 78.1 | 78.4 | 73.9 | 33.2 | 35.6 | 34.1 | 14.6 | 17.3 | 21.2 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 10.8
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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, 1996; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared September 1998.) |
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