Education in States and Nations: 1991

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                Aged 25 to 34                   Aged 25 to 64
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                              Higher                          Higher
                 Upper     education         Upper         education
Country      secondary  (university)     secondary      (university)
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Australia           64            12            56                10
Austria             79             8            68                 7
Belgium             58            13            44                10
Canada              86            18            76                17
Czechoslovakia      87            13            73                10
Denmark             75            13            61                13
Finland             81            11            60                10
France              66            11            50                10
Germany             88            12            82                11
Ireland             54             9            40                 8
Italy               43             7            28                 6
Netherlands         67             7            57                 6
New Zealand         59            12            56                10
Norway              88            12            79                12
Portugal            24            16             7                 3
Spain               40             5            22                10
Sweden              85            10            67                12
Switzerland         88             9            80                 7
Turkey              22             6            17                 6
United Kingdom      79            12            65                10
United States*      84            23            81                23
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NOTE: See supplemental note to Indicator 21 for a discussion of levels of education; the supplemental note for details on data provided by Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States; and for a discussion comparing educational attainment data for the United States as it is found in the Current Population Survey to the same in the 1990 U.S. Census of Population.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Center for Educational Research and Innovation, Education at a Glance, 1993, Table C1(B). U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population, Education in the United States, Table 1.

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