Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 23a: Public and private upper secondary graduates per 100 persons at the graduation reference age, by sex and country: 1991

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                                     Graduates per 100 persons
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Country                       Total           Male          Female
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Austria                        86.6           92.3            80.6
Canada                         72.5           71.0            74.1
Czechoslovakia                 88.6           86.9            90.4
Denmark                       100.4           90.0           111.8
Finland                       124.9          103.2           148.0
France                         75.8           71.8            80.1
Germany (West)                117.3          118.7           115.9
Hungary                        87.8             **              **
Ireland                        78.3           71.0            85.9
Italy                          50.7           47.3            54.4
Japan                          91.1           88.0            94.3
Netherlands                    82.2           87.8            76.4
New Zealand*                   35.5           34.3            36.7
Norway                         89.3           98.9            79.3
Portugal                       50.6           43.4            58.1
Spain                          64.0           58.2            70.1
Sweden                         80.2           78.4            82.1
Switzerland                    87.6           90.7            84.4
Turkey                         27.9           33.0            22.5
United Kingdom                 74.4           72.2            76.7
United States                  73.9           71.7            76.2
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*Graduates of general education programs only; not graduates of vocational, technical, or apprenticeship programs.
** Not available.

NOTE: In countries where the graduation ratio exceeds 100, it is likely that there are some students earning second degrees. See supplemental note to Indicator 23 for details on data provided by Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, West Germany, Ireland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States; the supplemental note for a discussion of levels of education; and the supplemental note for a discussion of enrollment reference groups - typical starting ages and years of completion for upper secondary education - and for an explanation of graduation reference age.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Center for Educational Research and Innovation, Education at a Glance, 1993, Table R5.

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Figure 23 Table 23b