Trends in the percentage of the population enrolled in school, by age group and country: 1995-2008

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Table A.1.02.

Trends in the percentage of the population enrolled in school, by age group and country: 1995-2008

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	15-19 year-old students as a percentage of the population aged 15 to 19										20-29 year-old students as a percentage of the population aged 20 to 29
Country	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
OECD average	74	77	78	79	79	81	81	82	82	82	18	22	22	23	24	25	25	25	25	25

OECD countries
Australia	81	82	81	83	82	82	82	83	82	82	23	28	28	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Austria	75	77	77	77	77	79	80	82	79	79	16	18	19	17	18	19	19	20	22	22
Belgium	94	91	91	92	94	95	94	95	94	92	24	25	26	27	29	30	29	29	28	29
Canada	80	81	81	80	80	79	80	81	—	—	22	23	24	25	25	25	26	26	—	—
Czech Republic	66	81	87	90	90	91	90	90	90	74	10	14	15	16	17	19	20	20	22	21

Chile	64	66	—	66	68	70	74	72	74	90	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20	21
Denmark	79	80	83	82	85	85	85	83	83	84	30	35	36	36	36	36	38	38	38	37
Finland	81	85	85	85	86	87	87	88	88	87	28	38	39	40	40	41	43	43	43	43
France¹	89	87	86	86	87	87	86	86	86	86	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19
Germany	88	88	90	89	89	89	89	89	88	89	20	24	24	26	27	28	28	28	29	28

Greece	62	82	74	83	83	86	97	93	80	83	13	16	22	25	26	28	24	32	27	29
Hungary	64	78	79	81	83	85	87	88	89	89	10	19	20	21	22	24	24	25	25	25
Iceland	79	79	79	81	83	84	85	85	84	84	24	31	30	32	36	37	37	37	36	35
Ireland	79	81	82	83	84	87	89	88	90	90	14	16	18	19	19	23	21	20	21	18
Italy	—	72	73	76	78	79	80	81	80	82	—	17	17	18	20	20	20	20	21	21

Japan	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Korea	75	79	79	80	81	84	86	86	87	89	15	24	25	27	27	28	27	28	28	28
Luxembourg	73	74	75	75	75	75	72	73	74	75	—	5	6	6	6	7	6	9	6	10
Mexico	36	42	42	44	45	47	48	49	50	52	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Netherlands	89	87	86	87	85	86	86	89	89	90	21	22	23	23	25	26	26	27	28	29

New Zealand	68	72	72	74	74	74	74	74	75	74	17	23	25	28	30	31	30	29	30	29
Norway	83	86	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	25	28	26	26	29	29	29	30	30	29
Poland	78	84	86	87	88	90	92	93	93	93	16	24	26	28	29	30	31	31	31	30
Portugal	68	71	73	71	72	73	73	73	77	81	22	22	22	22	23	23	22	21	21	23
Slovak Republic	—	—	74	76	80	83	85	85	86	85	—	—	12	13	13	15	16	17	18	19

Spain	73	77	78	78	78	80	81	80	80	81	21	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21
Sweden	82	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	87	86	22	33	33	34	34	36	36	36	35	33
Switzerland	80	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	85	15	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23
Turkey	30	28	30	34	35	40	41	45	47	46	7	5	5	6	6	10	10	11	12	13
United Kingdom²	72	75	75	77	75	79	79	70	71	73	18	24	24	27	26	28	29	17	17	17

United States	72	73	76	75	76	76	79	78	80	81	19	20	22	23	22	23	23	23	23	23

Non-OECD Countries
Brazil	—	75	71	74	80	79	80	—	75	76	—	21	23	22	22	23	21	—	21	21
Estonia	—	—	—	—	—	—	87	87	85	84	—	—	—	—	—	—	27	27	27	26
Israel	—	64	63	65	66	65	65	65	65	64	—	—	—	21	21	20	20	21	21	21
Russian Federation	—	71	71	74	—	—	74	—	—	77	—	—	—	13	—	—	19	—	—	20
Slovenia	—	—	—	—	—	—	91	91	91	91	—	—	—	—	—	—	32	33	33	33
¹ Excludes overseas departments (DOM) from 1995 to 2004. ² Break in time series following methodological change from 2006.
SOURCE: Data from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2010).Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2010, table C1.2. Paris: Author.

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