OECD: Percentage distribution of the young people population in education and not in education, by work status, country, and age group: 2009

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OECD: Percentage distribution of the young people population in education and not in education, by work status, country, and age group: 2009

Country	Age group	In education							Not in education						Total in education and not in education
		Students in work- study programs¹	Other employed	Unemployed			Not in the labor force	Sub- total	Employed	Unemployed			Not in the labor force	Sub- total
		Students in work- study programs¹	Other employed	All together	Less than 6 months	More than 6 months	Not in the labor force	Sub- total	Employed	All together	Less than 6 months	More than 6 months	Not in the labor force	Sub- total
OECD average	15-19	—	13.3	3.0	2.6	0.6	65.6	84.4	7.4	3.1	2.1	1.3	5.5	15.6	100.0
	20-24	—	14.1	1.7	1.4	0.6	26.0	43.1	39.2	8.2	5.2	3.3	10.0	56.9	100.0
	25-29	—	8.3	0.8	0.6	0.4	5.8	14.7	66.1	7.5	4.5	3.0	11.7	85.3	100.0
	15-29	—	11.7	1.6	1.3	0.4	31.3	46.3	38.5	6.3	3.9	2.4	8.9	53.7	100.0
OECD countries
Australia	15-19	6.2	28.1	4.8	4.1	0.7	38.7	77.9	13.8	4.6	3.6	1.0	3.7	22.1	100.0
	20-24	4.1	21.6	2.1	1.9	‡	12.2	39.9	48.5	4.3	3.7	0.6	7.2	60.1	100.0
	25-29	0.7	10.9	‡	‡	‡	3.8	15.7	67.4	4.7	3.7	0.9	12.2	84.3	100.0
	15-29	3.6	20.1	2.3	2.0	0.3	17.9	43.9	43.7	4.5	3.7	0.9	7.8	56.1	100.0
Austria	15-19	25.2	4.1	0.9	‡	‡	54.0	84.3	9.2	3.8	2.5	1.3	2.7	15.7	100.0
	20-24	2.9	11.6	0.9	0.8	‡	18.1	33.5	54.6	5.3	4.0	1.3	6.6	66.5	100.0
	25-29	‡	9.9	‡	‡	‡	5.7	16.5	68.9	4.9	3.2	1.6	9.7	83.5	100.0
	15-29	9.0	8.6	0.8	0.7	‡	25.1	43.6	45.3	4.6	3.3	1.4	6.5	56.4	100.0
Belgium	15-19	1.0	2.1	‡	‡	—	87.9	91.1	3.3	2.5	1.7	0.7	3.1	8.9	100.0
	20-24	0.6	4.2	1.1	0.6	‡	39.0	44.9	39.0	9.2	3.9	5.2	6.9	55.1	100.0
	25-29	0.7	3.1	0.5	‡	‡	3.5	7.8	75.9	8.3	4.0	4.1	8.0	92.2	100.0
	15-29	0.8	3.1	0.6	0.3	0.2	42.7	47.2	40.1	6.7	3.2	3.4	6.0	52.8	100.0
Canada	15-19	†	29.0	6.2	5.6	0.2	45.2	80.3	11.5	3.4	3.1	—	4.7	19.7	100.0
	20-24	†	18.3	1.6	1.1	—	18.2	38.0	46.7	7.0	6.2	0.2	8.3	62.0	100.0
	25-29	†	6.7	0.4	—	—	4.8	11.9	71.8	6.6	5.7	0.5	9.7	88.1	100.0
	15-29	†	17.8	2.7	2.2	0.1	22.3	42.8	43.9	5.7	5.0	0.2	7.6	57.2	100.0
Chile	†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Czech Republic	15-19	21.1	0.9	‡	‡	‡	70.5	92.8	3.7	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.0	7.2	100.0
	20-24	0.9	4.7	0.5	‡	‡	39.9	46.1	40.8	7.1	3.9	3.2	6.0	53.9	100.0
	25-29	‡	4.6	‡	‡	‡	6.3	11.2	68.7	6.3	3.3	3.0	13.8	88.8	100.0
	15-29	6.6	3.6	0.3	0.2	‡	36.7	47.2	40.0	5.4	2.9	2.5	7.4	52.8	100.0
Denmark	15-19	†	50.9	5.7	4.6	‡	32.3	88.8	8.3	1.2	1.1	‡	1.6	11.2	100.0
	20-24	†	34.1	2.4	2.1	‡	15.3	51.9	38.3	4.5	3.8	‡	5.3	48.1	100.0
	25-29	†	17.8	‡	‡	—	8.1	26.1	66.6	4.2	3.5	0.8	3.0	73.9	100.0
	15-29	†	34.6	2.9	2.4	‡	18.8	56.3	37.1	3.3	2.8	0.5	3.3	43.7	100.0
Estonia	15-19	†	2.9	‡	‡	—	85.7	89.2	2.8	4.4	3.2	‡	3.6	10.8	100.0
	20-24	†	19.3	‡	‡	‡	25.6	46.7	33.5	12.6	6.9	5.8	7.2	53.3	100.0
	25-29	†	8.2	‡	‡	—	‡	10.2	61.6	11.1	6.8	4.3	17.1	89.8	100.0
	15-29	†	10.5	1.1	0.8	‡	35.8	47.4	33.6	9.6	5.7	3.9	9.4	52.6	100.0
Finland	15-19	†	13.8	4.8	4.4	‡	71.7	90.3	4.5	1.7	1.5	‡	3.4	9.7	100.0
	20-24	†	21.3	4.1	3.9	‡	23.9	49.3	35.7	7.2	5.9	1.2	7.9	50.7	100.0
	25-29	†	15.2	1.4	1.4	‡	8.9	25.4	59.1	6.5	4.9	1.5	9.0	74.6	100.0
	15-29	†	16.7	3.4	3.2	‡	34.3	54.4	33.6	5.1	4.1	1.0	6.8	45.6	100.0
France	15-19	†	7.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	81.8	89.7	3.4	3.9	2.2	1.6	3.0	10.3	100.0
	20-24	†	9.2	0.5	0.3	0.1	29.6	39.4	40.9	13.0	6.8	6.1	6.8	60.6	100.0
	25-29	†	2.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	2.6	4.9	75.4	9.9	5.9	4.0	9.9	95.1	100.0
	15-29	†	6.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	37.4	44.0	40.5	9.0	5.0	3.9	6.6	56.0	100.0
Germany	15-19	17.7	6.7	1.4	0.7	0.6	66.9	92.7	3.6	2.0	0.7	1.2	1.8	7.3	100.0
	20-24	16.6	9.4	0.7	0.5	0.1	21.8	48.5	37.8	7.2	3.4	3.5	6.5	51.5	100.0
	25-29	2.3	7.2	0.6	0.4	0.2	8.5	18.6	64.5	7.1	3.2	3.7	9.8	81.4	100.0
	15-29	12.1	7.8	0.9	0.5	0.3	31.7	52.4	36.0	5.5	2.5	2.8	6.1	47.6	100.0
Greece	15-19	†	1.5	‡	‡	‡	85.9	87.9	4.2	2.4	‡	‡	5.6	12.1	100.0
	20-24	†	5.1	1.4	‡	‡	40.6	47.2	34.6	11.3	5.3	6.0	6.9	52.8	100.0
	25-29	†	2.6	‡	‡	‡	5.7	8.9	69.1	11.7	4.8	7.0	10.2	91.1	100.0
	15-29	†	3.1	0.8	‡	0.4	39.5	43.4	39.8	8.9	3.9	5.0	7.9	56.6	100.0
Hungary	15-19	†	‡	‡	‡	‡	92.4	92.7	1.7	2.0	1.0	1.1	3.6	7.3	100.0
	20-24	†	2.5	‡	‡	‡	46.3	49.2	29.9	9.1	4.0	5.2	11.8	50.8	100.0
	25-29	†	3.5	‡	‡	‡	6.1	9.8	65.1	8.4	3.3	5.1	16.6	90.2	100.0
	15-29	†	2.2	0.3	‡	‡	45.7	48.1	34.1	6.7	2.8	3.9	11.0	51.9	100.0
Iceland	15-19	†	30.2	‡	‡	—	54.2	88.3	8.0	2.0	‡	—	‡	11.7	100.0
	20-24	†	35.8	‡	‡	—	20.0	59.1	31.5	5.5	4.9	‡	‡	40.9	100.0
	25-29	†	19.2	‡	‡	—	14.9	35.5	50.8	7.7	7.3	—	6.0	64.5	100.0
	15-29	†	28.2	2.9	2.9	—	29.7	60.7	30.3	5.1	4.8	‡	3.9	39.3	100.0
Ireland	15-19	†	8.6	0.8	0.8	—	73.5	83.0	6.0	4.3	4.1	‡	6.8	17.0	100.0
	20-24	†	13.2	1.0	0.9	‡	20.0	34.2	45.0	11.6	10.9	0.7	9.2	65.8	100.0
	25-29	†	4.9	0.5	0.5	‡	4.3	9.7	68.2	10.9	10.2	0.7	11.1	90.3	100.0
	15-29	†	8.5	0.8	0.7	‡	28.4	37.7	43.7	9.3	8.7	0.5	9.3	62.3	100.0
Israel	15-19	†	4.3	0.5	0.4	‡	63.9	68.8	6.5	0.8	0.5	0.2	23.9	31.2	100.0
	20-24	†	10.9	0.9	0.8	‡	16.7	28.5	34.0	5.4	3.5	1.5	32.0	71.5	100.0
	25-29	†	17.0	1.1	0.9	‡	8.5	26.6	49.2	5.2	3.6	1.3	19.0	73.4	100.0
	15-29	†	10.5	0.9	0.7	0.1	30.7	42.0	29.3	3.7	2.5	1.0	25.0	58.0	100.0
Italy	15-19	‡	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.1	82.8	83.8	5.0	3.2	1.2	2.1	8.0	16.2	100.0
	20-24	0.3	3.9	1.0	0.5	0.5	37.2	42.3	32.9	10.7	4.3	6.4	14.1	57.7	100.0
	25-29	0.2	3.9	0.8	0.5	0.3	10.8	15.7	57.9	8.2	3.6	4.6	18.2	84.3	100.0
	15-29	0.2	2.9	0.7	0.4	0.3	41.5	45.3	33.5	7.5	3.1	4.4	13.7	54.7	100.0
Japan	15-24	†	8.2	0.2	—	—	50.5	58.8	32.8	4.1	—	—	4.3	41.2	100.0
Korea	†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Luxembourg	15-19	†	5.6	1.9	‡	‡	87.0	94.5	2.8	1.7	‡	‡	‡	5.5	100.0
	20-24	†	7.3	1.6	—	‡	57.0	66.0	25.3	8.3	6.7	‡	‡	34.0	100.0
	25-29	†	3.2	0.0	—	—	4.3	7.4	80.7	6.8	3.0	3.8	5.1	92.6	100.0
	15-29	†	5.2	1.1	‡	‡	47.2	53.5	38.6	5.6	3.2	2.3	2.3	46.5	100.0
Mexico	15-19	†	9.4	0.7	0.7	0.0	50.7	60.8	20.8	2.8	2.5	0.1	15.6	39.2	100.0
	20-24	†	7.7	0.6	0.5	0.1	17.3	25.7	46.7	4.8	4.4	0.1	22.8	74.3	100.0
	25-29	†	3.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	2.8	6.4	63.2	4.5	4.1	0.2	25.9	93.6	100.0
	15-29	†	7.1	0.6	0.5	0.0	26.2	33.9	41.3	3.9	3.6	0.2	20.9	66.1	100.0
Netherlands	15-19	†	51.7	4.8	3.2	1.1	33.1	89.7	6.8	1.0	0.6	0.3	2.6	10.3	100.0
	20-24	†	37.7	1.9	1.3	0.3	12.9	52.5	39.6	3.0	1.9	0.9	4.9	47.5	100.0
	25-29	†	15.3	0.6	0.4	‡	3.3	19.1	71.3	2.8	1.7	0.9	6.8	80.9	100.0
	15-29	†	35.1	2.5	1.7	0.5	16.6	54.1	38.9	2.2	1.4	0.7	4.8	45.9	100.0
New Zealand	15-19	†	23.5	6.6	5.2	1.0	42.5	72.6	15.0	4.9	3.7	0.6	7.5	27.4	100.0
	20-24	†	22.4	2.5	1.7	0.5	14.0	38.9	42.8	6.1	5.1	0.6	12.2	61.1	100.0
	25-29	†	9.8	0.4	‡	‡	5.2	15.4	66.5	4.2	3.4	0.6	13.9	84.6	100.0
	15-29	†	18.9	3.3	2.5	0.5	21.5	43.7	40.2	5.1	4.1	0.6	11.1	56.3	100.0
Norway	15-19	†	23.8	4.0	3.7	‡	52.8	80.6	15.2	‡	‡	‡	2.9	19.4	100.0
	20-24	†	19.3	1.7	1.7	—	20.6	41.6	49.0	3.7	2.9	‡	5.7	58.4	100.0
	25-29	†	5.9	‡	‡	—	6.6	12.7	76.7	2.8	2.1	‡	7.8	87.3	100.0
	15-29	†	16.5	2.0	1.9	‡	27.1	45.6	46.5	2.6	2.0	‡	5.4	54.4	100.0
Poland	15-19	†	3.5	0.5	0.5	‡	90.3	94.3	2.1	1.6	1.1	0.5	2.1	5.7	100.0
	20-24	†	16.9	3.2	2.0	1.2	34.2	54.4	29.2	8.2	4.5	3.7	8.2	45.6	100.0
	25-29	†	8.1	0.8	0.5	0.3	3.5	12.4	66.8	7.4	3.7	3.6	13.4	87.6	100.0
	15-29	†	9.6	1.5	1.0	0.5	39.5	50.7	35.1	5.9	3.2	2.7	8.3	49.3	100.0
Portugal	15-19	†	1.8	0.8	‡	‡	81.9	84.5	8.6	3.7	2.1	1.6	3.2	15.5	100.0
	20-24	†	6.2	1.3	‡	‡	30.4	37.9	46.3	10.6	5.1	5.5	5.1	62.1	100.0
	25-29	†	7.2	1.1	‡	0.8	5.9	14.2	71.0	9.6	4.5	5.1	5.2	85.8	100.0
	15-29	†	5.3	1.1	0.5	0.6	35.9	42.3	44.9	8.2	4.0	4.2	4.6	57.7	100.0
Slovak Republic	15-19	10.3	‡	0.1	—	‡	80.9	91.5	4.0	2.9	0.9	1.9	1.7	8.5	100.0
	20-24	‡	3.3	‡	‡	‡	41.6	45.3	37.6	9.9	4.0	6.0	7.2	54.7	100.0
	25-29	†	3.1	‡	‡	‡	4.2	7.5	67.6	9.8	3.1	6.7	15.1	92.5	100.0
	15-29	3.2	2.3	0.2	‡	‡	40.0	45.7	38.2	7.7	2.7	5.0	8.4	54.3	100.0
Slovenia	15-19	†	7.5	‡	‡	‡	86.2	94.1	3.4	0.9	0.8	‡	1.6	5.9	100.0
	20-24	†	21.3	1.6	1.0	0.6	40.0	62.9	25.7	6.7	4.5	2.2	4.6	37.1	100.0
	25-29	†	17.1	1.0	0.6	0.4	9.0	27.1	61.3	7.5	4.3	3.2	4.1	72.9	100.0
	15-29	†	16.0	1.0	0.6	0.4	41.2	58.2	32.7	5.4	3.4	2.0	3.6	41.8	100.0
Spain	15-19	†	14.2	6.6	1.6	0.6	59.6	80.4	6.2	8.4	4.3	3.9	5.0	19.6	100.0
	20-24	†	7.2	2.8	1.7	1.0	24.9	34.9	38.9	17.6	9.6	7.3	8.6	65.1	100.0
	25-29	†	4.8	1.4	0.8	0.5	3.7	9.9	63.8	17.1	9.7	6.4	9.2	90.1	100.0
	15-29	†	8.2	3.3	1.3	0.7	25.9	37.4	39.9	14.9	8.2	6.0	7.9	62.6	100.0
Sweden	15-19	†	11.0	7.0	6.0	‡	69.9	87.9	6.6	2.8	2.3	‡	2.7	12.1	100.0
	20-24	†	11.6	4.1	3.2	‡	23.3	39.0	44.5	9.5	7.7	1.5	7.0	61.0	100.0
	25-29	†	10.4	1.7	1.3	‡	9.4	21.5	67.0	6.0	4.7	1.2	5.5	78.5	100.0
	15-29	†	11.0	4.4	3.6	0.4	35.6	51.0	38.0	6.0	4.8	1.0	5.0	49.0	100.0
Switzerland	15-19	36.3	7.5	2.1	‡	‡	38.9	84.7	7.4	2.3	1.2	‡	5.6	15.3	100.0
	20-24	12.6	14.0	1.1	‡	‡	15.6	43.4	45.9	5.5	3.6	1.9	5.2	56.6	100.0
	25-29	1.1	9.4	‡	‡	‡	3.7	14.3	72.9	6.0	3.8	2.2	6.8	85.7	100.0
	15-29	16.2	10.3	1.1	0.6	0.5	18.9	46.5	43.0	4.6	2.9	1.7	5.9	53.5	100.0
Turkey	15-19	†	3.3	1.0	0.6	0.3	52.0	56.3	15.0	6.2	3.9	2.3	22.5	43.7	100.0
	20-24	†	6.0	2.7	1.5	1.3	15.1	23.9	30.0	12.0	7.1	4.9	34.1	76.1	100.0
	25-29	†	4.5	0.9	0.4	0.5	2.2	7.7	47.4	11.4	6.6	4.8	33.5	92.3	100.0
	15-29	†	4.5	1.5	0.8	0.7	23.5	29.5	30.9	9.7	5.8	3.9	29.8	70.5	100.0
United Kingdom	15-19	2.4	16.8	4.6	3.1	1.4	54.5	78.3	12.1	5.5	3.3	2.2	4.1	21.7	100.0
	20-24	0.8	12.5	1.6	1.2	0.4	16.6	31.5	49.3	9.2	5.6	3.6	9.9	68.5	100.0
	25-29	‡	9.2	0.6	0.4	‡	3.3	13.2	68.9	6.3	3.9	2.4	11.7	86.8	100.0
	15-29	1.1	12.8	2.2	1.6	0.6	24.3	40.4	43.9	7.0	4.3	2.7	8.6	59.6	100.0
United States	15-19	†	15.8	4.4	3.4	1.0	64.5	84.7	6.5	3.4	2.3	1.1	5.4	15.3	100.0
	20-24	†	19.2	2.2	1.6	0.6	17.4	38.7	41.2	8.7	5.6	3.1	11.4	61.3	100.0
	25-29	†	8.5	0.9	0.5	0.4	4.1	13.5	64.7	8.0	4.8	3.2	13.8	86.5	100.0
	15-29	†	14.5	2.5	1.8	0.7	28.8	45.7	37.4	6.7	4.2	2.5	10.2	54.3	100.0
Non-OECD member countries
Argentina	†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Brazil	15-19	†	20.4	6.6	—	—	42.9	69.9	16.1	4.3	—	—	9.7	30.1	100.0
	20-24	†	14.1	2.8	—	—	7.0	23.9	52.8	8.8	—	—	14.5	76.1	100.0
	25-29	†	8.9	1.1	—	—	2.1	12.0	66.4	7.3	—	—	14.3	88.0	100.0
	15-29	†	14.5	3.5	—	—	17.5	35.6	44.9	6.8	—	—	12.8	64.4	100.0
China	†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
India	†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Indonesia	†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Russian Federation	†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Saudi Arabia	†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
South Africa	†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

— Not available.

† Not applicable

‡ Reporting standards not met. Data are insufficient to report achievement.

¹ Students in work-study programs are considered to be both in education and employed, irrespective of their labor market status according to the International Labor Organization (ILO) definition.

NOTE: Data for "less than 6 months" and "more than 6 months" do not add up to "all together" as unemployed with unknown duration are also included in "all together." Apparent differences may not be statistically significant.

SOURCE: Data from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2011). Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2011, table C4.2a. Paris: Author.

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