OECD: Percentage distribution of tertiary enrollment, by tertiary programs, field of education, and country: 2009

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OECD: Percentage distribution of tertiary enrollment, by tertiary programs, field of education, and country: 2009

Country	Tertiary-type B (vocational) programs														Tertiary-type A (academic higher education) and advanced research programs
Country	Humanities, arts and education	Education	Humanities and arts	Health and welfare	Social sciences, business and law	Services	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	Science	Life sciences	Physical sciences	Mathematics and statistics	Computing	Agriculture	Not known or unspecified	Humanities, arts and education	Education	Humanities and arts	Health and welfare	Social sciences, business and law	Services	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	Science	Life sciences	Physical sciences	Mathematics and statistics	Computing	Agriculture	Not known or unspecified
OECD average	19.9	8.7	9.4	18.0	25.4	11.6	14.5	6.4	0.3	0.5	0.1	5.7	1.6	2.6	23.0	9.9	13.1	12.4	34.6	3.3	13.2	10.1	2.7	2.4	1.2	3.5	1.8	1.6
OECD Countries
Australia	11.6	1.1	10.5	19.3	41.3	4.4	15.2	5.3	1.3	0.1	#	3.8	2.3	0.5	21.3	9.7	11.6	17.0	37.9	3.3	9.3	9.9	3.4	2.0	0.4	4.0	1.0	0.2
Austria	23.8	18.4	5.4	10.9	27.6	8.4	26.9	1.9	#	0.5	#	1.5	0.1	0.3	24.8	10.2	14.6	8.6	37.7	1.8	13.3	12.2	3.5	2.7	1.0	5.0	1.4	0.2
Belgium¹	23.9	19.9	4.1	23.7	23.0	2.1	7.4	2.6	#	#	#	2.6	1.3	15.9	19.0	2.6	16.4	15.8	36.0	0.8	12.5	9.1	3.9	2.2	0.8	2.2	4.1	2.6
Canada²	12.3	3.2	9.2	18.5	33.7	7.4	14.1	5.2	0.5	0.6	#	4.0	1.8	7.1	21.4	7.8	13.7	11.6	30.7	3.1	9.1	10.2	5.0	1.9	1.4	1.9	0.9	12.9
Chile	12.4	5.9	6.5	15.8	25.2	14.7	20.8	9.4	#	0.2	#	9.1	1.8	#	24.4	19.1	5.3	21.0	28.2	1.4	15.5	5.4	1.4	1.4	0.4	2.2	3.9	0.2
Czech Republic	6.8	#	6.8	32.4	26.6	9.9	6.5	4.4	#	#	#	4.4	2.2	11.1	22.8	13.8	9.0	8.4	33.2	4.7	15.4	11.3	2.5	3.0	0.9	4.9	3.9	0.4
Denmark	3.7	#	3.6	2.5	59.6	8.0	10.8	11.9	#	#	#	11.9	3.6	#	28.4	12.2	16.1	24.3	27.2	1.3	9.5	8.2	1.7	1.6	1.3	3.6	1.1	#
Estonia	7.3	1.9	5.4	15.2	44.9	11.7	14.1	6.4	#	0.5	#	5.9	0.3	#	25.4	9.6	15.7	4.8	37.0	5.8	12.9	11.1	2.8	2.4	0.7	5.2	3.1	#
Finland^3,4	#	#	#	#	#	100.0	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	19.3	4.9	14.5	15.3	22.5	5.1	25.2	10.4	1.5	2.5	1.4	4.9	2.2	#
France	3.4	0.1	3.3	28.4	35.2	5.1	20.0	4.7	0.7	0.1	0.3	3.6	2.4	0.8	22.0	3.4	18.6	11.7	36.9	2.8	10.5	15.2	2.8	4.6	1.7	2.9	0.7	0.2
Germany	9.5	8.7	0.8	62.8	8.5	4.5	12.1	0.5	#	#	#	0.5	1.3	0.8	24.1	7.2	16.9	8.4	30.2	2.4	16.1	17.3	3.1	5.0	2.9	6.3	1.4	0.1
Greece	4.4	1.2	3.2	13.0	29.6	8.1	27.3	8.6	0.2	#	#	8.4	9.1	#	28.4	8.3	20.1	5.7	34.2	#	11.2	17.1	1.5	6.9	5.6	3.1	3.4	#
Hungary	3.5	1.4	2.1	7.9	56.1	22.7	3.3	5.9	#	#	1.4	4.6	0.6	#	18.5	8.2	10.4	9.2	39.7	8.8	14.1	7.1	1.2	1.9	0.5	3.5	2.6	#
Iceland	56.0	35.7	20.3	#	4.0	#	#	40.0	#	#	#	40.0	#	#	29.2	15.7	13.5	12.9	39.7	1.4	9.4	6.8	2.2	1.8	0.6	2.2	0.5	#
Ireland	11.4	2.3	9.1	9.1	24.8	13.5	22.0	10.2	2.6	1.1	0.3	6.3	2.1	6.8	26.7	8.2	18.5	17.9	28.3	1.9	9.2	13.9	6.6	2.5	0.8	4.0	1.1	1.0
Israel	32.3	26.3	6.0	4.9	6.4	†	51.7	†	†	†	†	†	†	4.7	22.6	11.6	11.1	7.2	46.0	0.5	12.2	11.0	3.3	2.6	1.5	3.6	0.6	#
Italy⁴	100.0	#	100.0	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	21.3	6.6	14.7	13.2	34.9	2.8	15.5	7.7	3.7	1.5	0.9	1.6	2.2	2.4
Japan	20.2	9.8	10.3	29.4	10.7	17.6	13.6	#	#	#	#	#	0.6	7.9	23.9	6.6	17.3	8.8	34.0	2.3	16.0	3.7	#	#	#	#	2.9	8.5
Korea³	19.5	3.7	15.8	18.8	13.2	10.3	33.1	4.4	0.2	0.1	#	4.1	0.7	#	25.9	7.0	19.0	7.2	25.3	5.4	24.6	10.3	3.1	2.2	1.2	3.9	1.3	#
Luxembourg	-	-	-	†	†	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	†	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mexico	1.7	0.1	1.5	5.2	31.3	6.9	34.4	19.4	#	0.6	#	18.8	1.1	#	14.6	9.6	5.0	9.7	38.7	3.3	19.3	11.3	1.5	1.8	0.5	7.4	2.4	0.7
Netherlands⁴	1.9	#	1.9	32.1	53.4	8.1	4.1	0.3	#	#	#	0.3	#	#	21.6	13.2	8.3	17.1	37.7	6.3	8.4	6.1	0.7	0.7	0.3	4.4	1.1	1.8
New Zealand	25.2	11.7	13.5	10.0	27.6	8.5	7.0	10.4	1.5	0.6	0.7	7.5	1.4	10.0	23.9	9.4	14.5	14.7	36.2	1.5	6.6	15.2	4.9	2.8	2.9	4.6	0.9	1.0
Norway^3,4	21.0	19.2	1.7	26.6	51.7	0.2	0.4	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	24.6	14.0	10.6	20.0	32.3	4.7	7.8	8.6	1.5	1.4	0.8	3.6	0.7	1.3
Poland⁴	88.9	88.9	†	11.1	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	#	21.7	12.1	9.6	7.1	41.2	6.3	13.1	8.5	1.9	1.5	0.8	4.3	2.0	#
Portugal⁴	#	#	#	57.8	27.9	5.0	0.5	8.8	#	8.8	#	#	#	#	13.6	5.0	8.6	16.7	32.0	6.3	22.2	7.3	2.7	1.8	0.7	2.2	1.9	#
Slovak Republic⁴	25.8	#	25.8	32.2	7.6	25.5	5.3	3.7	#	#	#	3.7	#	#	20.3	13.9	6.4	17.8	30.3	5.8	14.8	8.6	2.5	1.6	0.9	3.6	2.3	#
Slovenia	7.2	4.5	2.7	10.1	28.4	16.1	28.4	5.9	#	0.5	0.2	5.2	3.8	#	19.9	9.2	10.7	7.2	42.4	6.5	14.7	6.3	1.9	1.4	0.8	2.2	3.1	#
Spain	19.3	7.8	11.4	12.7	22.9	14.5	20.7	9.3	#	#	#	9.3	0.6	0.1	20.5	10.2	10.2	12.5	33.2	3.4	17.0	10.5	2.9	2.2	0.7	4.8	2.0	0.9
Sweden	7.4	0.3	7.1	10.4	27.6	13.8	25.3	10.4	#	#	#	10.4	5.1	#	28.4	14.3	14.1	18.4	26.3	1.5	15.7	8.8	2.2	1.9	1.5	3.2	0.7	0.2
Switzerland	8.9	4.8	4.2	20.9	34.9	14.6	16.3	3.2	#	#	#	3.2	1.2	#	24.7	10.0	14.7	12.1	36.5	1.7	11.6	11.5	3.8	4.2	1.0	2.6	0.9	0.8
Turkey	7.9	#	7.9	6.4	43.6	8.0	20.2	6.0	#	0.5	#	5.4	7.9	#	19.4	13.4	6.0	5.5	55.2	1.6	8.5	7.6	1.3	3.4	1.9	1.1	2.3	#
United Kingdom	22.6	11.6	11.0	29.0	12.4	1.5	5.6	5.9	1.5	1.2	0.6	2.7	1.5	21.4	25.8	8.3	17.5	14.9	30.9	1.7	9.1	14.9	4.6	4.2	1.7	4.4	0.8	1.9
United States	#	†	†	38.3	27.2	13.5	13.5	6.5	†	0.6	†	5.8	0.9	#	30.1	10.8	19.3	8.2	27.8	4.1	5.4	9.2	4.6	1.5	0.8	2.3	0.6	14.6
Non-OECD member countries
Argentina²	42.5	25.0	17.5	10.4	22.2	6.4	5.4	11.0	1.9	0.8	3.2	5.1	2.0	#	14.4	4.4	10.0	14.2	45.7	1.7	10.6	8.8	2.7	1.1	0.6	4.5	4.1	0.4
Brazil	4.1	#	4.1	2.2	52.0	11.5	11.6	17.2	0.4	0.2	#	16.5	1.4	#	24.3	21.3	2.9	15.9	38.9	0.8	8.6	6.3	1.7	1.3	0.4	3.0	2.3	3.0
China	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indonesia³	16.2	15.7	0.5	2.7	50.7	#	16.3	8.1	#	2.4	2.3	3.4	4.8	1.3	15.1	14.7	0.5	2.6	50.1	#	16.1	8.0	#	2.4	2.2	3.4	4.9	3.2
Russian Federation	12.9	9.2	3.7	10.2	27.5	5.2	36.4	5.9	#	0.2	0.1	5.6	1.9	#	12.7	8.5	4.1	3.8	51.6	5.3	18.5	6.7	0.3	1.0	0.4	5.0	1.5	#
Saudi Arabia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Africa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

— Not available.

† Not applicable.

# Rounds to zero.

¹ Excludes data for social advancement education in tertiary-type A (academic higher education) and advanced research programs.

² Year of reference 2008.

³ Excludes advanced research programs.

⁴ Net entry rates are below 1 percent at the tertiary-type B (vocational) level in Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and Slovak Republic and are not applicable any more in Finland.

NOTE: Tertiary programs refer to post-secondary education and include both higher and vocational education/training. Humanities, arts and education includes the total percentage of data in the columns for education and humanities and arts. Science includes the total percentage of data in the columns for life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics and statistics, and computing. The following columns logically add to 100 percent: humanities; arts and education; health and welfare; social sciences, business and law; services; engineering, manufacturing and construction; science; agriculture; not known or unspecified. The indicated columns may not sum to 100 percent, due to rounding. 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 A4.4. Paris: Author.