OECD: Percentage distribution of 25-64 year old females, by highest level of education attained and country: 2009

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OECD: Percentage distribution of 25-64 year old females, by highest level of education attained and country: 2009

Country	Pre-primary and primary education	Lower secondary education		ISCED 3C (short program)	Upper secondary education				Post-secondary non-tertiary education	Tertiary education				All levels of education
Country	Pre-primary and primary education	Lower secondary education		ISCED 3C (short program)	ISCED 3C (long program)/3B		ISCED 3A		Post-secondary non-tertiary education	Type B	Type A		Advanced research programs	All levels of education
OECD average	—	28	¹	—	—		42	²	—		31	³	—	—
OECD countries
Australia	7	24		†	7		17		4	11	28		#	100
Austria	—	22	⁴	2	43		6		11	6	10	⁵	—	100
Belgium	14	16		†	10		23		2	19	16		#	100
Canada	3	8		†	—		27	⁶	8	28	26	⁵	—	100
Chile	—	30	⁴	—	12		35	⁷	†	6	16	⁵	—	100
Czech Republic	#	11		†	33		41		#	—	15	⁸	—	100
Denmark	1	23		2	31		6		#	6	32		#	100
Estonia	1	8		†	3		37		7	18	27		#	100
Finland	7	8		†	†		41		1	19	24		1	100
France	13	18		†	25		13		#	13	17		1	100
Germany	4	14		†	49		3		8	8	14		1	100
Greece	26	10		1	2		28		9	6	17		#	100
Hungary	2	21		†	21		32		2	1	21		#	100
Iceland	2	28		6	10		14		4	6	30		1	100
Ireland	11	14		#	†		24		12	17	21		#	100
Israel	11	6		†	7		28		†	17	31		1	100
Italy	15	30		1	7		31		1	#	15		#	100
Japan	—	—		—	—		57	⁹	†	28	15	⁵	—	100
Korea	12	12		†	19		23		†	12	20		2	100
Luxembourg	10	9		7	19		20		2	15	14		3	100
Mexico	46	21		†	—		20	⁶	†	—	13	⁸	—	100
Netherlands	8	21		—	16	¹⁰	22		3	3	28		#	100
New Zealand	—	21	⁴	8	14		9		3	20	24	⁵	—	100
Norway	1	19		†	25		12		2	2	39		#	100
Poland	—	12	⁴	†	25		33		5	—	24	⁸	—	100
Portugal	50	18		—	—		15	¹¹	1	—	16	¹²	1	100
Slovak Republic	1	11		—	29	¹⁰	43	¹³	—	1	15		#	100
Slovenia	2	17		†	20		33		†	13	13		2	100
Spain	21	26		†	8		14		#	9	22		#	100
Sweden	5	8		†	—		44	⁶	5	11	27		—	100
Switzerland	4	11		2	46		7		3	7	19		2	100
Turkey	66	8		†	6		9		†	—	11	⁸	—	100
United Kingdom	#	12		17	27		6		#	11	26		1	100
United States	4	7		—	—		46	¹⁴	—	11	31		1	100
Other G20 non-OECD member countries
Argentina	—	—		—	—		—		—	—	—		—	—
Brazil	43	14		—	—		31	¹¹	†	—	12	⁸	—	100
China	—	—		—	—		—		—	—	—		—	—
India	—	—		—	—		—		—	—	—		—	—
Indonesia	—	—		—	—		—		—	—	—		—	—
Russian Federation¹⁵	3	8		—	13	¹⁶	17		—	38	21		#	100
Saudi Arabia	—	—		—	—		—		—	—	—		—	—
South Africa	—	—		—	—		—		—	—	—		—	—

— Not available.

† Not applicable.

# Rounds to zero.

¹Includes all data below upper secondary education (pre-primary and primary education, lower secondary education, and ISCED 3C (short program)).

²Includes all data in upper secondary education (ISCED 3C (long program), ISCED 3A, and post-secondary non-tertiary education).

³Includes all data in tertiary education (type B, type A, and advanced research programs).

⁴Lower secondary education includes data for pre-primary and primary education.

⁵Tertiary education type A includes data for advanced research programs.

⁶ISCED 3A includes data for ISCED 3C (long program)/3B.

⁷ISCED 3A includes data for ISCED 3C (short program).

⁸Tertiary education type A includes data for tertiary education type B and advanced research programs.

⁹ISCED 3A includes data for pre-primary and primary education, lower secondary education, ISCED 3C (short program), and ISCED 3C (long program)/3B.

¹⁰ISCED 3C (long program)/3B includes data from ISCED 3C (short program).

¹¹ISCED 3A includes data for ISCED 3C (short program) and ISCED 3C (long program)/3B.

¹²Tertiary education type A includes data for tertiary education type B.

¹³ISCED 3A includes data for post-secondary non-tertiary education.

¹⁴ISCED 3A includes data for ISCED 3C (short program), ISCED 3C (long program)/3B and post-secondary non-tertiary education.

¹⁵Year of reference 2002.

¹⁶ISCED 3C (long program)/3B includes data from ISCED 3C (short program) and post-secondary non-tertiary education.

NOTE: Education levels are defined according to the 1997 International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED97). Tertiary type-B education includes vocational higher education programs. Tertiary education type-A education includes academic higher education programs. Due to discrepancies in the data, averages have not been calculated for each column individually. Details may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: Data from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2011). Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2011, web table A1.1c Paris: Author.

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