OECD: Percentage distribution with at least upper secondary education, by age group and country: 2009

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Table B.3.12.

OECD: Percentage distribution with at least upper secondary education, by age group and country: 2009

Country	Age group
Country	25-64	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64
OECD average	73	81	77	71	61

OECD countries
Australia	71	83	73	67	58
Austria	82	88	85	80	72
Belgium	71	83	78	67	54
Canada	88	92	91	87	80
Chile	69	86	75	66	43

Czech Republic	91	94	94	91	86
Denmark	76	86	81	71	68
Estonia	89	86	92	93	83
Finland	82	90	88	84	67
France	70	84	77	64	55

Germany	85	86	87	86	83
Greece	61	75	69	57	40
Hungary	81	86	83	80	72
Iceland	66	70	71	64	57
Ireland	72	86	77	65	48

Israel	82	87	84	78	74
Italy	54	70	58	50	37
Japan	—	—	—	—	—
Korea	80	98	94	71	43
Luxembourg	77	84	79	74	70

Mexico	35	42	37	32	21
Netherlands	73	82	78	71	63
New Zealand	72	79	75	70	62
Norway	81	84	83	77	79
Poland	88	93	92	88	77

Portugal	30	48	31	22	14
Slovak Republic	91	95	94	90	83
Slovenia	83	93	85	80	74
Spain	52	64	58	46	30
Sweden	86	91	91	85	76

Switzerland	87	90	88	86	83
Turkey	31	42	28	25	19
United Kingdom	74	82	76	72	64
United States	89	88	88	89	89

Other G20 non-OECD member countries
Argentina	—	—	—	—	—
Brazil	41	53	42	34	25
China	—	—	—	—	—
India	—	—	—	—	—
Indonesia	—	—	—	—	—

Russian Federation¹	88	91	94	89	71
Saudi Arabia	—	—	—	—	—
South Africa	—	—	—	—	—
— Not available.
¹Year of reference 2002.
NOTE: Upper secondary education (normally called high school or senior high school) does not include ISCED 3C (International Standard Classification of Education) short programs.
SOURCE: Data from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2011). Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2011, table A1.2a Paris: Author.

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