School-age populations as a percent of total population: Selected countries, 1985, 1990, 1995, 1996, and 1998

Table 390.

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                   |  5- to 13-year-olds as a        |  14- to 17-year-olds as a
                   |percent of total population      |percent of total population
      Country      |_________________________ _______|______________________________
                   |1985 |1990 |1995 |1996\1\|1998\1\|1985|1990|1995|1996\2\|1998\2\
___________________|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|____|____|____|_______|_______
         1         |  2  |  3  |  4  |   5   |   6   | 7  | 8  | 9  |  10   |  11
___________________|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|____|____|____|_______|_______
Australia .........|14.5 |13.1 |12.9 |  14.0 |  14.0 |6.6 |6.4 |5.6 |   7.0 |   7.0
Belgium ...........|11.4 |10.9 |10.7 |  12.0 |  12.0 |5.8 |5.1 |4.9 |   6.0 |   6.0
Canada ............|12.8 |12.4 |12.2 |  13.0 |  14.0 |6.1 |5.5 |5.4 |   7.0 |   7.0
Czech Republic ....| --- | --- |11.6 |  13.0 |  13.0 |--- |--- |6.5 |   8.0 |   8.0
Denmark ...........|12.0 |10.1 | 9.7 |  11.0 |  11.0 |5.8 |5.7 |4.7 |   6.0 |   6.0
                   |     |     |     |       |       |    |    |    |       |
Finland ...........|11.5 |11.8 |11.4 |  13.0 |  13.0 |5.6 |4.9 |5.1 |   6.0 |   6.0
France ............|12.8 |12.1 |12.0 |  13.0 |  13.0 |6.2 |5.8 |5.3 |   7.0 |   7.0
Germany\3\ ........| 9.1 | 8.7 |10.0 |  11.0 |  11.0 |6.1 |4.1 |4.3 |   5.0 |   6.0
Greece ............| --- | --- |10.7 |  12.0 |  11.0 |--- |5.5 |5.8 |   7.0 |   7.0
Iceland ...........|15.7 |15.0 |14.3 |  16.0 |  16.0 |6.7 |6.8 |6.4 |   8.0 |   8.0
                   |     |     |     |       |       |    |    |    |       |
Ireland ...........|17.9 |17.5 |15.2 |  17.0 |  16.0 |7.7 |8.0 |7.8 |   9.0 |   9.0
Italy .............|12.7 |10.3 | 9.1 |  10.0 |  10.0 |6.5 |6.0 |4.8 |   6.0 |   6.0
Japan .............|14.0 |11.8 |10.2 |  11.0 |  11.0 |6.2 |6.5 |5.4 |   7.0 |   6.0
Korea .............| --- | --- |14.5 |  15.0 |  14.0 |--- |--- |7.1 |   9.0 |   9.0
Luxembourg ........|10.2 |10.1 |10.5 |  12.0 |  12.0 |5.5 |4.4 |4.4 |   5.0 |   6.0
                   |     |     |     |       |       |    |    |    |       |
Netherlands .......|12.0 |10.7 |10.8 |  12.0 |  12.0 |6.8 |5.4 |4.8 |   6.0 |   6.0
New Zealand .......|15.3 |13.5 |13.5 |  15.0 |  15.0 |7.5 |6.7 |5.7 |   7.0 |   7.0
Norway ............|12.5 |11.0 |11.2 |  13.0 |  13.0 |6.4 |5.8 |4.9 |   6.0 |   6.0
Portugal ..........|15.3 |14.3 |10.9 |  12.0 |  12.0 |6.9 |6.8 |6.1 |   8.0 |   7.0
Russian Federation | --- | --- |14.3 |  16.0 |   --- |--- |--- |5.8 |   7.0 |   ---
                   |     |     |     |       |       |    |    |    |       |
Spain .............|15.0 |12.9 |10.2 |  11.0 |  11.0 |6.8 |6.8 |6.2 |   8.0 |   7.0
Sweden ............|11.3 |10.2 |10.8 |  12.0 |  13.0 |5.4 |5.2 |4.6 |   6.0 |   6.0
Switzerland .......|10.6 |10.1 |10.4 |  12.0 |  12.0 |5.8 |4.8 |4.5 |   6.0 |   6.0
Turkey ............|20.6 |20.6 |19.7 |  20.0 |  21.0 |8.7 |8.9 |8.8 |  11.0 |  11.0
United Kingdom ....|11.4 |11.1 |11.6 |  13.0 |  13.0 |6.3 |5.2 |4.8 |   6.0 |   6.0
United States .....|12.6 |12.8 |13.0 |  15.0 |  14.0 |6.2 |5.4 |5.5 |   7.0 |   7.0
___________________|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|____|____|____|_______|_______

---Not Available.
\1\Data are for the 5-14 year old population.
\2\Data are for the 15-19 year old population.
\3\Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, various years; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared July 2000.)

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