Table 401.

Percentage of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary education, by age group and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2005

Country	Second-ary, 16 years old, 2005	Second-ary, 17 years old, 2005	Postsecondary education (total tertiary education)
			18 to 21 years old					22 to 25 years old					26 to 29 years old
			1985	1990	1999	2003	2005	1985	1990	1999	2003	2005	1985	1990	1999	2003	2005
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
OECD countries
Australia	93	80	—	—	31	34	34	—	—	15	20	21	—	—	8	10	10
Austria	92	77	—	—	15	16	16	—	—	20	19	20	—	—	12	9	9
Belgium (Flemish)	101	99	25	—	42	42	43	7	—	15	18	19	2	—	3	5	6
Canada	—	—	—	—	27	—	—	—	—	18	—	—	—	—	7	—	—
Czech Republic	100	97	(1)	(1)	17	21	23	(1)	(1)	12	16	21	(1)	(1)	4	5	6
Denmark	93	85	7	7	8	10	10	16	18	27	30	34	8	9	15	17	20
Finland	96	95	9	14	23	23	24	17	21	35	39	40	8	10	18	19	20
France	97	89	19	25	35	36	36	10	12	20	21	20	4	4	5	5	5
Germany2	96	92	9	9	11	13	13	—	16	19	21	23	9	10	11	12	13
Greece	101	75	—	—	54	51	65	—	—	7	25	18	—	—	2	12	8
Hungary	96	92	—	—	20	27	29	—	—	14	19	23	—	—	5	9	9
Iceland	94	83	—	—	7	12	12	—	—	21	26	28	—	—	9	14	16
Ireland	96	76	—	21	33	37	38	—	—	11	12	13	—	—	3	5	5
Italy	88	83	—	—	22	27	29	—	—	21	22	23	—	—	7	8	8
Japan	97	95	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Korea, Republic of	95	93	—	—	51	58	65	—	—	26	32	32	—	—	6	7	6
Luxembourg	82	78	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mexico	54	41	—	—	12	15	16	—	—	8	8	9	—	—	1	2	3
Netherlands	95	83	14	18	26	28	29	12	13	20	22	24	6	5	5	6	7
New Zealand	87	70	—	21	29	28	34	—	15	14	21	23	—	—	8	10	11
Norway	94	92	9	14	19	19	19	14	17	28	29	30	6	8	12	14	14
Poland	97	95	—	—	21	28	31	—	—	21	28	30	—	—	5	7	6
Portugal	80	76	6	—	25	27	27	5	—	17	21	21	2	—	6	8	8
Slovak Republic	95	90	(1)	(1)	—	21	22	(1)	(1)	—	14	16	(1)	(1)	—	4	5
Spain	94	82	15	21	32	34	34	11	14	24	23	22	4	5	8	8	9
Sweden	97	98	8	9	16	17	17	11	11	25	30	32	7	6	12	15	16
Switzerland	90	86	6	6	10	11	12	11	12	17	19	20	5	6	9	9	10
Turkey	55	28	—	7	14	14	20	—	4	9	6	11	—	2	4	2	4
United Kingdom	94	80	15	16	29	30	28	7	11	12	12	13	—	—	6	7	7
United States	96	83	37	41	44	39	45	15	17	18	23	23	8	9	11	11	11
Reporting partner economies
Brazil	87	83	—	—	—	9	10	—	—	—	8	9	—	—	—	4	5
Chile	95	89	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Estonia	97	92	(1)	(1)	—	—	32	(1)	(1)	—	—	22	(1)	(1)	—	—	12
Israel	95	90	—	—	—	12	12	—	—	—	26	25	—	—	—	16	15
Russian Federation	21	19	(1)	(1)	—	—	41	(1)	(1)	—	—	26	(1)	(1)	—	—	—
Slovenia	98	94	(1)	(1)	—	—	37	(1)	(1)	—	—	35	(1)	(1)	—	—	11

— Not available. 1 Country did not exist in its current form in the given year. 2 Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany. NOTE: Data refer to programs classified by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) level 3, level 5A (first and second award), level 5B, and level 6. ISCED level 3 corresponds to second­ary education in the United States. ISCED levels 5A (first and second award), 5B, and 6 together make up total tertiary education, which corresponds to 2-year and 4-year college undergraduate and graduate programs in the United States. Includes both full-time and part-time students. Some increases in enrollment rates may be due to more complete reporting by countries. Enrollment figures may not be directly comparable due to differing definitions of post­secondary (tertiary) education and the age at which it begins. Differences in reference dates between enrollment and population data can result in enrollment rates that exceed 100 percent. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, selected years, 1987 through 2001; and Education Online Database, retrieved June 30, 2008, from http://stats.oecd.org/WBOS/Default.aspx. (This table was prepared July 2008.)