Table 406.

Percentage of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary education, by age group and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2007

Country	Secondary education, 2007							Postsecondary education (total tertiary education)
	16 years old	17 years old	18 to 21 years old					18 to 21 years old					22 to 25 years old					26 to 29 years old
			Total	18 years old	19 years old	20 years old	21 years old
								1985	1990	1999	2005	2007	1985	1990	1999	2005	2007	1985	1990	1999	2005	2007
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
OECD average1	91	83	25	53	27	14	9	—	—	25	29	28	—	—	18	22	23	—	—	8	9	9
Australia	93	79	25	38	25	20	17	—	—	31	34	34	—	—	15	21	22	—	—	8	10	10
Austria	91	76	19	46	19	8	4	—	—	15	16	17	—	—	20	20	22	—	—	12	9	11
Belgium	102	100	23	47	23	13	10	25	—	42	43	43	7	—	15	19	19	2	—	3	6	6
Canada	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	27	—	22	—	—	18	—	15	—	—	7	—	5
Chile	91	86	12	31	10	3	2	—	—	—	—	29	—	—	—	—	21	—	—	—	—	8
Czech Republic	100	96	32	82	37	7	3	(2)	(2)	17	23	24	(2)	(2)	12	21	24	(2)	(2)	4	6	7
Denmark	91	84	49	80	57	34	24	7	7	8	10	11	16	18	27	34	34	8	9	15	20	20
Finland	96	95	40	93	33	17	16	9	14	23	24	23	17	21	35	40	39	8	10	18	20	21
France	95	88	22	49	24	10	4	19	25	35	36	36	10	12	20	20	19	4	4	5	5	5
Germany3	95	91	39	82	40	20	14	9	9	11	13	13	—	16	19	23	23	9	10	11	13	12
Greece	89	75	13	18	10	6	18	—	—	54	65	47	—	—	7	18	26	—	—	2	8	11
Hungary	95	92	25	62	22	11	6	—	—	20	29	30	—	—	14	23	24	—	—	5	9	9
Iceland	93	85	51	74	67	36	23	—	—	7	12	11	—	—	21	28	28	—	—	9	16	15
Ireland	101	79	9	31	4	1	1	—	21	33	38	38	—	—	11	13	13	—	—	3	5	6
Italy	89	83	26	75	20	6	3	—	—	22	29	27	—	—	21	23	25	—	—	7	8	8
Japan	96	95	1	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Korea, Republic of	91	92	1	5	#	#	#	—	—	51	65	69	—	—	26	32	34	—	—	6	6	7
Luxembourg	83	79	37	68	43	24	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mexico	58	44	13	18	28	3	2	—	—	12	16	17	—	—	8	9	9	—	—	1	3	3
Netherlands	98	86	37	61	42	28	16	14	18	26	29	31	12	13	20	24	25	6	5	5	7	7
New Zealand	87	70	13	25	12	9	7	—	21	29	34	34	—	15	14	23	22	—	—	8	11	11
Norway	95	93	41	88	42	20	11	9	14	19	19	20	14	17	28	30	29	6	8	12	14	14
Poland	97	95	35	92	36	12	5	—	—	21	31	33	—	—	21	30	31	—	—	5	6	6
Portugal	90	80	22	45	25	13	8	6	—	25	27	27	5	—	17	21	20	2	—	6	8	8
Slovak Republic	94	90	30	80	36	7	2	(2)	(2)	—	22	25	(2)	(2)	—	16	19	(2)	(2)	—	5	6
Spain	93	83	21	41	23	13	8	15	21	32	34	34	11	14	24	22	22	4	5	8	9	8
Sweden	99	97	39	93	28	17	13	8	9	16	17	16	11	11	25	32	30	7	6	12	16	15
Switzerland	91	87	39	78	47	20	9	6	6	10	12	12	11	12	17	20	21	5	6	9	10	11
Turkey	60	37	6	23	—	—	—	—	7	14	20	24	—	4	9	11	13	—	2	4	4	5
United Kingdom	90	74	12	26	10	6	5	15	16	29	28	29	7	11	12	13	13	—	—	6	7	7
United States	93	81	8	26	4	#	#	37	41	44	45	45	15	17	18	23	24	8	9	11	11	10
Reporting partner    countries
Brazil	87	77	33	55	35	23	17	—	—	—	10	12	—	—	—	9	11	—	—	—	5	6
Estonia	96	89	27	73	21	8	4	(2)	(2)	—	32	31	(2)	(2)	—	22	23	(2)	(2)	—	12	11
Israel	94	90	6	20	2	1	#	—	—	—	12	12	—	—	—	25	26	—	—	—	15	18
Russian Federation	73	36	5	13	5	1	1	(2)	(2)	—	41	—	(2)	(2)	—	26	—	(2)	(2)	—	—	—
Slovenia	98	96	27	84	26	—	—	(2)	(2)	—	37	40	(2)	(2)	—	35	38	(2)	(2)	—	11	11

—Not available.

#Rounds to zero.

1 Refers to the mean of the data values for all reporting OECD countries, to which each country reporting data contributes equally. The average is omitted for years in which less than 75 percent of the countries reported data.

2 Country did not exist in its current form in the given year.

3 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.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, selected years, 1987 through 2001; and Online Education Database, retrieved June 10, 2010, from http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx. (This table was prepared June 2010.)