Table 420.

Percentage of the population 25 to 64 years old who completed high school, by age group and country: 2001, 2005, and 2008

Country	2001					2005		2008
	Total, 25 to 64 years old	25 to 34 years old	35 to 44 years old	45 to 54 years old	55 to 64 years old	Total, 25 to 64 years old	25 to 34 years old	Total, 25 to 64 years old	25 to 34 years old	35 to 44 years old	45 to 54 years old	55 to 64 years old
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
OECD average1	64.2	74.0	68.4	60.2	48.6	64.8	74.1	71.1	80.0	74.8	67.8	58.2
Australia	58.9	70.7	60.2	54.6	43.8	65.0	78.6	69.9	82.5	72.6	66.0	55.5
Austria2	75.7	83.3	80.4	71.9	62.5	80.6	87.5	81.0	87.7	84.8	79.0	70.5
Belgium2	58.5	75.3	62.6	51.3	38.4	66.1	80.9	69.6	83.1	77.2	64.4	52.1
Canada	81.9	89.3	84.9	81.0	66.6	85.2	90.8	87.1	91.9	90.2	85.6	79.6
Chile	—	—	—	—	—	50.0	64.3	68.0	84.5	74.2	65.5	39.3
Czech Republic	86.2	92.5	89.8	84.0	76.3	89.9	93.9	90.9	94.2	93.9	89.7	85.1
Denmark	80.2	86.3	80.4	80.4	71.9	81.0	87.4	77.6	86.1	81.9	73.6	69.1
Finland	73.8	86.8	84.3	70.0	50.9	78.8	89.4	81.1	90.1	87.8	82.3	65.9
France	63.9	78.4	67.4	58.3	46.2	66.3	81.1	70.0	82.9	76.7	64.3	55.0
Germany	82.6	85.5	85.5	82.9	75.8	83.1	84.1	85.3	85.8	86.9	85.8	82.2
Greece	51.4	72.6	60.3	43.1	27.6	57.1	73.6	61.1	74.8	68.8	56.4	39.2
Hungary	70.2	80.9	78.5	71.8	44.1	76.4	85.0	79.7	85.6	82.8	78.4	70.5
Iceland	56.9	61.2	60.2	55.5	45.6	62.9	69.0	64.1	69.0	68.3	60.9	55.8
Ireland	57.6	73.4	62.4	48.2	35.3	64.5	81.1	69.5	84.7	74.5	61.9	44.7
Italy	43.3	57.5	49.3	38.5	21.8	50.1	65.9	53.3	68.9	57.1	49.4	35.2
Japan	83.1	93.6	94.0	81.1	62.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Korea, Republic of	68.0	94.6	76.8	49.1	29.9	75.5	97.3	79.1	97.6	93.3	68.1	40.4
Luxembourg	52.7	59.4	56.7	47.1	42.1	65.9	76.5	67.9	79.4	69.5	62.7	57.2
Mexico	21.6	25.4	24.7	17.5	11.1	21.3	24.0	33.6	39.8	36.3	30.2	19.1
Netherlands2	65.0	74.0	69.0	60.0	51.0	71.8	81.3	73.3	82.4	77.3	71.3	62.2
New Zealand	75.7	81.8	79.5	75.1	60.1	78.7	85.2	72.1	79.5	74.3	70.5	62.1
Norway2	85.2	93.4	90.3	81.9	69.9	77.2	83.5	80.7	84.0	81.9	78.4	78.3
Poland	45.9	51.7	47.5	44.5	36.4	51.4	62.5	87.1	92.8	90.9	87.0	76.0
Portugal	19.9	32.5	19.9	13.6	8.5	26.5	42.8	28.2	46.7	28.7	20.0	13.5
Slovak Republic	85.1	93.7	89.9	82.9	66.0	85.7	93.0	89.9	94.5	93.3	88.4	80.9
Spain	40.0	57.1	44.7	29.0	17.1	48.8	63.9	51.2	65.0	56.7	45.0	29.1
Sweden	80.6	90.7	86.3	78.4	65.1	83.6	90.6	85.0	91.2	90.4	83.6	75.0
Switzerland	87.4	91.8	90.0	85.1	80.6	83.0	87.9	86.8	90.3	88.2	85.5	82.7
Turkey	24.3	30.2	23.5	19.2	13.3	27.2	35.7	30.3	40.3	27.0	24.4	18.7
United Kingdom	63.0	68.0	65.0	61.2	55.1	66.7	72.9	69.6	76.6	69.7	67.0	63.4
United States	87.7	88.1	88.7	89.2	82.6	87.8	86.7	88.7	88.1	88.6	89.2	88.8
Reporting partner    countries
Brazil3	—	—	—	—	—	29.5	38.0	38.8	49.8	40.0	32.7	23.2
Estonia3	—	—	—	—	—	89.1	87.4	88.5	85.1	93.2	91.9	82.8
Israel	—	—	—	—	—	79.2	85.7	81.2	87.5	83.6	77.0	72.3
Russian Federation4	88.0	91.0	93.7	89.4	71.2	88.9	92.0	—	—	—	—	—
Slovenia	—	—	—	—	—	80.3	91.2	82.0	92.4	84.8	77.9	71.5

—Not available.

1 Refers to the mean of the data values for all reporting OECD countries, to which each country reporting data contributes equally.

2 Data from 2000 reported for 2001.

3 Data from 2004 reported for 2005.

4 Data from 2002 shown for 2001. Data from 2003 reported for 2005.

NOTE: Data in this table refer to degrees classified by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) level 3. ISCED level 3 corresponds to high school completion in the United States. ISCED 3C short programs do not correspond to high school completion; these short programs are excluded from this table.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2002, 2007, and 2010. (This table was prepared July 2010.)