Table 411.

Percentage of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary education, by age group and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2008

Country	Secondary education, 2008							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	2005	2007	2008	1985	1990	2005	2007	2008	1985	1990	2005	2007	2008
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	92	84	24	52	25	13	9	—	—	28	28	29	—	—	23	24	24	—	—	10	10	10
Australia	93	78	25	38	24	20	17	—	—	34	34	35	—	—	21	22	22	—	—	10	10	10
Austria	91	77	19	45	19	8	4	—	—	16	17	18	—	—	20	22	23	—	—	9	11	12
Belgium	101	99	23	47	23	13	10	25	—	43	43	42	7	—	19	19	20	2	—	6	6	6
Canada	96	81	—	29	11	6	—	—	—	—	22	34	—	—	—	15	23	—	—	—	5	8
Chile.	90	87	12	33	11	3	2	—	—	—	29	31	—	—	—	21	22	—	—	—	8	9
Czech Republic	100	97	32	83	37	7	3	(2)	(2)	23	24	25	(2)	(2)	21	24	25	(2)	(2)	6	7	7
Denmark	92	85	47	80	55	31	22	7	7	10	11	12	16	18	34	34	34	8	9	20	20	19
Estonia	96	92	25	71	19	7	4	(2)	(2)	32	31	31	(2)	(2)	22	23	23	(2)	(2)	12	11	10
Finland	95	95	40	93	32	17	16	9	14	24	23	23	17	21	40	39	39	8	10	20	21	21
France	95	88	21	48	24	9	4	19	25	36	36	36	10	12	20	19	19	4	4	5	5	5
Germany3	96	92	40	84	41	21	14	9	9	13	13	14	—	16	23	23	23	9	10	13	12	12
Greece	92	77	13	19	10	6	18	—	—	65	47	51	—	—	18	26	29	—	—	8	11	11
Hungary	97	91	26	63	24	12	6	—	—	29	30	31	—	—	23	24	24	—	—	9	9	8
Iceland	93	83	51	77	68	35	22	—	—	12	11	11	—	—	28	28	26	—	—	16	15	15
Ireland	98	81	9	33	4	1	1	—	21	38	38	39	—	—	13	13	12	—	—	5	6	6
Israel	94	88	5	17	2	1	#	—	—	12	12	12	—	—	25	26	25	—	—	15	18	17
Italy	93	87	26	74	20	6	3	—	—	29	27	28	—	—	23	25	25	—	—	8	8	8
Japan	95	93	1	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Korea, Republic of	97	88	3	8	2	#	#	—	—	65	69	70	—	—	32	34	34	—	—	6	7	7
Luxembourg	88	79	37	70	42	25	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mexico	58	46	13	18	30	3	2	—	—	16	17	18	—	—	9	9	10	—	—	3	3	3
Netherlands	98	87	37	61	42	28	17	14	18	29	31	32	12	13	24	25	26	6	5	7	7	8
New Zealand	86	69	12	23	11	8	7	—	21	34	34	35	—	15	23	22	21	—	—	11	11	11
Norway	95	92	41	87	41	20	10	9	14	19	20	19	14	17	30	29	29	6	8	14	14	13
Poland	98	96	35	90	36	11	6	—	—	31	33	34	—	—	30	31	31	—	—	6	6	6
Portugal	94	83	23	46	25	14	9	6	—	27	27	29	5	—	21	20	19	2	—	8	8	8
Slovak Republic	94	90	30	78	35	7	2	(2)	(2)	22	25	25	(2)	(2)	16	19	21	(2)	(2)	5	6	7
Slovenia	97	97	32	83	26	24	—	(2)	(2)	37	40	41	(2)	(2)	35	38	38	(2)	(2)	11	11	11
Spain	93	82	20	40	22	12	7	15	21	34	34	34	11	14	22	22	21	4	5	9	8	8
Sweden	99	98	35	92	20	11	12	8	9	17	16	16	11	11	32	30	28	7	6	16	15	14
Switzerland	91	87	40	79	48	21	10	6	6	12	12	13	11	12	20	21	22	5	6	10	11	11
Turkey	56	33	5	20	—	—	—	—	7	20	24	25	—	4	11	13	14	—	2	4	5	5
United Kingdom	91	74	12	26	11	6	5	15	16	28	29	29	7	11	13	13	12	—	—	7	7	7
United States	95	84	7	23	5	#	#	37	41	45	45	47	15	17	23	24	24	8	9	11	10	11
Other reporting countries
Brazil	85	83	31	55	32	20	15	—	—	10	12	14	—	—	9	11	12	—	—	5	6	7
Russian Federation	75	36	5	13	5	2	2	(2)	(2)	41	—	44	(2)	(2)	26	—	27	(2)	(2)	—	—	#

—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 includes all current OECD countries for which a given year's data are available, even if they were not members of OECD in that year. However, if data were reported for less than 75 percent of the countries that were members of OECD in a given year, the average for that year is omitted.

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. Postsecondary data for Luxembourg are not shown because tertiary students study for only 1 year in Luxembourg.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, selected years, 1987 through 2001; and Online Education Database, retrieved May 10, 2011, from http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx. (This table was prepared May 2011.)