Table 457.

Percentage of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary education, by age group and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2009

Country	Secondary education, 2009								Postsecondary education (total tertiary education)
	16 years old	17 years old	18 to 21 years old					22 years old and older	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	2008	2009	1985	1990	2005	2008	2009	1985	1990	2005	2008	2009
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
OECD average1	93	85	26	53	25	13	9	2	---	---	28	29	30	---	---	23	24	24	---	---	10	10	10
Australia	92	76	22	35	21	17	14	3	---	---	34	35	36	---	---	21	22	23	---	---	10	10	11
Austria	91	76	19	46	19	8	4	#	---	---	16	18	19	---	---	20	23	24	---	---	9	12	13
Belgium	100	99	---	47	23	13	---	---	25	---	43	42	44	7	---	19	20	21	2	---	6	6	6
Canada	93	78	---	28	11	6	---	---	---	---	---	34	36	---	---	---	23	20	---	---	---	8	8
Chile	87	84	12	31	11	4	2	#	---	---	---	31	34	---	---	---	22	24	---	---	---	9	10
Czech Republic	100	95	32	83	37	7	3	#	(2)	(2)	23	25	25	(2)	(2)	21	25	26	(2)	(2)	6	7	7
Denmark	92	85	47	80	55	31	21	2	7	7	10	12	12	16	18	34	34	33	8	9	20	19	19
Estonia	96	91	26	76	19	8	4	#	(2)	(2)	32	31	31	(2)	(2)	22	23	24	(2)	(2)	12	10	10
Finland	95	94	40	93	33	17	16	4	9	14	24	23	23	17	21	40	39	37	8	10	20	21	19
France	93	87	20	47	22	9	4	#	19	25	36	36	36	10	12	20	19	19	4	4	5	5	5
Germany3	95	89	41	78	46	25	16	#	9	9	13	14	16	---	16	23	23	24	9	10	13	12	12
Greece	93	84	13	19	10	6	16	#	---	---	65	51	---	---	---	18	29	---	---	---	8	11	---
Hungary	97	95	28	67	28	12	6	1	---	---	29	31	29	---	---	23	24	24	---	---	9	8	8
Iceland	94	85	51	75	69	36	23	3	---	---	12	11	11	---	---	28	26	26	---	---	16	15	16
Ireland	102	84	11	37	3	1	2	#	---	21	38	39	43	---	---	13	12	10	---	---	5	6	---
Israel	92	88	#	17	2	1	#	#	---	---	12	12	13	---	---	25	25	26	---	---	15	17	18
Italy	92	86	26	74	21	6	3	#	---	---	29	28	27	---	---	23	25	25	---	---	8	8	8
Japan	96	94	#	3	1	---	---	#	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Korea, Republic of	96	93	#	7	1	#	#	#	---	---	65	70	70	---	---	32	34	36	---	---	6	7	8
Luxembourg	85	83	38	69	44	24	14	#	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Mexico	60	46	12	19	26	3	1	2	---	---	16	18	19	---	---	9	10	10	---	---	3	3	3
Netherlands	98	88	37	61	42	27	16	1	14	18	29	32	32	12	13	24	26	26	6	5	7	8	8
New Zealand	94	78	15	29	14	10	8	3	---	21	34	35	36	---	15	23	21	23	---	---	11	11	12
Norway	95	92	39	87	38	18	9	1	9	14	19	19	19	14	17	30	29	28	6	8	14	13	13
Poland	97	95	36	91	38	12	6	#	---	---	31	34	34	---	---	30	31	32	---	---	6	6	6
Portugal	97	87	25	48	28	16	10	4	6	---	27	29	31	5	---	21	19	18	2	---	8	8	7
Slovak Republic	94	90	31	80	36	7	2	#	(2)	(2)	22	25	26	(2)	(2)	16	21	23	(2)	(2)	5	7	7
Slovenia	99	94	32	84	25	26	---	1	(2)	(2)	37	41	42	(2)	(2)	35	38	39	(2)	(2)	11	11	11
Spain	96	82	20	40	22	13	8	1	15	21	34	34	35	11	14	22	21	22	4	5	9	8	9
Sweden	100	98	38	93	27	15	12	2	8	9	17	16	16	11	11	32	28	28	7	6	16	14	15
Switzerland	91	87	---	78	49	22	---	---	6	6	12	13	14	11	12	20	22	22	5	6	10	11	11
Turkey	60	50	6	26	---	---	---	---	---	7	20	25	29	---	4	11	14	17	---	2	4	5	6
United Kingdom	93	76	12	27	10	6	4	1	15	16	28	29	30	7	11	13	12	13	---	---	7	7	7
United States	93	85	7	23	5	#	#	#	37	41	45	47	47	15	17	23	24	26	8	9	11	11	12
Other reporting countries
Brazil	86	83	30	55	31	19	14	3	---	---	10	14	13	---	---	9	12	13	---	---	5	7	7
Russian Federation	72	40	#	14	5	2	2	#	(2)	(2)	41	44	---	(2)	(2)	26	27	---	(2)	(2)	---	#	---

---Not available.

#Rounds to zero.

1Refers 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.

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

3Data 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 April 17, 2012, from http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx. (This table was prepared April 2012.)